Rubbish Hero wrote...
About the only thing I like is the fire, which does look better. The Darkspawn, environment, lighting, textures, polygon count, all bad.
Low polygon count? I see no unintentional jagged edges. There's plenty of polygons there. Have another look.
The lighting? The lighting is fine. It looks like it has a source and is bright. Certainly stands out compared to DA:O
Textures: The environmental ground texture is lacking, but there is plenty of detail in the rest of it.
The Environment: It's on top of a mountain in a wasteland. It's not going to look spectacular. Also, check the 4th shot down. The looks to be some serious scale to these new environs.
The Darkspawn - new direction: That's a purely subjective matter of taste. It's not bad, simply not to your liking.
Please give actual, objective reasons to why you think it's bad.