I would doubt it. I haven't played Inquisition, but Beth has always delivered story and characters that's a level worse than even Bioware. I wouldn't assume this will have changed with F4.
I disagree. At least with Bethesda games the source of cringe can usually be shot in the face or at least avoided. With Bioware the ride never ends, cause the source of cringe is your tacked-on companions.
I'd say I agree, if by "shot in the face or avoided" you mean never interact with any quest, story, or character in any way and spend your time running around shooting things (but without using stealth, because that immediately reveals Beth's cringeworthy AI) and setting rabbits on fire.
Sounds like the reviewer is a tasteless casual who should stick to Bioware's VNs.
...Can't tell if sarcasm or not...
Neither can I, that guy has a good poker face.
Tasteless: A DA game as a benchmark for nuanced, interesting characters and stories.
Casual: Wants all the shinies right away.
Mass Effect/Dragon Age = VNs: Well what else are they? They're mold-stamped 3D dating sims full of dialogue trees and overblown character archetypes which occasionally require you to make decisions about fighting instead of trying to get laid.
Like, Bethesda RPGs are mediocre and full of bugs and "IT JUST WORKS", but modern Bioware RPGs are by and large total shit.
I was mostly thinking about how it should be sarcasm because Bethesda games are pretty much the most glaring case of "casualisation" out there and especially among RPGs. Their Fallout games in particular, actually.
It's also a bit ironic given that from the looks of things Bethesda really,
really wants to make F4 more Bioware-/Mass Effect-esque, what with the dumb (and
casual) dialogue wheel and the greater focus on characterisation of the PC and all that.