LONG BLOG
Freedom: Freedom To or Freedom From?
I�ve seen a lot of blogs lately talking about open-world games and how they give players freedom to do an almost dizzying amount of stuff. These great blogs have addressed only one side of freedom, but what about the other side? What about freedom from?
Open-world games like the Grand Theft Auto series or Fallout and Oblivion give players tremendous amounts of choices. Do I want to do side quests, level up some obscure sub-skill, or do I want to progress the main story? The amount of stuff you can do in these games is staggering. Sometimes it�s too much.
Picture is unrelated.
Gaming is a unique hobby because it gives us the opportunity to take in all these different types of experiences. Some people want games with more freedom to, and others want games with the other kind. The truly amazing thing is that all of us have the freedom to play what we want.
That veered somewhere cheesy. Cock. Balls. Okay things are back to normal now.
TriplZer0 
fulldamage 1
Elsa 1
M Randy 1
rengeki 1
Open-world games like the Grand Theft Auto series or Fallout and Oblivion give players tremendous amounts of choices. Do I want to do side quests, level up some obscure sub-skill, or do I want to progress the main story? The amount of stuff you can do in these games is staggering. Sometimes it�s too much.
Picture is unrelated.
Gaming is a unique hobby because it gives us the opportunity to take in all these different types of experiences. Some people want games with more freedom to, and others want games with the other kind. The truly amazing thing is that all of us have the freedom to play what we want.
That veered somewhere cheesy. Cock. Balls. Okay things are back to normal now.
Login to vote this up!
LOOK WHO CAME:
0 COMMENTS
Please login (or) make a quick account (free)
to view and post comments.
Login with Twitter
Login with Dtoid
Three day old threads are only visible to verified humans - this helps our small community management team stay on top of spam
Sorry for the extra step!
Login with Twitter
Login with Dtoid
About TriplZer0one of us since 3:08 AM on 03.18.2009
About Me
Age: 24
My Website
My Twitter
My Backloggery
Location: San Diego, CA
Hey Dtoid, I'm TriplZer0.
I'm a science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writer by trade, but aside from writing, video games are my biggest passion. I also write over at Gamer Limit.
The first console my brothers and I ever got was an SNES for Christmas one year. Since then, we've owned an N64, Playstation, PS2, and an Xbox 360. I got a Gameboy Color one year for Christmas, but my brothers are more into handheld gaming than me. Every time they upgrade to the latest system I get their hand-me-downs. That's how I obtained my GBA and my two DS's. Handheld gaming for some reason doesn't interest me even though I know there are great games out there. The first console I've ever been the exclusive owner of is my PS3. The first games I ever played were Super Mario World, F-Zero, 7th Saga (which I've written about), and Out of This World.
My favorite genres are RPGs (Western or Japanese), FPS, action/adventure, and RTS (even though I suck at them).
My Promoted Articles
The Forgotten: The 7th Saga - My First Foray Into RPGs
The Five Stages of Backlog Grief
Dread Space: Why Space Sims Scare Me More than Zombies
Miscellaneous
The daily hotness featuring my first novel
Communitoid Episode 008 - Mxy liked my book!
Age: 24
My Website
My Twitter
My Backloggery
Location: San Diego, CA
Hey Dtoid, I'm TriplZer0.
I'm a science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writer by trade, but aside from writing, video games are my biggest passion. I also write over at Gamer Limit.
The first console my brothers and I ever got was an SNES for Christmas one year. Since then, we've owned an N64, Playstation, PS2, and an Xbox 360. I got a Gameboy Color one year for Christmas, but my brothers are more into handheld gaming than me. Every time they upgrade to the latest system I get their hand-me-downs. That's how I obtained my GBA and my two DS's. Handheld gaming for some reason doesn't interest me even though I know there are great games out there. The first console I've ever been the exclusive owner of is my PS3. The first games I ever played were Super Mario World, F-Zero, 7th Saga (which I've written about), and Out of This World.
My favorite genres are RPGs (Western or Japanese), FPS, action/adventure, and RTS (even though I suck at them).
My Promoted Articles
The Forgotten: The 7th Saga - My First Foray Into RPGs
The Five Stages of Backlog Grief
Dread Space: Why Space Sims Scare Me More than Zombies
Miscellaneous
The daily hotness featuring my first novel
Communitoid Episode 008 - Mxy liked my book!