The price was too high? I bet you there is +500,000 hours of development for $120??!?!? Plus support, online services, and free updates?
To paraphrase NWFresh - That's amazing value. Even if I break it down per hour played; I'm looking at pennies my cost.
Are there issues then and now? - Yes
Can the game get better? - Yes
Is the game a failure? - No: Its an amazing game, great value, super fun.
Yep the price was very high for what it is offering. AA didnt have any new assets apart from some new audio, its so called meta map was a complete lackluster. It did have some really top quality intro videos in some missions but I doubt this alone added the replayability relic was advertising.
Then compare it lets say with the last Dragon Age which was roughly at the same money(actually cheaper during the holidays), how much original content was put into that game and tell me what AA offered.
Also dont forget that Opposing fronts was something like 20 euros?, it had 2 new factions, IMO a better campaign (still playing it occasionally) and relic was still in business after releasing it.