the voice acting is crap. i never played the demo, but it couldn't have been *that* much worse. on the other hand, the music is great. i thought the first game had probably the best music of any game i ever played, and this one is almost as good. so far i've only just finished the first act (of 5 i think) and the first act was a bit long and hack-n-slashy, but i hear it gets better. it's a fun game and, quite frankly, there aren't any other decent rpgs out there right now that i know of. i think it's better than a timekiller, don't get me wrong. i'm having fun with it.