I could be wrong, but I actually think that was the whole purpose.
I would be great to have a good game with detailed story and mechanics, and not graphics!
To many games (Never winter nights as example) have been really great, but the ability to see details of the character and environment just takes a way focus. Let’s get a great RPG without fancy 3D graphics of epic armours. Those can be achieved in the common games ala. WOW or Dragon Age etc.
What I am nervous about is the team can keep focus and not run wild on the many things they have a good opportunity to do right
For the win Obsidian!