History PlayingWith / WideOpenSandbox

* '''Straight''': In the game ''Jack's Rise'' you play as Jack. The game is loosely structured, there significant plot "missions" but many other side objectives that don't have anything to do with the story that can be done at (almost) any time.

* '''Downplayed''': ''Jack's Rise'' is fairly free game, but there are restrictions. Mostly you're limited to a certain area and you can't do things like destroy hundreds of civilans, but what area you can get to are large and given the right skills you could easily reach anywhere or take up targets however you like.

** Jack's Rise is a pretty linear game at first, but as the player gains xp and can venture into more dangerous areas, more sidequests and collectibles become available.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': A VideoGame that doesn't have strict rules and timelines for the player to follow.
* '''Played Straight''': In the game ''Jack's Rise'' you play as Jack. The game is loosely structured, there significant plot "missions" but many other side objectives that don't have anything to do with the story that can be done at (almost) any time.

* '''Subverted''': Although there is an ultimate goal to be accomplished, there are numerous sidequests that can be undertaken, some of which may be semi-important, others [[TwentyBearAsses not so much]].

* '''Lampshaded''': "The rules are: there ain't no rules!"

* '''Invoked''': An optional SideQuest comes up that has little to do with the central plot.

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* '''Played Straight''': In the game ''Carley's Rise'' you play as Charley. The game is loosely structured, there significant plot "missions" but many other side objectives that don't have anything to do with the story that can be done at (almost) any time.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Carley's Rise'' has plot that isn't done mission by mission, but discovered slowly by just screwing around. The most notable one is after the tutorials you unlock the next plot mission by running over a set number of civilians or driving enough distance in one car. The game does give you hints to this, but overall you unlock more of the game by just screwing around in the world.

* '''Played Straight''': A videogame has a goal for the player to accomplish, but he/she is given several ways of doing so and [[TakeYourTime no time limit]] to accomplish those tasks.
* '''Exaggerated''': The game has ''no'' rules, and no way to "win" whatsoever!

* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"

* '''Defied''': The player chooses not to do this, preferring to just accomplish the central goal, whatever that may be.

* '''Justified''': The sidequests don't seem important, but become important to the plot later.

* '''Inverted''': The game has strict rules and time-limits.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Lampshaded''': "The rules are, there ain't no rules!"
* '''Averted''': See "inverted"

* '''Defied''': The player chooses not to do this, preferring to just accomplish the central goal, whatever that may be.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama'''

* '''Played Straight''': A videogame has a goal for the player to accomplish, but he/she is given several ways of doing so and NoTimeLimit to accomplish those tasks.