#16 – Story and Open World

Welcome to the intellectual battle of the century! This week, we have the honour to debate the importance of story in games, and whether open world games are better than linear ones with a very special guest – Otto’s brother Anton. Who do you agree with? Your Hosts and Their Games https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s Steam store page. https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”. https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-16-story-and-open-world-5a0efb51fc04 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message