Open-ended vs. Linear games

[Lade]

I like a balance of the two. Linear games have no replayability, but if it is as open ended as say, spore, then I can't stand to play in the first place

I hope KOTOR 3 will not be completely open ended though. RPG's should generally lean towards teh linear side of things

 

[civ_king]

...Have fun sitting in some corner spamming restoration for hours while rats slowly chew your heavy armor

actually I was running around like a lunatic casting absorb health on guards, good times, good times, course then I had to pay 800 gold in fines for assault but otherwise
BTW that kind of list takes 5-10 minutes

 

[Maniacal]

actually I was running around like a lunatic casting absorb health on guards, good times, good times, course then I had to pay 800 gold in fines for assault but otherwise
BTW that kind of list takes 5-10 minutes

Sounds like mindless grinding stat whoring powergaming mmo"rpg" waste of time. It's an RPG. ROLE. PLAYING. GAME.