I play games for the stories and adventures they can give me, so I can’t judge the gameplay itself, but I want to share my personal opinion.
I became acquainted with DAO relatively recently, but was fascinated by the universe and how well the writers wrote the world and individual characters.
The world is DA cruel and dangerous, it does not give concessions. The weak die and to survive you must be strong. Qunari who divide the world into black and white. Magicians walking on the edge of a knife. Insidious politics. Сhauvinisme. The threat to all living things comes from the creatures of darkness!
In DA1 and DA2 you had to face bad things, insults and even threats, but you learned to make choices, make decisions and face consequences. The player felt fully responsible for his actions.
Nowadays it is fashionable to create safe spaces and people tend to avoid and not notice bad things. In DA3, I saw how the writers began to relieve the player of responsibility for their actions. He no longer participated in the events and was simply an observer. The mark on the hand was just an excuse not to miss the event. I'm sad about what they did to the universe. How companions were depersonalized by turning them into empty sets of templates. How they disfigured their appearance for fear of seeming offensive to someone. The trailer for the new DA showed that they are no longer a unique game with a rich history, but just another annual online service. Very sad. It's unlikely that anything can convince me to buy this.
