For me it is NOT necessary to kill Damian and be a great hero, but I love to be a hero too
... and also a unexpect end is okay for me ...
Hopefully Larian make a great great follow-up!!
But there are many (for me) frustrated things:
* I am very sorry that you can not return to Farglow after you're in Brocken Valley and not return to the Fjords Orobas after entering the Hall of Echoes!
* And that there is so little to do in the city of Aleroth!
* the alchemy-skill I found much more fun in DD, also repair weapons be missing in D II ... and the skill "known creature" ...
I find there're much fun skills in D II, but for me, in DD much more fun I have had with the skills!
* And that NPC Zandalor I find it a boring character! In DD Zandalor was much fun/better and have also a much better voice in DD!!! Many NPC's I found better in DD comparing with D II: ED!
I have a lot more sense to play again DD or BD than play D 2 over again, even though I have so many times replayed DD!
Sorry Larian, though I am a big fan of your games, D 2 disappoint me a little bit to much!
Conclusion: personally I prefer Divine Divinity and find that game the best game Larian ever makes!
For me D3-dimensional or the last new graphically-technology isn't the most important thing in a game (but I also understand Larian make NO chance with a new D2-dimensionally game anno 2009/2010!! Gamers expect games with high graphical technology and so on!)
I love the gameplay and replayability of a game and for me DD has a great replayability, also after all these years!!