5 Open World Game Myths DEBUNKED

Open world games are immensely popular, and with that comes facts and some fiction. Here some stuff we'd like to debunk.
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[@Feskprins]

Quick shout-out to Gameranx for getting straight into the point so we don't have to skip the first 90 seconds of intro rambling.

[@TheCrab90000]

Blackwood Drummer even while being so close to the 10:00 sweet spot for the extra KZbin help. I'm glad these guys always put out quality

[@Jonny2myren]

Yeah, too bad the rest of the video consisted exclusively of ramblings.

[@snaccou]

idk what you mean, i had to skip to 9:21 ...

[@domonchief]

@@Jonny2myren are you joking? What did you expect from a gameranx video? Speech bubbles?

[@shannoncurry2037]

No click here for some bs site that sponsored the video

[@zack1634]

I think the world we are living right now is semi open world. I mean, most of the places are restricted..

[@RENEG4DE4NGEL]

I've been playing for 33 years and the enemies in the restricted zones can still one-shot me. This game is too gear-based, it's pay-to-win, and it takes way too long to learn new skills, and skills you don't regularly use can be slowly unlearned. 2/10 Would not play again.

[@TomFromYoutube]

@@RENEG4DE4NGEL if you don't like it just turn it off. :)

[@RENEG4DE4NGEL]

@@TomFromKZbin Which reminds me of another problem: No save points. 🤣

[@TomFromYoutube]

@@RENEG4DE4NGEL hey that's what church is for!

[@RENEG4DE4NGEL]

@@TomFromKZbin Is that why people keep going back? "Did I just save? Better save again to be sure..."

[@AngryBulldogGaming]

the withcer 3 and gta5 are a good example of big map size but also enough side missions to use the whole map

[@chosen3713]

You forgot skyrim aswell

[@ra_alf9467]

Skyrim, pal

[@phoenixcgamer4068]

Meh GTA5 does not have that many side missions BUT GTA5 is a master piece!

[@mattnorris7124]

@@phoenixcgamer4068 GTA V takes you across huge expanses of the map though, particularly with the split character switching and story lines and the fact that Trevor will occasionally wake up hung the fuck over next to a dumpster OR in the middle of the desert. That last point I think is one of the smartest ways I've seen used to take you to obscure parts of a game's map.

[@hambone8820]

@@mattnorris7124 GTA 5 was a short game, they knew they would just put it online as a main selling point. I beat that game in a week, I'm not going to find barrel under the sea on each play thur, that was just filler because they cheaped out on the main missions.

[@vectorequinox6202]

Someone once told me that open world games are the only ones worth replaying. Anyway, I am currently on my fifth replay of Doom.

[@dillonduke1662]

I actually hear the opposite if anybody says new open world game, people get pissed, say great another check list

[@mVpkilla93]

Fifth replay of doom? Wtf HOW i couldnt stand playing past the second level it was so daft un engaging just felt so bleh (Playing Horizon Zero Dawn, BoTW, Destiny 2- incase you wanted to know what i prefer)

[@bigboi9711]

Same

[@vectorequinox6202]

I meant the original, but I have beaten Doom (2016) twice.

[@littlepolarbears]

i put down the new doom after 2 hours, awful game imo

[@in5aneguy597]

Quality > Quantity You have to find a Sweetspot between Size and live on the Map.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

A bit like a good women

[@jacobs279]

russian tanks:

[@jefffluffy1216]

I feel like Shadow Of The Colossus is a good example of a beautiful, empty world.

[@janette499]

yeah that game bored me pretty quick

[@LuxrayLloyd]

It's fantastic and really invokes atmosphere and feeling

[@Adi-megatron]

Awesome, played it several times

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@janette499 A game can't please everybody. We're not talking about cod here

[@idlehour]

That games world was like a form of art more so than anything at the time and still feels that way.

[@Tucher97]

Zelda breath of the wild is empty but there was always a feeling like "Yea it seems empty but there is something hiding.

[@cajunseasoning1846]

Its an empty word for those who don't explore it

[@Tucher97]

@@cajunseasoning1846 Exactly, there are always something small to find, but it Korok or shrine or even a good weapon or some interesting sight, though most open world games struggle to find a right balance like yea it seems big but when I am on the ground, its empty

[@laydieelle7069]

Actually, when I think "open world" I can interact with [almost] everything in this game". Open world is that the "world" in the game is not a static background. The things in it can be "touched". I mostly agree with your #1 - I hate the idea that open world = better. I get excited when a series I already love is announced to have an upcoming open world installment (* cough * * BOTW *) but it definitely has to be done right.

