Even the larger of the new areas serves mainly to hold one or two quests rather than a host of smaller ones, and so they feel linear even as the player is free to turn right or left.

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But to sum up, yes it's linear, and if you want a free-roaming game go and get GTA3.

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The many verses don't yield one tidy, linear tale: As happens on several of his new songs, Dylan free-associates, scattering disparate notions wildly and then seeking meaning in the array.

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Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, says there is no evidence that linear exams are more rigorous than those taken in modules - and that schools in England should be free to choose which exams their pupils take.

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