It's possible for a game with less content or variety to be more focused in its execution. That's all I want to add to the discussion. I don't know anything about DW and I don't care how HW compares to it like-for-like. Just pointing out that having 10 times more content doesn't necessarily make a game better.
Although Western journalists seem to think it does, if the critical success of Skyrim and such is anything to go by. Western journalists also appreciate games that are brain dead easy.