From what people have said and the reviews I was half expecting the game to be awful. I'm glad I was wrong. It seems a lot like ME2 was to ME1. Better and more streamlines in certain areas while loosing certain things. Right now however I only feel angry about two things. 
 
1. Despite all my effort to find a peaceful solution, both with the Qunari and between mages and templars the game forced you to pick sides between two evils. It felt a bit like WWII and being able to side with the Nazis or the Communists, but not with the Allies! 
 
2. Damn cliff hanger ending. I'm watching the credits right now and it feels like there should be another chapter in this game. I can only hope there will be DLC or an expansion and that it will continue right where the game ended. 
 
So what do I think of the game? Some things were better and some were worse than DA1. Overall I loved it and while maybe not quite as good as DA1 it's certainly up there. If they learn from both games then they can create a great DA3. Unless they have alienated too many. It has problems, it lost a bit more than ME2 did going from ME1, but I still think it's great. 
 
And there the credits ended...I was hoping for an after credits cut scene like is so common these days, but no such luck. I guess all I can do is start over, there are so many possibilities to make other choices.