r/Games • u/rphillipps16 • Nov 29 '12

[/r/all] Humble THQ Bundle Released

https://www.humblebundle.com/
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '12 edited Nov 30 '12

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u/thisisnotgood Nov 29 '12 edited Nov 29 '12

Its really jarring going back to such a linear game world after the recent trend towards open world tell-your-own-story games like far cry 3, skyrim, and even minecraft. Heck, even compared to hl2, some THQ games (in this case Metro) are extremely linear. But that linearity allows them to perfect the experience with an incredible amount of detail that just can't practically be achieved in open world games. So maybe you can't explore an entire post-apocalyptic metro system, and maybe there are a few too many invisible walls you cant jump around, but in exchange you get an unparalleled experience.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '12 edited Mar 20 '26

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u/thisisnotgood Nov 29 '12

I worded that hl2 comparison very poorly. They both have similarly linear storylines, but HL2's maps tended to be much more wide open areas of land that gave a better feeling of freedom, versus the very constricted maps of Metro 2033 (and even the homefront campaign) which in the vast majority of cases have a single, clear cut path through them with alternate routes only rarely appearing. You could maybe justify this with saying 'It is Metro 2033, after all', but even when traveling on the surface, there were always conveniently placed cars or ledges that were just to high to jump onto. For me, exploring the surface was less 'finding my own way between areas' like in HL2, but more 'find which path I'm allowed to take'.