Different strokes for different folks, I guess, but I love Dragon Age. Sure, the combat isn't very interesting after a while, but there are literally hours of conversations to be had with your Companions, relationships to develop (Romantic & otherwise) and a ton to do that does not always involve fighting things. And that's without the immense number of player-made mods available.
One of the things I found appealing about Dragon Age is it had a hefty slew of side-quests. It could be argued that it's nothing special in that regard but I had a couple of reminders lately that we shouldn't take that sort of thing for granted: nothing worse than a game with loads of atmosphere that only has a main quest to complete.
The comment about relationships is significant, too: previously I'd been very much a solo player and hated not just escort quests but any prolonged interaction, but Dragon Age and Mass Effect got me out of that habit and now it can actually be hard going back to something where I'm mostly left to my own devices. Certainly an interesting alternative to "you against the world" type of playing.
