Well, I first bought Divine Divinity from Gog and found it awesome. I played it day and night until it decided to start crashing to the point where I literally couldn't get past a certain point in the story. So, I figured I'd try this gem, Beyond Divinity. Ho-hum. Having more than one character to control turns out to be more or less impossible and poorly streamlined. Worst part, the freedom of the first game is completely lost, at least as far as I got. It's all narrow corridors and samey encounters. Perhaps it gets better later in the game, but I'm unlikely to ever play that far. The final word? Get DD instead and keep a liberal amount of backup saves. =)