After playing all the beta weekends I feel like it has lived up to some of the hype. For example, all the articles about evolved questing are partly right, the quest line that random events incite is cool because your sucess or defeat effects the world. But, the tasks to complete events are just well hidden standard goals (To comeplete one heart quest you can kill spiders, cut webs or destroy egg sacs).

That said, PvP modes are very fun, the world is beautiful and the combat is very good.