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Top 25 Best Open World Games of all Time

GR - "We decided against including the likes of Deus Ex and the Thief series, which despite the freedom they offer to the player, are strictly linear titles—at least in terms of exploration."

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Relientk774384d ago (Edited 4384d ago )

This generation really has fantastic open worlds.

The Assassin's Creed franchise, Rage, Borderlands, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls 4 and 5, and more

Ps: I like that you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to go through the slides, good job to Gameranx for that.

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HammadTheBeast4383d ago

See, now these are the types of stories that should be seen more. Great list, nice to see some innovation. I also like most of the games there, nothing like infinite freedom to cool off after a long day of work.

DanJenkoFMV4383d ago

Actually preferred New Vegas to Fallout 3, but maybe that's just me. Would also have included Need For Speed: Most Wanted, but otherwise agree with most of the selections.

Outside_ofthe_Box4384d ago

I'm glad that GTA4 was number one. GTA4 so far is the open world game that feels the most like the world has a life of it's own.

SPAM-FRITTER-1234384d ago (Edited 4384d ago )

agreed. GTA4 gets bashed to hell but its still one of my fave games this gen.i still play the MP and re-run the DLC now and then.

also nice to see farcry 2 on there.

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NukaCola4384d ago

I disagree. GTA IV is udder garbage. The streets are lifeless with lifeless characters. You drive from yellow circle to yellow circle. It looked nicer for the time, but was such a step backwards from San Andreas. You couldn't go into more than a handful of building and the world felt so drab and fake. If the game was truly open, then lets have choices and let it be your playground.

SPAM-FRITTER-1234384d ago

you mean like the lifeless world of fallout which is miles upon miles of BROWN

MariaHelFutura4383d ago

@spamfritter

In Fallout's defense. There has been a fallout (hence, Fallout) its suppose to be kinda lifeless.

MysticStrummer4383d ago

"GTA IV is udder garbage."

Utterly ridiculous.

kaveti66164383d ago

You can replace GTA IV with inFamous and your statement would be more accurate.

gaden_malak4383d ago

replace Infamous with kaveti6616 and your statement would be more accurate.

NukaCola4383d ago (Edited 4383d ago )

I am not talking about the game itself but its world as this article is about the world. Liberty City is hollow. LA NOIRE and MAFIA are two other examples of hollow worlds, regardless of their story or gameplay.

Rockstar really did us all a justice when they released Red Dead Redemption. It's a huge open world where theirs places to go and always something to do and world feel real.

GTA IV reminds me of that scene in the Matrix where they are walking down the street and the women with the Red Dress walks by. It's like that. Filled with cars and people and a false sense of reality. Every now and then something unique comes by but not often as I would of like.

kaveti66164383d ago

From my experience with GTA IV, weird things happen often, and it's fun.

You'll be walking around the city and a thief will run by, followed by police.

Or two motorists will get into an accident and start yelling at each other, and one of them will pull out a baseball bat.

GTA IV isn't lifeless at all. Just walk around and those things will happen.

@gaden malak

Very clever. But I was being serious. Everything NukaCola said to describe GTA IV's world more aptly describes inFamous. Save for the hoodlums invading various parts of the city, all the citizens behave rather mundanely, and only the select few citizens lying on the pavement, with their hands out, pleading for ever with the exact same animations, actually add anything to the environment.

But it's popular to pick on big-name games like GTAIV because of perceived flaws that have been spread far too long without any evidence.

Here's some examples of random stuff happening.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

The random interactions between cityfolk in liberty city puts it ahead of most open world games.

The attention to detail is staggering. People bored with GTA IV are impatient.

kaveti66164383d ago

Hey, SilentNegotiator

Try giving evidence instead of spewing out abstractions like "hollow" and "shallow."

Unlike you and your kind, I gave evidence for my claims.

You're only attacking me because I made a negative comment about a Sony exclusive. Think about that for a moment. There's a button inside of your mind that deals solely with Sony, and when it's pressed, you react.

You said GTAIV was shallow, I said it wasn't and I provided evidence.

What do you do? Call me a troll, and repeat my "replace" comment the same way Gaden Malak did because neither of you possess the rhetoric to say something original.

"Just because characters will get into car accidents and duke it out, doesn't make it an involving world."

Care to give an example of a game with a more "involving world" or are you just going to trash GTAIV for not giving you a reach around?

ShinMaster4383d ago (Edited 4383d ago )

Really? No one?

A game's fun shouldn't come from glitches and random bs.

Story > Openness.

@kaveti6616

Doesn't matter, InFamous 1/2 were more enjoyable and so was RDR.

mewhy324383d ago

Well IMO Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption are the two best open world games in this generation. Both of which are best (console version) played on the Xbox 360. I have both systems and have played these on both. Lensoftruth.com did some head to head comparisons on these two games and the 360 came out on top.

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Legion4383d ago

Though I like GTA4 it is nothing compared to RDR when thinking of a game world having a life of it's own.

Crap_Turtle4384d ago

I disagree with almost everything on that list and I dont like the condescension towards certain games

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kma2k4384d ago

i agree with most of the games belone on a top 25 but i do not agree with the order!

