Based on Tenelen and Valth I decided to download and try the demo. It's similar to games like Skyrim or Dragon Age. I'm hoping it stays more focused on the main character without ever dragging you down with companions. Overall I like what I saw.
Pros:
Gameplay is solid and some of the few things I noticed I would expect to be polished prior to launch.
Story is apparently heavily influenced and written by RA Salvatore. What little of the story you get into seems good. I did notice after the demo ends and you get 45 mins to run around that there are side quests, I would only worry about Elder Scroll style bloat where you get so into the side quests that you become the single most powerful person in the land and say fuck the main plot its below me.
Graphics are good but are more stylized then realistic
Cons:
Gameplay: the controls in place if you use the keyboard and mouse are just inexcusably bad. They work and they get the job done but a game of that quality shouldn't have such poor control.
Some of the character development stuff isn't very well explained in advance of making your first level and talent choices. IE I hit level one and had to spend talent points and then 5-15 mins later I got introduced to the cards of fate which if I had know how that works would have helped me choose talents.
Graphics: While they are good they are kind of a mixed bag, the gnomes look very cartoony and my character looked far more realistic. It wasn't really a big deal but it would be like seeing a Rift character in WoW it just doesn't look right.
Overall I liked what I saw and curious if Ten or Valth can give any insight to some of the things I had issues with as I know they said the stuff is far more polished than what the demo shows.