Plenty have been said already, but I'll just add my praises to the pile. A fantastic adventure with great group of companions, varied and fun turn-based gameplay, lovely locales and topnotch writing. Definately worth a playthrough or five for any lover of fantasy or rpgs in general. Great entry to the genre for new players as well, the mechanics are fairly complex but starting out on easier difficulties will smooth the learning experience and you might end up like many ohers and do many, many playthroughs because of the massive amount of iteration the quests and character arcs have.
