Some oldish stuff:
Character creator will be deeper due to using the new version of the Frostbite engine (the first DA to do so), but you can still only play as human.
Other benefits of the engine include being able to do the "walk and talk dialogue" much easier.
Funny, because Kotaku says you can choose your race.
http://kotaku.com/dragon-age-inquisition-lets-you-choose-your-heros-rac-1045961945