SuperPhillip Central writes, "We're fresh off the heels of the release of Saints Row IV, and many have fallen in love with the game. Of course, the big open world game is releasing in just a handful of weeks, Grand Theft Auto V. While we have a breather between those two games SuperPhillip Central has come up with a list of our favorite open world settings. These are ones that were a ton of fun to explore, ones we got absolute lost in (the good kind of lost), and ones that took our breaths away. Now, make note that these aren't necessarily the best-- they're simply our personal favorites. We hope this list is satisfactory, but if not, please set us straight in the comments section once you've read the rationale for our selections."
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Capitol Wasteland : FALLOUT 3
It was hard not to immersed in the world. It was horror and beauty and perfect.
I realize this is strong opinion based, lol. But I take it Next Gen is not included as it hasn't really come out yet?
Anyway to date:
1) Skirim ( so much awesome randomness and dragons! )
2) Red Dead Redemption ( Very real open world as expect by RockStar )
3) Far Cry 3 ( Very beautiful open world with so much wildlife )
4) Just Cause 2 ( Big, fun and loving the stuntman acts! Map was huge! )
5) FallOut 3 ( Very fun, vast open waste land! )
6) Grand Theft Auto San Andreas ( Had so much fun with this game. A lot of memories from when I grew up down there in S Cali that same time period )
7)inFamous 2 ( 1 was good, but 2 added that polished look and better upgrades, better bad guys )
8) Borderlands 2 ( Like above, better polished look, upgraded game and themes )
9)Burnout Paradise ( Huge world with endless types of things to drive, Huge jumps everywhere )
10) Assassin's Creed Brotherhood or AC3 ( Both worlds I loved a lot! Better game in brotherhood, a lot of new things added in AC3 )
You should wait a bit...
GTA V
Dying Light
Dead Rising 3
Batman: Arkham Origins
Witcher 3
Assassins Creed 4
Watch Dogs
Destiny
The Division
The Crew
God... so much freedom :3
turok, you never know when a dinosaur will bite your head off.
mass effect. i love sci fi.
Gotta love apocalyptic wastelands, everythings turned upside down and rules and laws no longer apply.