VG247 Article - How Bioware is losing its heart

Author said Fallout 4 and Skyrim had better side content than ME:A.  

Stopped reading.

Same click-bait bullshit mentality.

The world itself was nice, but as you say, mostly empty.  Skyrim the world WAS the main draw.  The characters/story/quests?  Not really more than motivation to go out and see what's on the other side of that hill.  Both good games if you self motivate and create your own story, but better side content than ME:A?  And lumping those two games in with TW3?  Yeah, I see no reason to trust his judgement over my own.

Morrowind had an ok story, but the player input in the world was fairly limited in terms of dialogue. It did have more choices however. I feel like Bethesda are great at giving the player a playground to make stories in, and player choice is always at the forefront. Issues are that dialogue is lacking. They tried to solve this in Fallout 4 in the most stupid way possible, but they did actually improve on some player choice features, mainly companions. 

On topic - I don't believe lost its heart, i think they lost their way and they have to find a new approach under the thumb of EA. I still have faith in them, and i am very confident in Dragon Age 4. 

The thing is, Bioware hasn't let players "tell their own stories" since the days of Neverwinter Nights.  So there goes the single biggest benefit of a Skyrim-style open world.

That is where i would rank it aswell. Way better than Fallout 3, so they did improve on that, but sadly lacking compared to New Vegas.

New Vegas is still the best fallout game ever made, I'd argue, because it blended new mechanics with old school role playing.

Andromeda is a mixed bag but it does offer a glimpse at more abstract rp mechanics done right. It is the first mass effect game since 1 to feel like a rpg mechanically. They need to improve on the rest now.

I agree. It's always following a module basically. Wit some freedom in the mix to make it feel like your own.

We will NOT discuss ME2 and ME3 here.  

well yeah ME 3 is probably the least RPG bio has ever done. But again compared to other games on the market.

Stopped reading at Fallout 4 praise. If VG247 wants in on "2nd batch of negative reviews for Bioware because bandwagoning" trend, they need to avoid picking one of the worst comparsion examples possible.