Aaryn Flynn talks to Gameinformer about Andromeda and "New-IP" for 31 minutes

You can enjoy something and still bash it. I enjoyed DA:I but there was a lot of things about it that rustled my jimmies.

I love all the DA and ME games, but man I can tear them apart if I want too. Obviously there are faults with all of them, and we have a right to express our views but imo Obliviousmiss has a point.
On the ME boards there has always been a group of ppl ready to jump on DAI at any given notice, to the point where DAI fans can feel unwelcome. It's their whipping boy and I for one get very tired of it. If you don't like it that's fine, but constantly making jokes at it's expense, and by extension at the expense of those who love it, gets very tiresome.

I wouldn't come on here and start bringing up ME1's pitiful combat system every time anyone ever mentioned a weapon or combat. So I totally get it when DAI fans get exasperated at the never ending hate towards DAI that's wielded (by a small minority) at any teeny tiny opportunity they get.

Keep doing what you're doing. I like the skepticism you always have in your writing when you make these threads. It seems a lot of people here don't like you being critical of BW. It's your opinion, I see no harm with it.

I'm fine as well, as I stated above, but I think people don't like the constant pessimism to the point overreacting (which, at least in the loyalty quest thread, happened).

I sort of get the feeling from Aaryn's interview that this might be yet another Canadian company that's eventually heading south... i.e. that more and more of their operations are going to be based in Austin rather than Alberta.  I've lived in Alberta long enough that I've seen this sort of thing happen again and again with companies from numerous different industries.  It usually happens in cycles - rolling on the ups and downs of the oil industry.  Sad and frustrating for Albertans like myself to continually see different industries build up in the province during "good times" only to see them take their operations south whenever things slow down a bit.

To be fair we don't know how much resources either teams had in developing their games.
I think that doing open worlds rpgs, considering the type of games Bioware and CDPR were used to do, it's not necessarily easy. The latter did a better job (in my opinion), but I still cut Bioware some slack for DAI. I do want to see improvements in MEA though.

As for the races, yeah, maybe they could've used those resources in other parts of the game, but I'm not sure that they'd have had those resources without adding races (as it goes for MP).
Another thing to consider is that some cuts were probably based on developing on 5 platforms on two different gen.

Why should you need trust? Just wait for the game and whatever review you find trutworthy to come out to decide if it's worth your while. You're not married to BW, they don't hold a gun to your head forcing you to buy the game either. If the very little we know about it so far is enough for you to decide the game will be bad, then good for you. I hope though it's little surprise that many here disagree with you and need to know more before making their minds up on the quality (or lack thereof) of a game that isn't even out yet.

Expressing your concerns is fine, wanting BW to earn your trust following your standards alone is foolish.

Edit: fucked up my quote, sorry, I blame my headache

I know right?  It does cast it in an unfair light but don't let other people's opinions stop you.  I love all 3 games, DAI is in fact my favourite as the characters are very well written.  DA2 has my favourite combat, and DAO has my favourite overall atmosphere.

They're fantastic, and cheap without the DLCs.  What if you had let the 'the endings are terrible' comments stop you from playing ME?  One day, when it's on sale (or if you own it already), start up DAO, try a few Origins and find one that sticks, then go for it.

It would indeed be nice if they could have left an optional toggle for it in the game... or even if they had left it in on just the easier settings.  I can't help but think that someday (probably sooner than I'd like) my arthritis in my hands is going to impede me from playing these games entirely.

I second that.
Each game has pros and cons. When I first finished DAI shortly after relase (I preordered, still no regrets), I considered it maybe the best in the franchise. Then I replayed DA2 and I changed my mind. But that doesn't mean DAI is a bad game. It looks bad in certain repects compared to other games, but in turn it does some things better than the competition.

And ultimately it all comes down to personal preference. A game can be objectively poorly designed and yet be a lot of fun and vice versa. I've enjoyed the hell out of Kingdom of Amalur even though I totally agree on all the criticism. I KNOW it's not a particularly amazing game but I played it for 70 hours and had a lot of fun with it.
I consider ME1 the best game in the trilogy even though ME3 was a lot more fun to play. If gameplay sucks, does it make sense to hold ME1 in such high regard? Depends on how you look at it, what is most important to you. Nobody can answer that but yourself.

I myself can usually tell from in-game footage and fairly neutral reviews if I'm going to enjoy a game. I've regretted maybe 2-3 game purchases in my life. However, always take everything salty fans say with... well, a grain (bucket) of salt. Things get more and more blown out of proportions online these days. It's a trend that annoys me immensely. No game is ever as amazing or as bad as people claim.

And if there are more people out there who decide not to try a game they could have loved because of a very vocal very resentful minority, that's a real shame. Unless there are serious money or time constraints to consider, always form your own opnion based on your own experiences.