MEA vs DAI map size comparison

ME:A is much bigger, particularly when you take into account that in a lot of ME:A's maps you're zipping along in the Nomad. The Nomad would have made the Hinterlands seem more like Havarl.

If you take the Western Approach and compare it to Eos (two maps with similar geography) it would probably take up Podromos and the surrounding canyon area and that is still just a small fraction of the EOS map. I am wondering how many DAI maps you could fit on EOS or Eladen (sp?)

I still think time will tell that people took David Gaider for granted as Lead Writer. DA4 is going to feel different for sure, but after Trespasser and Solas' overall arc and the fact that Patrick is one of those BioWare writers that can actually write full novels in his sparetime makes me excited.

My only criticisms of him as a writer is that I think he's too optimistic and sugarcoaty when he attempts to be introspective and thoughtful and I think his humorous dialogue in the ME Trilogy ranges from ok-funny to downright cringe-inducing (like the "Big stupid Jellyfish" callback in ME3, erck!). He has a certain range for sure when it comes to overall style but overall he's really capable.

So who's going to jog across the maps?

While I like that the maps were bigger, I would have liked variety. What DAI had going for it was that each of the ten areas was very different therefore giving you ten actual places.
As big as MEA is, you have five planets (well four and a half -- I count Harvarl as .5)