Dragon Age II is Shorter But More Cinematic

BioWare held a presentation on Dragon Age II's localization at this week's GDC, which includes revealing estimates of the game length, amount of dialog, and the like. It is halved in most categories, except for cinematics, VGChartz reports.
Dragon Age: Origins
'¢ 1,000,000 Words
'¢ 1,000 Cinematics
'¢ 1,000 Characters
'¢ 56,000 Spoken Lines
'¢ 60 Hours of Gameplay

Dragon Age II
'¢ 400,000 Words
'¢ 2,500 Cinematics
'¢ 500 Characters
'¢ 38,000 Spoken Lines
'¢ 40 Hours of Gameplay