I approached the game expecting a good but flawed rpg, with a fascinating setting and some brilliant ideas turned down by being too much "hardcore" and try-hard just for the sake of it.
Instead, I found out a great game, with a complex world populated by believable characters and factions that pursue their goals instead of hand-holding the player through the campaign, a very interesting multi-layered plot and world background that will require more than one playthrough to be fully discovered, a solid turn-based combat system that poses some real challenges to the player (especially to the beginners) but, contrary to the common belief, is not impossibly hard once you understand its rules (and also it's completely optional if you play a "talker"), an outstanding reactivity to your choices that results in a great replayability (since each new game will likely be different), and also a very good writing.

Granted, it's a harsh and unforgiving game and your PC will die a lot, especially if you try to play it like every other rpg or if you put your skill points with little care (in that case you may eventually find yourself in the impossibility of finishing the game). You'll need to save a lot, and invest your skill points wisely (a simple tip for the beginners is to specialize and go either full talker or full fighter, hybrid characters are more difficult to manage and require more knowledge of the systems to be played effectively).
It's definetely not a game for people who thought Dragon Age: Origins to be too hardcore for their tastes, nor for people who want to play the hero and defeat evil.
Nonetheless, it's a unique and very well-crafted game that brings some fresh air on the rpg scene, and deserves to be played by anyone who is willing to try a thematically mature and challenging game, and play one of the best recent rpgs. It comes with a demo, so you can also download it and see for yourself if it's your kind of game.