Even if I were a statue of a Hindu deity, I wouldn’t be able to count all of the high profile open world games released in the last few years on my fingers. Probably because I can;t count. It seems that just about every single game is adopting that open world ethos – even in series that traditionally weren’t; Metal Gear Solid, The Arkham games and The Witcher immediately spring to mind.
While those managed to pull it off rather exquisitely, I personally feel that open world games are becoming overdone – and the biggest culprit in this regard is Ubisoft, who seem to be applying the same open world template to everything; unlock maps by climbing towers, and collect all sorts of largely pointless stuff scattered all over the map.
According to Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot, that’s the sort of experience gamers actually want.
“We think that gamers want more freedom,” Guillemot said. “They also want games that they can play for quite a while, because there are less games now. The open-world genre gives us the possibility to offer different gamers different types of experiences. We think they are better adapted to the diversity of gamers that are in the market at the moment.”
The open world trend is set to continue – with more publishers and developers likely to make the jump to sandboxes or open worlds.
“It’s a trend for the industry; there will be more and more open-world games because gamers buy those games more than the others,” he said.
Are there some games that aren’t set in open worlds that you’d love to transition to that format, or are you growing tired of open worlds and their largely shallow promises of exploration and freedom?
Tell us! What great game series should be open world, or should developers start giving us a few more linear, tightly scripted experiences?
Last Updated: September 4, 2015
Ottokie "Yahtzee"
September 4, 2015 at 10:34
Easy answer: NOPE. Open world games are the best of time sinks for me.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:59
So. Two upvotes each. A bit low, hmm.
NO – 3-2 your favour.
Ottokie "Yahtzee"
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
XD
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:35
Yes. Tighter gamer, better stories.
Kotor 1 + 2 had big places to explore, like Tarsis, but was limited in scope. And had a great story in each place.
Open world games have their place, but it seems to me to be like a competition now, to be the biggest. Final Fantasy XV must be the biggest, cause it comes out after the others?
Diablo 2 was an open world game, too. But you moved through it in a linear fashion, controlled by the relative strength of the mobs.
I will not repeat my posts of earlier this week about “game burn out”, but it is real. Too much of the same, good thing.
Gavin Mannion
September 4, 2015 at 10:36
I’m tired of cynical jaded journalists….
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:37
that play open world games?
Ottokie "Yahtzee"
September 4, 2015 at 10:38
“Jaded” – “bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.”
I learned a new word today xD
HairyEwok
September 4, 2015 at 11:55
You sir never listened to Aerosmith if you don’t know what J.. J.. J.. Jaded is XD
Ottokie "Yahtzee"
September 4, 2015 at 11:58
http://www.buildwith.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ifithinktoomuchigetsoulsearchyandweird.gif
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:43
And, what does that mean, in context of this article?
Gavin Mannion
September 4, 2015 at 10:46
Trolling Geoff, because it’s Friday and why not?
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:59
Indeed. If not, why not.
And, of course, calling someone with oriental background jaded is cute too.
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:08
xD
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:43
#selftrolling? ;P
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 10:50
Then you must love the comment section
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:50
Is there any other kind? 😉
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
lol
40 Insane Frogs
September 4, 2015 at 12:21
Same here bud, I read some of the Mad Max reviews and after spending the last two evenings playing it, I can only say that some folk must really live very unhappy, cynical and jaded lives.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:43
No. The freedom of it means that I get so immersed and end up spending so many hours on it that I really feel like I’ve lived it rather than just followed a line point-to-point
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
Do you not get bored after like 80 hours?
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:06
I’m 94hrs into Witcher 3 now, main quest almost done. Skyrim I’ve got 335hrs clocked on and Fallout NV only around 28hrs. 52hrs on Saints Row the third (played co-op).
I usually get really good value out of open world games, but I really like to explore and appreciate the amount of work people put into those kinds of games. There are always cool details most people miss, or awesome easter eggs. And I also don’t fast travel.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:46
I like big open world games, BUT, I don’t like it when they’re filled with meaningless fluff – like the AC games silly feather collecting & whatnot. In W3 nearly every location had a quest associated to it, that was cool. Taking over bases in games like Far Cry, Just Cause or (one day) MGSV are great fun for me, even though it’s repetitive.
I could never just play open-world games though, that would get boring very quickly, and I like my tightly-scripted games too.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:47
Taking over bases in Far Cry really does keep it interesting. I’m always trying to find a different approach and when stealth fails I just blow everything up.
