I really liked the first one, but I got kinda lost at around the 20 hour mark.. (couldnt seem to get one of the followers I needed to continue upgrading, mind you this was around launch so I think it may actually have been a bug).
AVWW2 is SO much better. The battles are tactical, challenging and MUCH more fun than the first. I agree with the design decision to play with keyboard / gamepad and wont be going back to mouse. I love the strategic layer and am really looking forward to getting more classes ect.
Thanks for putting this out for free. I think you should have charged for it tho, I got more than my fair share of entertainment from AVWW1 , this is just so much better it feels like I'm cheating you!