Baldur's Gate series - Still worth playing?

Somehow, I completely missed out on the Baldur's Gate series.  I didn't play either one of them, but I did pick up the Baldur's Gate II Collection from Amazon yesterday (had a deal where it was like... $7.99.)  So are these games still worth playing today?  Have they aged well?

If you never played it before then its totally worth getting a copy. Sadly, no RPG has come close to the non-linear, story-driven gameplay that BG offers. But if graphics make or break the game for you, then don't bother. Honestly, I'm tired of fooling around with camera angles with NWN games and I wish things went back to fixed, top-down view.

Anyways, check out some screens or get the demo from somewhere and play that. That's the easiest way to know.

if you enjoy d&d or d&d pc rpgs, the baldur's gate games are worth playing now and forever, no amount of time or technology will ever change that 

Absolutely worth playing.  I stick to my belief that BGII is the greatest game ever made, and the family of games is just as good.

I do know that the original game is locked to 640x480, but if you want higher resolutions, there's a mod called the "tutu mod" that basically takes the BGII updated engine and pastes the BGI files on top of it, so you can get the higher resolutions.

Honestly, though, the graphics don't bother me.  The sprites still look decent, and it's clean.  You're not going to be in awe of it, but you can admire the fact that the graphics and UI don't hinder the game.