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Worst open world game of all time
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intbal
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
You nailed the 2 I dislike the most.
I think it is possibly worth noting he media shat on Mad Max because it stared the White Man Mad Max and not Strong Female Protagonist Imperator Furiosa who was very big in progressive circles at that point.
I liked it. Played it through twice. It’s a *great* game for turning your brain off and clearing an open world map, which... I mean sometime I want to do that, you know?
I liked it. Played it through twice. It’s a *great* game for turning your brain off and clearing an open world map, which... I mean sometime I want to do that, you know?
spawn
Member
That is a hot take lol. GTA 3 was my first GTA game then Vice City then San Andreas
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
GTA 3 has lips like Angelina, ass shaped like Selena
Derktron
Banned
Get out!!!!!!!!!!!
Jethalal
Banned
It was a half-joke brother, don't take it seriously. When I was 6 years old I didn't even know English properly so I didn't understand anything happening in that game so can't comment on story and missions. I used to mostly ride around everywhere and shoot people. All my friends had the sequels like Vice City and San Andreas which had bikes and were more advanced so I was kinda pissed as a kid.
bender
What time is it?
Deffo not the best but the worst? come on now
Recently, you have a few :
Metal Gear Survive
Mafia 3
and most of all, this mess of an "open world" :
Thank you, Google.
The 10 Worst Open World Games Of All Time (According To Metacritic)
Open-World games are often the most popular type of games due to the freedom the payer gets. However, not every game hits the mark.
gamerant.com
nkarafo
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GobbledeeGoo
Member
The Getaway? Not sure if that's really open world, though.
Krappadizzle
Member
Unity is still a stunning a game today. I just played through it at 3440x1440(native support too, which is rare). But in my opinion, I think Unity is the last true AssCreed games. Origins/Odyssey(sucked)/Valhalla all share a formula that is very different than what AssCreed was. I wish they'd go back to Unity's awesome parkour and social stealth systems. Unity might have been pretty buggy at launch, but it now plays so well and runs excellent on PC.
My vote:
Two Worlds, an ACTUAL bad open-world game. There's a lot of edgelords on here choosing AssCreed and Oblivion, like, cmon, if that's the worst OWG you've played, you've either not played many OWG, or don't know what a bad one is.
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bender
What time is it?
The open world in this game is pointless.
It is in most games to be fair and I'd rather have an open world that omits the typical Ubisoft bloat. And that's coming from someone that hated L.A. Noire.
Krappadizzle
Member
Great game, terrible and pointless open world.
Nezzeroth
Member
Well that's disappointing. I was considering buying it for PS5.
bender
What time is it?
Not to defend Two Worlds, but I can appreciate how creative you can be in that speed run for solving problems. It reminds me of GTA3 and how you could approach missions before R* started stripping out the sandbox elements in mission designs for later entries in the series.
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Krappadizzle
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If the best thing about an open world game is the creativity of the community to figure out how to end it as quickly as possible, it's maybe not best look for an OWG.
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bender
What time is it?
Speedrunners try to get to the end of good and bad games as quick as possible, so that's not a great litmus test. Again, not defending Two Worlds. I still remember the cult of conversating around that game from people dissertate for their next TES fix.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Cyberwank 2070 shit!
The problem with LA Noir is not only the side missions on the map are mostly untied with the main story, but they also are very bland and poor designed. Lots of open world games have repetitive missions, but at least they are tied with the main core of the game.
King_Mandu
Banned
Horizon: ZD and Ghost of Tsushima certainly got a pass. They both have all the "broken and unfinished" parts of Cyberpunk yet received GOTYs left and right. Bad NPC AI, check. Broken and easy stealth, check. Map Icon overload, check. Open world with "nothing to do," double check. Full discloure, I adore GoT. I couldn't get past more than a handful of hours in H:ZD. The wooden voice acting and an opening side quest consisting of pick 10 flowers or whatever was an instant turn-off. I'll chalk it up as a game not meant for me.
Mafia 2 takes the crown for me if only for the awful paid DLC post release. That stuff was so terrible.