[@cxx23]

Same here. I had many open-world/semi-open-world games that I honestly played for years before fully dropping them. Games like Fable 2, Prototype, Megaman Legends kept younger me from dying of boredom. Now it's Red Dead 2.

[@silvertheelf]

Minecraft is an open world sandbox game with god like editing abilities, people keep calling it a sandbox exclusively or an open world exclusively, and also people don’t entirely get the difference between open world and sandbox Actual meanings: Sandbox: you can edit or change the world Open world: you have a lot of land to cover Misconceptions: Sandbox: open world Open world: you can edit the environment This one drives me insane, some people don’t know the difference between open world and sandbox and thus think they are the same thing. Ark survival evolved is a half sandbox with a small open world Subnautica is the same but with a larger open world but less item diversity The sims is a half sandbox Horizon zero is open world

[@Yurithecampguard]

But most of all ark is broken

[@bubbaguy4411]

@@Yurithecampguard When? I haven't played in...3 years. I was always on the island and I loved it (PvP) but I now it had a few glitches that could be exploited, but I didn't know it was broken.

[@GeneralDurandal]

The Thumbnail made me think, this was going to be about things people think are in open-world games that actually aren't. Like the Bigfoot in San-Andreas.

[@AstrumArgenteum]

I always had the feeling Horizon Zero Dawn was somewhat too dense. The areas felt too close together and you were able to walk through the world but not really. You always had some watchers or something else being around spotting you. Still a very nice game experience I enjoy.

[@noseal1293]

Bruh. The story missions are too far from each other especially the desert of machines are with the robot worm thing

[@papawshane]

Got ya beat, been getting my video game on since the 70s! Woohoo for us old guys! :D

[@gamedragonja8962]

ok boomer

[@Cynos_3D]

Haha.. rendering part of the world you can't see? what a colossal waste of processing power that would be. Member when games used to have a fog of war? Yeah its because your hardware couldn't even handle everything that was in front of you. (Think Turrok or Southpark 64)

[@jacobsims1201]

Some strategy games use it as a mechanic to make the game more challenging it's not always laziness

[@Cynos_3D]

Yes, yes, of course, the fog of war i was referring to was that often grey or black wall of nothing that spanned over the horizon of a lot of games of the N64 days, think Turrok or Southpark.

[@atomicash2475]

@@Cynos_3D or silent hill

[@DarkSoulaire]

imagine the processing power wasted to keep it loaded at all times as compared to the same visuals, but rerendering partially. it is obviously more effective or they wouldnt do it and older games did it this way like ocarina of time. your fog of war was a solution, but people like myself hated it overall; wanted to see as far as possible. even minecraft on a medium machine (at least referring to when i had done this a few years back) with optifine render distance maxed would bog down a ton, like to 10% original perfomance. that's why they do it this way a lot now. the data is still all there like referring to enemies and such, but just not the visuals.

[@humansaredumfuckthemtodeat9461]

Ps1 days

[@LucasSideris]

Shadow of the Colossus was a pretty damn good game though.

[@SegredosDoMistico173Girino]

I agree.

[@skyfox5480]

I didn't even notice that there were turtles in the game until my 7th or 8th playthrough from the OG version to the PS4 remake

[@iarexayne]

Dw9 was too. Though I do agree that both of these games had too much unused space as far as open world games go

[@LucasSideris]

@@skyfox5480 well, i didn't know that lol

[@danielcondran5767]

I'm playing through the remaster right now! Fantastic. I played Ico for the first time not even a week ago....then had to play Last Guardian....then of course had to play Colossus hahaha. Their animation style is just soooo good.

[@robinsuj]

I just know that TES: Skyrim was one of the best games I have ever played.

[@ilhandaanish2381]

I just feel that other than quests there’s almost nothing to do

[@danielkinley1041]

Dude I share your opinion skyrim is one of the best games I've ever played. :)

[@casualcookin3893]

@@ilhandaanish2381 go sneaky archer,go sneaking with daggers,make a build that makes your destro spells cost 0 mana,become a werewolf,become a vampire etc. skyrim was the best game it took me 10 years to get bored from :D

[@monkeywash4374]

@@ilhandaanish2381 There's always the opposite side of the coin where you have total freedom with no quests at all. I spent over 2500 hours on Ark Survival Evolved and looking back, it's not even a good game.

[@metalfalcon4254]

@@monkeywash4374 same I'm a ark player to lol its addicting

[@JR-mk6ow]

It's not the size. It's how you use it 😉. Also Nier automata is a such a peculiar map.

