The "you're not a special hero" genre is small so each new entry is exciting. This game brings with it a good survival system that feels immersive instead of tedious, and the magic is interesting. In terms of graphics and UX it's old school. AKA bad. Combat is clunky, you are fighting the controls as much as the enemy, which makes getting whupped a lot more frustrating. And you get whupped a lot, even if you are careful and try to avoid unnecessary combat. It's nice that you don't simply die and reload when you lose, but it ends up being even worse: you get stuck in purgatory, imprisoned with no stuff, now you have to somehow escape and claw your way back to the level you were at before. Which was already not good enough. Trouble is if you are going to get anywhere as an adventurer you do need to be a little bit special.
This is a well-done ripoff of the newer Assassins Creed games, for better or worse. Gameplay is fluid, progression is meaningful, graphics are gorgeous and well optimized. But I give it only 2 stars because of the story. The prologue is strong, sets up some interesting personal conflicts, only a secret army of evil murderlords comes in and suplexes any semblance of an interesting plot. From then on its another open world, chosen one must save everyone kind of game. If you aren't tired of those yet then you'll probably love this game, but if you want interesting characters or story this is going to disappoint.
