*cackles and plays with glee*

I'll let you all know how it is when I get into it Looking at the manual, it doesn't look they added that much class/ability wise (although certainly enough), but who cares I'm in this for the plot.

BRING IT ON BABY!!!

UPDATE: Okay folks, after playing most of the day, this is what I have to say.

I'm really hooked in by what might be going on. The combat, the new details, meh, I've never cared too much for that sort of thing. Honestly, the henchies aren't even overly impressive. Par for course. But I'm totally hooked on the plot. The only thing that's really just grinding my gears is that there's no longer a "camp" and you can't start up conversations with your henchmen. If they have something to say at your base, there will be a quest arrow above them, there's usual interactions in game dialogue, and interacting with certain objects triggers conversations. Besides that, nothing (beyond their usual interchanges and snippets). Given that plot and characters are the main reason I play rpgs, I find that incredibly frustrating. But we will see. It may be that they're doing it for a good reason (even if I don't know what it is yet)

Oh, and there's a fire-maze-puzzle-thing. Not like the one where you get Shale. I already hate it. Too tired to just magically figure out the mechanisms of the dang thing at this point, so I'm leaving it for later. Stupid puzzles.