skirted through another protracted battle with massive micromanagement, pausing, depleting nearly all potions and barely eeking out the battle with a high dragon…and his/her countless minions. highly satisfying though to come out on top. in regards to game length i think playing on hard alone not counting reloads adds a good 20% to total game time due to some of the battles taking well over 1/2 and hour which even the battle against the archedemon didn't take as long in orgins on hard level.