A lot of my favorite action/adventure games were -completely- linear. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone for the PS2 was -all- about the story and the gameplay. This just beefs up the story -extra- long. And adds RPG components. A lot. So I really can't judge the game badly based solely on this aspect. As an RPG sure, it may lose some marks. But it could still be awesome just as a game *Shrug*