I think the first open world games you play also stand out, but now when every other game is an open world it feels stale as hell. I still loved Oblivion/Skyrim and the PS2 GTAs back in the day cause the concept wasn’t so saturated

Those games were good because they encouraged exploration. That’s the key to a fun open world. Shareholders in suits who control development don’t understand this

This and BF6 are gonna be so good

i wish i could be invested in ghosts but idk i just wasn’t

World was bland af to me

breath of the wild aka greatest video game of all time out now on switch and wii u

word

Hot take:

I didn’t like it

It’s just another mid Zelda story but this time instead of a tight knit semi linear dungeon puzzle game which I LOVE it is instead an open world with 400 mini puzzle dungeons

Botw was not for me

The quests were mostly pretty unique and the world was littered with all sorts of neat s*** like following birds to find artifacts, following foxes to write a haiku, the wind mechanic. Idk it all felt like they really enjoyed making the game.

Then again the bar might just be low

Now that I think of it you’re right. Though some of them had cool little storylines. But yea the clever mechanics made it enjoyable

plenty of games do it right

yeah but that’s what cool about open world is that you don’t have to do the optional side quests

sounds like you’re mad they’re giving you options

You’re right I do hate options. It’s human nature to tho

Aside from that I just enjoy lively worlds in an open word game. If the world is immersive and fun to explore, that almost makes up for mid quests. Problem is these new games have mid cookie cutter quests AND trash worlds

yea the story wasn’t captivating me let me give it another chance

you’re not wrong, but some games like tsushima and rdr2 personally I found it fun to explore and each quest felt unique

Never really been into this series (played 5 for a couple hours but couldn’t really get into it) but I’m eager to see what this is like.

its been so f***ing long man

It was the GOAT open world game, thats for sure

Not denying people think that. Just wasn’t for me sadly

eh there were 120 total and some of them felt like og dungeons but others ur right were short and just felt like mini puzzles, but a lot of them had quests attached those felt like classic ocarina or windwaker quests to me tbh

also the 4 beasts were like the semi-linear dungeons from the rest of the series

the castle part at the end was f***ing sick too