I think Bioware has found a good balance between those aspects, Bethesda could learn from them in that sense.
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I stand by the fact that if Bioware and Bethesda teamed up under some impossible circumstances, to make a brand new game in a brand new series, that game would be the greatest RPG- maybe even game in general- ever to grace our mortal eyes. Whoops, started drooling on the keyboard...