We have basically our first preview up on Game Banshee now.  You can read it here.  It's not exactly the type of game that the previewer likes, but the article is still a pretty accurate view of the game except for two minor points.  Both of these are very rare, so no one would probably notice them for a long time, but I would like to clarify them anyways.

You can actually recruit some NPCs without a quest.  Occasionally, you can find a potential recruit wandering around in the world.  These NPCs will join your covenant without solving a quest for them.

The other minor thing is that you can fight the other covenants outside of the town but you must be at war with them.  So it doesn't happen too often, but if you run into an enemy covenant that you are war with outside of town, you will get into a fight.