From the around 75 games I regularly "play" each month's updates this is one out of very, very few of them I actually follow the story and don't just "CNTL" through the story (or decompile the packages to just see the renders).
The gameplay is balanced to my liking as well, many other games are only playable if you have the walkthrough or console open for thousands of stat points that build the game path. So far I got the feeling I can give this an intuitive playthrough and still don't miss out my desired content.
APD13:
Could you be so kind and tell which group/choir performs the "dreams of fire" you used while talking to Liliana ?