Is The market becoming too saturated with open world games?

One of our writers talks about the flood gates opening on the open world genre and how this can be a good thing for the industry but a bad thing for some consumers

[WESKER2015]

theres not enough open world games in my opinion, my only gripe is most of these open world games are lazily made, empty world, boring characters, open world games give off an illusion that you are part of a living breathing society but the reality is nothing even close to that, cutback are always needed due to the bigger game world, so that means bigger world less stuff going on, devs should find a balance between open world size and substance, lately its either one or the other, big world nothing in it, small world feeling trapped, balance Lol

now , a better title, "Is The market becoming too saturated with copy and paste FPS games?" ;)

[Nitrowolf2]

I think coming into this gen, it really exploded more and to be honest I don't mind it one bit. Thing with just linear fsp and open world is that you can only do so much with a fps, where as with an open world you have so much different play style that can be offered that many don't feel the game

[Kingthrash360]

Still, there is just way too many fps games for this article not to be focused on that.
Two cods
bf
farcry
evolve
loadout
killzone
shadow warrior
blacklight
destiny
halo
metro
plants vs zombies
wolfenstein
...not to mention bf hardline and borderlands this month....halo andanother cod most likely by October or so...id say after a little over a year fps games are over saturated.
What open world games we got?
Gtav
watchdogs
two ac
tr
shadow of mordor
mine craft
Sleeping dogs
saints row
Almost all are last gen remakes...
im not defending open world games here because there are too many of them too...im just wondering why fps get a pass.
Then the hybrids are far cry and dyinglight borderlands

[DigitallyAfflicted]

We need more open world games, i would love to see game without story line. Game where you make your own story :)

[SaveFerris]

Isn't that Destiny /s

[AnotherProGamer]

The problem with games that let you "make your own story" is that the stories are boring fights against random monster encounters

I want games with rich characters, lore, and world with a sense of direction

[DigitallyAfflicted]

Destiny is far from being open world game and all missions are as repetitive as linear the closet to it was fallout3. i need more games like that and by making my own story i mean that game is putting me in the world in witch i need to find my own way round it but don't have to follow no scripted time line of events to the end. I want games to be more complicated and compelling without clear division between good and bad just like in real live.

[Summons75]

It's called The Elder Scrolls. They go in to wanting you to make you're your own adventure.

[ArchangelMike]

I think the open world games that are coming out - at least the ones mentioned in the article seem to have gotten the balance right for their respective 'worlds' (we can only guess because the games are not out yet).

Batman Arkham Night's gotham looks very... Gotham, but again looks to deliver a believeable city that has been taken over by criminals.

MGSV looks to deliver a believeable Military infiltrated Afganistani wilderness. By contrast, The Witcher 3 is looking to provide the most dense open world experience since GTA V.

I won't comment on The Division, just becasue I'm not convinced that Ubisoft will fully deliver.

[3-4-5]

* Too much copying other people's ideas in the industry.

New good ideas are not that difficult.

I have 5-10 gaming ideas myself that DON'T EXIST at all on any platform of any era of Video Games.

They would sell, and appeal to a lot of people.

It's not that hard to come up with original ideas.

The industry was infiltrated by copy cats with no integrity.

[Mikefizzled]

Yes. Last year Ubisoft released at least 6 open world games. Most of which were setup the same.

[evilkillerk]

Sandbox Games/Open world games are perfectly okay as long as an effort is put into them. The worlds need characters who remember what you do/ say/ So a smarter AI is needed, plus lots of custom location. Why not make them more like a DnD game than a limited area. I mean that is what we have DLC for right?

[Skankinruby]

Yes, yes, oh and one other thing, YES. Open world games ALWAYS sacrifice quality in single player story mode, which will always be the most important part of a game.

[WeAreLegion]

Not always. The Just Cause series is all about fun. The story is awful. Avalanche knows it's awful. They just want to make a fun game.

[MasterCornholio]

I can understand the appeal of openworld games and i do enjoy them. But not every game needs to be openworld. There are some genres that wouldnt work well with an opernworld design. For example, I cant imagine a game like the Last of Us being as good if it was openworld. The linearity of the game provides a solid story and awesome character development something that many openworld games lack.

[Professor_K]

And theres nothing wrong with that

[Spotie]

I hope it's becoming saturated only by good games. That's not what's happening, though, sadly.

[TardcoreGamer]

My problem with open world games is that story-line always seems suffer as a result. There's less structure and way more chances to become sidetracked.

[KiwiViper85]

That's why I follow the story only until Ive unlocked a good set of skills and then complete all the sidemissions and collectibles before continuing with the story.

[c31647]

I will take open world over first person shooters

[Spartacus10]

I'd take the best of both.

[fiveby9]

The market will decide if it is saturated.

[creized1]

Mmm... I wouldn't say saturated, I would say it about FPS games for sure but not open world games just yet.
Yes there are more of them coming out lately but not to the point to be labeled as saturated.

[magiciandude]

I like open world games, so I am not decided if this is a good thing or bad thing. As long as there's meaningful substance and not mostly boring filler content like fetch quests, I am always down to immersing myself in an open world.

[Hold_It]

Open world games aren't the problem. Games becoming too cinematic is the problem. Games should not try to become a $60 movie with few hours of gameplay. The Order 1886 and the newer Naughty Dog games are a prime example of games that do this. I feel as if games are going to become too cinematic and lose the fact that it's a game than an interactive movie.

Lately I've been playing my PS3 way more than my PS4 due to the fact that a lot of games I skipped out on PS3 are a lot better than current PS4 library, and the same can be said for a lot of the PS2 classics on the store as well.

[urwifeminder]

Yeah open world is just a travel simulator jam in some tech trees and collectables and travel more than you game only ever really finished two open world games saints row and crackdown must have not finished about 20 lol.