Maybe you gave into the hype too much to notice, but allot of people said those games were highly overrated and mediocre at best shortly after release once they got a chance to play them to completion or quit halfway through.
I was so freaking disappointed with GTA IV at release on the Xbox 360 that I never finished the game and quickly sold it. We went from the amazing San Andreas to the pure mediocrity of GTA IV, it was so disappointing how limited the games mission design was, the lack of extras to do, the horrible story, the annoying as hell companions + companion activities, etc. Only the Story DLC saved GTA IV for me and that was when I played it on PC with a trainer that let me teleport around the city.
Dragon Age Inquisition seemed like it was hyped more by the critics than the audience playing it. It has trash tier side mission design taken straight out of MMORPGs and 90% of the games content centered on this busy work. I enjoyed the game only because I focused on the main story line and companion quests while ignoring the majority of the filler side content. It seemed like shortly after launch, the forums warned of not focusing on the shitty filler side content or you'll get burned out by it.
I was so freaking disappointed with GTA IV at release on the Xbox 360 that I never finished the game and quickly sold it. We went from the amazing San Andreas to the pure mediocrity of GTA IV, it was so disappointing how limited the games mission design was, the lack of extras to do, the horrible story, the annoying as hell companions + companion activities, etc. Only the Story DLC saved GTA IV for me and that was when I played it on PC with a trainer that let me teleport around the city.
Dragon Age Inquisition seemed like it was hyped more by the critics than the audience playing it. It has trash tier side mission design taken straight out of MMORPGs and 90% of the games content centered on this busy work. I enjoyed the game only because I focused on the main story line and companion quests while ignoring the majority of the filler side content. It seemed like shortly after launch, the forums warned of not focusing on the shitty filler side content or you'll get burned out by it.