After reading the book and playing with the systems, I can honestly say that it shows. The book's content is excellent. It accurately portrays the flavor of the campaign world, in addition to showing the real-world implications of the game system. Indeed, I was not disappointed in the least.
Character creation consists of several steps, but none is difficult.
Thereafter, characteristics are generated. The process is simply a matter of rolling 2D10 for each of seven characteristics. None of this is complicated, and any gamer should find the steps to be routine. Now it's time to select a profession. TLoY offers many different professions, and each has its own skill list.