Then I played the very linear Max Payne 3 this weekend and realized as I was playing that the game was making me eat my words. It’s not that I’m not a fan of more linear titles, but in the long run I tend to put more value in a game which lets me do whatever I want over a game that tells me what to do. You have been warned.Ī few weeks ago I wrote about the importance and value of less restrictive open gameplay. Spoiler Alert: I’ll do my best to refrain from spoiling plot details, but as the gameplay and the plot are wound tightly together it will be difficult.