I got it from D2D on the 31st... Almost a 5GB dowload...

Well I have to say it is pretty sweet and the adventure that comes with the game is pretty cool so far.

There has been some whinging about the graphics but I think it is very good in the looks department but you need a pretty beefy machine to make it look that way. If you have the same machine that ran NWN1 okay, then do not expect miracles...

The party members (and I use that term rather than Henchmen because it has more of a BG feel to it than a NWN1 feel) work really well and on the default AI settings (settings can be altered and configured on a per individual level) they will fight and not get to far from the lead character (the lead being the individual you are controlling at the time and not your central PC character). At any time you can hit pause and select the other characters and stack up to 5 instructions for them. You can let the AI do it's own thing completely, broadcast "orders" or disable their AI and take complete control...

The first portion of the adventure is pretty easy (well at least for my good guy fighter and crew) but it starts getting more interesting and challenging once you get to Neverwinter...

I have not played with the Toolset so can not comment on differences but this is definately NWN2, it looks similar and plays pretty much the same way as before.

The visuals are better, not awe inspiring but with lots on new fangled graphical widgets, but this aspect is prectty demanding on you hardware.

The voices of the characters are very well done, but there is quite a lot of disappointment in the recycling of the music and canned sounds (battles, towns, etc) from NWN1...

If you liked NWN1 (and have a decent machine) you should love this. If you are still pinning for BG2 then this story and party system is much better than NWN1 but still more linear and not quite as epic as BG2...