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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 5500985" data-attributes="member: 5868">Just picked it up and started playing this yesterday.  I like it, but I don't think it is as good as DA:O (I'm on the 360 version, sice my computer couldn't handle DA:O).Pluses:- Combat sped up, and a bit more mobile- Ability trees make more sense- Simplified inventory management (no longer carrying around a bunch of stuff that I don't know whether it's useful or not)- NPC interaction scale with friendship/rivalry- Radial interaction menu with the "types" of responsesMinuses:- Inventory over-simplified; I'd like a few more stats, plus the ability to completely manipulate the party members' kit.- Map reuse.  Why do I see the same cave over and over?- Not enough wilderness adventuring (at least so far).  The whole world seems to be a city, a mountain, and a beach.- I'm not sure what the overarching story is.  This seems to be trying to be a compromise between a big sandbox like Oblivion and a more focused linear story-driven quest.  I thought DA:O got the balance right between the two; this one lacks story but isn't sandboxy enough.- Does the main PC have to be a rogue? I can't get most of the chests I come across open with Varric.- It borked up my save import from DA:O and refers to the wrong ending ... I'm not sure if that changes how the game plays.</blockquote>