Doesn't even have to be a collect-a-thorn game really. Look at good ol' Deus Ex giving you freedom to do whatever you want, free form choices. There IS games like this out there still but it's almost never a AAA game and if it is it's never a western dev doing them. AAA western games are, as you stated indoctrination engines with games surrounding them.
Doesn't even have to be a collect-a-thorn game really. Look at good ol' Deus Ex giving you freedom to do whatever you want, free form choices. There IS games like this out there still but it's almost never a AAA game and if it is it's never a western dev doing them. AAA western games are, as you stated indoctrination engines with games surrounding them.