Well I don't think DA Sucks. I've only played a few hours then I pretty much got bored. Theres technically nothing wrong with the game from Bioware. The problem is that's it's already been made. The game feels to be a remake of their prior works into this game.
Is it a spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate. Only if you have been waiting. The game has pretty much the same level of attachment that KoToR has as a successor. I think Bioware wants to recapture BA, but clearly they don't know what made BA so good. Bioware has moved towards telling a better story and away from it's RPG ish game play that made BA and NWN so grand.
Is it a good game. Yes. Just not BA succesor and certainly the company is moving away from my tastes. Fortunatly if Bethesda keeps Fallout style RPG coming out I will be in their camp. I'm hoping Interplay however manages to bring back the level of Fallout and Planescape again though.
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.
