I bought this game, I was in target and they were selling it for $40. I'm a sucker for a deal. It's still more a sims game than a RPG by far. But, it is fun though, I don't know for how long it will be. I don't think you have any control over combat really. Only 3 characters can learn combat, the Monarch, the Knight, and the Spy. They learn new moves as they level up, I assume they use them automatically because I cant find a way to activate them. They also learn new "Stances". My knight had a daily quest to go into the forest and hunt, he kept failing and getting mauled by bears or boars and eventually he was covered in bandages and limping around. It's fun, in a simple fun kind of way. I guess if you were someone who almost liked the Sims, and you like quest, and medieval fantasy, you might like this game.