Everyone is so welcome. I bought the game when the preorders started and put it back as a Christmas present to myself last Christmas. Even then, I had to wait 8 months to play, as my old PC couldn't run it and I didn't get my new one (which I made sure COULD before ordering) can (I got Dell's G3).
I saw alot of people complaining about the game in the ND group on facebook, but upon my first playthrough, I went into it with an open mind, willing to give it a fair chance. It's quickly become one of my top five favorite games - and it's one I have an easy time on either junior/amateur mode OR senior/master mode (I like that the master mode does give you a special award at the end, and you can change the mode anything during gameplay).
I knew with MaG retiring, SOMEONE needed to write a text walkthrough for the game, and honestly, that was my first go at it. Normally I do a video one and post it to youtube and link it on my website, but I've since worked on text walkthrough for other games in my library (so far, I've gotten the three non-HOG Agatha Christie games, the two shortie King's Quest, and KQ1 and am the process of KQ2