As the title suggests: I’ve had it with open worlds with dozens of things to do and checklists to complete. What are your favorite, delightfully simple, linear games?

This question is sparked by the discussion in the Final Fantasy thread, were I disclosed that I actually kind of like XIII because of its linearity. Other linear favorites of mine include: Half-Life series, Portal series, Uncharted series, some COD campaigns, Undertale, Journey, Super Mario 3D World, Plague Tale, Spec Ops: The Line

A shout out to A Way Out in the co-op catergory!

  • AnEilifintChorcra@sopuli.xyz
    9·
    25 days ago

    American Arcadia

    Quantum Break

    Hellblade

    God of War series

    Sniper Elite series

    Talos Principle

    I found out recently that Portal has some free mods, I’ve just started reloaded and its pretty good so far.

    • Portal Reloaded
    • Portal Stories Mel
    • Thinking with Time Machine
    • CharlesReed@fedia.io
      3·
      24 days ago

      I second Quantum Break. When I first started that game, I wasn’t sure if I would like it, but it was fantastic!

    • blindsight@beehaw.org
      2·
      24 days ago

      Portal Pro I remember being great. So good that Portal 2 was a disappointment for me when it landed.

      I needed to cheat on a few solutions, iirc, too; not because they’re badly designed, just because I couldn’t wrap my head around the solution.

      It should be noted that a couple of the portal solutions need reasonably quick portal placement, so I don’t think it would be as good without KB+mouse. It took me a few tries to nail one of the techniques.