'Open World' isn't automatically better than 'Linear' (Off-Topic)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 03:58 (3447 days ago) @ MacGyver10

You do realize Destiny is an incredibly linear game outside of patrol? Each planet is basically a giant 'level select' menu for you to find your walled-in corridor so you can finish the story mission.

I have hope there will be plenty of diversity in Halo5 mission with how we approach a mission objective with squad commands, the 'Artemis' actions Fireteam Osiris can use and more nimble spartans with the expansion of their abilities and verticality. I don't see how Halo5 should be any more linear than Destiny already is.

If you can take them at their word, it'll be more open. They said in the recent Game Informer article (it's free) that they have multiple paths and ways to complete objectives as part of the level design, and this Artemis thing can show you some of them (and only Fireteam Osiris gets the Artemis thing).