Matroyska Effect

   

So according to the Rock, Paper, Shotgun article here ME:A is another Bioware game that can fit another Bioware game in one level.  They do say "can" which is weird so for the sake of argument I will ignore that.   So ME:A can fit DA:I inside one of its maps, which can fit DA:O inside one of its maps  .Eventually they are going to have to release a game that can't act as a Matroyska Doll for a previous game, right?  I guess it isn't that surprising given the speed increase of a horse to the Nomad but still.

I want to throw some numbers at you for perspective but first a disclaimer: Map size is less important than map density.

Skyrim is 18.2 sq. miles
Fallout 4 is 42 sq. miles
DA:I is 45 sq. miles
ME:A ate DA:I
Witcher 3 is just over 90 sq. miles

I honestly am shocked how small Skyrim is, but your movement speed is very low in that game and there is a lot of verticality.  Fallout 4 will feel bigger than any ME:A because it had such great density, and once again low movement speed.  Still this game will not be small, and all the other maps could very well be tiny Mass Effect 1 size worlds. Still a world that I could potentially "drive for 50 minutes" is awesome, but I did almost everything in DA:I so you might be unhappy about this.