"What the Blight doesn't destroy, politics surely will."
I might be in the minority who doesn't consider the combat style in DAO to be primitive. The learning curve is a little steep and I'd probably recommend playing on one of the easier difficulties if it's your first time playing something like this but I think it's worth it for all the fun risk/reward it provides.
I will say some of the quests run on a bit long and I can think of at least one quest I'd remove entirely cough the Tower fade quest cough. Most of them are very great with a lot of intriguing moral and political choices to navigate. The cast is great and they all bounce off each other incredibly well. It's always a treat seeing how each will react to different choices on new playthroughs.
If there's one thing that really does suck about the game is the lack of support this game gets from EA. I definitely think it needs a remaster way more than Mass Effect ever did. I'd also argue that while most of the key characters looked good at launch, most of the npcs looked pretty rough The sheer amount of mods I have running on this game to make it look good on modern monitors would make most players heads spin. Don't get me wrong, it's not like Jade Empire, where it's totally unplayable without fixes but it's not exactly the best impression if you just play vanilla. We'll probably get a remaster someday. I just hope they don't sand all the edges down in the process though.
Anyways, DAO is an amazing game I've played way too many times and I can't wait to play many more times.