For WC3, it was acually marketed as the first RPG/AOM (whatever it stands for...).
Ubereil
AOM stands for age of mythology, a famous microsoft strategy game.
and what is this sword you are talking about? is it in DD?
About the endgame - Yah exactly - its not rewarding. Also the unreachable areas in the darkforest should have been more rewarding. Maybe the darkforest should have been a little larger and little thicker (the whole game is already very dark).