Polygon's open-letter to BioWare regarding their open-world-like games.

Well BioWare shouldn't invite the comparisons, or they should make better games.

First I have to apologize to you Revan Reborn. At first I thought "not another Witcher fanboy" but that's not true. So please forgive me for being so upset in comment and that I haven't answered it - if you remember me. Whas the one who asked you what if Gerald would have been... If you would like to have me answering to your anwser (now it gets complicated...) I will and this time more respefully. Again, I apologize for being so upset.

About this conversation:
Sorry to say that to you but I was waiting for this "fanboy" conclusion from the very first start of your conversations. I guess the fact that you're trying to be reasonable and well-mannered in all your conversations needed a bit more work to finally push you in the "fanboyism" direction.
It doesn't count that you say you like (love?) both games for what they are. It doesn't count that you actually have played both games and enjoy them both for what they are. No matter how reasonable you are in the end everything you say is wrong - just because. It has to.

That is what annoys me. I'm here to discuss Mass Effect. What I like, what I love, what I would like to change, what angers me - I don't want to talk about other games. But no matter what topic - in the end it all is "BW is shit and W3 is king and anybody who says otherwise is stupid, a shill, a fanboy" There is no other opinion than this opinion - why do we even dare to call this a BW forum? We should call it "Just another forum to bash BW and their awful games".

What I really find hilarious about this situation is the game wouldn't receive half the hate it is getting if not for the facial animations. Had those been a nonissue, most of the "criticisms" of this game would dissipate almost immediately. This is really the only flaw folks can cling to in order to justify the amount of "jankiness" in the game. As far as movement and gameplay, this is by far the best Mass Effect experience we've ever had. It's a shame that is being overshadowed.

Are the wonky facial animations your only actual criticism of this game? You are a broken record saying the same thing over and over.

Whether you believe MEA is a "good" or "bad" open world game is entirely subjective. You are not the golden standard for what constitutes a good open world experience. The open world genre is my favorite kind of game. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is my favorite game of all time. From my perspective, MEA is a phenomenal open world game.

You answered your own question... Prior to DAI, BioWare largely always made incredibly linear experiences. What the author wants, and what you seem to agree on, is that BioWare should revert back to what it once was. I also disagree that "BioWare never needed to go open world." The entire RPG genre is going open world, largely because of the resounding success of Skyrim. Every major RPG is making the jump, whether it be The Witcher, Final Fantasy, even The Legend of Zelda. BioWare has always been a pioneer in the industry, and by merely doing more of the same would show a studio out of touch and largely becoming irrelevant. Going open world is definitely the right direction. What BioWare needs to do, however, is make an open world experience unique to their game philosophy that sets them apart from the rest.

If you don't even believe TW3 is a good open world game, then I already see the problem here. Whatever your views of an open world experience are likely horribly skewed. What exactly is a "good" open world game to you? TW3 provided the best of both worlds by creating an engaging open world found in Bethesda games as well as creating an engrossing story with great characters and compelling choices found in BioWare games. There's always room for improvement and I didn't particularly like how sections of the world were gated by level, but overall the world design was absolutely stunning.

Whether BioWare has "failed twice" or not is a matter of opinion. From my perspective, they have made a largely working experience that has improved over time. It's not perfect, but I definitely enjoy BioWare's open world experiences more than most games from Ubisoft or other publishers/developers that make open world games around the clock. There's always room for improvement, but going backwards and abandoning the open world approach is not the right course of action.

Also am I the only one who finds the hyperbole of Bioware's reputation being in jepordy to be overplayed now. Folks out there want bioware to fail because it's popular or against their interests or whatever reason under the sun. It is just as annoying as the people who have axes to grind

Or maybe fanboys need to stop destroying each other

At least you're admitting your one.

You know you really need to stop accssing anyone who likes the game a fanboy