Originally Posted by mattatmac

I really don't mind if a story is linear if that means that the action is good, take, for example the Call of Duty games, of course the gam eis very linear, but that allows for amazing sequences of action simply because the story is so well guided.

I beat the first Call of Duty game in about an hour or two. I want my money back. o:

Originally Posted by AdelaisAer

I cannot be entertained by a game that's too linear - I love having the ability to make choices and have the adventure changed based on what I do. Or if I am playing an MMO, then at least I have several ways of approaching the final mission rather than doing the same thing everyone else does.

Hack'n'slashes are the same as above. Diablo 2 approaches this somewhat well. The game is pretty linear and the classes have fixed genders, but the customization is pretty vast and you end up having fun nonetheless. Recently, people kept spamming and hacking and stuff, so the game pretty much died for me. But yeah.

I believe character customization is important regardless of the game type. Unless it's a game that has no characters, like Guitar Hero or whatever.

You might want to take a look at Red Dead Redemtion (it's basically GTA IV in a Western setting), Mafia II, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3/New Vegas, Demon Souls, Dragon Age: Origins, and Mass Effect 2. The type of games you like seem to have gotten really popular this generation

I'm personally a fan of cinematic action games, MGS4 and Uncharted 2 have blown basically every other game I've played this generation out of the water.

The only game i play is Fight Night Round 4..... ive lost 5 out of 150+ fights online. I wish there was some kind of competition for it, id be rich lol

Originally Posted by Tailsnake

You might want to take a look at Red Dead Redemtion (it's basically GTA IV in a Western setting), Mafia II, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3/New Vegas, Demon Souls, Dragon Age: Origins, and Mass Effect 2. The type of games you like seem to have gotten really popular this generation

I'm personally a fan of cinematic action games, MGS4 and Uncharted 2 have blown basically every other game I've played this generation out of the water.

Will do so. Thanks for the suggestions.

Do not like RPGs set in medieval times. Guild Wars is THE ONLY exception.

Fallout: New Vegas I already got. Beat it after 30 hours of playing. Best 30 hours of my life.

Mass Effect 2 looks stupid because of the whole futuristic star-wars-like setting. Also, I hear there is insufficient character customization.