So much better than I expected. Reviews back around release made it sound so rough.

Summoning does seem to make the game very easy. I went from getting wrecked every time I encountered stuff to being able to handle enemies that one shot me simply by having fodder. I consider this to be a boon for the game because there should be many playable options and not all should be equally difficult.

Feels like skyrim but with actually good combat. The amount of random stuff everywhere to uncover is crazy.