I'll second many parts of this review. I'm feeling that more and more of the 'review' websites were paid off to give perfect reviews of this game.
First, there's the bugs. The camera is nothing but annoying. I started as an elf and went on a rampage through his manor. My character was screaming half the time about killing humans, even when he was killing guard dogs. Didn't make sense. There's more little things like this throughout.
The "this can be played like four games" thing that they were spinning the other week is totally bunk. It doesn't come off as that- it seems instead scattered and inconsistent.
The graphics aren't bad, but they certainly aren't good. The way they just blurred the backgrounds (which you can sometimes see in focus around people's hair and stuff) instead of doing real DoF like most modern games. Kinda a cheap way out. The faces generally look pretty good, but the scenery really isn't anything amazing.
This game is NOT Baldur's Gate. The AD&D rules held Baldur's Gate together really well. It made it a little unshocking when you'd get a new spell, but it was a comfort that I enjoyed. It also made it so that things had real numbers behind them. The Talent Tree sucks and is hard to tell what in the world I should do. Also- unlike AD&D your stats constantly increase per level. I initially assumed that they'd stay firm like AD&D or at least close like Fallout 3.
While it might have made the dialogue even longer, I really voice they had voiced the PC's parts. Otherwise you seem mute and without character or life. A lot of the characters are supposed to be 'likable', but I didn't find that to be true at all. There is no Minsk and I constantly disagree with the actions of my character, let alone the party.
I definitely miss finding 'good stuff' in the chests, and the battles just didn't seem tactical enough. I wish I could make it actually stop after each turn like Baldur's Gate for those battles that MUST be executed perfectly. Feels much more 'hack and slash'. It being a game that's born out of AD&D (somewhat) I was also disturbed at first with the death system. I guess it does stop just me resurrecting people or carrying pheonix downs or similar.
Not a bad game, but some of these 'pro reviewers' were definitely paid off. Not perfect. BG:2 was perfect. This is more like a 7/10.