The great combat system and beautiful graphics dont make up for everthing...
I leveled a toon up to level 21 to get a good feel for the game.
Things I liked:
+Combat system is fun and addictive.
+ Best mmo graphics ever seen.
+quests are fun and there are plenty of them.
Things I didnt like:
Its not an open world like world of warcraft. Instead its a series of sever instances that you get ported to from various people or items. Which means in any given play session you can see over 45 loading bar screens.
You cant turn off the quest giver narration. Its cool at first but soon it gets very very annoying.
The first 20 levels you are trapped on the noob island and you cant really do anything other than combat.
the feats and talent points are sort of lack luster. From level 1-21 I didnt feel a sense that my character was getting stronger.
Gear doesnt seem to matter much.
Its very hard to solo quest. VERY hard.
Its got a great combat system going for it. But Ill check back in a year when its had a little time to grow and fix several issues.