played the original for a long time, probably 100+ hrs, and often got so engrossed in the forest areas etc, I didn't really get on with completely quests or advancing the story. I eventually gave up some time around the part where there was a siege and I had to find some parts for a trebojee (spelling is very much off !).
I remember lock-picking being a real pain at the start, and then you got some ability to auto-lock pick which was brilliant, saved breaking all those lock-picks, eventually ended up with more coin than I needed, and armour and horse stuff all maxed out.
I never entirely got the combat thing down, but had enough to progress.
Also whatever PC spec I had at the time, I had to keep the settings quite low, and even then in melee combat it tended to slow down.
I do recall that the scenery and graphics were the best I'd seen anywhere, cryengine can be really beautiful (first came across it in Far cry and Crysis).
So really looking forward to this, and hats off to them for being able to keep it on the down low for so long.
Pity no mention of VR support, but I guess their entire world, combat style etc, is not compatible with it.