it gets positives for having the usual the dragon age world and politics that i love getting immersed in and for also having great side characters. however it does suffer from being far too large and very tedious if you want to master it (i did not). i don't mind large open world games if the quests actually have meaning but i can only close so many rifts or do requisitions before i've just had enough.

i would die for leliana, josephine, cassandra, etc, but the trend of dragon age men betraying you because they're all tortured is like... you can just predict it at this point. i unfortunately also got the iron bull betrayal and killing him was just so sudden and there was zero aftermath, it was almost funny how it was handled (or wasn't). also i have no interest in trying to redeem solas and hunting him sounds a lot more fun, actually! i love a complicated character but by the end i found myself more interested in varric and dorian who were the most chill.

all that said, i am excited for dreadwolf since reports say it will be smaller and more character driven? by the end of this game, my inquisitor was just tired and done with all of it, so i'm also glad a new mc is coming through for the next one. they have a good opportunity to fix the shortcomings of inquisition!