A video game with nonlinear gameplay presents players with challenges that can be completed in a number of different sequences. Each may take on (or even...

gameplay types: Asymmetric video game Cooperative video game Emergent gameplay Nonlinear gameplay Playability is a measure of the quality of gameplay...

Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. Cholo uses wireframe 3D visuals and has nonlinear gameplay. The story is set out in a novella which was included in the game's...

experiment with new gameplay mechanics. The game was built on Arkane's previous works, such as Dishonored, introducing nonlinear gameplay and removing Dishonored's...

influenced numerous other video games with its concepts of open world and nonlinear gameplay. According to Guinness World Records, Link is the most critically...

Legend of Zelda with a science fiction setting and an emphasis on nonlinear gameplay. Most Metroid games are side-scrolling, while the 3D games use a first-person...

kingdom of Hyrule while controlling Link. Breath of the Wild encourages nonlinear gameplay, which is illustrated by the lack of defined entrances or exits to...

are also classified into a wide range of genres based on their style of gameplay and target audience. The first video game prototypes in the 1950s and 1960s...

its entries are considered among the greatest video games of all time. Gameplay of The Legend of Zelda games feature a mix of puzzles, action-adventure...

the Night, originally released for the PlayStation, returned to the nonlinear gameplay first seen in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which also introduced...

Dr. Wily and the six "Robot Masters" under his control. Mega Man's nonlinear gameplay lets the player choose the order in which to complete its initial...

distinguish between game mechanics and gameplay. In Playability and Player Experience Research, the authors define gameplay as "the interactive gaming process...

graphics, nonlinear gameplay, an open world, conversations with non-player characters, branching dialogue choices, suspect interrogations, nonlinear storytelling...

searching for his son Timmy after a plane crash. The game features nonlinear gameplay in an open world environment played from a first-person perspective...

more three-dimensional perspective of the track. It also introduced nonlinear gameplay by allowing players to choose which path to drive through after each...

aimed at a mature audience and introduced third-person shooting and nonlinear gameplay. Shadow the Hedgehog was panned for its controls, level design, and...

demand after the show has aired over the air. Interactive fiction Nonlinear gameplay Hartman, Dennis. "What Is Linear Marketing?". Houston Chronicle. Archived...

Escapist, The Legend of Zelda was an early example of open-world, nonlinear gameplay, with an expansive and cohesive world, inspiring many games to adopt...

customers. Gameplay revolves around making and serving drinks to patrons while listening to their life stories. VA-11 Hall-A contains nonlinear gameplay, and...

player can opt not to use these abilities at all. Due to the game's nonlinear gameplay, there are a multitude of ways to complete missions, from non-lethal...

genre similar to the 1970s video games that lacked detailed design and gameplay. The first hypercasual game that gained wide popularity was Flappy Bird...

Look up nonlinear or nonlinearity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nonlinearity is a property of mathematical functions or data that cannot be graphed...

is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on nonlinear exploration and guided progression with a need to acquire key items to...

that has a predetermined set of behaviors that potentially will impact gameplay, but will not necessarily be the product of true artificial intelligence...

Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative, or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique where events are portrayed, for example, out of chronological...

backgrounds rather than black backgrounds. By contrast, Miyamoto employed nonlinear gameplay in The Legend of Zelda, forcing the player to think their way through...

several large, inter-connected areas with unique themes. With its nonlinear gameplay Metroidvania design, Hollow Knight does not bind the player to one...

style of gameplay in its single-player mode, in which the start point and direction is already laid out, Airborne employs a more nonlinear gameplay style...

parallel to the game to unlock certain events. The game also features nonlinear gameplay requiring players to restart the game multiple times, with previous...

culture. They noted that it was representative of the original Zelda's nonlinear gameplay, saying that while taking the sword from the old man was the smartest...