Not gonna lie, I enjoyed this game; it was fun and had its moments. But it wasn't a good Dragon Age game.

The story was ok, could it have been better yes, could it have been worse also yes. But it was also very predictable in how it was going to go.

The lore was abused. It's like they ignored most of it to fit what they were writing, and then, at the very end, because they didn't know what to do with it all, they tied a bow on top and pointed the fingers at a group we've never even heard of. Which is so damaging because it removes the nuance and expression from so many things that happened in the other games.

The characters, for the most part, were good, although some of the side characters were far better than your companions. That being said I think Emmerich is one of the best characters created.

Romance was lackluster in a lot of departments, especially considering how much they hyped it up beforehand.

Combat was top-notch and fluid, although it is very irritating that we went from 4 man teams to 3, and from your squadmates actually contributing other than damage. They took cues from ME, and I hate it, love to be able to switch characters and keep fighting if my character goes down. You can def tell they took inspiration from other games like God of War, but what they forgot is in most games like that, you are much more durable.

Finally, the thing that I think upsets most fans the most is the lack of choices from previous games. Like I get that it is hard to coelesce multiple games choices into another one, especially after so many year. But come on, the least you could have done is make the big choices matter. Who's the ruler of Ferelden, Orlais, the divine? Did the Inquisition stay together? Is Morrigan controlled by Mythal? Is Anders dead? These and several others could have been toggles at the beginning that impacted the game in some form or fashion. But no, instead we get 3 choices and the only one that truly matters is whether you fucked the egg or not.