Freeform (64 and Sunshine) vs. Linear (Galaxy)

[Rad Dudesman]

Personally, I preferred the freeform gameplay of 64/Sunshine, especially 64, where you could collect the stars in any order.

Galaxy, however, was way too linear, and lacked that sense of freedom that 64 and Sunshine had.

 

[Turboo]

Freeform. Galaxy was a excellent game in it's own right, but the lack of freeform gameplay made it not seem as fun as 64.

 

[ksimp23]

I do prefer the more open-ended types of games, but Galaxy made linearity work extremely well. The levels were just set up in a perfect way to keep the game moving forward and it was just excellent. Lots of credit goes to level design.

Nevertheless, I am still very excited about Galaxy 2 taking a more freeform approach, which will be awesome since it will have a blend of levels which have both straight-forward linear platforming and levels with a little it more adventure. Something for everyone I guess