Am I the only one who actually thinks MEA will be a good game?

Personally, I always thought what little "crafting" we had in Mass Effect was abysmal. I'm glad BioWare is actually fleshing out the system, and even providing us with unique and interesting ways of creating wacky and fun combinations for weapons. As far as whether crafting will be required for Insanity or not, maybe? In ME1, you couldn't do Insanity easily without decent gear and a high level character. It's not that it was "hard," but it took forever to kill anything. We already know that BioWare isn't going to do what they did in ME2, by giving all enemies armor and shields to increase the challenge. Health bars will remain static, so I don't believe it will be the long, drawn out sponge fights we had in the past.

The gaming media got to see the Character Creator. From what I siphoned from various articles, they all seem to agree it's more or less the same setup that DAI had. There also apparently seems to be quite a few options with regard to hair, so that sounds promising!

What's wrong with Frostbite 3? It's built for large, open world spaces. I didn't have any issue with the world building in DAI at all. My problem was the cookie cutter quests and ineffective use of the environment to create compelling gameplay. There were far too many collectibles and junk that just littered most of the maps. Reusing assets is not really an issue for me as long as the game feels and looks like Mass Effect. People have been making comparisons between DAI and MEA for the simple fact they are more open world experiences. One similarity doesn't make both properties identical as a result. That is nothing more than fallacy on the part of the paranoid or the wary.