[@Windows98R]

J R I’m happy that someone mentioned Automata

[@unnamedchannel1237]

A bit like a women, size is not everything often it is how it giggles

[@supercyberfunk]

Last of Us is a great example of an awesome linear game. There are plenty of linear games that I like. I like both styles of gameplay, as long as the gameplay is good.

[@coletrainhetrick]

I don't know why people are giving examples, open world is a minority, literally ever other genre is virtually a linear game. To be open world and people claiming they only play open world games is extremely abnormal

[@robinsuj]

@@coletrainhetrick Well, I personally do prefer a good open world game over a good linear one.

[@supercyberfunk]

+DragonTheLegend Joel or Ellie?

[@coletrainhetrick]

@@DargonTheLegend why though? What did she do wrong in your eyes?

[@giovannymorelos1696]

@@coletrainhetrick I bet he doesn't like Ellie because she is lesbian 😂

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

It's not the map itself, but how it feels

[@in5aneguy597]

it's not about the size, it's about how it feels while playing with it? :)

[@prakrithkeshav9425]

As a kid I loved open world games for 2 main reasons. The first being that it gave me this HUGE sense of freedom that felt great. It made me feel like that world was mine for the taking. The second point is that on average linear games are shorter and more cohesive and since my mom would buy me around 3 games a year, buying a linear game during the summer meant finishing it in 2-3 days and going back to not having anything to play. Open world's just prolonged the experience for me.

[@caigedxntcare]

0:56 did he just say “Gam Myths” 😂😂

[@ElectricGamePlayer58]

Gæm Myths

[@Radnamrok]

gyam myths

[@defsnot]

Seriously! Watch any Gameranx video narrated by Falcon. He says GAM all the time! WHAT!!!

[@PhaseRushSupp]

Gam meth

[@Refikbey]

L E G E M

[@yourrealdad9442]

There are only 5 myths... I want my money back

[@ohmanthatguy2443]

Of course, we apologize that you didn't appreciate the product $0.00 will be deposited into your account ASAP.

[@ncrtrooper9406]

YOUR NOT MY DAD!

[@tomasxfranco]

The title.says 5...?

[@warpdrive9229]

Since when did you pay this channel in the first place?

[@yourrealdad9442]

Warp Drive That's the joke

[@PaleGhost69]

Open worlds HAVE to be open. *Myth*

[@AmokCanuck]

*Fact*

[@DatGrunt]

Can you elaborate? O.o

[@AmokCanuck]

@@DatGrunt what do you want the man to put it into a haiku or some shit? Well here you go: tis' a myth that they are open, I can't think of anything, Well I tried at least.

[@orange-one]

It can be close

[@JonathanStClair-rt5ok]

that wasnt right at all

[@stanettiels7367]

Falcon, my favourite narrator. You need to do more of the videos dude.

[@corebite]

BoTW felt very dense to me, there was always something to be seen or experienced right around the corner.

[@rorythomson3439]

The gliding feature ruined other open world games for me (other than rdr2). It's just too fun to be able to climb up to the highest point available and glide down.

[@aikoluna3480]

These are less myths and more of an opinion

[@MrChiefCheba]

Aiko Hoshi falcon needs to calm down

[@identity9590]

That's what myths are, something that someone thinks and other people either believe or not. It is all opinion. But that's what myths are.

[@Jonny2myren]

@@identity9590 No, that's not what a myth is. In this context, a myth is a widespread FALSE belief (the other context meaning a mythical story, such as Greek mythology).

[@quesocfh6080]

@@identity9590 no...

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

@@identity9590 A myth must be false. An opinion cannot be true or false.

[@Reppen555]

The open world game that im mostly excited about is Biomutant, you play as this small creature that reminds me alot of Master shifu from kung fu panda, its deffintly simular like species, also its cool how you can craft weapons and your like a ninja taking down both big dudes and small dudes with swords and guns, it just feels like taking a old classic ps2 platforming game like ratchet and clank, sly, jack and daxter etc, and making it open world and thats what i love about it.

[@JarvisSensei]

I remember seeing this at a couple E3s ago and getting real hyped. But my god has it been quiet since. Any idea when its release date is meant to be

[@Reppen555]

@@JarvisSensei i read that Biomutant wil be out summer 2019

[@Reppen555]

@@isturbo1984 yes it is Just look at the Biomutant demo gameplay that sevral people have posted. there seems to be this gigantic Island that you walk around on.

[@JarvisSensei]

@@Reppen555 amazing. Can't wait

[@vectorequinox6202]

Biomutant looks like an open world spectacle fight so I am very interested in it.

[@danielheflin6658]

This is Peter Coffin. Is this Peter Coffin? This is Peter Coffin. What up dude, big fan of your content.

