#they were never gonna go back to DAO's formula and that was evident ten years ago.

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It definitely is a shame that they've cut out party micromanagement in DATV and streamlined the experience into a generic action game, but like, let's not kid ourselves, DA has always chased trends. Even DAO, which was trying to mimic certain aesthetics of the era and inject more action into the CRPG formula. The games have never not tried to mimic the zeitgeist. It's not necessarily what I would have wanted out of a party-focused game but it is what it is