Hmm... I suspect the people complaining about the combat are playing on consoles. I'm playing on PC and I only have minor gripes with the combat so far.
As for the world, whilst it has some nice touches, I'm not sure I count it as an open-world game, more semi-open considering you still have separate areas defined on the map (so more like Dragon Age Inquisition). It still doesn't push the sheer number of interactive/usable objects that an Elder Scrolls game does for instance. Loving the game so far though.








