It seems to me that you know nothing of the genre of games that Dragon Age Origins is inserted into ;) Have you ever played a WRPG from Bioware before?
Edit - After re-reading your post, I've seen that you've played both KOTOR and Jade Empire. Then I ask you this: Do you know that most of your complaints about Dragon Age were also a huge part of those games? Also, don't even compare the crappy Dark Alliance games to the autenthic Baldur's Gate experience ;)
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