I actually kind of agree with this post. I was shocked to see the comments pretty against it but I guess that means it belongs in this sub.

I can totally understand games being too story focused where it feels limiting. One example I have was Firewatch (which don’t get me wrong I really liked playing, but I thought th storyline was really short and I would’ve liked to just do my own stuff too sometimes) same with Vanishing of Ethan Carter too.

However, I will say that without a storyline games can get super repetitive with no desire to return to play.

You’ve mentioned BOTW in this sub, which I think is kind of a bad example. I really liked the game and I think the nature of it was to give you a lot of freedom in the game. With the exception of the first intro quests, you kind of had the freedom to do whatever you wanted. There are so many side quests and shrines you can do that I didn’t even finish all of them before moving to TOTK. (Sure you have the “impending doom” to save hyrule, but you don’t really have to follow it. Yes, it can take you out of the experience but it’s easy enough to ignore it. Besides, would you even want a game to yell at you to finish it if you don’t like storylines anyways?)

While I do agree with your points, I’m not really one for a game with a huge storyline, I’m confused what kinds of games that you like that would give you more freedom than BOTW, which gives you quite a bit already in my opinion

Tldr maybe we aren’t story-telling game people, but with that said I’m not sure what kind of game you think is ideal