10 Linear Games That Give You the MOST FREEDOM

Linear is kind of a bad word sometimes in gaming but sometimes linear games give you a lot of interesting possibilities.

0:00 Intro
0:16 Number 10
1:50 Number 9
3:32 Number 8
4:49 Number 7
6:16 Number 6
7:35 Number 5
9:10 Number 4
10:27 Number 3
11:55 Number 2
13:02 Number 1

[Tondor]

Honorable mention to the Sniper Elite games. Especially 4.

[RvkKJ]

The amount of hours I put into dishonored 1&2 levels discovering new paths to maintain low chaos and finally coming to YouTube only to find multiple new paths.

Especially with dishonored 2's clockwork mansion. Level design was phenomenal.

[Oakshimasu]

Holy Hell, I can't believe you guys mentioned SteamBot Chronicles. It's one of my all-time favorite PS2 games, but it went extremely under the radar. I really wish it got more love. Thanks for bringing it up!

[herzaaaaa]

Just crazy how well Crysis still looks. Like some parts of the game looks way better than stuff nowadays

[addisonlindsey]

I platinumed 11 games, and out of all the ones I did, the dishonored series, Prey, and days gone were my favorites to do.

[metern]

The best thing with the first Crysis game was the level of destruction you could do. Shooting trees had a good realistic feel. The building destruction was also great. In all the other Crysis games, that ability was removed.

[flamingosarerad]

I actually think it would be pretty sweet if they flipped the Far Cry formula on its head and made them more linear-maybe just in certain aspects

[christophersteeves]

Hell yeah! Steambot Chronicles was my jam as a kid!

[joels]

Dishonored and BioShock are great linear games that give a variety of tools and methods to progress through their levels 👍

[ickybobclay]

I haven’t thought about the steambot chronicles in years. I love when there are deep cuts on the list.

[Mrchair]

Man the Ghost and Clean Hands trophies for Dishonored are among my proudest trophies I’ve gotten. I love the Dishonored games so much and I really hope it gets off ice at some point because I will throw money at my tv for Dishonored 3 lol.

[AnxMa]

Arkham Asylum should've been included. God, I miss Kevin Conroy so much. He was perfect in previous Arkham games. I got a voice acting background and have to say that his voice has been such an inspiration for me since the Batman the Animated Series. The vocal training was really tough, sometimes without noticeable results for months but actors like him are a great impulse to not give up - I was almost a face of Leon in those new RE games :)

[DKArmstrong]

Obviously Deus Ex is the best linear, non-linear
game.

[lorddrakkon]

I thought I never hear that game Steam Bot Chronicles ever said on this channel, lol, love that game!!

[lionel]

Before you said number 1 I already knew what it was going to be. That game is fantastic and I love it with all my heart, it deserves all the praise it's gotten so far.

[theconsolekiller]

Great topic and coverage. Aside from what you mentioned both God Hand on PS2 and Remember Me on 360/PS3 come to mind for the same reasons. Both games allow you to customise your attacks and combos, button by button, by mapping specific attacks to each button. It really adds a layer of strategy to the combat. God Hand is the supreme game of the two, but Remember Me was one of capcom's better releases during that gen, despite not being at the top of thier releases.

[omarmainuddin]

Crysis in the year 2007, on Dual core CPU, dual SLi Nvidias and 4 Gigs of RAM with that much to offer was a mind-fuck all it's own. I'd say the same for Bioshock in the same damn year!

[Ixarus]

Ah AC6...

Menu Simulator: The Game

I love it. Fully completed it a few weeks after launch. Cannot wait for the next in the long sequence. 😁
Wanted a mech game exactly like this since I was 4. Literally a childhood dream come true.

[ForeverMasterless]

Dark Souls 1 definitely deserves a mention. It's very far from an open world game, really a very restricted metroidvania. But the way those linear paths connect and loop on each other is incredible. After you finish the tutorial and get to firelink there are technically 8 different bosses that COULD be the first boss you fight, assuming you took the master key like everyone does.

Pinwheel
Taurus Demon
Quelaag
Gargoyles
Moonlight Butterfly
Sif
Stray Demon
Capra

[muninraven]

The original two Thief games by Looking Glass should be very high on any linear/freedom list!