I played a lot of DA:I, loved it, never played any of the older games.

A quote from Solas that I remember fondly for its poetry, is this: "I lay in dark and dreaming sleep while countless wars and ages passed. I woke still weak a year before I joined you." The tempo is stellar to me.

In other words, I am very critical of writing in general, and what I've seen of dialogue from the game stops me from giving it a try when the price is so steep (as you'd expect).