The combat is even better: it's all real time and while reviews say it's repetitive, I call it fucking fun. Frame rate is sketchy at times, but it's a lot better *in* combat actually than out (maybe they subbed in lower poly models and you just can't tell because the camera zooms out), so it's never actually bothersome. I don't like the character art, it's a bit too precise-looking to mesh with the World of Warcraft style environs, but over all, things look great. In fact, I think they wanted the mature rating because it's a very 'kiddy' game all in all. In fact, I'd let a 10 year old play it other than 'gibs' that happen during massive summon spells that you won't ever use since they're no fun, the 'mature' rating is HIGHLY questionable. While it was advertised as T&A, to the tune of having a 'Five Stars from MAXIM' on the cover, there's virtually no sexual stuff in the actual game. I bought a bunch of Xbox RPGs lately on the cheap (less than $30 for the set, some new some previously owned, a price you can get for yourself if you shop around), and here's some info that you might not have picked up based on the reviews (which I read a bunch of when the games were released and then again just before I bought them):

Arx fatalis character creation