40 Insane Frogs
September 4, 2015 at 12:22
That reminds me, I still need to take over a base using nothing but melee.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 10:56
I hate those bloody feathers…
Galbedir
September 4, 2015 at 10:47
If open world is done right, its amazing, if done wrong, its terribly boring. Witcher 3 got it perfect for me, 45 hours played and still haven’t had a single moment, where I wonder ‘Umm what should I do? Where do I go?’. I fail to think of a game off the top of my head now, but I’ve played some where you spend more time wondering around aimlessly then actually following any kind of story/side story.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 10:49
It’s not that games are becoming open world experiences, it’s what those open world experiences entail… If you’re given an open world experience, but it’s all fetch quests and A to B chases, then yes, that is what I’m getting tired of, especially if said trip from A to B has no context/content, having to people argue about how much of a hipster the other one is is a small detail, but it makes it interesting, where most of the Ubi games don’t have that, they don’t have the gap fillers that go with open world games, TW3 was excellent in that regard, simply because you always ran into something along the way to some poor bastards early/assisted descent to hell…. But that has more to do with the quality of content as well, rather than the quantity…
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 10:53
I’m not tired of the genre at all. I am tired/bored with yearly releases.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:55
Amen. I like AC, but one every year? I don’t like it that much.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:58
Since I never got around to playing 2+ it just meant every time a new one came out I skipped by it because I hadn’t gotten around to the previous. Will probably just get Black Flag one day when Uplay is dead and give it a try.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:00
Yeah, I finished 3 – which I enjoyed despite nearly everyone else not. I won’t get any more though.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:00
I have three on Uplay (I think I got it free somewhere), maybe I should just play that.
The Sten
September 4, 2015 at 11:14
I applaud AC3 for having the balls to try new things, though not all worked and they certainly didn’t work well together. I cant fault them for trying as alot of things in the series came as a result of the lessons from that.
Nobody ever mentions the use of actual indians to speak indian dialog. I thought that was really cool, even though it sounded weird to me.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 10:59
I hate the annual releases for all of their sequel baiting…that pathetic hint at trying to show you that the series will never end but for lack of a better explanation we’ll just leave this half thought out story hanging and hoping that it’ll leave you with a sense of mystery…which ends up in a sense of complete disappointment rather….
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
It’s kinda like they trying to create a Soap Opera. Watch. Next years AC will be called “Assassin’s Creed of our Lives”
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:05
HAHAHA!!!! Exactly!! It follows the same bloody plot too!! This guy was related to that guy, but the main villain always seems to get away by a split second…. I wish they could break that tradition, you know, have the villain explain his plot and about a quarter of the way in,the police shit on his parade by barging in and arresting him…
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:07
I cannot comment on the story. I played all of Two hours worth of AC. Ever played a game and it made you nod off? Not that you were tired or anything, it was just so non-entertaining?
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:08
Yep! I feel the same way, the AC games are the best bed-time-game-on-the-couch-while -it’s-still-daylight series….
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
I have, Sims.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:10
Oh god no….
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
inorite?
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:14
Sims… it’s not sleep inducing, it’s coma inducing… while playing sims, you can actually feel your braincells committing suicide…
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:15
Now that is pushing it, Lobsterface!
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:17
That’s not my face….. Whooob Whooob Whooob Whooob….
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:18
Okay then… LobsterAssFace!
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:19
Ha!! Wrong again!
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:20
WAIT! I GOT IT! You often get asked if you are the love child of Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema!
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
They’re not pink enough….
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:15
I played the very first one, got bored and went back to burning Barbie dolls with a magnifying glass
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:20
I always saw burning Barbie dolls with a magnifying glass as a rare tattooing skill…
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
It’s okay. Really.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:13
SimCity
And that was just while I waited for it to connect to the server.
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:14
lol
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:08
^This
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
I’m tired of games either released way after they were supposed to be or games that are released and don’t bloody work.
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:13
Yeah but that’s PC problems so I cant really relate 😛
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:15
Hehe. Lucky you. And at least Rockstar didn’t try shoddy sales tactics with the consoles either. At this rate I’m not sure when I’ll ever get GTA V
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:17
Pity. It’s a magnificent game
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:19
I really want to but everyone I know has no interest in it after all the sh!t they pulled and I really want to get it for the co-op fun.
Ir0nseraph
September 4, 2015 at 11:57
Some games really need to take a break from the yearly release schedule , spot on hammer.
I only play about 2 open world games a year , if I play more then that I will never get around to all the other games.
