This is a tough one.

On the one hand, I legitimately consider Mass Effect 2 to be in my Top 5 RPGs Ever. It's pretty much perfect - cast, music, combat, setting....

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite perfect. Someone at BioWare was like "this game is TOO good. Let's screw it up." Miranda was originally going to be a romance option for Femshep. But nope! Not anymore. Now Manshep gets both her and Jack. smurf that. Femshep all the way. If I could just romance Miranda with my Femshep, ME2 be perfect.

Now, I came into the ME series after Dragon Age Origins and 2 so perhaps I just had unrealistic expectations. Origins gave me Leliana and Zevran, both of which I loved. DA2 gave you everyone. By contrast, ME felt so constricted.

Now, that all being said, while I like the Krogan and Reapers, DA's Qunari are possibly my favorite fictional race and ideology ever. I think they are amazingly interesting and I love learning more about them. I got "A Worthy Rival" with the Arishok in DA2 without even trying because I simply agreed with him a lot. He made so much sense to me and to this day I would say he is not only the best DA antagonist, he's one of the best BW antagonists period.

As it stands, with three games each, I feel....
Dragon Age Origins: Good.
Dragon Age II: Good.
Dragon Age Inquisition: Ehhh. Okay. I mainly hate the gameplay
vs
Mass Effect 1: I legit don't like it. Weak characters, weak gameplay, weak choices.
Mass Effect 2: AMAZING.
Mass Effect 3: A lot of fun and really cool...until you stop to think about it.

I guess, overall, I prefer DA. But only barely.

Oh! I really wish ME had party banter. That was another thing I missed.