[@redella50]

I like an open world with beautiful places and landmarks. It's always my mission to find the most beautiful views in the game's world and take snapshots to remember.

[@mattnorris7124]

I spent far too much time doing this on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, because you could get some AMAZING shots, especially on some of the smaller, lesser explored islands in the Aegean like Kos & Samos. I just love exploring in games which is a massive reason I gravitate (very heavily) towards open world games. Well, that and the fact that I hate invisible walls.

[@TheSpongyMallard]

I really wish the "bigger = better" was no longer thing for publishers. Ubisoft is king of this. The maps just get bigger and bigger, but they never really get better. They actually get worse IMO. Odyssey and Origins have some good and well thought out quest, but the majority are filler "side" content to make the world feel lived in, but they actually don't. I believe Ghost Recon: Wildlands the the nest example of open world and a really big one at that, being bad for that type of game. I feel like Bethesda so far has done the best open worlds because they aren't really that big and the activities are good enough to make it feel lived in. It also helps that you will constantly be going back to other locations, but in a believable way. Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed have from the start done open worlds badly. Once you are done with a particular area, you have zero reason to return to it, thus making it an open world game, kinda pointless.

[@nxxf1]

The Spongy Mallard I disagree I think Rockstar are the true kings of open worlds starting with GTA 2 all the way to the upcoming red dead

[@tchitchouan]

I absolutely disagree, bigger is better

[@nxxf1]

Tchitchouan Inouane I get tired of running from point a to point b if it’s a huge empty open world

[@TheSpongyMallard]

@@nxxf1 I've never played a GTA game or Red Dead Redemption. I was too young to play 1-4 and by the time 5 came out, I didn't care.

[@tchitchouan]

NashM60 me too

[@elliotdickson2393]

Says top ten starts with 5 lol

[@pauldank3453]

Goes on with 4, 3, 2 then ends with 1

[@TheAffectation8724]

elliot dickson That title change from 10 to 5, real quick.

[@SmashingSnow]

Boo

[@Gunfutaku]

They're getting lazy with their videos

[@elliotdickson2393]

@@Gunfutaku they should do a 10 things rainbow six siege players hate

[@keshavnathoo1218]

I subscribed to this channel just because of you Falcon. Keep it upp!

[@bonkmaykr]

3:24 Actually, that's called culling. It doesn't unload anything from the RAM, it just never uses it until needed

[@creativical]

People who think linear games are worse, have never played the Half Life and Portal series. Just saying.

[@jpegmilitia]

Creativical I know people who don't like half life or portal. I've never played half life but portal is pretty good.

[@creativical]

@@jpegmilitia Portal 2 was the first game i played from this series. And I still think it's the best game of them all. Just to give an example of a linear game that is really good and also feels very open and not like the inside of a snakes Body. There may be people who don't like this series but i really liked it.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Yeah if they say that after playing half life, they are committing a crime.

[@coletrainhetrick]

Who actually thinks that? Virtually every other genre are linear games. You can't even fundamentally grow up exclusively on open world, how is this an opinion people possibly could have?

[@Mike-my7uf]

@@jpegmilitia - Who doesn't like those games!? Give me their names and I'll show them wat fer! /sarcasm

[@improbablyyourdad8458]

Sr2 is one of the greatest open world's ever. Steelwater actually felt like a city with many distinct districts.

[@loganpotvin5988]

Morgan state Freshman RDR2)

[@rogeriopenna9014]

Personally, I love games that try to be realistic in their sizes and distances. Example... even if I like Skyrim, I hate the fact the "cities" are little more than tiny villages and the villages are not even that, are hamlets, or whatever else we decide to call them. Really... look at the numbers of inhabitants at Skyrim cities: Riverwood: 17. Falkreath: 20. Morthal: 23. Winterhold: 29 Dawnstar: 33. Windhelm: 56 Riften: 58. Solitude: 62. Markarth: 65. Whiterun: 74. Which is why I love Daggerfall so much. Then people complain Daggerfall feels empty and generic, and they complain that it's because it's procedurally generated. People who say that base their opinions on old tech, without realizing that you can procedurally generate big areas based on PREVIOUSLY established macro details, as well as you can adjust both the macro details AND adjust micro details later, include other stuff, etc. I think it's actually quite ridiculous to have the density of interesting stuff next to each other as we see in most rpgs. It's not realistic. And you CAN create a system that is both open world and keeps you interested. Instead of travelling everywhere in real time, you could either do it in real time and be bored (like in the real world or Daggerfall) or a fast travel system based on maps and/or distance from keypoints. so you travel from place to place in fast travel using roads, but when passing close by a structure or landmark, it becomes first person again. So you can explore the area. Or not.

