Finally had a chance to spend some time with this game. The good thing is that all the essentials from AA are in the box, but as it stands the breadth of functionality is very limited and feels shallow. It has the potential to be a great game, with the hopes of either Illgames or the modders somehow fleshing things out a bit more. I worry that there is a chance neither of those things will happen, but I will hope for the best.
I sincerely feel like the game would benefit from more of a curve on terms of building relationships, things are happening a bit too quickly for my liking, I get that you can just crank up the virtue to make it happen but the fact that I was able to nail a character with average virtue within 4 interactions was a bit jarring. Everyone loves instant gratification to some degree but not this degree. And though this is a personal whim, the absence of any sort of pregnancy mechanic, be it in-game or end-game, is perhaps the greatest missed opportunity; again, hoping this will be resolved in some way.
I know this rant is probably misplaced but I thought I'd share my thoughts on this because I am definitely someone who would love to see this game reach its full potential, it does have the makings of an outstanding successor to AA2, but it needs a lot of work.