Before you read on, please know that BG, BGII and ToB is BY FAR the coolest thing ever to have happened on my PC...
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Well, I feel somehow dissapointed about this whole end thing. To start with, I am the role playing type, not the power gamer (or whatever expressions suit different styles). What exactly is the big thing about fighting the same battle four times? It is very much like one of those arcade game style endings to me - the biggest challenge is to spare your spells because you can't rest. But in the end, it all comes down to melee and no tactics. No mages to take out, no spells that will really turn the battle in your favour, except for summoning and destruction spells. And by the start of every battle, your party is lined up for you in a please-come-and-kill-us-one-by-one formation.
Had there only been some really cool dialogue showing that this is The End - of the by far greatest CRPG ever(!!!), but no - all you get is: "ooohh, you have beaten me now, but I will gather a bit more of that Bhaal essence and THEN I will eat you for breakfast"...That doesn't exactly meet the standards af Jon Irenicus, in my book anyway...
Hope I won't be burned on a stake, now...
