All that said though, anyone actually played Avadon 3 enough for an informed opinion here? I wonder how it is as a typical Vogel game.
It's much better than the second one (which, like I said earlier, is probably his weakest game). After two games of playing catch up to the enemy, you're finally taking a more pro-active stance in the war and bringing the fight to them. The politics are also a bit more interesting this time around (a conflict between the former Keeper, Redbeard, and the acting Keeper). A couple of NPCs from previous games return (Nathalie and Khalida), and there's no flimsy attempt at BioWareian romance like in A2.
Besides that, it's mostly the same - the quests are ok, the fights are unchanged. If you've liked the previous two at least a little, odds are you'll like this one as well.