You know you have problems when...

1. After playing DA:I for the first time, your real life (or rather, what little of real life you have) begins to resemble your virtual one. When at work, small tasks assigned to you become as quests or operations to build influence and power. When doing a favour for a friend or colleague, a mental image of the following words "so and so approves" (or disapproves, depending on outcome.

2. You develop an unhealthy fixation with your chosen LI on the game, which extends to real life. As a result, you put in more effort into romancing this person on the game than you would with somebody you liked in real life.

In my situation, it's Sera. From the moment I met her on DA:I, I knew she was the one. Romantic sub-plots were looking very grim until I saw her for the first time. The efforts I went to will make you PMSL or LOL. I was a female elf on my first playthrough but after the Mythal mission and being unsuccessful, and finding out she has a thing for Qunari, I deleted the whole game and created a new character, did it all over again.

I made a lot of game decisions just to impress her, ones I didn't necessary agree with. Sad, but it's all good, innit?

3. Time in real life flows so fast while playing this game, to the point when it's time to go to bed and rest up you think to yourself, just one more hour. Check the time again, 4-5 hours have actually passed. On top of that, you set your alarm clock a few hours before you would normally wake, so you can put in some more DA:I time.

4. You become obsessed with perfection and completing the game. You make sure all resources are gathered, and all quests are completed no matter how pointless or boring it is.

This is the big one, for me.... 5. You complete the game, there is a few small things you can still do, but after destroying Coryphenus (intended) a hollow and empty feeling fills up your insides. You know in your heart that it is now over, and it will be very hard to fill the void that it has left.

It's like being addicted to a drug that you take over and over, until you can no longer feel the "high" any more. I started a new play through, planned to do things differently this time around, was even going to try a different LI, but I am afraid I cannot. It is all said and done, it is final, until a DLC and/or sequel arrives....

This is quite common for all Bioware games I have played. I obsess over and exhaust the game until the bitter end, until it loses its excitement and its edge.

All I can say is, despite its flaws, great effort! My only complaint now, is that it is finished.