Excellent game, plenty of fun, no memorable characters, average story but I highly recommend it!
Sure there are no memorable characters or the storyline is average and the graphics are not the best, maybe (I personally liked graphics and beautifully designed vistas), but the main reason we buy games is to play them and not enjoy in graphics or dream about game characters. This game is fun to play. The fights are challenging and interesting. Great choices for character upgrade.
The only thing that I didn't like is the ability of mind reading in expense of experience points. There are some bugs (sometimes game hangs on exit or hangs when you open options) but they are not so annoying to the level for you to hate the game as described in GameSpot review. I highly recommend this game.
If you are not the type that follows every word of the GameSpot professional critics then buy this game. Personally, game play is more important than graphics or other technical characteristics that the professional reviewers care much about.
I never got bored during play!