I just picked up the game today, and I am loving it. I haven't gotten far yet, by from what I've seen Obsidian did a great job.. There is one little thing I think could have been improved: the character design and creation.
Honestly, I felt it was extremely limited in terms of the characters' appearance. First off, in the character creation, the selection of 'heads' is not all that great, and 1 type of facial hair per head is weak. The hairstyles aren't all that impressive, but tolerable. Strangely enough, everyone in the game seems to have the same build. There are no "body types".. There are no slender people, no fat/chunky people.. Everyone seems to have the "fit" body type, and the only differences being attributed to their racial characteristics. A little more variation in the characters would have added quite a bit to the world's overall appeal. It just feels like the only thing I have any 'real' control over is the hair colour. It would have been nice to have a bit more control over how my character looks.
Other than that, the game is pretty amazing. A lush world, a lot of vibrant environments, and great adventures among them all.
There is one little comment I have about the "driving" camera mode. I was expecting that mode to be similar to the KotOR controls, but it seems to be either strictly keyboard or mouse point & click (like normal), but no mouse+keyboard combo. The mouse doesn't seem to affect steering my direction at all. I think it would have made more sense if the keyboard controls were camera relevant, just like in KotOR (at least in the Driving mode). Where "left" would move the character left relevant to the camera's direction etc.
Nonetheless, thank you so much Obsidian for working so hard on NWN2 and delivering yet another great game :D
