By level 10, I had had enough of attacking random monsters in the interest of slavishly leveling up for a very long time. But it was only just beginning.

Not quite, exactly. Despite having a reviewer's guide and an electronic copy of the manual, I decided to try to learn the game the way you'd have to learn it should you elect to download it rather than purchase the boxed copy. That is by marching in chin first, creating a character (a fighter, for simplicity's sake), kicking booty and (if you're crafty like me) searching through the various forums at www.ryl.com.