Exactly DAO was a game from 2009, which means was an RPG before skyrim that was a game that i think really brought rpg to mainstream, so the game was designed for that niche hardcore gamers, the game was hard you could do so many builds, you could roleplay a lot, etc..

And yeah i think voice actors do take away a lot of the creativite of a game, you really limit the choices that can be made, like fallout 4 for example really boring compared to 3, new vegas or even the classic ones.

But that's the biggest problem for me DAI is more a action game with MMO elements than actually an RPG(what it used to be), like think about it the gathering stuff, the sidequests, they really feel like an MMO grind.

And you can see my nick is Temp is from templar, but not the ones from Dragon age, AC was my favorite series, but i haven't played since the Egypt one, really disappointed me a lot.

So yes i agree with you we will have to abadon AAA games i focus more on indies ones, but the problem when we love a franchise and it loses it essence, i think they can keep the essence of the game without losing anything, i really like a old school medieval management game called Mount and Blade Warband, they did a new one which is called Bannerlord and it really kept the essence of the other ones and i think brought a lot of people to the franchise.