At first I was put off by the new dialogue style too, and having absolutely no voiceovers, that kinda scared me.

But then I played and... I liked it, it opens a lot of new posibilities for writers.. some of the best moments in the game were just narrated that way and it feels cool, just like a tabletop RPG I guess.

Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky.
But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth.