It looks and sounds beautiful. I love the look of the area, though I hope there are some more mysterious and dark parts of The Black Shroud as well.

Some personal opinions...

Many others have most likely said this before, but I really dislike the new movement animations. Falling from high distances and landing without even flinching, magically floating in place as the character rotates, and starting and stopping without any momentum. It just looks out of place in an otherwise beautiful and believable setting. I wish they'd just use the old animations.

I hope there's a way to remove that obnoxious party window on the upper left-hand corner when playing solo. It displays exactly the same information as the status/action bar on the bottom and just gets in the way of the scenery.