discussion Do you prefer games with a linear or nonlinear story?

[Ignis344]

I prefer a non linear story but tbh a lot of games are just linear stories with 2 ending that are just slightly different I like the freedom a non linear story gives you a good example of this would be bulders gate 3 but then a good crafted linear game is definitely worth playing

 

[manseat]

a mixture of both kinda like a linear story with certain side stories and a few options like pregnancy harem/no harem marriage etc i feel like when its non linear the developer cant give all the characters a full interesting story line

 

[samumal82]

For sure a linear story. I really like Visual Novels the most. I like them without choices but I don't dislike having choices too, unfortunately sometimes it lose the immersion in the game, as the completionist I am will for sure come back to choose the others options too. And when I finish the game it make wonder which story was actually the 'Real one' and make me feel strange. Instead with linear story is like I am reading a book and just spectating the story.

 

[peach17]

Nonlinear, but I really like the ones that have the options for outcome spoilers, eg "this will close X path" etc

 

[NoScreamAshe]

it really depends, but i do lean a bit more towards non-linear

 

[JillianV]

I prefer non-linear games as I like to explore if it's an option. But if it makes more sense for the story to be linear and told in a certain way then yea sure. I don't typically play VNs outside of NSFW games.

 

[slydaddy69]

For games, either SFW or NSFW, do you prefer linear or nonlinear stories? Do you like having to make choices to alter what happens or prefer to simply experience a predetermined story?

Personally I prefer nonlinear, I like making choices that have meaning and gives those games a lot of replayability!

Honestly it really depends on the game and the narrative that's going on. Linear is great but at some point i like it to be non-linear.

 

[Bolda56]

i prefer non-linear games, but a lot of games don´t make the different options distintive enough to matter in the story

 

[kroman]

Nonlinear. I want my choices to matter, my endings to be different, and my mistakes to haunt me for the next 20 hours

 

[dangerbeach]

Non linear are usually more fun but linear games generally have better art in my experience.

 

[kroman]

Nonlinear. Let me ignore the main quest for 47 hours and adopt a chicken instead of saving the world.