[Thornhill]

I have to say first off how pleased I am with Interplay and Associates for their fine contributions to a well rounded game, BG1+2 as well as IWD + HOW are the best RPGs out there in my opinion, and I never dreamed anygame could follow d&d rules so closely. Now that I have padded things up-my complaint is HOW was too darned short, I completed the game with my original party from IWD with no trouble within a week. A week...I really liked the game play, the first parts of the game were very difficult with my group, but after 2 days of playing the difficulty dropped big time. When the game ended I was surprised it was already over. Did anyone else feel this way?

ps- I also have to say that the gameplay itself is improving drastically, HOW's ending is not as abrupt as any of the previous games- allowing you to raise your dead after the final battle(if you need to). It was small things like that that made the game worth getting, spell graphics are much better too.