Yeah, the story is pretty damn good so far. There are actually 5 different opening stories depending on the race and background you choose plus another 1 for mages. They are actually pretty long themselves, about 2 hours. Beyond that, your choices throughout the game have implications later on, and no moral choices are really obvious. The transition from the introduction story to the main story was disjointed, and the beginning of main story seemed a bit rushed, but it was still pretty interesting.

As for the universe itself, I would think of it as being atmospherically more along the lines of the Witcher with quite a bit of Warhammer mixed in.