(along with poor map and quest design) that I didn�t like DAI as well as the other Dragon Age games or BG3.
Poor map design how? Several large areas with various types of environment much more so than anything in DA:O or DA 2 and IMO superior to anything BG3 has to offer. What's wrong with the quest design? The quest in DA2 is like BG3 in forcing you into choices you don't want. I enjoyed DA:O as much as DA:I more or less. The main quest and plot of DA:I is head and shoulders above the overly-complicated, cliched, hole riddled mess which BG3 provides.
The dialogue in DA:I is also far superior to BG3 with or without cinematics. The humour in the party banter is well done and way beyond Larian's schoolboy offerings. The dialogue touches on politics, diplomacy and theology among other grown-up subjects.
To return to the topic: IMO far too many cinematics and far too many of them are just people talking. Cinematics are especially annoying when one has to reload and sit (or click) through the damned thing again.
One thing I will say in their favour is that I am fascinated and impressed by the amount of facial movement/expressions during convos (especially Lae'zel and Shadowheart). This is probably my favourite thing in the game.
