You know, when I bought the game two years ago, I wasn't expecting anything. I wasn't expecting the game even to be playable (Russian developers. There is special place in hell for them). Actually, I bought it only because I was fan of the book the game is based on. But to my surprise, it was actually pretty fun to play. The gameplay mechanics are nice, characters are good and whole steampunk-with-elves stuff was done very well. Yeah, it has its flaws, but I'd tell you to give it a try.
PS: Bugs are probably not the developers' fault. In russian version, in example, using a totem amulet does not make game crash to desktop.