Shoutout for the Mad Max love. Those storms were a treat.
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Martinski43
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Rage 2 had a very very boring open world. Did The game zero favour and only made it more boring.
The 8-Bit Raider
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Ah! That reminds me, The First Rage had a terrible, barren open world.
Though not intentionally an open world, got to give a shout out to Big Rigs
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Allnamestakenlol
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No 'your mom' jokes? Disappointed.
My vote goes to:
My vote goes to:
Great Hair
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Totaly agree with you.It is the last true assassin's creed, well i haven't played Syndicate which doesn't seem to far off either. I know that the map gets cluttered etc. but damn it, the parkour feels amazing in this game.
kyliethicc
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Knack. Its so bad its not even open world
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
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intbal
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I was gonna post this, because anyone who knows about it knows that it's the ACTUAL correct answer to the thread.Ah! That reminds me, The First Rage had a terrible, barren open world.
Though not intentionally an open world, got to give a shout out to Big Rigs
Seriously, people. Just watch a video on this one.
MasterCornholio
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From what I played it would be Far Cry 2.
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SNPlayen
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This is where i disagree. If it is a great game who cares if it has a "terrible and pointless open world". What do you want, chests and pointless activities icons spread across a map? Just treat it has a linear game and let the open world setting help with the immersion.
Great game, terrible and pointless open world.
greenteaforme
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I don't prefer open world games, so unless I'm very interested by one I just kind of avoid them entirely. I would have to say FFXV, I didn't even hate the game but I feel the open world was honestly not necessary for the game.
Krappadizzle
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The open world had no point. It was huge and empty and nothing to do. I don't need or want a lot with an open world, but the game didn't need it either. Still enjoyed it, but it felt like there was a lot of cut content. And turns out, there was.
ArtemisClydeFrog
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People in here actually saying GTA 3 and Metal Gear Solid 5 smdh
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Larxia
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What I hated the most in Fuel was the day night cycle, it was wayyyy too short.
I don't understand games that do this, you have a huge world, you're supposed to enjoy and appreciate the scenery, but you just can't because the time of day is way too fast. Because of this it felt like it was always night time and it was annoying.
I don't know how long it was but I swear it feels like a whole 24 hours in the game was like 10 min max, you could see the sun and the shadows moving in fast forward.
The Incarnation
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Assassin Creed Odyssey. Game feels like Sunday shopping.
Tschumi
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I don't like farcry open worlds from 3 on.. 4 especially looks like a fascinating mountain region, but is annoyingly uninteractive and shallow.. maybe it suffered from my playing it after Witcher 3, but yeah didn't enjoy that open world.
It pains me to say it but some of the zones in vanilla wow were a chore.. i liked azshara but badlands,blasted lands, ferelas for alliance and silithus come to mind as painful examples
It pains me to say it but some of the zones in vanilla wow were a chore.. i liked azshara but badlands,blasted lands, ferelas for alliance and silithus come to mind as painful examples
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Kagoshima_Luke
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Zelda 1.
Cato
Banned
I pick a reasonably modern game : RAGE 2.
Like take a great game like Mad Max, then tell the studio
"can you make a budget style re-skin of this for us? But also remove everything that was fun, make everything remaining klunky and not fun,
and just make it shit?"
This game was shit.
And to think this was basically just supposed to be a reskin of Mad Max. All this make it shit must have been on purpose.
Suffer for our collective sins or something?
I don't know what we gamers did wrong or what sins we committed to have Rage 2 inflicted unto us, but we need to find out, so we can learn not to do it again.
Like take a great game like Mad Max, then tell the studio
"can you make a budget style re-skin of this for us? But also remove everything that was fun, make everything remaining klunky and not fun,
and just make it shit?"
This game was shit.
And to think this was basically just supposed to be a reskin of Mad Max. All this make it shit must have been on purpose.
Suffer for our collective sins or something?
I don't know what we gamers did wrong or what sins we committed to have Rage 2 inflicted unto us, but we need to find out, so we can learn not to do it again.
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