So that cutscene was skip-able (left mouse click), you do apply weapon upgrades from the inventory (you need weapons and armor that can take an upgrade), the world and its dark fantasy have been around far longer than Dragon Age (which is pretty much the only other dark fantasy RPG 'round these parts), the prologue difficulty was just patched a couple of days ago, the storyline is pretty amazing, you can actually use the wrong sword at a given time and still succeed, and all of the functions, ALL of the functions of the game are told you to you in little tutorial pop-ups that you can read and accessed AT ANY TIME. I mean I'm sure I'm not the first one to bring this up, but what the shit?
P.S. yea, preparing for fights before they happen IS much cooler and more immersive than chugging down unlimited numbers of potions in the middle of combat with absolutely no penalty **cough**Assassin's Creed**cough**