...5 hours on paper? 5? I guess I would have to see how much detail you are actually putting into it. I mostly sketch on paper, so I do my work kind of quickly. I rarely spend more than an hour on any given peice, so I guess I cant relate to whatever it is you are doing.
And, I dont rememeber dark clouds in the skies of the game when I played it. I only played the first few months after its release, and I have the collector's edition package downstairs in a box.
I didnt have enough RAM to really enjoy it.