We’ve turned into a Hive, things are getting serious.

Well, I've tried playing the first Gates a few times, and each time I dropped it because it was so boring. They say that the second part is better in this regard. So, if I ever decide to play it, I'll go straight to the second one without playing the first...

I only needed one playthrough to form an opinion about it as a hopelessly outdated, boring game with a clunky interface, a comical antagonist, and terrible combat. Combined with the party system and extremely unintuitive difficulty, it forces you to resort to vacuuming containers and using a "meat shield" tactic, i.e., relying on companions. A couple of meme-worthy side quests don't compensate for the feeling that you're not playing a game, but being punished for your sins by being locked in this ugly world with some freaks. No matter how many "old-school true RPGs" I've played, BG1 is the only one that evoked such overwhelmingly negative emotions.