if u run it on minimum it will look llike a cartoon, also the game isnt made to look realistic, thats stupid and hypocritical, a game should be a game not a real life wanna be. The GUI system bind the old GUI too, also i might add that the new skill bar is more eye catching to use, i think its better i can find my skills easier then the older, it had too much detail! And my favorite part is that they made the new path-finding system bind with the new gui and you are able to see the battlefield better and it has a shortcut system.
And the animation is week only cus the demo is an abstraction of the game they didnt focus on the ambient much thats the last minute change and the animation will be surely done.
By my standards da2 gets a 9/10. And i'v been playing rpgs for a while.