Dragon age origins in a seamless world sounds great.
Please steer it closer to Baldur's gate and far away from DA2. (spawning in waves of enemies, just no)
And don't stuff the land full with distractions, make it more about the journey and the party members. Give the characters in your party time to interact with you and each other.

Euphoria has driven the point already.

Bioware had it right with DA:O. They took the best tidbits from two of their best gameplays ever, Baldur's Gate and KOTOR and melded them perfectly.

I don't know what possessed them to give birth to the pile of steaming BS that was DA2, but a return to the roots would be more proficient for them instead of looking into alternatives that could probably just steem the BS further along the path.

"Broader audience". The hallmark of this gen and the term that may well have damaged RPG's and Strategy as genres beyond repair. FPS games are already done for.

Ah yes, just like S-E took cues from COD games for FFXIII right? >___<.

Thankfully, some developers are still immune to the "Broader audience" gimmick, but sadly they're becoming the minority *looks pleadingly at Blizzard*

So because DA2 was criticized for dumbing down formula of Dragon Age 1 they will import elements from another one of super dumbed down rpg games ?

sounds about right

"If at first you don't succeed, try and try again"

so expect GA to get progressively dumbed down until 5

I love how you pile Skyrim with Super Dumbed Down RPG games.

Especially since Skyrim is basically the most complete Elder Scrolls game since Daggerfall. If any, Morrowind and Oblivion were the dumbed down ones. The only flaws you can point at Skyrim is the lackluster UI, which is clearly tailored for consoles in detriment of a more PC-friendly one. 

Do yourself a favour and play Daggerfall and you'll see how wrong you are in categorizing Skyrim as a Super Dumbed Down RPG.

So the next Dragon Age will have lots of excellent side content but a tawdry main story? Well then.

He just doesn't like the fact he doesn't need a spreadsheet open to make sure he levels up right, he misses clippy.

Or in the case of ADOM in which you needed a spreadsheet just to make sure you don't roll a Farmer and get hit by a rock on the head at the very first step that you take xD.