Nothing wrong with linear games.

linear is fine if the story and structure are engaging. GOW has always been great.

We need more Linear or Wide Linear games. #F*** Micro-transaction

I find almost all open world games too repetitive and end up getting bored and never finishing them.. Linear games however, I always finish cause it keeps me interested in seeing the final outcome of the story and Having no distractions like repetitive side quests to level up in order to progress with the main campaign is a plus for me ;)

Linear games are just as awesome as Open world games. I don't always need a huge freaking map to explore with tons of useless junk I have to collect.

I don't understand the current attack on linear games, and I don't understand people who very vocally have attacked multiplayer games for being multiplayer. Isn't the best thing about the gaming industry the fact that there's so much to choose from? Why take away or try to dwindle either, to the point where it's pushing away the people who play these games?

I dont want all my games to be the same.

I enjoy them, but they have to be exceptional to warrant $60 for a 6-8 hour experience. They need SOME replay value.

Totally agree. Not every game has to be open world. Obviously you don't want your whole game to be in a hallway, but a focused level design makes for better pacing, storytelling, and more detailed environments. Just more engrossing overall IMO. That's not to say open world games are bad. Witcher 3 and HZD are great examples of it done right, but more often than not they're not done as well as they could be, and add a lot of extra fluff, boring fetch quests, and done-to-death open world mechanics to make the game seem larger than it really is.

He's right. How many reviewers went with their 'its too linear' crap in one way or another and many gamers following the beat? Linear is not a bad thing at all per se

Me want now.

Think of some of your favourite games ever. I bet a big portion of them are linear games. Open world is already getting stale because most of them are so similar with repetitive missions cluttering the map and a lame ass story. There's only a few open world games that actually do it well. so yea, I'll take a linear game with focused game play and an actual story everyday of the week.

#Single-player ALWAYS DEFEATS & OUTLIVES Multi-player Only games. Nuff said!!

It's not that linear games are not profitable, it's that Ea wants more lootboxes and more microtransactions

God of War gonna break records baby

Sony - Court Amy Hennig NOW. Get her onboard for something. She is an asset. Heck hire Jade as well.

Yes!!!! Not every freaking game has to be freaking open world. How disgusting would it be if every game was modeled off the same design.

Thank you Cory!

Linearity in games just need to be done well. Great thing about linear games is that its just all the main story, more open world games just have too much to do, which Im not saying is a bad thing. Its just if the storys so good, id prefer to just keep playing the story and not have to do side missions and such in between. Personally Ive enjoyed linear games more than open.

The new Star Wars game will probably be a piece of crap like the last Mass Effect game.

Hell yeah we're with you Cory!!!!

Hell yeah, Cory ! You are the man.

I wonder if Santa Monica Studio would be willing to hire Amy Hennig.

That's why I will buy the game and fully ignore online focused micro transactions and loot boxes riddled mess the other games are trying to shove down our gaming enjoyment.

Go Cory, well said.

Nothing wrong with linear games. Getting sick of open world games with repeated crap over and over and over again.

I just like good games, be they linear or non-linear. What I prefer first and foremost are single player experiences that offer a great story to move gameplay forward, and that is where my main gaming interest, and dollars, will always be.

I much prefer a good linear game than a huge empty open world. But hey, that's just me.

They should try to snag up Amy Hennig while she's still a free agent.

Would be nice if a competent publisher would acquire Visceral from EA.

There is room for all kinds of games but greedy bastards like EA, Activision, WB, and Ubisoft are killing gaming with their BS practices. If an independent studio like CD Project Red can make a game like The Witcher 3 there is no reason why these big publishers can't make good games. We have to demand quality but as long as you have mindless people buying FIFA, Madden, Battlefront, COD, Assassins Creed, every year things won't change.

i rly dislike open world games, because i really dont have the time to be exploring amd they lack story most of the time, also most of these "open world games" arent really open to us. its more like a "open after u progress" kinda like.

