I'm not familiar with the party system in Baldur's Gate (I've been meaning to play it for ages though), I'll just copy and paste my 'essential RPG list' I posted in another thread a while back.
What I consider the essential RPGs
Final Fantasies IV - IX
Dragon Quests V - IX
Tales of Symphonia
Skies of Arcadia
Chrono Trigger and Cross
Xenogears
All Ogre (Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre)
Both 'true' Paper Marios
Suikoden I and II (I haven't played the PS2 ones)
Grandia
The Soul Blazer trilogy
Shining Force II
All 3 Final Fantasy Tactics
All Main line Pokemon RPGs
All 3 Golden Suns
Secret of Mana
The World Ends With You
Star Ocean I and II








