I personally really like the intro, but comparing it objectively to the first stretch of DOS1 it has a much slower windup to action which will likely not be to the taste of a lot of players. Tons of people to talk to right off the bat. That doesn't really bother me at all but what did bother me was the the Red Prince went from being a pitiable noble that fell from grace to an outrageously out of touch jerk... :-/ I'm not sure if this was always the plan or not but he is certainly a lot less likeable now and he went from being one of my favorite characters, that I wanted to know the backstory of, to someone I really don't even want in my party. All the other characters seemed largely similar in nature outside of the elf lady who went from a [[[Possible Spoilers???]]]racist against lizards to a fairly overtly sexual character who seems to have no problem with lizards whatsoever. (which is a particularly odd direction to go since people were already all in a huff a while back over the poses of the female characters last time I checked in) It's a little sad to see that change as it was an interesting point of contention and addresses a real world issue in a unique circumstance. *shrug*
