this is what and how i see it
sandbox / free roam IMHO they r just laziest and easiest way for indie game devs,
i started asking for a game's saves after playing this kind of games.
some exception like DIK freeroam, you r free to roaming around
linear VN as Kinetic novel? (Honorable Devs)
i wont played it, and won't disturb their peaceful thread as long as they put the tag
how about VN with multiple choice / branching a lot ? (not for every devs can handle this pressure)
the GOAT is still GGGB, not perfect but almost perfect, and its completed now.
and DMD is definitely the most i hate
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but it have multiple choices? almost all of them are useless choices
and every second a single choice pop up to stop you from anything
but in the end, its the devs choices
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and peoples have different preferences, can't and don't' forced it to them
no offence