OTOH, just drifting along the map and running into a total stranger who feels perfectly safe in trusting you to escort his daughter or something is kinda meh.
I like open-world, but procedural anything, not so much.
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ICastFist@programming.dev 2 months ago
Being able to fuck around can be fun. A linear Elder Scrolls (morrowind, oblivion, skyrim) would be boring
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
mirshafie@europe.pub 2 months ago
GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas. Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3 (yes), New Vegas. Elden Ring. Subnautica.
Try making San Andreas linear and you would instantly destroy one of the best games ever made.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
On the other hand later GTAs didn’t embrace the open worlds for which the series is known. Once you start a mission the games turn extremely linear without giving the player options.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very true! I remember in GTA3, some missions could be done in different ways, if you already knew what would happen.