You and me both but i doubt thats happening given that many people dont like that type of protag, the same type of complaint were aimed at ME3's shepard if i recall.
Inquisitor is that you? i know this was meant to be funny but eh i dont think its working, i even tickled myself ....still nothing , ill give you the " LOL" you so crave though , there have it.
I am out of likes, so I must tell you in text form that this post was gorgeous in its entirety.
I was fine with Shepard, but it was also the first "emotional" RPG I played (I'm rather a stealth/action gamer). I had played Skyrim before but, well, Bethesda really isn't exactly known for emotional or lively RPG characters. Also I can accept Shepard to be stoic and reserved because s/he's a soldier, been through some rough times etc. etc. The inquisitor however is just a person without military background or really any experience to speak of. Not as battle-hardened (the closest it gets should be the merch background of an Adaar and that's not military either), not as "grazed" as Shepard. Hauled out of his usual life and thrown into a situation s/he is completely unfamiliar with, all unprepared. All that does not apply to Shepard, who is just a soldier in a war. So in this DAI setting a few more emotions and a wider spectrum of options might have been nice. More expensive though, so I can live with them not doing it.
I thouht the Inquisitor was fine even in the tone meeter. *shrugs* Though I wished for more of the emotional responses. THe way it has now the Inquisitor is more subtle then Hawke...and less extreme...which was their goal.
I would have wished for a lot more irony and sarcasm. But I understand they prefer to keep it more neutral to appeal to a wider audience.
Back in the day when DA2 released, people had expected origins 2, and not DA2. They tried to shove it out the door in a short time, and after the work given to origins..of course it was going to look bad. Anyone back at DA2's release who said anything positive was drowned out.. by the 'woe it's not origins' 'woe i want the warden'.
You're right, that probably was the issue. I personally started DA2 with many prejudices (having read many bad reviews). So I kept waiting and waiting for the moment that it would turn to crap... and it just wouldn't.