[@rdr291]

You earned a sub I really enjoyed this as I love open world games.

[@darth_yoda]

Witcher 3..... Another good exsample of a Semi open world since it have four LARGE maps you have to go load into it (counting Blood and wine DLC)

[@sanphak9408]

whats this rock climbing shot you have at the start? (0:08)

[@TallowTheQuoll]

Great video guys, easily the top gaming news related channel.

[@TallowTheQuoll]

Journey is the empty kind of world I love in a game.

[@ethanu5498]

Once again there is some great editing going on

[@princepuff9912]

That just because it's an open world game doesn't mean it's good.

[@NathanIrizarry1]

Prince Puff *cough cough* destiny 2 *cough cough*

[@princepuff9912]

I'll be honest with you............ I kind of like Destiny 2.

[@garrettjudd1631]

Truth

[@jpegmilitia]

*looks at fallout 4*

[@dillabouskee3743]

*looks at breath of the wild*

[@Natthander]

1:31 the "por favor" in portuguese at the end of a english sentence haha

[@zero277]

Natthander thats spanish

[@Natthander]

I guess we can't tell. We also say "por favor" in portuguese.

[@markbowdidge3665]

Hey falcon, kinda new here. I like your style and like your videos :)

[@Hyan_Thatsit]

Falcon you are awesome at video editing. ^^

[@sayfullah69]

One myth that annoys me is the use of 'open-world' and 'sandbox' interchangeably. An open-world, the player has no real affect on the environment, I.e. saints row, gta. Sandbox is where the player has the ability to change the environment, I.e. the sims, sim city, Minecraft.

[@BlazinBlz]

except at the end of the day, that's not how one would describe an open world game, an open world game at it's core is a game in which you can travel without loading screens (or few loading screens on older games), GTA V, open world, Farcry 5, open world, Fallout 4, open world, an Open World game is just a game, with an open world, Open World RPG, is a game where you have an open world and a major story that the player can influence (Skyrim, Fallout 4, Farcry 5), Open World Story Teller is a game that's an open world with a story in which the player can not influence (Horizon Zero Dawn) and Open World Sandbox, is a game set in an open world, which allows the player to create and destroy the world to their whims (Minecraft, Terraria) the term Open World is just how the world is set and built, no different to how one would describe an action game/movie

[@shawnwolf5961]

@@BlazinBlz FO4 has loading screens, so by your definition it would not be open world. Your definition is wrong.

[@BlazinBlz]

@@shawnwolf5961 so what you're saying is I can't travel from Sanctuary, to Virgil's Cave without a loading screen? OH WAIT, I can, there's a difference between dungeons and the world you numpty

[@guy3nder529]

I'd say that botw is actually quite dense, you just need to look for it. That's what makes it great compared to the icon puking ubisoft style of open world.

[@coletrainhetrick]

It's actually not in a fundamental eneed, it has lots of open areas but it's utilized very well

[@vectorequinox6202]

I feel that though there was lots of empty space it helped make the scope feel more epic.

[@tofuelemental6920]

Guy Ender but origins had an amazing map

[@guy3nder529]

@@tofuelemental6920 it's not about the map it's about how you gain information on world activities

[@tofuelemental6920]

Guy Ender Origins map was beautiful and serves amazingly as a playground.

[@crayonchomper1180]

In some cases it makes sense for you to not be able to explore the whole world right away, due to certain limiting factors like being out numbered at a certain pass keeping you from being able to explore the area beyond, forcing you to detour for a flank allowing you to open the path decreasing travel time if there is no fast traveling system

[@johnlee8432]

Open world games should have unique locations that aren’t just straight forward, backwards, left or right but should include Up and down. Also should have world interactions and world events, incidents.

[@Xehemoth]

This one is not a myth: IGN underrated Skyrim. 9.5/10 is bullshit and we know it. That game is nothing short of a masterpiece, especially for it's era.

[@jpegmilitia]

When I was in the 6th grade, I told my parents I had a Valentine and had to get them some chocolates. So I went to the store and chose the biggest box. The next day I went to school with my box of chocolates. I told my friends I had to catch up on homework, Climbed a tree, and ate all the chocolates.

[@sharkoj]

Thank you

[@jpegmilitia]

Sharko J your welcome

[@sharkoj]

that one guy you’re*

[@comradecameron3726]

This was unneeded but I still like it.

