I *loved* the Wizardry saga (and also the XII and half chapter: Wizards and Warriors), but WHY should they add those ugly mongoloid gnomes with big heads for fucksake, those kind of things keep videogames looks like children games.
By the way this is an important progress made in the mainstream videogame industry: MMORPG -AND- PERMADEATH. Very interesting unexplored territory. I never played MMORPGs because I hate grinding and crpgs without permadeath are obviously all about it, but if I update my computer I'll probably try this one.