It is more like the developers were lazy so for every good aspect of the game they made three boring ones.
I mean you will explore the same cave, dungeon, house 30+ times and the only difference will be which doors are locked and which ones are open. The enemies will spawn at the same places even the traps and resources will mostly be at the same places. Now you may say so what if we repeat a few places, well truth be told in the whole game you have like around 10 maps maybe less or one or two more that rotate constantly and don't change at all except the types of traps and enemies. So the exploring type gets pretty old here and the exploring aspect of the game goes away after act 1.
Now the characters are pretty funny and interesting, but while you play you will notice that they don't actually look like their class. I mean a skinny tall dude wielding a 500kg sword going around the map with the speed of light is pretty unlikely and will probably make you laugh.
The thing that I like the most is that my character finally has a voice which kinda gets you closer to him and his struggle to make it in the world is actually believable and inspiring.
Like I said I think that the developers were lazy, why ?
Well every item icon is the same, armors are all the same the only thing that changes are the color of it while the texture and the whole looks stays the same. Next all the NPCs have the same body and the only thing that changes are their heads which you can even witness by a rough split or texture overlap at the end of their necks.
I also don't get some points of the fights especially the last one it was more like I was ported to a star wars game and fought against female Darth Vader. I mean you need to have some imagination if you want to make games. Also the thing that bothered me was that in this game mages are really weak and I dont get the whole point Oo we are afraid of the strong mages that can kill us all with their pinky and then a child comes to a mage and touches him with a flower and the dude dies. Really, I mean really. You are master of elements, spirits, nature, blood and what not but your just to stupid to wear some steel or iron armor and bec of that you die from a flower hit.
Also Act 3 is in a total mess, and I also suggest to enable developers console and save often on different saves. Why, well because there are a lot of buged quests which you will need to correct with the console or just reload 5-6 times.
All in all the game has an interesting story, characters and the world but bec of developers greed and laziness it hasn't reached its full potential which sadness me bec I see a lot of new games fall pray to this sort of things.
I could write so much more about the good and bad points of the game and where it surprised me and at what part it disappointed me but I wont write it all bec I want you to discover them.
I dont suggest you buy the game rather rent it or borrow it from a friend bec it is a good game to play just bec of the story and the future releases.
I hope you like my review and that it helped you decide if you had some doubts.