And he's fucking right!
every E3 i always hoped for a dead space 4 announcment or a dante's inferno-like game announcement...
Now, aside for need for speed and maybe a way out, EA is dead for me.

If this game gets really good reviews, then I will buy it. If that does happen, then it will be the first GOW game that I finish.

I like dynamic or atmospheric more than cinematic but variety is nice. The only way you can have loot boxes is if you have random loot mechanics which aren’t inherently bad. I don’t think it adds to something like assassins creed like it does to a game like diablo. It’s nice to have different weapons with different stats and effects but it’s not needed in every single game. While I don’t have a problem with random loot mechanics in games like nioh, witcher or battlechasers, they have gotten too popular to the point of saturation just because it’s an easy way to add microtransactions. It’s not gambling like the corny online outragers say BUT it is a bummer to see where it’s heading as a trend in the market to become a standard.

While random loot doesn’t “ruin” most games (the outrage for shadows of war is phony and pathetic), sometimes it does ruin games, closes good studios and that’s where my issue lies. In the end this is a good thing, the people with 15 plus year history at visceral have a chance to start fresh as an indie studio or join a real team like Sony SM. They weren’t fired, they were freed. EA has always been awful and this isn’t even surprising.

I have always loved single player games, linear or open world. If it's done well and written with skill and the story engages it always works.
That's a big blow for star wars fans could have been a seriously amazing star wars adventure game.

100% agree, I prefer linear games with cinematic cut scenes to sandbox ones for example mafia 3 with it's sandbox and open gameplay ruined the franchise while mafia 2 was linear and much better

Happy to see this. I was very gutted over Visceral being shut down :(

Wow, just wow, i'm lost at words that A)The studio is closed B) He's shooting shots at EA sad and amazing at the same time reminds me of so many Kratos moments...

But this is the thing about game dev. now you have all of these unemployed devs like that. I remember going 4 months unemployed because of layoffs got hired at CCP Games and then retired from the whole game development. I've been making apps for the past 4 years much more lucrative, faster turn around and you keep your jobs longer. I haven't fired anyone since I started my company 4 years ago. I don't know a game dev team that still have all of their set pieces from last year let alone 4 years ago.

I don't like super linear games. Player freedom very important me. I prefer non linear SP games.

Cory <3!

I like a good linear story based game. Much more room for varied and interesting environments.

Heck yeah! to hell with games as a service!

Most PS exclusives are linear

Good Linear Games >

This man speaks truth.

I honestly prefer a linear game to an open world game a lot. On my bucket list of BC games I have more Opeb World games to complete then linear games. It gets exhausting trying to play these large mapped games sometimes and focus goes a long way when your trying to relax.

Amen!

#Ilovelinearsingleplayergames

Online only and micro-transactions are causing me to loose interest in gaming. I haven't bought a new game in almost a year.

I was having some internet issues for a couple of weeks, during that time I bought Garden Warfare 2 and couldn't even boot up the game. I might be done with EA.

I've played good open world games and good linear games.
I've played bad open world games and bad linear games.

Just give us good games.

Yet another great exclusive for ps4. I'm sorry but there's nothing they can do now it's over it's over!!

Uncharted is linear, But also big enough with excellent MP.

God of war does not need MP, and never did.

Open world can be good, but also off putting to some.

I love linear games

Sometimes a crafted experience guiding the player can change how the entire game is played.

Everything nowadays seems to be about lets please the player. Let them play how they want to play everytime. And this does work in some games but sometimes a single player level was designed to be played long range and if given a choice the player runs in with a shotgun.

I love older shooters like Medal of Honor because it was fun getting the tools at the start of a level and using those tools to complete the objectives.

Now its like oh heres 50 guns choose which one you llike

I wonder how pissed off Amy Hennig is at the shutdown.

i donno..i prefer good design and story to some default half assed open world. Last of us was great...uncharted too. There is nothing wrong fith linear games done well