Comments on: Musings on Linearity http://www.jonlauridsen.com/2008/07/musings-on-linearity-2/ Just another WordPress weblog. For now… Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.jonlauridsen.com/2008/07/musings-on-linearity-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Matthew Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.jonlauridsen.com/?p=97#comment-2742 Hmmm... I want to agree, but I can't. Did you play Call of Duty 4? That game is on rails so extreme at some point you actually wonder if you could just get a golf cart and shuttle from place to place and shoot guys on your way. But you know what? It was easily the best single player FPS I've played in a long time. The point is that linear doesn't kill a game, if you make the roller coaster ride very interesting. HL2 did that pretty well (though the no talking was a big grating by the second one) and the first episode was a complete blast. I too prefer when I can have meaningful choices in games, but I don't mind when I'm on rails if I'm too busy catching my breath to notice. (the sniper level in particular was amazing in CoD4). Hmmm… I want to agree, but I can’t. Did you play Call of Duty 4? That game is on rails so extreme at some point you actually wonder if you could just get a golf cart and shuttle from place to place and shoot guys on your way.

But you know what? It was easily the best single player FPS I’ve played in a long time.

The point is that linear doesn’t kill a game, if you make the roller coaster ride very interesting. HL2 did that pretty well (though the no talking was a big grating by the second one) and the first episode was a complete blast.

I too prefer when I can have meaningful choices in games, but I don’t mind when I’m on rails if I’m too busy catching my breath to notice. (the sniper level in particular was amazing in CoD4).

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