fascinating time capsule of the barren wasteland that was 2014 aaa titles. not the most soulless open world for the sake of piling on content ive ever touched, but an ill omen of what was to come. pretty much everything i love the dragon age series for is smallest and saddest in this one. a bunch of cool worldbuilding has been backpedaled or ignored in favor creating god's perfect centrist game. all of the companions are coworkers who barely tolerate eachother. unfortunately this was my introduction to the series so i do still love it very deeply but i consider myself happily divorced these days