I hope the combat isn't so incredibly easy and "hands-off" as the first game was. Good lord, you could sail through the game, even on the hardest difficulty, by just setting up decent scripts. Micro-managing wasn't even necessary the way it was in the BG/IWD/PS:T games.
I don't mind playing a pre-designed hero, but for Christ's sake Bioware....put in some real CRPG combat.