Dying isn't a problem, and while yes, I can side-step and bash bare-handed, because even my club is broken, it does not make for engaging or even remotely fun gameplay.

Sticking the meddows isn't going to cut it when I need resources that aren't found in meddows, so I have to venture out, a little further, then a little further, each time I need something else.

I'm also a half-centurian, with exceptional reflexes, and I do the Running Away because it's a faster and better option than standing there playing slug-fest with a boner. They just don't discourage or run out of arrows, so they're annoying. So is chasing around a crow for little hints and clues, especially when it has a habit of landing right in the middle of the largest group of hostiles around.

Will keep watching though - things will either get better, and I'll take up playing again, or they're stay the same, and this will languish at 3.7 hours until Steam decides on its own that it's not installed any more, and I hide it like the other titles Steam has done this with, for whatever reason.