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Old 03-21-2012, 05:23 PM   #28
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I believe passionately that games are an art form, and that the power of our medium flows from our audience, who are deeply involved in how the story unfolds, and who have the uncontested right to provide constructive criticism.
The problem with trying to make player-authored stories as an art form is that by giving creative control to the player, developers also need to forfeit certain creative rights to make the formula work. Because the player is now the artist, a lot of this backlash is caused by Bioware forcing itself into the player's creative space at the most inopportune of times, much like someone scribbling all over someone else's painting.

Don't get me wrong, the rest of the game is still otherwise fantastic. The combat controls are really fun, the story has a lot of strong moments in it, some of the situations are quite challenging (but not impossible), and the cinematics are really epic. In spite of the controversy, it's still a top-notch game.
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