[@crisrhawk6805]

Was the chocolate good 👍

[@randomstuff-qu7sh]

The main open world myth that drives me nuts is one of the ones you mentioned: "Bigger is better". I recall there was quite a fad for a while where so many games were bragging about how huge their open worlds were. A huge open world isn't always a good open world though. Big, empty open worlds just make things dull; you can only enjoy the pretty graphics for so long before you start seeing the size as an obstacle to fun rather than contributing to fun.

[@114Freesoul]

On #5, I think the latest AC games are a good example of it. Origins and Odyssey have significantly larger worlds than the previous games, but all the activities are also spread out - and that's a good thing, since if it was as densely packed as say, AC2, it would just turn into a huge grind where you'd either have to spend several hours clearing each little area (out of the 30-40 that the game offers), or just give up on trying to complete it altogether and just focus on main story.

[@stephenkyburz6529]

Shadow of the Colossus is totally empty yet its atmosphere is great and relaxing

[@cookieneko-chan3100]

I think it was intentionally left empty because it only highlights the fact that the place is a "forbidden land" and therefore aren't any other living creatures except for lizards and turtles. If I'm right that's really good thinking from the developers side!

[@richardkinkead3315]

Open world star wars game, pleeeeaaaassssseeeee!!!!!!! :(

[@stephenl2571]

Richard Kinkead EA has Star Wars right because Disney is just a bunch of fucktards. Never gonna happen while EA owns it, sorry bud.

[@greenmidget180]

kotor

[@wadlde]

Open world myth - You need to do every quest to beat the game. Or some variation of this. Skyrim was a perfect example. I've met a lot of people who didn't want to play it because it would have taken to much time to do everything or felt cheated because they couldn't do everything in other games like Fallout 3 where you make choices (like blowing up megaton) that prevented you from also making that other choice. A lot of design thought goes into the fact that not everyone is going to choose the same direction, not everyone is going to experience the same quests. If can make the "story" of the game drastically different as if it was completely different game. I don't think this little view point gets enough light shed on it because of those misconceptions.

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

5:24 There's a jab at Skyrim in this part of the video, specifically when they mention of "Just being a long list of things to do."

[@morpheoss]

i love that you brought up chrono trigger. that was always been one of my favorite games.

[@techtosterone9997]

My conclusion. Good game: Buy - Enjoy. Bad game: Crack - Enjoy with all the bugs and negativities.

[@mohlachi]

God game: crack Bad game: crack God online game: buy

[@treefer6]

I was waiting for you to tell me about the gear war

[@Nesianmix]

5:45 that Skyrim shade 😂

[@bigpappycharlie521]

Falcon is my favourite

[@kalandarkclaw8892]

I like his videos but I fricken hate his thumb nails

[@Jmanfire2105]

That just because it’s a single player game, that it can’t be challenging (botw master mode)

[@aardbei54]

I'm pretty sure Hollow Knight is single player

[@maeday5199]

Your picture... Just.. just gonna leave it as that

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

I was doing master mode sword trial. The two silver lizalfos are stronger than all bosses combined in normal mode lol

[@nateslovebug]

On your first point, I totally agree. The barren and mostly empty wastes of The Capital and The Mojave helped to drive home the sadness, desperation, and frankly pure freedom of the Wasteland left in Fallout's world. Finding anything, even something trying to kill you, was an adventure. Fallout 4's Commonwealth was honestly so cluttered I felt claustrophobic and had trouble getting into it.

[@4eyedwhiteguy]

I really enjoy Falcon's videos/ analysis.

[@mashaelalanzi9607]

I’m honestly sick of big open world games. I would much prefer a medium size world or small one as long as its dense and interesting. Also I’m too lazy to navigate a huge world lol.

[@vectorequinox6202]

If you want a small, densely-packed open world then check out a Yakuza game.

[@mashaelalanzi9607]

Vector Equinox I love the Yakuza games! Any other games like it?

[@dirtybee224]

Biomutant got you covered..

[@meurer13daniel]

I wan't more as The Witcher 1 & 2. Perfect exemple of how to do medium sized maps based on story progression.

[@alleny2971]

No mans sky is soo much better than it was at the start. You should give it another shot.

[@Woolwoven]

I will never buy it cause they scammed customers

[@thinkingpotatogamer7550]

I feel number 4 on the loading is important as depend on what the game contains and what your computer has can ultimately affect game performance. For example, I was playing Grand Theft Auto Online and every single time I go from one end of the map to the other end I would experience 100 parts of lag lasting for 2 seconds or have 5 parts lasting 10 minutes.

[@jackdanila9893]

The linear / non linear example applies to Metro and Fallout. Both are my favourite series but they are very different in how they are played. Metro Exodus succeded in making a very atmospheric sandbox level but still following a linear campaign, and I'm glad they didn't make it fully open world because it would've ruined the feeling of having to move on in order to reach the objective

[@jordancolewagner]

I miss saints row early stage now

[@gabrielv1856]

I miss Saints Row overall, i wish there is a new one coming soon...