The Sten
September 4, 2015 at 10:53
I grow tired of every open world game that comes out that isnt titled “Kingdoms of Amalur 2”
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:54
Oh man. You said it. What I would do for a KoA 2
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:58
I enjoyed that, but I think it was way too long for it’s own good. After the 40 hour mark I got kinda bored with it because it was very repetitive & easy clearing out levels.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:59
The main quest alone I think was only around 24 hours worth of gameplay. My wife somehow managed 80 hours on it, but I don’t think there was much left on the map afterwards.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:00
I spent about 80 total as well. Clearing all the levels & the DLC.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
The DLC was good fun, but I agree with you, it did get a bit repetitive after a while. The fight engine was excellent though, loved that.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:03
Those hoop weapons were just so amusing to watch, I could not use any other weapons.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:07
I flippen loved the chakrams. Haven’t seen them used in any other game so well before (if at all). I secretly pretended I was a male version of Xena (and not a princess)
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
That would be Hercules. #justsayin
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:10
Too cliché. If I had to use my initials I don’t think Jercules would really work as a hero name.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:13
That’s a good point. Sounds more like something Rince should use.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:16
We need to test it out on him.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:17
He’s not the hero we deserve, and he’s also not the hero we want – but we can’t get rid of him. JERCULES!
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:18
XD
The Sten
September 4, 2015 at 11:06
Yes, this was one of the reasons i loved it so much. Even late game when you start facerolling everything, was just so satisfying.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
Yeah, me too.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:01
I played it when I got out of hospital for surgery, spent like two days on a couch, playing it, still effects of being put under in my system (I cannot use the new modern stuff)(, so I missed that portion, my brain was a bit addled.
Ah yes, struggled to walk (leg op), wife brought me tea, food and all. A great week, playing mostly that game.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:02
Sounds worth it to me 😉
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:03
Um. Um. I am in constant pain, from nerve damage.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:08
Okay. Maybe not. 🙁
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:05
The new stuff is great. I got put under a couple of years ago to have a wisdom tooth removed, woke up, 10 minutes later I felt perfectly fine. They still wouldn’t let me drive though, I had to prove I had someone else with me to drive before they even started the procedure – which is actually quite good of them.
Compared to the previous time I went under anesthetic – I woke up, felt drunk as hell, then got kicked out because they were closing. That was a fun drive home.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
That was Rince’s birthday party man. You really went at that bottle of rum and then kept calling John “Doctor”. So we just went along with it.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
You keep giving me my medi-rum & I’ll keep calling you doctor.
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
Last time I went under, I woke up in intensive care. There, I had the first time experience of a woman touching my genitals.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:12
If you were there for your tonsils I have bad news for you.
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:12
Collapsed lung…
Jac7
September 4, 2015 at 11:06
Good grief, if every open world game is as jam packed with actual content like Witcher 3 I’d probably never see my family again. It’s impossible to get bored of that game.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:07
As much as I love that game there is one thing that gets boring – clearing the question marks, particularly in Skellige. All those smuggler’s caches.
Jac7
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
In the beginning I thought traveling between destinations was too fast, until I realised just how frakking large the map is. I wasted 30 years of my life traveling between places in Skyrim (which I’m still playing) and don’t feel I could survive another slow burn like that (whistles for Roach).
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:16
I make a point of not fast travelling when heading out to a new location, after that I’ll fast travel between locations.
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
Same here
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:36
I have decided they can, um, get in the sea.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:45
Oh you!
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 11:06
I think there is always a place for it, but if I only had open-world games I’d turn out like Trevor.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:08
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Have you taken your meds today?
Deceased
September 4, 2015 at 11:07
What about a post-apocalyptic world ( like after the world is blasted with a few nukes ), where you can upgrade your weapons, kill off mutants, build towns then defend them against raiders – but single player, not multi player – and you can collect schematics for new weapons, get some power-armor or something that you can also upgrade … you can get radiation poisoning from drinking water from an exposed water-source … you don’t necessarily have to interact with the NPCs, you can just murder them … man, such a game would be epic 🙂
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
Why haven’t they made a game like this?!
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:10
Or a Star Wars game but like Witcher?
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:14
Or like mordor
I’m bored and finally reinstalled it and looks like I’m gonna finish it this time
Damn waiting for MGS V and Mad Max backup files sighhh
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:16
Mordor takes a while to pick up momentum. The biggest issue is the chieftain fights when you’re still on a very low level .
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:19
I was roughly there last time before I called it quits and I had the game since Day1, restarted few weeks back then HDD upgrade game and left it , following that I’m just running around the map collecting everything, Waiting to unlock the branding function then I can do all 5 warchiefs for the achievment
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:18
Shadow of Mordor became boring so quickly. Very uninteresting maps, not to mention tiny. The only thing that kept me going was the gameplay and kill moves. But I honestly can’t say it ever felt like an open-world game to me.
