Avencast - Preview @ GameZone

GameZone has kicked up a short preview of Avencast:

Avencast: Rise of the Mage is an old-school title. The game looks like it harkens back to another timeline in the role-playing fantasy genre, and plays out in the same vein. But is it really a role-playing game? Or is it an action-adventure wrapped up in the pretty ribbons of what could have been an RPG, if that element had been fleshed out more. Avencast certainly has RPG elements, but the game itself (from Lighthouse Interactive and Clockstone) is more like an action adventure than a true RPG.