IMHO, This Game is Still Solid
Look I know that the numbers are disappointing, and EA will probably shutter future development of DA franchise for the foreseeable future... but this game is pretty damn good!
I'm currently on my fourth playthrough and I don't think I have this itch to keep replaying a game over and over since Cyberpunk 2077. It's kinda sad that longtime fans and bigots are shitting on this game because it dares to chart a different path than its predecessor and also be inclusive to LGBT+ (especially non-binary) folks. I think it's caught in a bind where it's just feels too mainstream and not edgy for the old guards while also being a bit too generic for newcomers. The controversy about "HR talk" or "DEI" also doesn't help one bit.
Maybe in a couple years time, it's going to get re-evaluated just like how suddenly people think that DA2 is actually pretty great (spoilers: it's always been good!). But in the meantime, chuds across YouTube and X are looking at this game as their ticket meals and will loudly proclaim that "woke is broke", conveniently ignoring that the biggest RPG of this decade (BG3) was pretty fuckin' woke itself.
Whatever.
I know what I like in video games, and I think I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase of Deluxe edition of DATV. If this is going to be the last game for some time before the entire franchise is rebooted by the overlords at EA, then I would daresay that at least it finishes the saga of the Dread Wolf in a pretty satisfying way, which is quite the feat since the plot thread started in Inquisition about ~10 years ago. This game also had kick-ass set pieces and a memorable third act, and I appreciate the game for being complete when it launched (with little to no bugs).
If nothing else, I would also like to thank everyone on this subreddit for being a safe haven amidst a rising tide of bigotry across the web. At least there are dozens of us who gave this game a chance and enjoys its hopeful message of being good, kind, inclusive, and respectful to one another to defeat evil gods.
Welp, that's all I've got to say folks, because I'm going back to playing this game lol.