[@bucurandreinicolae8350]

Better a linear world with a compelling story and narrative than a open world sparsely populated; with too many repeating quests or Computer generated quests. That's my opinion 🤟

[@7dayspking]

Linear and open world are not antonyms. Dragon age origins is quite non linear, even with it's sandbox elements the actual story of RDR2 is extremely linear and given more attention than you'll find in many linear games without an open world. You also clearly don't understand how objectives or quests are designed.

[@markrodson1609]

Constantine(game based on the film) for the PS2 had mixed reviews and was slated for being lininer but I really enjoyed the game play

[@ethanpapp4187]

Anyone else realize that at 5:48 all of those are from Skyrim. One ☝️ of the best open worlds ever made.

[@FigmentHF]

How you gonna talk about good empty open worlds without mentioning SOTC? 🙏🏻

[@andreadavis4140]

SOTC?

[@kathoden135]

@@andreadavis4140 Shadow of The Colossus

[@7e8dn3id]

Fallout New Vegas's Lonesome Road DLC is an excelent example of Linearity in an open world game thats the absolute best of both worlds

[@robinsuj]

Fallout New Vegas is a good example of a good game in general.

[@IkesDaddelbox]

To use another Zelda example: Most Zelda games are semi - open world games as well. In Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask you can see almost all destinations in the distance. However, they are only crude LODs (like cardboard cutouts) with the purpose to visually guide you. And you can only access them by moving from zone to zone.

[@electronresonator8882]

I like the Yakuza word, it's expanding word based on story line in that game, imagine playing a game that you start as a boy, then the next sequel you play as teenagers and so on until you play as middle ages, start from a city and then go to neighbor city, and keep adding new city in the next game while still keep the previous city but add all the changes during all those years,... somehow you feel nostalgic when you visit the first city when you already middle ages

[@Dumi232]

Ac Origins does the desert empty open world really good.

[@frusci.t]

Agreed.

[@maeday5199]

That game was amazinggg

[@shaneharrington3655]

Everyone dislikes/forgets Mad Max, one of my favorite open worlds ever.

[@MarkYoon]

Falcon is my absolute favorite gameranx team member. I almost wish he had a solo channel, I'd sub in a flash.

[@z0mb055]

For the most part, the bigger the open world the more you can explore & do stuff ( be it quests or goofing off) in. I say for the most part because theres one example that comes to mind of a game with a huge open world that isnt good at all because of how its rigid gameplay mechanics interfere. This particular game? No Man’s Sky or as the more apt & satirized name calls it: One Man’s Lie. Before you comment something like: “ The add ons made it better.” Or something like that, let me remind you that the gameplay mechanics is mainly wandering around looking for things to mine very slowly & in massive quantities so as to repair damaged equipment or parts on your ship & refuel both of them as well before being able to free roam around for a very small amount of time before having to do so again. Speaking of examples, a great example of an open world game that blocks off areas till a certain point in time is Arkham Knight. You have to wait till youre tracking the vehicle that the Knight takes Barbara in to get to the point in which you head to a location to get the bridge to Miagani lowered. Then you wait till the point where you bring in the Battank to tank out the Cobra squadron guarding the missile launcher on Founders to get that bridge lowered. But in spite of this, theres still a lot to do in the regions & thus it doesnt get too boring. While I agree that there are some good linear games ( some of my favorites being the LiS franchise), Id say that open world games provide more replay-ability value as after the story is done, you can ( for the most part [ an exception being Arkham Knight given the Knightfall protocol]), continue playing the game without having to delete & replace a save file to do so. Finally, you forgot to mention what games that use some of your points or others could be, due to doing so, be considered the best open world games. For me the best ones are ( & this is of 10/2018 & its subject to be updated) ( also for the most part in random order): the Crew, the Crew 2, Middle Earth Shadow of War, AC IV: Black Flag, GTA V 2. Watch Dogs 2 1. Just Cause 3 And yes, before you ask, I am anticipating that Id need to update this list when Just Cause 4 releases.

[@wasntprepared]

Ahh shadow of Colossus

[@MyNameIsSonsky]

Gameranx Opened My World ✌😎

[@mvl71]

@@mohamedsoumeur8834 If you were a video game you'd be linear and very short.

[@evanr.lowetechgamingandcoo1410]

Every time I see falcon uploaded a video I get super hyped.

