"Linear story games are really going to suffer in the modern marketplace", says Far Cry 4 dev

[the-pi-guy]

"I'm really interested in emergent games and where that's going with video sharing and Twitch," he observed, as part of a lengthy chat with interviewer Andy Robinson. "I think linear story games are really going to suffer in the modern marketplace.

"They're already super high-quality, and we're already seeing their audiences migrate to the big open world games. If I open my friends list and see everybody on the same mission, doing the same thing... I think that's nowhere near as strong a sales pitch as opening your friends list and seeing 40 people doing completely different things."

http://www.totalxbox.com/82095/linear-story-games-are-really-going-to-suffer-in-the-modern-marketplace-says-far-cry-4-dev/

[Legend]

I disagree.

Tlou>skyrim lol

[the-pi-guy]

I disagree.

Tlou>skyrim lol

Have to agree with you disagreeing. 
I think my entire top 5 is all linear games, then number 6 is open world. 

[NeverDies]

I think both kinds are really fun.

[Raven]

Someone needs to tell Ubisoft that overhyped IPs in which the company lies about its visuals are the games that will suffer.

[BananaKing]

The Last of Us Agrees.

[NeverDies]

Linear games are able to tell stories and trigger emotions with much more finesse, whereas I've found open world games tend to work best with just randomly blowing stuff up.

[Xevross]

Nah, both open world and linear games will strive. Like many have said, my favourite games have been linear

[Raven]

Nah, both open world and linear games will strive. Like many have said, my favourite games have been linear

I probably shouldn't read any posts right after waking up. I thought you said, "...my favorite games have had beer in them".

[Xevross]

I probably shouldn't read any posts right after waking up. I thought you said, "...my favorite games have had beer in them".

Lol that ain't even close!

[Raven]

Lol that ain't even close!

Exactly. lol

[NeverDies]

I always get a laugh in open world games when you find quests or NPC's that reference stuff you haven't done yet, and spoil the plot.

[Legend]

I always get a laugh in open world games when you find quests or NPC's that reference stuff you haven't done yet, and spoil the plot.

Yeah talk about annoying.

[the-pi-guy]

I always get a laugh in open world games when you find quests or NPC's that reference stuff you haven't done yet, and spoil the plot.

Oooh like what?