I think the combat is shaping up very nicely, but I don't think it's at all honest that they're comparing it to Origins. Origins had none of the fancy footwork and dodging and attacking from behind; it was about choosing your attacks to work together.
But honestly, I think this is better. To me, at least, Origins didn't really have any depth in the combat unless you played as a mage (which I did): most of the time, I just set Alistair and Leliana to fight a given enemy and just spammed their attack abilities.







