They had a second reviewer also do a small piece on DAO:

"What I can say, I had great expectations towards this game. Although I have to agree with all the cons mentioned by Allor, yet I do think that the game diserves better rate and even the quality mark. We should keep in mind that DA:O has to be approached in specific ways.
This is not next-gen RPG game .[...] We have playability in old, very classic style. Gathering the party, prepering for hours for major battles, plodding at a development tree and pondering investing in which areas eventually pays off - that is the very core of the game. We haven't got many games nowdays requiring so much involvement from a player. At the same time none of them offer so complex, multi-threaded and interesting plot, which is the most important thing. Thanks to it you really wanna spend dozens (or even houndreds!) hours with DA:O. I recommend the game to all hardcore RPG's fans. [...]"
http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopi...orum=135&sp=90