This game has its shortcomings that have been mentioned by others (voice acting and animations) and I must admit they almost prevented me from continuing to play the game. I started in medium and got my head handed to me. I restarted on easy and got used to the systems (combat, upgrading equipment, spells and alchemy) then it got too easy. So I started over again on medium. I am really enjoying this game now. You just have to gnash your teeth to level 10 and then things start getting fun, well at least for me. Note: The biggest thing that helped me to enjoy the game was to read the manual, go figure.