I'll be honest, I wasn't sure if I was even going to play this game. I bought the enhanced edition of the original game, and I never finished it. The game was good but I lost interest quickly. This game though I've completed several times, and I am at 232 hours played. The writing and narration in this game was funny and engrossing at the same time. The combat mechanics are great and very polished. The graphics and atmosphere are very well done too. At several points I was hitting my screen to determine whether the bugs were from the game or on my screen. The game is also quite challenging for new players on classic mode and provided a good challenge my first play through. The quest system doesn't hold your hands at all, and I found myself very often looking up what to do which could be a positive or negative for some people. Overall, This game is not only, my favorite game this year, but one of my all time favorite games.