Been hearing mostly negative comments on the beta, and quite recently Gamespot had a quite scathing critique of that. Pretty sure the game will get hammered in reviews, and won't fare much better on the consumer side of things.
Still paid off my pre-order today. I mean, I've been waiting nearly a decade for this game. Nothing will push me away from it. Most of the negatives aren't things that affect me: I prefer open-world to levels. I like having to unlock skills with RPG-like levelling. I already enjoyed the combat in the first game.
Plus it's probably the last ME game we'll ever play. So no, I won't skip it. On topic, I thought the trailer looked absolutely gorgeous. Loving the variety I see in the city. I just can't wait to run around the place.