Gta

[Navaros]

i disagree that GTA 3 or Vice City has freedom. it's all very linear

yes you can kill a bunch of random NPCs that don't do anything but walk around the city (and die when you shoot them)...but who cares? in my view, that's fun for about 5 minutes. after that it's just boring and pointless.

yes you can steal whatever car you want...but most of them are more or less the same, so that too is not much of a big deal.

the order in which you do things in GTA 3 or Vice City have zero effect on the gameworld in any way whatsoever. that's not freedom. that's just the illusion of freedom.

very few games really give you freedom. off the top of my head, Deus Ex is the only example of one that does. in that game your choices actually affect the gameworld itself.