[Tancred]

Strange that more people haven't talked about this.

I downloaded it a few weeks ago to try and spice up the opening chapter, and it was certainly... a challenge. [img]smile.gif[/img] Not only are there bigger, badder and nastier foes, but a nice touch is that to balance that, the people of Targos do try to help you out. Beforehand I've always felt a bit hard-done-by by the Targos folk - the feeling's always been there that they'll hope you win, but they won't lift a finger to give you any real assistance. This mod made me feel a lot better about them. The items don't win the war by themselves, though... they just buy you time. As it should be.

There's a certain sense of desperation, too. The battles are fairly intense, and in places almost overwhelming. You have to work hard, which is only fitting. Let's face it, Ulbrec and his wife could have beaten the 'Goblin Hordes' in the original game single-handed. I felt, after this, that I really HAD saved a town - and that my characters really were heroes.

It also allows you to skip some of the longer conversations with some rather amusing new dialogue lines, and lets you do some of the fedex quests early to save time. Very welcome, that.

A smaller add-on is to beef up Torak, the somewhat pathetic orcish chieftain you steamroller in Chapter One... but if you've bested Undead Targos anyway, you're likely to eat the unmodded Torak for breakfast anyhow.

So, to anyone starting a new game with a new party, test your skills and bag loads more experience than ever before with the Undead Targos Mod(TM)