Despite the obvious issues with the game - it's still quite enjoyable for me. There is a lot more depth then I thought there would be. And any problem I've run into isn't game breaking, just interrupts game play time.
I was really enjoying it, untill a glitch happened - where a bandit approached me and I had to options to attack, flee, go, or anything. Nothing happened and I had to exit game :/.
I don't see why people would complain about the death penalty - no risk, no reward. Go play WoW or something if you want a boring grindfest with no risk.
would have loved it if not for a few game breaking glitches. Occasionally when I walk out of one area to the next, my character dissapears off screen, and is shown on map in some distant area, and my camera is still in the area I should be. when I click attack I can see energy drain, just my character is no where in site.