[quiet mike]

DeathsHand! How far are you into it?

The combat is indeed repetitive, if you use the same weapon. But you can use magic on the weapons and that affects how you kill an enemie.

Also the magic you actually need right before you get the scrools in most cases. But first time you don't realize that, so you go backwords. That's why time is cut in half the second time people play. They make the spell on their own and use it at the right times so they don't need to backtrack. But the game is made in such way that the first time it doesen't even seem you backtrack since you just explore. But then you know where you have to go and all.