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The climax of the eye of the world was incredible, I've never continued on in the series, is it worth it?
The next few books are great, but around the middle of the series it really drug for me. There's a huge number of characters to keep track of and a lot of simultaneous storylines going on, and while some of them are great, some of them are rather dry, and the dry ones always seem to get brought up right when the good ones are reaching a climax. Once you get past those few books, it gets good again, and Brandon Sanderson's books at the end are excellent.
If you're in the mood for a fantasy epic (with all the baggage that entails), it's worth the read. There's also audio books of the whole series and the readers are excellent.
I'm a bit over halfway through the series right now, burning through them at a book every week or two.
The series suffers from sprawl. There are 3-4 'a-plots' at any one time, which can be a bit frustrating. I'm loving them though.
I only read it for the first time earlier this decade. The series goes through about four distinct phases. If you liked Eye, you'll almost certainly also like books 2 and 3, which are very similar in style. After that, it goes from being high fantasy adventure into more of a political intrigue. Then it expands into a much larger cast, fleshing out the world. Parts of this third phase are what's often referred to among fans as "the slog", because the pacing slows down a lot and it can really drag to read. Personally on my first read-through I didn't find this nearly as bad as I expected, but I did notice it a fair amount at times. Then the fourth phase happens after Robert Jordan dies and Brandon Sanderson takes over finishing the series takes it back to the feeling of phase 2, but wrapping up and pushing towards a dramatic climax and conclusion.
I think it's reasonably likely that if you liked 1, you'll like the series as a whole. But it's possible that the shift from phase 1 to 2 could break the interest for you, if that's not a change that vibes with you.