To the point: if you liked DA 10+ years ago, this will probably pis you off. If you have no experience and don't mind a narrative that feels like it was thrown together in a semester long creative writing class, this might work for you.
Overall, story and characters feel like they were created solely to push wokist, DEI initiatives rather than bring an immersive experience with your main having dialougue options questioning their choice of pronouns while having romance options with an overwhelmingly unappetizing cast. Its childish, its pedantric, and wholly out of character for the extinction level event the story revolves around. This was never the DA brand before- it was dark, violent, and spectacular with characters with layers of intrique and attractiveness. THIS barely lets you know there's a conflict- no more than a PG movie would. 10years for this- Itd be easier to stomach if this wasn't in the DA family.
Gameplay feels underpowered, being locked into just 3 skills during fights v. 8 in the original. Even 4 characters seems like too much, so you're stuck with 3 to accommodate the weird party command features. Gone is the ability to rotate between your party, as was the feeling you were leading more than the breakfast club.
As an rpg, this is weak simply because the choices you make don't matter at all, unlike it did with its predecessors.