Though I did enjoy a lot of DAII, I couldn't tell you what it was. Everything was just enough to show promise but not enough to pull me in for more than one playthrough. It felt kind of short, kind of rushed (combat-wise) and kind of shallow. I liked that BioWare was diversifying back into more traditional RPGs, which makes me disappointed to find "fantasy Mass Effect, only the plot is kind of weak and we don't explore the characters enough, etc.". That in turn makes me sad, because they had the beginnings of a subtle, nuanced and well-developed story. I would seriously have waited another two years or more for this game if they expanded on everything and brought strategizing back into the combat. As it stands, DA2 was a disappointment, a low point in BioWare's magnificent history doing not enough with far too much. And I've barely begun to complain about half of the problem.
So yes, I'd say I'm a hater. Not to say that the game wasn't good, just that it didn't hold up to the developer's standards or what I was expecting of the sequel to what was an exceptional game.
