generic fantasy setting and a garbage story. if you're picking this up, you'll be doing so for the combat.

the combat is great, it definitely feels like it was designed with the capabilities of the source engine in mind. throwing physics objects is an extremely important facet of the gameplay, especially in the early game. it turns the majority of the game's battles into crazy bar fights and i love it.

not every combat encounter is that good though, a lot of fights involving large / non humanoid enemies just arent that fun. the secrets hunting is pretty good though, in spite of the game's linearity. id recommend overall