Are you kidding me i hope ;D
@achilles: obviously you've never played the games i mentioned before or Ultima 7.
PoE2 is open world, but still suffers from the “too many distractions” problem that *all* open world game have. Currently on my 4th playthrough and finally have a good idea of what needs to be ignored in order to keep a consistent narrative.
not my cup of tea, the best crpg i've played were open world by some degree.