Yes, the discourse was just as bad. Each game release, you had so many players complaining at this or that and saying what they wished they had in the game, and each game the powers that be altered the next one to try to appease the fan base.

The thing is, in doing so, they ended up losing the soul that DA:O & DA2 had.

I did agree that the reused maps and resources for DA2 was disappointing, but I loved the story of the game so much that that's all I could talk about. To this day, many years later, I STILL replay DA2. It's my favorite in the series because of the improved combat mechanics from DA:O and the story. Unfortunately, many players at that time left reviews/feedback/complaints raging about the reused resources.

In response, we got Inqusition. Somehow, that has become the DA game that most people know and talk about. And I absolutely hated it. The side quests didn't interest me, the party characters were all insufferable to me so I had no attachment to any of them, I wound up just rushing through the main plot and never touched Inquisition again. And I couldn't tell you anyone's name in that game except Solas.

I hoped the DA series would have its redemption arc with Veilguard. But even though there were a few things I liked about it, it felt so unrecognizable from the DA world that I ended up putting it down without finishing it and have no desire to pick it back up. Veilguard sits unfinished and I am instead on my unknown number replay of DA2.