well, that’s one way to put it… 
It really plays chunky too, so I have no intention on playing it further.
I mean, what is the use of a swim verb if you drown each time?
Also the game itself seems to be more action-adventure with added verbs. You can jump and duck (through a verb). And if you walk around, there is a troll on every bridge.
that’s what I did too. I found jumping over the first small ramp to be very tricky as well.