Frustrating and punishing. I did not find this game charming in the least. There are scripted events that strip every ounce of progress from you and leave you much worse off than you expect. The characters are all irritating including the king, who you're supposed to sympathize with but comes off as a pathetic loser. After a scripted event that I found out was half way through the game that completely left me close to destitute, I realised I wasn't really enjoying the game. "Misery factory" is what I feel comes to mind when I think of the experience

The game was also fairly buggy when I played it. I'm sure some of the issues have been patched since