What exactly is an 'open world' game?

What exactly is an 'open world' game?

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Fenyx rising is better than BOTW

A big empty sandbox that people pretend to enjoy because it allows them to waste a lot of time. Most people never beat games more than once so if the game just takes forever to beat, regardless of content, they defend it.

They should call them Empty World games.

said no one ever

I don't know but it makes Any Forums seethe for some reason.

usually a poorly designed task simulator in a big empty map without an interesting story and bland characters that just give you those meaningless and boring tasks

It should be a "go anywhere, do anything" experience but most of them are just checklists of repetitive activities with vast amounts of walking.

What doesn’t though?

It's a game where you have access to most of the map from early on with few locations that are inaccessible whether it's due to mechanical or narrative reasons.

The walls are invisible.

they're just games with bad map design

Games with non-existant level design that won't ever encourage you to use any of your tools or mechanics because you can ignore every enemy or location once you reach a point where you've run out of meaningful progression and nothing about the world is changing as you progress unless it's some specific trigger like a mission or a point of no return event. Players spend a lot of hours in the games and then begin to understand how to play it efficiently way before it is even over so it becomes a grind to complete rather than an enjoyable experience to complete.

A linear game where the mission select screen is an empty field you have to walk around

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Dark Souls is open world.

I just said it

Yeah but you are a literal clown

a treasure chest every 100 meters and a field of grass between

>empty world games
Spot on. why is this always the case?
What are some open world games that feel full? the only one I can really think of is RDR2.

A big empty waste of time where devs can get fellated for forgoing any semblance of level design.

It’s about being outside. So you have to eventually make the earth, and planets, and solar system.

>RDR2
too bad they removed all the fun by making the character walk through tar all the time