Yeah. if you get backstabbed before you get a certain "skill" you receive 200% damage. So if you are surrounded by a mob of like 8+ monsters, you will die practically instantaneously.
it is a much more tactical RPG than any I've ever played and I find the autosave/autoreload buttons utterly crucial. You actually have to plan out battlefields with choke points, fallbacks, and traps, and a variety of spells/weapons and potions. It's got a learning curve like the Matterhorn but totally worth it. Far more absorbing, interesting, and technically challenging than any other RPG.
Also, sex scenes. + 1,000,000