>>12455655if anything, I'd say gen 3 is probably the most non-linear out of all them.
Both gen 3 and gen 1 had back tracks to a gym and gen 3 had all the shit flying between mt. pyre and lilycove and slateport and just running around trying to find that fucking submarine
I'd say gen 3 is the most linear with gen 1 being in second place
not that being non-linear is a good thing and being linear is a bad thing; I absolutely hated gen 1's nonlinearness because it had no reason to be. The whole layout of kanto is just complete shit