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:20
had too steep a curve for most. It’s when you level up that the games becomes fun
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:22
Nah. I didn’t feel that at all. Never felt it was too difficult and I played a LOT of hours on it, but it just never felt interesting other than the fights. I played Batman a month before and it just felt like a reskinned, but much smaller, Batman.
Not to mention the awful QTE final battle.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:24
Death to QTE!!!
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:25
Must be one of the most disappointing endings in a game ever.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:26
Yes, especially after having this massive nemesis system that constantly drove you to fight the badass warchiefs…. was quite a let down….
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:27
I chose blue!
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
It was very confined that’s what put me off last time and also very brown…tooo brown like a fatass uruk took a dump all over the place
But this time I’m playing fully MB+Keyboard and enjoying it
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:20
^THIS!
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
Two Thises from Admiral. I am honoured
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:23
One more and a promotion is in order
(*this’s)
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:52
FTL best Indie game ever!
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 12:06
INDIE????????????????????
Agneemoerman
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 13:02
Is it not?
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
Only if you get to have incestuous relations with you sister in game. You know, to make it an authentic Star Wars game.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:20
I choose Hoth. Great things you can do there.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:21
I have very high hopes for Cyberpunk 2077. Very cautious hopes, but hope nonetheless.
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:22
Hopefully it has DRM
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:24
Yes plenty off it , so everyone goes nuts..well 1 person…
Still laughing though since the Witcher 3 is still very framerate jumpy on consoles
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:22
DON’T SUPPORT DRM!
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:24
DUTCH IS COMING
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:24
HIDE YOUR KIDS!
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:25
AND DARRYN….wait is that what you should run from?
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:25
HEY! I like kids! I will murder someone with my bare hands that hurt a child!
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:26
Somehow this statement is still a bit unsettling. 😉
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:27
I’m glad I’m not the only one?
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:29
You might like them, but they need to stay away from your influence
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:47
True that. But one thing I promise you, I ever have a child, I will turn into an angel!
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:25
Did you bring a life jacket?
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:26
Uhhhm yes maybe, I dunno , why?
Stop interrogating me geez it’s worse that DRM
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:27
If I come, you swim…
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:27
Can you atleast throw a rope and I can hold onto it?
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:28
Only girls get to hang on to “it”
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:29
Can I hang onto them then?
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:32
phrasing
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:23
That’s what they tell me about you.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:28
Good. My plan is working.
Spathi
September 4, 2015 at 15:09
Yeah. Look, if Star Citizen and Cyberpunk bombs, I’ll quit gaming.
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 11:29
Or a Mad Max game like, oh…
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 12:04
teehee
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:07
There is only Witcher
Hammersteyn
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
And Skyrim, Fallout, GTA, Blood Dragon, Sleeping Dogs, Borderlands….
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
Hahahaha!!!!
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 11:09
Yes, but it terms of amaze factor, there is only Witcher.
League of its own.
Then come the rest
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
September 4, 2015 at 11:11
That is true, the fact that TW3 is the closest thing to a live oil painting really makes every moment in that world feel special….
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:13
So naive. ;P
Viking Of Science
September 4, 2015 at 11:33
It depends on the Game or Franchise at hand, I Mean, Batman
Arkham series, right. Personally, I prefer the smaller, focused, Metroid-vania
style of Asylum, over City and Origins. GTA/Saints Row/Just cause… yes stay
Open world, I love those sandboxes.
I would like to see a more focused mainline Assassin’s Creed, more like a Hitman game, you know, focus on Assassinations….
But I’m obviously a weirdo….
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:35
Arkham Asylumn is still my favourite as well.
And we need a new and fresh Saints Row. They need to go back to the style of The Third. Saints Row 4 was too much and got boring so quickly.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:47
I really enjoyed SR3. I spent a couple of hours playing 4, it was just… meh. Think maybe I should just play the cool main story line & forget all the boring rest.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 11:49
4 was (besides being 3 with extra stuff) just too much. The superpowers just made it so that nothing was a threat to you and most vehicles were pretty much redundant. So it lost a lot of appeal that way.
Dutch Matrix
September 4, 2015 at 11:51
I considered myself a Saints Row fan, after the turd that was 4, they are gonna need to do a better game than GTA V was to get me on board again.
Not sure if they can do that though.
Geoffrey Tim
September 4, 2015 at 12:10
The problem with 4 is it gave you way too much in the way of awesome powers, way too quickly -making them all boring.
