I smurfing love DA2. It's one of those games where like... if Bioware had had more development time it would be one of their all time best games. As is, it's flawed but immensely enjoyable and you can really see what Bioware was going for in terms of having a hero who is, well, a Failure Hero (seriously Hawke is even saying the quote on top of the TVTropes page for Failure Hero) and taking place in a world that is just going to trout no matter what you do. It's really, really different than most video games. The story is intimate - you have a family - and the characters are IMO the best in the series.

Also, Anders was right