I finished the game with 1.2 and had a great time doing it. I never played DD so I can't compare. I had a lot of magic spells and survivor skills on my hero, my DK had melee and traps... worked out nicely.
I found the game quite easy on "action" while other people find it incredibly hard on "easy". Gonna restart playing again and this time on "hardcore" just to see if it's possible to finish <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
Never experienced any annoying bugs I have to say, only battlefield quests (and a subquest here and there in normal world) that stayed in logfile although quest was completed (I did get the xp though, so it didn't bother me too much).
I liked it, but I don't see why I should convince you, just do whatever you want <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />