Good Game. Ignore people saying it sucks.
The graphics and physics are amazing in this game. The game is mostly indoors, so don't let that demo fool you. Character development is pretty limited, but fun to see the effects of. For example, you can use much better swords when you enhance your Strength or Critical Hit attribute. It's a very much simplified development system. The physics are very good, and that is where this game beats Oblivion. The physics. The ability to kick someone into spikes, or off a cliff, is very cool to do. For example, I kicked an orc off a very high wooden platform, up in the mountains, and a pile of crates were behind him. He went flying into the crates, breaking most of them, and a wooden log as a fence also broke. The impact slowed down the orc's speed, but he still had enough speed to indeed fall off. It was cool to look down and see the orc, around alot of peices of wood. It looked very dramatic. Ofcourse, you get to do that alot in the game, but again, the game is mostly indoors, so you get to kick them into spikes 70% of the time, or into water, which leads me to mentioning a pet peeve. There's a level in the game where you have to defend a ship around some docks. The enemy rushes at the ship, and I found that the number 1 defending technique that worked the best, was kicking them down into the water. Okay, great, I made them fall 2 feet into the water. Now what? Well, apparently, they die. Somehow. It's like the water was acidic or something..they just die.
But that's a very minimal pet peeve, so it shouldn't affect you much. I mean, hell, it's an advantage to you. The sound is pretty good. It's always funny to hear the remarks of your head...well, a woman inside of your head...you'll find out if you buy the game. The story line is the only bad part I found. Your options are very limited. Here and there, you might find that they give you an optional mission to do, such as going into a door and fighting some ogre. That's it. You don't get to make big decisions like you can in Oblivion. Speaking of Oblivion, this game also has NO free time. You can't go around and roam-there isn't anything to roam around. The loading times are pretty similar to Half Life 2's loading times: 1 way to go, always, and you know you're going in the right place if it says "LOADING", unless you are going backwards, which isn't always possible.
The storyline is also pretty short. It only took me 3 days to finish the game. Overall, it was nice to play. Worth buying now? If you can get it for a cheap price. If you can only get it for 40 bucks at where you live, I say wait until it goes pretty cheap. I don't think it was worth the 50 bucks I spent. Just stick with Oblivion if you already have it.