Well I tried to explore the city on my own, without any guides. This takes a while because some quests rely on keys or special items, that you have to find. If you do not find them, you are screwed. Furthermore the 10+ hours included a restart
for new characters and getting used to the general game.
I wouldn't mind "the city" as a part of the game. But it should be later in the game. I love doing some combat, then switch to quests, stealing stuff, combat etc. But the game forces you to skip combat
for the whole beginning period. There is no variety.
@Wanpanman, I didn't know that you can go to combat right away. I will try this next time.
Oh, and I am pretty sure I so I know what it means to play a classic RPG, I started back in the days with Ultima IV and Bards Tale. People have the tendency to kill every criticism in this forum with the argument "because it's such an oldschool game".