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Seems like I can hit on people pretty early, is there an actual confrontation ME1/ DAO style if your leading 2 people on or is it just "Sorry Hawke word around town is that your with such and such talk to me when you break it off?" 
I think Dragon age Origins handled this the best from the Bioware games I've played. Characters had somewhat different and interesting things that they looked for in a relationship.

I'm noticing things are really bothering me in this game.  
Ever notice when you loot a corpse it pops up with "take all" along with all the items availible for taking? In origins ( the 360 version) I could press X on each item to compare and examine it. Now i have to pick it up go to inventory, find it and then look at it. Also the item descriptions have been reduced to Stats. Everything thats not useable goes to the junk section and I don't even know what any of it is, should I be selling it? Party members are no where near as customizable and that also rubs me the wrong way. Why can't Merrill heal? Why can't Carver carry a sheild?
 
Environments in origins could be repetitive sure. But the main places you go they were always very different. The only repeated loctions in origins were when you had random map encounters and some places that were DLC which is kind of dirty. Kirkwall just kind looks all the same for the most part which makes sense but i want to see new things and explore.

I made a custom female Hawke named "She." I gave her a tatoo  below the eye and blond hair to look like Lady Gaga. Since then i've given her dark brown hair and when i look at Hawkes face from a side view she reminds me  of one of my friends. But lady Gaga and her have a few facial simularities so thats probably incedental. I didn't care much for default lady Hawke i thought she looked odd, but my Hawke's eyes seem lifeless at times, I'll need to make some changes.
 

Honestly i don't like the story as much as Origins so far. I don't really like my Hawke. It may be that the i played the demo 7 times but the intro to DA2 is dull to me. The origin stories made me have a sense of place in the world, and you got to see the usually violent events that lead to your consciption. Being the one of only 2 wardens left gave me a much greater sense of having a purpose. So far this story seems slightly like GTA4 strangely enough. Poor foreigner building their way up with family. Also I prefer origins dialogue system. I felt like I made more choices with it now things play out a bit more on their own and feel transparent.

I like playing as a mage, sometimes i think thats what i should have done in origins. The mage has a lot of control over battle and i like that. I just hate how I have to be the healer unless Anders is there. Why can't Merrill learn healing, she could in the first game right?

The bet parts of DA2 are when i hear about my choices in DAO. Origins is very good, I'd say better but I'm sure some will disagree.

People complained that  the first game had a generic fantasy design, but i feel like this makes elves even more generic. These dalish look and sound so different from the way they were in origins. 
That being said, I want my She Hawke to romance Merrill. She's kinda cute.

"  It's no longer simply 'what do I say,' and is more appropriately 'what do I say -- about what -- to whom -- and in front of who?' Which, I am aware that there are occasions in Origins where this second concern was important. Point being: it is 'far' more prevalent in this game. "