dragon age origins vs. dragon age 2

To the gamers on my flist, would you recommend picking up DA:O first before Dragon Age 2? I hear DA:O is better plot/story, but it's rather slow....and I hear DA2 is weak plot/story, but lots of character interaction?? (Plus, pretty...)

I will probably end up getting DA:O first just because... it's how I did it with Mass Effect as well. Then will get DA2 if I get sucked into the game.

Thoughts?


Speaking of ME... finally getting around to downloading the DLC's. Bioware is evil, taking all my money.