I enjoyed both Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. I think the most accepted flaws of DA2 were the recycling of environments and the over-usage of waves during combat (thankfully these issues were addressed in the DLC content). Beyond that, I don't think you'll find very much agreement over the changes (e.g., some prefer voiced protagonists, some do not, some miss the different origins, others never really played through more than one origin since they had little impact on the main plot, etc.).
Despite those flaws, however, I enjoyed the characters (I actually prefer the cast of DA2 over DA:O, particularly Isabela, Varric, Merrill, Carver, and Anders (I enjoyed him more in DA2 than Awakening)), voice acting (I think the actors for Hawke did an amazing job), and story.
In addition, I thought that the combat was a major improvement over DA:O, but mostly only on Nightmare (because of friendly fire, elemental resistances/weaknesses, and high-damaging enemies). I thought the abilities and gameplay were much better balanced than DA:O (e.g., Mana Clash, Blood Wound, Arcane Warrior, Crushing Prison, etc., were all tremendously unbalanced in DA:O, resulting in very easy gameplay, even on Nightmare), and I enjoyed the responsiveness of the combat, especially regarding melee attacks and abilities.
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