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Originally Posted by DarkCloud_PK
Well in GTA, while it wasn't directly forced, you pretty much had to do a boatload of quests to be viable in events, PK, or sparring.
Back then, there was no scripting made to allow GCs to even players out, or sparring zones to even players out, etc etc.
Sure, you could sit around and have 6 hearts and a level 1 sword or some other combonation of numbers of your choosing, but if you didn't have 12/3, there wasn't really much you could do besides the events that didnt account combat, or bowling.
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It's a totally different feeling, though. One is the feeling of being underpowered, and probably a motivation to get better. The other(forced quests like it is currently) is the feeling of being MADE to do something against your will, even if the outcome is you being stronger.
GTA did, however block off a huge chunk of the overworld and pretty much make the players do quests in a linear way regardless. I wasn't a huge fan of GTA's approach either. I'm just really turned off when I log on a server and only 2/3 levels of the overworld is open to me -- basically a single path from where I am to where I have to go. At least enough of the overworld should be open to not feel enclosed in a cage and broken off from the rest of the world. I just prefer an open-world exploration do what I want when I want kind of thing and I think linear gameplay is being phased out fast in the gameworld as it's definitely something
always brought up when reviewing a game.