Do not fear, you may love the game.
I am sure my love of WoW has clouded my judgement.

Plus remember, I only tried the game for a few days and only maybe 6 total hours of play time.  From my very limited exposure though I noticed a lot of hack and slash style play, but very good graphics.

My main problem is probably a build up of expectations due to my love of the comic book.

Hope you have a great time when you get AoC, it just was not my style.