We have not played the game, but let's see how the game looks on paper.
I'll just break it down to Yes(it's in the game as far as we know), No(not in the game as far as we know) or not enough info N/A
YES Open world to explore
NO Housing
YES Easy to use GUI
N/A Great chat box
NO Underwater exploration
YES A friendly looting system
NO Dueling
YES Some sort of PvP system
YES Great deep dungeons
YES Exciting quests
N/A Great end game raiding system
YES Mounts
YES Diverse and well balanced "class" system or skill system
YES Great crafting system
YES User friendly mapping system
YES User friendly inventory system
YES Great guild system
N/A Well balanced death system
YES Great combat system
N/A Helpful and user friendly help center
YES Unique character creation system
YES Balanced experience and leveling system
N/A In game shops
N/A Major special events/holidays
YES Mini games
NO Being able to interact with the world (sitting in chairs, lay in beds)
N/A Good AH system
YES Weather system
NO Collision Detection
YES Great Soundtrack
YES Good Sound Effects
NO Oculus Rift support
NO Integrated voice chat for parties. At least not that I've seen mentioned.
Yes A lot of animated emotes
NO Chat bubbles.
NO Physics
I can't think of anything else. Feel feel to add anything else you can think of.