I'm cautiously optimistic. I like most of Bioware's games but their DLC strategy for Dragon Age is disgusting. Offering you to pay for content that's probably already on disc. Scamco all over again. If you pay for that you're part of the problem.
Anyway, the trailers I saw were horrible but the previews are positive, so I'll wait for some reviews from gamers and review sites to come out. Until then, I have Risen and The Witcher to keep me from going nutso.
On the other hand, I'm sure it will be epic without it. Hell, with Bioware's games it's impossible to even see everything the first time around anyway. They put in double the characters allowed in your party, and quests depending on them and decisions you made.
Also, there's nothing more than a disc check on this game, piracy's a given, I suppose this is a way for them to ensure some extra income. Micro transactions are a semi-proven concept in MMORPGs and I think this way they want to bring it to vast games like this as well. Still, I wonder how big the difference in effectiveness is between Securom and a disc check, both are cracked on day one anyway.
I'm rather cautious with this game for another reason: The character creator crashes on me as soon as I click on "New Character", when the game has to load. I'll try before I buy, not worth taking the risk. I can always place an order afterwards
One thing is for certain though: There's good times coming up for the PC gamer.