Pros: - quite large map - interesting setting - many quest - sandbox (go where you want, do what and when you want) - quite rich descriptions creating nice atmosphere Cons: - you see all the skills, spells, traits that can be learnt from the very beginning - crafting is boiled down to providing alchemists with herbs for them to crate potions I can't say that this game is bad, but apart from interesting initial few hours when I was learning how things work, there was no other encouragement to keep playing than curiosity about how other parts of "underworld" look like, and what writers prepared for me. If discovering lands of this original little universe is enough to keep you in front of screen for many hours that you will need to accomplish this game you will have nice smooth ride and really stress-less adventuring session. If you like digging a lot in you character statistics, discovering new powers throughout the game, feeling satisfaction from your ingenuity in building your own class, hoarding tons of junk to make them into powerful gear you won't find it here. Remember that you can always download the demo (http://www.avernum.com/avernum/) that gives you a decent part of the world-map to explore and make up your own mind about this game.
