This game has very nice graphics and an interesting story, but all of this is ruined by a terrible, broken combat system. Basically, there is no point in trying to use anything other than a bow or fists. In tournaments, you can't win using weapons; just use your fists—it's the fastest and easiest way to win a fight. Outside of tournaments, simply use a bow while moving backward and try aiming for the head because the enemy can take arrows anywhere (neck, chest, legs) and still run at you at full speed, swinging his weapon with no limitations.
Here's an example of how broken the combat in this game is: I have full armor (the best of everything you can buy), and I'm fighting an enemy in full armor with a sword and shield. I can take a lot of hits before my armor breaks and I start taking damage. However, when you have to rescue a kidnapped priest, you have to fight two unarmed bandits with no armor, and they almost killed me very easily. I was wearing full armor, yet their bare hands were doing more damage than any other weapon you can get hit with. Where is the logic in that?
Developers should learn from The Witcher or Mount & Blade instead of coming up with their own broken combat system that ruins everything.