I think that's the norm here tho the line has been blurred between ARPG and RPG, Skyrim, Dark/Demon Souls, Dragons Dogma, all great RPG that go that route, and I personally like it more that way, I tend to like fast paced games so to me ARPG feels allot more natural and much more empowering.
I played DAOO and DAO II, really hated DAO II, the story and the combat weren't half has bad has everything else, from this footage it seems they learn with their mistake DA3 looks very impressive, specially on the eye candy side, but it won't be a pre-order tho, after DAO 2, I will only buy this game after reviews come out, but so far so good.