You caught me. On rereading, most are things I'm either apathetic about or against. I like romance plots and sex in RPGs though, as long as it's not just fan service and there's at least a modicum of sophistication to it.
It's alright. And I should've explained better the first two points; violence and sex. I was not saying I find these things bad per se in games, no, I was suggesting since there's lots of it in the game; marketing is just "reporting" the things how they actually are.
Tan: I haven't kept up with everything but some of the things you say are wrong with Dragon Age are not even true. An example is the regen rate for hp and mana being very high. I have seen gameplay videos and in them the people playing had to be careful and heal or else they would die which means even with regen of hp it wasn't enough to keep characters alive without needing to heal multiple times in battle.
I was talking about… regen after battle.
That's why I said "battle-
to-battle strategical planning". Since your resources (HP/mana/stamina) recharge very quickly after each battle, this element, which I enjoy, is absent. I like planning when to rest and limit resting myself. That way it's more challenging.
I should mention that there are items and abilities that let you regenerate HP even in combat. Mana, which powers (healing) spells recharges even during combat. Now, if there are no ranged enemies in a certain encounter (or you dispatched them) you can just run around and wait for your health to replenish. That's bad.
Also some of the complaints would mean you must have not liked those things being in some very well known rpgs. Violence was plentiful in Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Gothic 2, had prostitutes among other games. Even Ultima 7 had sex in it and if I remember right even lesbian sex.
PS. Usually when these games have blood and gore there is usually a way to shut it off if you want.
As I explained above, I'm not against it. Actually, I find the beheading of random darkspawns pretty cool. Sex is also ok if it doesn't become a fantasy bordel instead of a fantasy game.
PS. Forgot about no day/night cycle and static NPCs (an overwhelming majority stays in one place, waiting for you to come, so it all looks very much
not city-like). Not to mention taverns where all the people are on their feet, next to the chairs…