This looks like something I've always wanted! :3
Not too sure about the wacky combat mechanics, tbh, because so far my favorite games were simply combo based, with stun and knock-down and invincibility frames.. like Ninja Gaiden or something like Dragon's Dogma. To me that not only felt better from a gameplay perspective it also felt ultimately more realistic than a stiff system like say in Mount and Blade and Chivalry. Fantasy attacks aside, the combat in Dragon's Dogma feels very hefty and realistic, imo. Anyway, we'll see how they handle it in this.
Maybe this is the first game that does Mount and Blade style combat right!
But however that goes: I just love the idea of a medieval rpg with little (or no) high fantasy elements and I appreciate that they're going to give you multiple solutions for their quests!