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15 PS3 Games That Would Absolutely Shine as PS5 Remakes

GB: "With this feature, we talk about 15 games on the PS3 that should be remade for the PlayStation 5."

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kenpachi12d ago

You left out The Darkness games bring those back

fan_of_gaming11d ago

The head of Nightdive Studios has posted that The Darkness is on their list of games they want to do, so hopefully something comes from that

Yi-Long12d ago

Little Big Planet 1 and 2 deserve a mention, IMO.

Good call on Motorstorm, a game released 2 gens ago but still looks and feels so good. Motorstorm 2 and Motorstorm RC were gems as well. They followed up the Motorstorm games with the brilliant Driveclub, which still manages to put modern racing games to shame. Imagine closing down a studio as talented as that ... (!) Incredible.

A little 'arcade-gem' back then was The Last Guy, a top down 'follow the leader' snake-like game where you had to find and lead survivors to safety during an alien invasion, on terrible looking 'Google-earth' maps. Graphics were poor, even back then, but would love that same gameplay with modern maps and graphics.

Street Fighter 4, once it finally had a full roster, was quite good, but it was always an ugly game, sadly. Imagine bringing that back while using the current SF6 engine.

fan_of_gaming11d ago

Good suggestions, I'd be in for
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Motorstorm: RC

purple10111d ago

God damn I love motorstorm so much

At the time I had a low-mid range sony 40” tv, The latency to the controller was waaaay too high, would to play a modern version

In saying that later I got a 3d lg tv and playing the 3d motorstorm in my bedroom with the environment crumbling around the track, was something special, specially compared to what others were playing at the time, will always remember that

Skuletor12d ago

Some good choices here and Resistance: Fall of Man is my most wanted PS3 remaster/remake. Not sure about their claim it was Sony's answer to Gears of War though.

CrimsonWing6911d ago

I’d rather have sequels than remakes. Look at Dead Space 1 Remake. Would’ve been cooler if we got a new entry and it failed with sales sealing the fate of a sequel rather than just replay the same game and it fail in sales and we never get a new entry.

Remakes are great for things like PS2 and earlier games to really get a crazy new graphical coat, but I think we should ease up on all these remakes and actually do sequels.

fan_of_gaming11d ago

Yeah for sure, sequels would be ideal. But in the current market environment where many big publishers are risk-averse, I'd rather get a remaster or remake that a developer can do on a budget that will be approved, rather than nothing for an IP.

Inverno11d ago

I rather they remaster and port over to PC and current gen all the games permanently stuck on PS360. Those games don't need remakes, they need to be given a chance to live again outside of their confined consoles and then give a few proper sequels. Like Sleeping Dogs, Motor Storm, LA Noir, should get another entry.

fan_of_gaming11d ago

Yeah I'd be fine with remasters of PS3 games too, they don't have to be remakes.

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For just $6 you can play the Red Dead Redemption port on Xbox and PS5

Rockstar Games’ shiny new Red Dead Redemption port is now on GTA+, and you can play it while claiming some tasty GTA Online benefits.

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Profchaos26d ago

Rockstar still strying to make GTA plus work
Should be $6 for the rdr game on sale not 6 bucks for a months playtime

Exvalos26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

I hear ya, 49.99 or whatever the price on that game is, is a bit stiff seeing as it's just a port.

anast26d ago

Why would anyone rent this game?

jznrpg26d ago

One of my favorite games from PS3 generation. I have the remaster as there was a buy 2 get 1 free deal a while back but the price they are charging for the port is way too high although not surprising at all.

CobraKai25d ago

Still tryna milk a dried up cow

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Red Dead Redemption Title Update 1.04 Notes (PS4 / Switch)

Improvements have been made to the stability of the game

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OtterX42d ago

I still think this release was a big waste of time. I would have been a day 1 purchaser if they had redone the game w RDR2 graphics. I still own my PS3 copy, so don't see the point in picking this up if it's minimally improved.

CobraKai41d ago

I bought the game cheaper than the remaster on 360. There’s no reason in releasing the game at that price with so little improvements if any.

Profchaos41d ago

It's nice to have it as a handheld game I guess if you travel a lot but yes the ps5 release was a joke

kaos8941d ago

It plays at 60 fps on PS5 and a higher res if you value that.

OtterX41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Yea, PS3 graphics at 60fps and 4k doesn't warrant the price. It was severely disappointing considering they already created so many of the assets north of the San Luis River (New Austin) in RDR2 and could have reused a lot of things, or reworked things bc they are the same area at different times in a fairly close history. It's friggin' Rockstar - you know they have the money and resources to have done it.

jznrpg26d ago

I like that I can play the game on current generation console but it would have been nice if they did more to make it look better.

Profchaos41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

They should have released the game in its current state not the state it launched in. Obvious we all wanted this to be a expansion to rdr 2 given that the original map was already remade in the game lots of people though this was just going to be added in later as paid DLC.

Now the game runs at 4k 60 fps on ps5 and can be brought on sale it's actually worth playing.

At launch the game was priced far to high and was a ps360 era game that couldn't run at 60 fps.

I'm in no way a frame rate snob I defended games like tears of the kingdom in the past for being 30 fps experiences but rdr was a joke at launch