I tried it fro a few hours over the weekend and thought it was great! To me, it really captures the essence of a game with no hand holding. Even dying was a delight as I floated above my cold, dead corpse before hitting the loading screen!
It was good to see a quest journal, interesting there's no compass so you rely on the position of the sun and moon for directions. There's also other clues like "North Gate" for example as well as various signposts in the city, but it's not simple to navigate. It's just the right amount of awkward vs obvious.
Spells, gems, casting and abilities are very similar so you can get started right away. I spent about an hour killing rats and could afford three new L1 spells, once I'd found a shady peddlar that buys literally anything but at knockdown prices. Other merchants specialise and give you more of a reward. (Thanks to the player Bardarossa who led me to them).
Overall, I found it an enjoyable experience and will feature it more in my podcast as more access is given. On that note, my
Twitch channel has some clips if you want to see, there's also an excellent channel run by one of the devs "ALovingRobot", definately worth a follow.
On saying all of that, P99 is still my current fave...