To add to this further, just completed the ego draconis game (which is the first one) and absolutely loved it and didn't see the ending coming at all. Took me 28 hours to go through it and I missed a tonne of quests (sadly) which would have eaten up more playtime. Best thing about this game is though, I've now got the second part to go through
Started it earlier and it starts literally right off the back of the other games main storyline with massive revelations and consequences of what happened in the first game. Can't import your character across, even though you start at lv 35 in the sequel, but the storyline does explain why you lose your gear and equipment and changing gender etc (if you choose to) is part of the game via the illusionists anyway.
Out of all of the many games I've played through recently, including dragon age origins + exp, dead space 2, portal 2, duke nukem forever, FEAR 3, Red faction armageddon and fall out new vegas... this really does wipe the floor with them in regards to single player story telling.
BUY IT