the number of healing potions and mana potions were no where close to enough to support what was needed. And the fight a group of monsters and then wait 10 minutes for health and mana to be restored was really really wasting time.
If you take away the mechanics or the game it's pretty damn good...nice graphics, nice environments, some pretty good story devices....but the combat and mechanixs are brutally unbalanced and the rewards are not on par with the difficulty. I don't expect it to be easy by any means, just fair..and this game is not.
Play on easy then. I am by no means an progamer, and on Normal I found the game to be too easy.
I am merely guessing, but I believe you don't use dodging, which is vital especially if you play a warrior. With a pure warrior, I found the beginning to be hard, it got easier later on (once you get the BattleTower).