I just love this game. It has many similar combat features to their previous game, Warband, but they added more features to the diplomacy side of the game which is nice.
I'm hoping in later patches that they will implement rebellion and escape from captivity missions, which they said they will implement way later.
To the very first reviewer with 50 plus people voting it helpful, this game is in early access. All your points about things not working are valid, but this is an EARLY ACCESS game. Your literally paying to test and play the game in it's early stages. If you don't want to do that, don't buy a game in early access.