
I sincerely think most commercial game site reviews are tainted by fears of losing advertising revenue. So here's a gamer review from someone who actually finished the game (79 hours of game play first time through so I didn't rush either)!
The first thing worth noting is that you can tell this game was dumbed down for Console Gamers.
I'm an original PC gamer ; and I'm talking from the days when games were TEXT only. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to Computer RPG's.
I was very concerned that the class system was dumbed down for console users ; the way you interface with it. The fact that you do not even choose a class any more? I mean my initial knee-jerk reaction regarding the lack of class system was a wave of betrayal that hit me about chin high.
But once I got past that - honestly for me its an improvement.