I bought it last week. Huge fan of the first game, thought it was fairly under appreciated for some original ideas. The second game is practicly the same just on a slightly grander scale and there is more of a focus on being evil. It's not particularly well paced. The begging is slow, but then you are at the end before you know it. I found it to be very enjoyable but lacking in content. I took my time, as I do with all my games, exploring everything and revisiting areas but I still finished the game in under 20 hours and once you complete the game you can continue but there is nothing to do. You can dominate or destroy towns but to be able to do either to the only 2 towns available for this mission you need to be at the end of the game anyway so you reap no benefits from either. If you liked the first one then there's no reason to like this new and improved version, but it's short.