Trunkin on 24 January 2013
Apples and oranges I say. Both are good, but how good they are, or can be, depends on what kind of "dish" they're being prepared in. IMO certain genre's to lend themselves best to nonlinear, open, structures, adventure games being the chief among them. At the same time, I couldn't imagine having a truly nonlinear Mario game. It would totally kill the appeal.
Speaking of which, just today I saw someone on N4G suggesting that Nintendo turn Mario into some sort of open world adventure game with karts used as a form of transportation. I couldn't believe it.
