A game that will is the really worthy successor to Diablo!
Graphics: Maybe I'm spoiled but the graphics are pretty much what you expect nowadays. GREAT! Lighting is good and really sets a mood. If your looking for a bright game, this is not it.
Gameplay: OK, you've all read about the timing based combat. Believe me, when I watched preview vids, the combat looked kinda boring. Smae thing over and over. Notthing could be farther from the truth. When you actually control Geralt, you really feel like you are fighting, not just watching. The flury of sword play and all the crazy moves you learn are just fun to watch. Then we have the pacing. Do you like more roleplaying than fighting? This game will satisfy you. Do you like killing alot of things with really fun combat? This game has that too. This is much more than an rpg'ers dream, it is a PC gamers dream.
Story: Amazing so far. Although here is where the game gets its first black mark. The story is amazing but you meet so many people that sometimes you get the various quest stories confused and forget how the quest actually got started. In the end, each quest is really well done and the gamer does a good job of tying it all up. Along with story are decisions that really do make a difference. Its got to be incredible hard to program a game with as many decisions as this one has and I'm only in the 2nd chapter.
Sound: After playing Two Worlds, I though euope could not to american voices right.....WRONG!!! The voice acting is amazing. Geralt reminds me of Solid Snake set in a fantasy world.
Overall: That leads me to the conclusion. Yes their are elves, dwarves etc. All the stuff you see in WOW. THIS IS NOT WOW. The differen t races are just that, different. There is racism, discrimination, and blurry morality(sometimes a little to blurry IMO) but all around really well done. The only downside to the decision making is sometimes you are not really given enough info to really make a decision. I mean its like a game of he said she said and you really have no way and realizing who is right until the end, by which time you've already made the decision. The game definitly lived up to its slogan of no black and white, just gray. In the end, this game seams like it will only get better. How can it not? Great graphics, sound(did I mention the soundtrack is great), combat, gameplay, and overall depth make this the best RPG I have played since Diablo 2(although D2 had a weaker story). If you like RPG's at all, buy the game. Well worth the wait. P.S. I will doa full review upon beating the game.