that little witch lady's fetch quests were the only semi-interesting section of the game loop. every time I was forced to progress the story instead of mindlessly increment some stat or other, I was reminded that those stats were going up for absolutely no good reason. utter waste of time. deleted from my hard drive out of fear; I knew I would have plunked down further hours of my life simply out of inertia if I had kept Integrity and Faithlessness within controller's reach.

perhaps worthwhile to the most fervent number-clutchers in the game liking community, though only after all the better RPG franchises have been exhausted. I still have too many good games to play to settle for this one.