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Hell noez! Linear games are a blight on video gaming. They cut down on replay value, content, exploration and options. Linear games ruin the video game industry.

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What!?!

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Linear gameplay is very restrictive. Hell, look at Final Fantasy XIII, and it's one of the worst games ever made, not to mention that there's no options or exploration in the game and you can't really do anything in the game, like you can with traditional JRPGs.

Also, take the Uncharted series for example. Drake is an explorer, yet you do not explore in the game. That is pretty f'ed up when devs make a game about exploration, yet there's no exploration in the game. How deceptive. And since the games are linear and scripted, you know what will happen in the game every time, since there's only 1 way you can play it, especially since there's only 1 way to go.

linearness kills the exploration, and that casualizes and streamlines a game and it takes away the control of the player. That is not good.

[/QUOTE]Just to butt in here, I think you're confusing linear for lack of content. RE4 is a very linear game....it has the most replay value I've ever seen in a game, same with RE5. There's plenty of "linear" games that have fantastic gameplay, even more so that more open games because those open games have to account for more things. And when you have to account for more things, you have to find the lowest common denominator that won't break the game. Fallout 3 is one of my favorite games, it has a huge open world with tons to explore....I'll admit the gameplay isn't the best, especially if you don't use VATS for every single fight in that game. I love open world games and I love having options in games but I understand from a design perspective that certain games have to be linear. Also, this thing about the lack of exploration "casualizing" games is a load of crap. This is what you're saying: Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden, Vanquish and Metal Gear Solid are casual games. Does that sound right?

Also, FF13 is not one of the worst games ever, I'd have to accuse you of hyperbole there. It definitely has pacing issues and design oversights but the music, the gameplay, the graphical fidelity and overall production value are all top notch. Certainly a game with such qualities is not one of the worst games ever. As well, Nathan Drake isn't an explorer, he's a treasure hunter, a thief. He follows a map and puts together clues like Indiana Jones. So, it stands to reason why the Uncharted games are linear. They're also trying to simulate a cinematic experience which no game has come as close to as Uncharted(except MGS).

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[QUOTE="anime_gamer007"]Also, FF13 is not one of the worst games ever, I'd have to accuse you of hyperbole there. It definitely has pacing issues and design oversights but the music, the gameplay, the graphical fidelity and overall production value are all top notch. Certainly a game with such qualities is not one of the worst games ever. As well, Nathan Drake isn't an explorer, he's a treasure hunter, a thief. He follows a map and puts together clues like Indiana Jones. So, it stands to reason why the Uncharted games are linear. They're also trying to simulate a cinematic experience which no game has come as close to as Uncharted(except MGS).[/QUOTE]

As for your other question, making something linear is streamlining, not necessarily casualizing.

And Final Fantasy XIII is one of the very worst games of all time, if not the worst game of all time. Have you even played it? Worst thing about it is that the game is a 30 hour long hallway corridor that doesn't let you do anything.

Drake is a treasure hunter, who goes into "uncharted" territory, implying that he actually does explore.

Cinematics need to go away from games. Putting a cinematic experience over gameplay is another thing that ruins games.

[/QUOTE]Get outta here. You didn't address half of my post. You changed your argument, you specifically mentioned that linearity "casualizes" games. You bring up no hard evidence to give validity to your opinion. This isn't even worth my time. Good day to you, sir.