Viking Of Science
September 4, 2015 at 13:08
I Actually want a Multi-open world SR5. Like Go through Era’s
from Past to present, and your takeover of say the 1700s affects your “gang” in
the next Era…. That could be fun… I mean… They have a time machine and Jane
Austen…..
Geoffrey Tim
September 4, 2015 at 12:10
I also prefer Asylum to any of its sequels. By like, a bajillion times.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 12:18
It was FAR superior to City, which killed the games for me. Last one I played.
Viking Of Science
September 4, 2015 at 12:59
Oh Thank God I’m not alone in that….
HairyEwok
September 4, 2015 at 11:53
Can you get tired of open worlds? It’s open world games that usually give you the most freedom to do what you want. Freedom that people usually look for in games.
Hendrik
September 4, 2015 at 12:01
Younger days with more time = want open world. Now, old and working = want tighter games!
GooseZA
September 4, 2015 at 12:04
This.
Spathi
September 4, 2015 at 15:07
Are you Greybush? If not, please ignore 😀
Mossel
September 4, 2015 at 15:17
So much this!
Ghost In The Rift
September 4, 2015 at 12:10
Open world is my fav genre, i compare it with sex, can you get to much of it? NO!!! why are you still thinking about it?!?!
Like bad sex a bad open world title can quickly feel like a chore and not “entertaining” *cough Risen 3 cough*, so take the time to do a little foreplay with your open world title before you get trapped with a serious commitment, i thank you….:-P
40 Insane Frogs
September 4, 2015 at 12:19
Definitely not! I love open world games. They’re the best value for money when it comes to Cost vs time and content. I’m currently enjoying Mad Max (also bought Witcher 3).
Gerhard
September 4, 2015 at 12:32
Agree. Open world is only good for certain games. Personally I think some of these games are only 3 hours A to B so creating a big map and freedom to explore (useless side missions) do not make the game any better. Would you pay R720 for 3 hours? Now you have 50 hours of walking around and everybody is talking about value! It is boring with mundane task that you dont even want to do in real life.
DrKiller
September 4, 2015 at 12:53
Life is too short to play 40hours on a single game
*hides 2000 hours of Dota*
Kromas untamed
September 4, 2015 at 14:05
Yes. Open-world games these days feel like work. Give me a nice corridor shooter like Wolf (Doom yay) or something that has a speedier progression. And no I can’t “JUST DO THE MAIN QUEST” cause my OCD kicks in big time.
Jonah Cash
September 4, 2015 at 14:11
I hate open world games… I haven’t finished Far Cry 4 or Shadow of Mordor!! I last didn’t finish two games in one year when I was 12 or something. I am truly sad that there are pretty much no AAA linear games out there. I find that Indie games are telling better stories, and I blame open world for at least 50% of that!
Jonah Cash
September 4, 2015 at 14:15
I probably enjoy Destiny as much as I do because it isn’t truly open world. Here is the end here is a corridor run through and shoot everything… Yes they could have had a better story, but that is what it is now and I am waiting on NolanBot to fix some of that on Tuesday. I can’t play truly open world games anymore. I haven’t finished Witcher 3, and didn’t buy Metal Gear Solid V or Batman… I need a break from open world.
Ranting Raptor
September 4, 2015 at 14:38
No. That will be all
Mossel
September 4, 2015 at 15:15
Yes, I’m honestly burned out. Gimme some good ol’ linear Bioshock games.
CypherGate
September 4, 2015 at 15:25
So true. There is over enough open world. Sometimes its great to play a linear game with an engrossing story like Bioshock. I get that ‘creating’ your own story is awesome etc, but following a great story does wonders. I always believe great gameplay and story makes a great game. It doesnt have to be open world with millions of multiple choices tied in. The story and the playability is stop on the list.
CypherGate
September 4, 2015 at 15:28
If they want to do a good open world game they should try something like…. ok this will sound wrong for many but like Teen Wolf. They have like ±6 friends and each one has their substories and then you have the main story which all are involved. I think that meaty sub-stories can kind of get rid of the whole collecting this and fetch that and take that to that person etc. Like you have a choice to engage in the substories of your team and venture into their world etc instead of taking on the main story. That should give enough open world playability as well as a mixture of some linear paths (being possibly the main story)
string_slinger
September 4, 2015 at 16:03
Hmm, yes and no. I want more Fallout, Skyrim and GTAV, and less Assassin’s Creed & Watchdogs. Pretty much less anything Ubisoft. So, more quality open world games, and less of the annual recycled ones.
Honourable mention – I want Bethesda to employ Rockstar’s QA dept. ’nuff said…:)