Don't get me wrong, I've seen worse, but compared to games like Neverwinter Nights 2 or Gothic 2, it's pretty bad. You 'could' possibly do a lot of things, but the game is so focused on combat, that it doesn't make much sense to do anything else, which makes the game even more monotonous.
I've bought the game today because of what I've read in this forum over the last few days.