One of the smoother MMORPG launches there have been. Released a little early, but very playable and enjoyable.
Sigil has been very public about the fact that this game was released at least three months earlier than they would have preferred. This was a hand forced by their publisher who wanted to start generating revenue on the game before the budget completely ran out.
This game is ambitious and anyone familiar with other modern MMORPGs should have no problem engaging in it. It is not a cakewalk. While it can be played and enjoyed by anyone, it harkens back to a timer of less cartoonish, more difficult RPGs where you can't just start hacking and slashing anything in your field of view.
Because this game was released a bit early, there is a lot of work continuing to finish up some broken quests, add content and more land to the ENORMOUS and beautiful world. The developers interact with the gaming public on a frequent basis and make a habit of sharing their actions with the community.
If you're looking for an immediately perfect game, you may want to look elsewhere. Then again, no MMORPG has ever been perfect on release. This release has certain been smoother than World of Warcraft was, which is what a lot of people will be familiar with. However, if you're looking for a very enjoyable, very deep, very customizable, very playable game that will be constantly improving in the near future, this is the game.
Already, you can own plots of land. Engaging a fleet of crafters to build a house. Build a guild house. Build shore-hugging and ocean-faring ships and ride your various mounts. In the coming year, many more major aspects of the game will be injected such as large raids and sea-battles.
A final point to note is that this game uses the Unreal engine and is rather intensive. The level of graphical depth in this game is simply unbelievable and to get the best experience out of it, you will want a modern machine. A machine from a year or two ago with a 7800 GTX GeForce video card will be playable. A newly built box with the newest cards (8800 GTX GeForce) will be stunning.