I like it. It is a grind though to raise character levels and get any good stuff. I'd definitely get the DA version Mace if you do. There's no fast travel in the game per say, except for a portal like stone you can get. I never played DD long enough to get it, but the DA version gives you an eternal portal stone so that you can fast travel between major locations. There's still a lot of hoofing it.
One of the things I like is being able to climb on to things you are fighting too. Feels like Lord of the Rings. About a month ago I finally was strong enough character wise to defeat a giant troll. And it can be hit and miss. I probably spent ten or more minutes fighting it, was like one sword swing away from killing it and died. Had to do it again. You can save anywhere though. It probably took an hour but I got him by golly and it felt good.
Then me and my spawns came across another on a mountain ledge. We took him down a lot faster. One of the reasons was because we didn't have pesky wolves and bandits attacking us at the same time. But what was cool was that we almost killed him then he fell off the cliff.
