I don't buy that excuse. I think it can be done it's just that very few people have the vision/ determination/patience and or "motives" to see it through. Regardless if it was purely a "business decision" to make the game linear and scripted or because they REALLY couldn't do it I can't say for sure. But what REALLY gets me about some of these companies is that THEY are the ones in the business of making games and they can't even do that right. I thought that was their job not the consumers? Why is it nearly always left to the consumers/ adept modders to try and fix a games blunders and shortcomings? That'd be cool if everything in life operated like that *dentist* "hey here's the bill for me fixing your teeth except I did a really ****ty job and you'll have to complete the procedure once you get home". *Car mechanic* "yeah I attempted to install a new radiator except I couldn't quite manage it,...here's some tools for you to take home and finish it yourself"Quietus: STALKER wasn't done that way "For kids" it was done that way because a true non-linear game is HARD to make. They had to cut and cut and cut and they still were years late of their planned release date.
Sorry if I sound mad but if you get PAID to do something artistic (or potentially artistic) such as making games you should do it the best you possibly can. It seems like many of these game Co's are just a bunch of slackers surfing the internet for Pron all day long and playing grab *** in the office only putting out what's neccessary to not get fired. I know there a alot of good CO's out there that put in alot of hard work & effort but still... many are just the "C" grade mentality. Just enough effort to "pass" and that's it.
EDIT: Let me also add: I don't care about graphics. I don't care about stunning visuals. I don't care about the latest cool rendering effects. I son't care about shiney **** (that shouldn't even shine) I don't care about drop dead gorgeous screenshots. I don't care about having to "one up" the other games co's in the graphics department each year. I DON'T CARE ABOUT GRAPHICS! I only care about graphics if there is ALSO EXCELLENT GAMEPLAY to accompany the graphics. You can have the most photorealistic looking game in the world but I still wouldn't care unless there was real gameplay to go with it. There's no point to a video game otherwise. You might as well just go outside and look at RL for the ultimate in graphics and you can do that for free.
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