Combat should NOT be a jack-of-all-trades.

The combat and the combat animation in particular in DAO hasn't aged well, it's slow, clunky, and boring. It's damn near impossible to lock on to a certain villain and not having the PC run the other way, the other characters just run all over the place, the mages suck if they're not casting spells then they're just hurling magic balls and it looks stupid also the mages look like they can just barely hold a staff even characters like Morrigan and the PC.


The combat and the combat animation in particular in DA2 is over-the-top and is way too fast and can be hard to follow, but it does have a "think on your feet" style of combat over "plan every last detail" style which makes even quick and small battles long and dull. The "think on your feet" style does work for DA2 due to Hawke getting into random street fights than military battles. The mages here are a lot of fun to play the staffs look like actual weapons and not glorified magic rifles, Anders kills a darkspawn with just a staff no magic and the spells are visually stunning. It's at time moves way too fast and can be hard on the eyes.


The combat and the combat animation in particular in DAI is the best attempt to mash up the styles of DAO and DA2 and is the best in the series to date.