Well, my main issue with DA2 is the change from a strategic high level view of the battlefield with freeform mouse controls, over to moving characters by “driving” an overshoulder camera as a 3rd person action game. Even if you zoom out, you can’t just click somewhere, you need to awkwardly “drive” your cursor in order to issue commands.
This fundamental change in the game design, one that can basically be mapped to strategy PC game (DAO) to action console game (DA2), is my main beef. The limited scope, story and recycled assets are all secondary issues for me.