Thanks myorangepad, I'll try when my patience returns for that battle, even the 'walking in' cut scene goes on for far too long.
*sigh* i hear you mate, i thought my game was freezing up when the cut scenes would do that. Its pretty lame, and just another annoying deterant to actually try and figure out what you are supposed to do. Meanwhile the room is filling up with undead soldiers getting in your way. Luckily i had a level 10 undead and my necromancer creature keeping most of the other enemies busy. Mostly...