House of Games #16 - Story and Open World

Welcome to the intellectual battle of the century! This week, we have the honour to debate the importance of story in games, and whether open world games are better than linear ones with a very special guest – Otto’s brother Anton. Who do you agree with?

Your Hosts and Their Games
https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s Steam store page.
https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Games and a Studio
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/bloodborne/ - The PlayStation store page for Bloodborne.
https://ashorthike.com/ - The homepage for A Short Hike.
https://www.neontheninja.com/ - The homepage for Neon the Ninja.
https://joinsquad.com/ - The homepage for Squad.
https://thatgamecompany.com/journey/ - The homepage for Journey.
https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/ - The homepage for Hogwarts Legacy.
http://eldenring.com – The homepage for Elden Ring.
https://www.thesurge-game.com/ - The homepage for The Surge.
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/far-cry/far-cry-4 - The homepage for Far Cry 4.
https://store.romeremastered.totalwar.com/ - The homepage for Rome: Total War Remastered.
https://finalfantasyviipc.square-enix-games.com/en - The homepage for Final Fantasy VII.
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/oblivion/ - The homepage for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim - The homepage for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
https://www.counter-strike.net/ - The homepage for Counter-Strike.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/uncharted/ - The homepage for the Uncharted franchise.
https://www.residentevil.com/ - The homepage for the Resident Evil franchise.
https://www.half-life.com/ - The homepage for the Half-Life franchise.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/god-of-war/ - The homepage for the God of War franchise.
http://lastofus.com – The homepage for The Last of Us franchise.
https://www.callofduty.com/ - The homepage for the Call of Duty franchise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_the_Colossus - The Wikipedia page for Shadow of the Colossus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(video_game_series) – The Wikipedia page for the Horizon franchise.
https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/ - The homepage for FromSoftware.

Articles and Other Links
https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us - The homepage for the HBO series The Last of Us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film) - The Wikipedia page for the movie Gladiator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live - The Wikipedia page for the movie They Live.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_II - The Wikipedia page for the map Dust II in Counter-Strike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulslike - The Wikipedia page for the “Soulslike” subgenre.