Dragon Age 2 - The End of BioWare as a Traditional RPG Creator?

Greywardens sent in their editorial titled Is Dragon Age 2 the End of BioWare as a Traditional RPG Creator?

So I must admit to some irritation with the future of the Dragon Age games series. Don’t get me wrong, I am fairly open minded as a gamer, and the story of Dragon Age 2 seems epic in scale — but the fact that the true role playing element of choice  has been removed is a bit of a slap in the face to those of us who played and enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins as an RPG. As a sequel to a game that is considered by the creators as the spiritual successor to one of the most popular roleplaying games of all time, I am left wondering this: what crushed that spirit?