>>51388012>playing how the devs want is literally the entire basis of any game ever madeHoly fucking shit, the absolute level of retardation is immense.
Literally look at pokemon red/blue. Player choice starts with 3 starters, from which one chooses to build their playstyle, making one overleveled supertank, grinding to hell for a full 6 team, and exploring the world and tackling the gyms in mostly any order. There is a developer suggested way of doing things, but here's the important bit: you can choose to do things in a different way, one that's more fun to you and it's still viable. This is a game design standard that makes masterpieces shine when done right.
The buggy mess that were the first pokemon games had more player freedom in it than these autistic hacks, and millions of people loved them for it.