Poll: Quality Vs Freedom

[KingArmery]

By how the question was worded, it seems I would rather have a Half-Life 2 than an Alpha Protocol. Though that is because Half-Life 2 makes you feel like you are in a free, open-world game while actually being linear. In that regard, I would prefer a game with freedom than a game that is linear, even if it is less polished.

 

[michiehoward]

The best type of game is a linear game that feels so big it doesn't feel linear. It is hard to accomplish. 3 games that come to mind are FFX and FFXII, recently Mass Effect series.

As for the freedom I would assume any developer and designer put effort into their open game, which is i love Obliv so much.

 

[The Apothecarry]

Freedom with some unfinished-ness. It's what patches are for. I would do MUCH more bug testing than what Bethesda did with Fallout 3.

 

[LetalisK]

I'd much rather play a quality linear game than a half-assed open world game. Like Far Cry 2.

 

[tigermilk]

I like open world-games, but I'd take a linear with quality á la Uncharted over an unpolished game any day.

In programming terms I would guess yes.

In playing terms not unless the person playing is very bad indeed.

OT: 'Linear with quality' (assuming an open world game can't be patched to perfection), even though Vice City is my favourite game and GTA is my favourite gaming series I hate buggy games. The prospect of my dream game not being realised because of budget/time constraints makes me shudder. I would far rather something in a similar vein to Super Mario Land on the Gameboy or the campaign in COD4.

 

[Jessta]

Honestly I would rather have a game thats a bit of both, a somewhat open world game that has average quality. why? I think Final fantasy XIII as the extreme quality but no freedom, and I think FF one for a full open world with crap quality, both aren't really that great.
If I had to choose, Open world.