For single player, do you prefer open world or linear games?

[Pressure]

Definitely prefer more open world. Probably my biggest gripe with GOWR was the game being unnecessarily becoming a puzzle simulator to fate progression when there were obviously clear ways to get there.

I guess the trade off is better combat than we see in open world games.

 

[Deltron]

I'm and generally prefer my SP games linear or like a metroidvania.

One of my fave franchises of all time is ace attorney and that's as single player and linear as you can get

 

[Prince Akeem]

I've played enough open world games to know that most of them don't have a world that's worth exploring. Nothing but repetitive fetch quest, gamer OCD bullshyt, collect 100 of this random item, go kill 50 of these monsters, go climb a mountain to get this rare weapon only to find something better 20 minutes later.

I prefer focused, well designed linear experiences or semi-open games like GOW or Last of Us II.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Dense, wide linear games. I often get side tracked in truly open world games with a lot to do cuz I like to explore and search every nook and cranny

This...
It's the reason I haven't finished Horizon Forbidden West yet.
I easily get side tracked and focus on trying to be a completionist which leads to fatigue and me ending up wanting to play something much more narrow and quicker to feel more rewarding in a more meaningful way.
I love a good open world game, I just don't have the focus to play it and nothing else the way I would play a game like The Last Of Us every single night for multiple hours. Right now GT7 is getting a ton of burn because on a night where I only feel like playing for 20 - 30 minutes I can get a bunch of races in and feel like I made some progress. Open world games...I'll spend 30 minutes just LOOKING for the door beneath the rock, behind the wall, across the river, that you needed the special grenade to break so you have to back track and do that mission to come all the way back again.

 

[ColdSlither]

It honestly all depends. I like to have a variety of both.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Once you played 3 open world games, you basically played em all

 

[DaddyFresh]

Psuedo linear with the illusion of open world like TLOU2

Yeah those vast open worlds are turnoffs when you older man. Even how FF7R did it as well was probably my fav

 

[Jasonmask]

Linear. I like open world but I rarely replay them like I do linear games.

 

[voltronblack]

I like open world more because RPG games are the main kind of games I play that or hub base/zone like settings are what I see in alot of RPG rather they be wrpg or jrpg.

 

[cheek100]

Point me in a direction I got it from here

 

[Red Shield]

I like how TLOU2 did it with... linear but pretty open.

But I don't care either way... Open World just means I'm playing it for probably 30+ hrs

 

[Methodical]

Depends. Games like mafia 3 and watchdogs 2 would have been better games if they were more linear. Most Ubisoft games are interesting and fun as open worlds but opening up the map and seeing all that clutter is

I disagree with Watchdog 2 on that one. Watchdog 2 was perfect as it was. I can understand Mafia 3 thou cause no fast travel.

 

[daze23]

open world:
-no minimap
-no waypoints
-no fast travel
-minimal HUD

 

[thaKEAF]

I prefer linear. I’ve never been a person to enjoy just exploring the world for hours and hours…I like a sense of a finish line in my games. Not having to spend a lot of time going from point a to point b to start a mission (even though fast travel exists) and I’m not a huge side mission person. Usually I’m trying to get through the story so any side missions are getting ignored.

I will say though that Hogwarts is the first open world game I’ve really enjoyed in a while and the side missions actually have me interested so far.

 

[315]

I don't think prefer one over the other