Even though the game has a slow and tidious beginning, towards the end of act I it opens up and you notice that decisions matter and as such, you start to become immersed in the story and the characters. The grind is also just mostly at the beginning and as boring as it is, the quests and story are great enough for me to absolutely love this. It took me circa 60-65h to complete the game, recommended to everyone as the combat are fairly easy (but satisfying) and thus there isn't such an annoying learning curve as i.e in the pathfinder series.