[@dr.skulhamr3220]

I agree with your assertion that open worlds can provide aesthetics that may not be appreciated on the surface. I love open world games but then I'm not focused solely on completion so that I can brag on social media.

[@morgado4308]

I like Falcon's videos... Gladly there are more hits than miss, that was not a hit...

[@lordoaf]

Great open world examples: Witcher 3 Fallout New Vegas Not so great examples Ghost recon wildlands No mans sky

[@utisti4976]

Add Horizon: Zero Dawn & ESIII: Morrowind to the great open world examples, then add FO4 and Far Cry 5 to the not so great examples

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

You forgot gta 4 and some far cry games. For great open worlds...And homefront the revolution for bad open world.

[@ChimerFox]

Isn't nms a sandbox game instead of an open world game tho

[@LuriTV]

if #4 were true, Witcher 3 wouldn't be an open world game

[@raeishimura]

Yeah, but i would say NMS is more Sandbox than open world, and if you judge only by launch then its certainly bad. Having played it both at launch and the most recent iteration, i almost didn't know the newest version was the same game. Which creates an entirely different discussion on whether bad games can be redeemed with actual hard work being put into them that i won't get into here.

[@SaintInTheEyesOfSinn]

Falcon videos always make me happy

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

I think what makes an open world and open world is not how it loads, but rather the sense that it gives you that it doesn't load. There are all sorts of Tricks developers can do to achieve this feeling, and as far as I know none of them actually have the entire world load all at once. Even Grand Theft Auto V loads areas separately. there's been a number of times I've been moving across the landscape so fast that the game had to stop and buffer a bit as it tried to finish loading the next area I was heading to

[@jwhitely7]

Shadows of the Colossus nailed the right way to do a giant empty open world I don't think anyone minded how empty it was I was just nice riding horseback to the next giant behemoth

[@prue5588]

The nice was they covered that up is by giving you a safe feel until you get to the next boss, and the music is just lovely

[@oneandonlyjark]

Hold up, with regards to #1, don't get open world confused with nonlinearity. I've played (semi) linear open world games and true nonlinear ones, and I've played all types of linearity in old-school "closed world" games. I may be co-opting terminology here, but when I do it, it is to demarcate. So trust me. But yes, I agree: I consider Arkham Asylum to be the best Batman experience over its sequels and prequels, precisely because it is so tightly-woven, focused and altogether novel. The OW nature of the other games permitted me to dick around too much like it was a GTA game, which took the pressure away from finishing the game in its entirety.

[@Ddarke11]

Sparse is a much better and correct term than empty, particularly for RDR. Something that is very much needed to convey that sense of authenticity of that particular environment yet still had amazing world building populated with little things that gave it life. Obviously it's going to be a stark difference from something like the more urban areas of the GTA series.

[@djb5255]

I actually like the 'busy work quests in open world games. It's good to be able to do low intensity stuff in a game while listening to a podcast or music.

[@TheEdico1]

IVE BEEN TRYING TO WATCH THIS FOR TWO HOURS THANKS KZbin FOR GOING DOWN

[@coletrainhetrick]

1: get to KZbin red 2: 3: profit

[@matthewharris517]

Rockstar and CD Project know how to make an open world.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Matthew Harris Ubisoft also try but...they can only do right in far cry series. But probably just because of the first person view.

[@gaianmonkey]

RDR2!!! Only 2 days to go!! Woop woop!!

[@ElaborateTiger]

I know I'll probably get shit for this but The Crew 2 has a great open world, it's a shame it was marketed as a racing game rather than an American roadtrip simulator.

[@Jay-zd9qs]

that pyramid is called a 'frustrum', which represents the players viewpoint. the process of rendering what the player should be looking at (inside the frustum) and getting rid of the rest is called 'frustum culling'

[@TalkativeHour]

I think it’s an open world when you can free roam without doing a mission

[@juancena7697]

I thought I was having a seizure watching this video! Maybe cool off with the visual effects my dood

[@SharkShampoo]

Wtf... lol how old are you?

[@DZ-lx4iu]

Are you sure your aren't epileptic?

[@murphyc15]

What visual effects?

[@martinbue2504]

Ive seen worse

[@juancena7697]

It was a joke just to let you know

[@chrise.6943]

Dang KZbin was so broken I couldn’t watch this

[@clayton5430]

Chris E. Same it wasn't loading

[@mr420quickscops2]

Someone in the HQ done fucked up big time with that outage

[@kirklazarus1132]

Drinking game, drink a shot of whiskey every time Jake says OPEN WORLD.

[@soulmechanics7946]

Metal Gear did it just right all the way up to Phantom Pain, where they blew the whole show. Linear plot structure in open areas that makes the life of the game familiar.