this may become one of my favorite games of all time. the first one blew me away with how good it was, and this one being such a improvement over it, they finessed it so well, that i don't think anyone should play this one by itself, people owe it to themselves to play the first one, be amazed by it, and then be amazed even more by this one
the mechanics of party building, the combinations of races, classes and traits is almost a game in itself, at least i spent a long time on it. the combat is great, and the world is incredibly varies, even though it loses some of the atmosphere the first one had. this is a fantastic game, and i think everyone that likes dungeoncrawlers should at least take a crack at it (and at the first one if you have the time)