I like this palette mostly for the colors. The shades are rich, warm tones that have the texture/quality of a typical MAC shadow. While the palette itself is expensive, you are essentially paying half price (than if you were to buy each shade individually). Most of the colors are original/exclusive to the palette, with the exception of just a handful of permanent shades. I like this palette a lot and think it's very beautiful, but I don't think it's anything out of this world.

I just want to note that there is a cool version of this palette, the Cool Neutral Palette, as well.