Yeah, your reactions so far are similar to mine. I think the character designs in this game are actually quite good, but the animation is unfortunately very lacking - but I can't blame them too much because I think there's just one artist responsible for basically the entire game and they did a phenomenal job regardless.
The use of magic in the game is cool. I really like how the entries for spells read like D&D entries and that provides you with a lot of information you can use to find contradictions in.