All the while, the skies above cycle in realistic detail and hue with the demands of an amiably accelerated clock. The very grasses and stalks at your virtual feet sway to virtual winds. Players are given access to objects around them almost to the point of futility (and an alchemy system nearly necessitates that). The game's no-nice-way-to-put-it anal physics allow for fallen foes to, well, fall down easy grades or into the nearby treacherous pits.