Originally Posted by Kostaz 
I certainly wouldn't mind the beauty of TW2 enhanced by some of the openness that I felt was sacrificed in comparison to TW1.
I second that emotion. Not only the open nature of 1 was sacrificed, just the overall number of characters and lore was significantly less than the original game.
I liked 2, but I definitely felt it was one step forward graphically, and two steps back content-wise.