While it is the best combat system of any BioWare game I have previously played, it is still heavily lacking, and often feels boring, and like a chore to do before you can continue the story, instead of an enjoyable experience that adds upon the story. The companions are good, but generally not great, with some exceptions both ways. The graphics are very outdated, but that is to be expected with the game, and if it is a big problem, there are tons of mods to improve upon this, and while mods fixing a game doesn't excuse it, it is a game from 2010, so for that the graphics are acceptable in my opinion.

Speaking of mods fixing a game, Denerim is absolute hell, and without mods would be enough for me to drop the game entirely. If I hadn't known of this issue, and how to solve it beforehand I would not have finished the game. Without the 4GB patch the game crashes constantly in Denerim, with progress at some point being near impossible to achieve. Other than this, gamebreaking glitches were minimal, and rarely occured, except for the occasional crash, which didn't happen too often, but more often than in any other game I have ever finished.

To go back to the good, I enjoyed how choices actually do matter, unlike in the title of theirs I have played most, SWTOR, where choices rarely actually matter. Couple of examples of this is how you can end up with multiple different in different combinations, like you with either Alistair or Anora, Alistair with Anora, or either of them alone, or in how you not exploring properly can lead to missing companions completely, like just not meeting Leliana so she just dies by darkspawn offscreen (most likely, haven't played later games, but I believe she can return, so I am unsure).

Now when it comes to expansions the game is pretty lackluster, going for quantity instead of quality, so while there are a lot of DLC, there is only one expansion among them, and while I do find it enjoyable, it just doesn't meet the same standard as the main game in my opinion, with the main game having a good story crafted out of a not so interesting concept, and Awakening being a mediocre story, crafted out of a quite interesting concept.

In conclusion the game is worth the money in my opinion, but to enjoy it fully you should install the 4GB patch to play the full game: https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371. The DLC's by them self are not worth the money, but for excample if you buy the ultimate edition and get all in a bundle, I would say it is worth it, and while none are great,k all ten of them add up, and do add something positive to the game, and generally does improve upon it.