This game has everything a good RPG needs and more!
Oh how wrong I was! This game is simply outstanding, I've never tried anything like it.
The story is incredibly well made, whenever you're about to think it'll just stay dull something unexpected happens and you're chained in front of your monitor for another hour at least.
The characters are nicely made, even the NPCs you see copied hundreds of time through the game are well made, a pretty unusual thing I've noticed. Their movements are not in any way stiff or unnatural, whether they're walking down the street sulking about something or getting slashed by you for calling you a "**** eater!".
The main characters personality reflects your own, you make the choices, you decide how you react to different situations, this will even alter the story for you so you have to complete it at least 2 times if you want to see everything. Also the game got an all new combat system (I think it's new, never saw it in a game before) it takes a few minutes to learn what it's all about unless you read tutorials, but once you get the feel of it, it proves efficient and easy to use for those unavoidable encounters.
The vocabulary in this game is not limited to "Darn it!" unless you got the censored version I think (Wouldn't know). You can see Dwarfs walking the streets saying "**** it!" (I have to censor, but you get the idea). This is a really great feature, I mean what kind of bandit would say "Die, meanie!" rather than "Die, **** eater!"? Also if you're against female nudity in any way you probably wanna get the censored version.
The world is beautiful, it got the feel of life about it, whether run around between farms or in a muddy swamp you'll always encounter things that gives the world that realistic feeling of not being alone in it. Though this also has its flaws.. The load times when you enter or leave a building is annoying, I personally double-check to see if I got everything I need before I go through a door or change to another zone.
I highly recommend getting this game, I havn't played a single player game that got me hooked like this one since Final Fantasy IX.