The magic system is quite interesting. This spell can be cast on a newly killed corpse in order to extract information. It's odd how cooperative the dead are, but I guess you'd be somewhat acquiescent, too, if you'd just been disemboweled.
Character advancement is pretty typical.
Gain experience for killing monsters and completing quests. Well, yes, and there's quite a bit of that in Chapter 1. Yes, that's there too, but both of those problems are solved as of Chapter 2. Soulbringer is a BIG game. After several weeks of playing I'm still only in the second chapter of a total of five.