The Bioware ship is long since sunk in my eyes ME3 was the torpedo that blew that one apart and one only has to see one of EAs own statements to see the direction of DA3, they are no longer producing games without a multiplayer component attached. Sad to say but in my eyes Bioware is dead.

I'm probably one of the very few that loves Mass effect 3. Lol. The ending was horrible, but the extended one was much better, and made the series worth playing again for me.

Did you miss the part about The Witcher 3 being open world?

I'll believe it when I see it....you should never believe the hype this early in development as developers might want to make this big, beautiful open world full of everything they promise but it's not always feasible or possible within the budget and time constraints.

And EA remains the Kiss of Death. I didn't want to believe it as ME was one of my favorite series.

One would hope that in the customer relations department CDProjekt's treatment of their fans would shine an even brighter light than the DLC release fiasco has on Bethesda's almost total lack of respect for their customers.

One would hope that an open world game that has a compelling story and characters you actually feel something for and decisions that actually change something might cause Bethesda to step up in that department.

One also hopes that Bethesda does not go so far down the "advlt/Grim/Gritty" path as the Witcher games, I love the Witcher but I wouldn't play it around a lot of people because of the content.

CDProjekt is also releasing mod tools that look to be a breeze to work with.

So, if they pull this off, CDProjekt will give Bethesda a bit of competition, hopefully enough to make Beth step it up. But they'll never have the same market share because of the content is too advlt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gIsYuPIKco

Cd are excellent DEVS, but they DO NO have the experience and prestige Bethesda has.
This is there first true open world game.
Bethesda has made 6 with countless Expansions and DLC.

Why not? They're taking a lot of inspiration from Skyrim. I don't see any reason not to, as I'm not bashing my favorite game.

Wat. Where have you been? CDProjekt has loads of prestige.

While I don't like EA - this is an unfair statement. Mass Effect 2 is my favourite of the series and Mass Effect 3 was good up until the ending which, while casting a sour note on the series, has garnered a severe overreaction.

Wait, AND we share the same birthday? I'm not even sure what I can give you except another high five.

Cd are excellent DEVS, but they DO NOT have the experience and prestige Bethesda has.
This is there first true open world game.
Bethesda has made 6 with countless Expansions and DLC.

It is entirely possible that "they" are claiming inspiration from Skyrim as a marketing tactic. I'm not saying that's what they are doing, just that it's been done before... and I'm pretty much a sceptic when it comes to any pie-in-the-sky pre-release statements from game shops who are just trying to get everyone wet and primed to drop their cash at the counter. I was even sceptical with Skyrim, but have been very pleasantly surprised (even though half of the cool stuff they claimed was going in actually just ended up being the propaganda I'm speaking of). I usually wait until friends of mine test games out for me and vet them before I'm willing to spend the dough.

I would rather them keep to what we know they excel at. Excellent writing and story.

I would rather them keep to what we know they excel at. Excellent writing and story.

But this is their first open world game...

That may still be there. An open world with great story telling and writing in today's market? Thats something to hope for even if it falls short.

Well to give credit were its due...Halo 4 was 343 first shooter, and they still made it stand up-if not better to the orignal trilogy, so they CAN pull it off...Im just a little skeptical.