Was it really too linear or is that just a meme?

[Angel Hall]

Was it really too linear or is that just a meme?

[Carson Evans]

It was unbelievably, stupidly linear.

[Oliver Lee]

It was indeed incredibly linear, but I think if they shortened the game it wouldn't have been as big of an issue as it was.

I still loved it

[Nathaniel Evans]

its a good game.

[Luis Fisher]

It was linear for most of the entire game.

Personally still my favorite in the series. The sequels were far-less linear for those that cared.

[Grayson Brown]

Linear as fuck, but that wasn't the issue.

Problem was that 30 hours into the game it still felt like a tutorial with classes and formations still locked. That and it constantly broke apart your party so you could never have a real fucking game plan on how to level.

[Carter Morgan]

It really is that linear, but that's not a problem.

I'd much prefer a focused, linear game that knows what it wants to be over a shitty open world nothingfest.

[Cameron Jackson]

Very linear for first 25 hours but it does open up eventually.

[Carter Sullivan]

Most of the maps are linear, and ocassionally they'd branch out. I remember really enjoying a few areas. That was really only a bad thing when compared to previous Final Fantasy games, which is a valid complain. The rest of the game is really good, though. Stellar music, graphics and battle mechanics. A shame so many people look away because of the map design alone.

[Jeremiah Lee]

It was, but I am ok with it because it had a story to tell and and it did it at a good pace in part thanks to the linearity.

The way the story is they're all on the run and having them able to run around a big open world dicking around for hours on end would have been kinda dumb from a narrative standpoint.

The game opens up later and I was completely alright with that, I just wish the big ass area you got was a bit more varied.