Update 10/03/10

The new patch came out to address many of the bugs and technical issues, and I have to say they did a great job. The game was quite broken for me before, but now if I load my old saves all the quests work again. Moreover, it seems they took care of the game crashes and many of the conversations and locations load a lot faster now. In its current form, this game is definitely worth a purchase. Every RPG fan ought to give this game a try, it's truly immersive and has a great story of political and military intrigue mixed with humor and drama.

Post-release review:

This game is just horrible to play right now because of performance issues. Constant FPS drops, texture popping, guards walking around without heads, horrible collission detection, impossible lockpicking, bad load times (even on SSD). They should have released it 6 months later in order to optimize it better. Which is a shame, because it really has the potential to be a great story-driven RPG experience.

Update 10/03/10 The new patch came out to address many of the bugs and technical issues, and I have to say they did a great job. The game was quite broken for me before, but now if I load my old saves all the quests work again. Moreover, it seems they took care of the game crashes and many of the conversations and locations load a lot faster now. In its current form, this game is definitely worth a purchase. Every RPG fan ought to give this game a try, it's truly immersive and has a great story of political and military intrigue mixed with humor and drama. Post-release review: This game is just horrible to play right now because of performance issues. Constant FPS drops, texture popping, guards walking around without heads, horrible collission detection, impossible lockpicking, bad load times (even on SSD). They should have released it 6 months later in order to optimize it better. Which is a shame, because it really has the potential to be a great story-driven RPG experience.