I had a rather different experience. My wife and I downloaded the demo, played the tutorial area, and were underwhelmed. We then played Fallout 3 (she had missed it), New Vegas, Mount&Blade: Warband, and as we were looking for Drakensang: River of Time info, we came across someone praising The Dragon Knight Saga. So we gave it another try, and were very happy we did.
Now I am going for my second playthrough.
