Third time's the charm, apparently.
I've put in maybe 30 minutes so far and I'm already loving this game. I don't know if I ready to put it there with Bioware's and Obsidian's best [plenty of time for that after the retail version comes out], but it's definitely from the same mold. Graphics are really good [wonky animations aside, although NWN 2 had it's own problems in that area] and the gameplay is more of less a carbon copy of the tried-and-true Baldur's Gate style.
Hopefully the full version's not too far away, because I'm definitely getting it.