One of the big points of FUEL is the rapidly changing and extreme weather conditions. Take a look at this video, showing some of the weathers effects in action.
5,000 square miles of automotive action. Extreme racing on an epic scale.
FUEL comes to Xbox Backwards Compatibility on January 10th.
Ace combat 6 is included with ac7 for preordering It, still isn't b/c even though it releases this month. I have been waiting for a long time to play it again.
I’m still praying for the 360 version of the Dreamcast classic “under defeat” coming to backwards compatible, tho I know it’s never gonna happen.
Which videogames took a sledgehammer to the open world format? Find out the games that annoyed Screen Critics the most.
I thought the open world in LA Noire was a bit of a waste, it was competent but pointless. If there was anything worth doing other than progressing the story I don't remember what it was.
Agree, boring driving through the empty city between missions was final game-killer for me.
High speed car chase...try to take short cut through someones back garden....indestructible fence
Completely agree. Apparently the open world in LA Noire was originally intended to be filled with characters that you could interact with and minor crimes to be solved but Team Bondi had such difficulty with the core game that the open world features were dropped just to get it finished.
I see. Thankfully the core game is still great IMHO, aside from the occasional animation glitch. I just opted to let my partner drive after a while as traversing the LA of the 1940s as presented in the game got old. The best parts were the main missions anyways IMHO. I believe there's stuff that needs to be done in the city to get the platinum trophy, but I just didn't bother as it was just too tedious. It has been a long time though. First and foremost I still regard LA Noir as an underrated classic that falls just short of greatness, largely due to its open world.
MGS phantom pain's open world damaged the game a lot it wasn't necessary
MGSV's open world was not needed. I spent that time just snatching up goats and baddies. Felt empty
Yeah it screamed Kojima wanting to make a new game but being stuck with MGS
It was a story which felt forced and wasn't needed.
Didn't help when the world didn't react to what you did, you could clear a base out from enemies then an hour later they'll be back at that base. At least let me clear the world out a bit. Then you have slow as shit vehicles and stupid fast travel options. I could go on...the fact it got worldwide praise and almost perfect scores baffle me.
I thought true crime LA was a pretty decent fun romp plagued only by the painful length of time it took to travel anywhere :(
I not agree that Fuel was a bad open world game. I played that game till dead. And also with my friends, whe loved it. I wish they make a Fuel game for PS4. I will buying it day one.
GamersFTW writes: 'Games that give us a glimpse of the end of the world have always held appeal, even if they are bred from impossible scenarios. The need to survive and our drive to do anything to make that happen means that post-apocalyptic worlds will forever be high up on our list of things we want to play.'
I know it's not out yet, but Mad Max probably deserves an honourable mention at least, should be a post-apocalyptic staple if it lives up to expectation.
Enjoyed the range of games talked about here. Nice to see Horizon Zero Dawn on the list, I'm also really excited for the game and can't wait for more information on it.
Having an unreleased game in a top ten list is very unprofessional, regardless of how promising the title is.
The Last of Us takes top honours for me but I can totally understand why someone might choose Fallout 3, it really is an incredible game.
Nice article, fun to read :)
Weather effects are pretty cool. But what does that have to do about how awesome the game is? Ive seen alot of vids of this game, even seen someone play it in action. It seems that the weather and envirnment in an open world is the pitch they are using to sell the game. The effects are cool, but the racing looks really dull from what I seen. There aren't any big jumps, the sense of speed is mediocre, and despite the cool effects, the car models don't look that great. Sure the tornado looks totally rad, but open world racing isnt so open if you have to drive on a certain path any was. There is not enough in this game to justify a purchase, unless of course you dont have a ps3 and cant buy motorstorm 2.
Pure was pure bliss. BTW,, open world racers are only good if there are roads, street signs, and then secret paths. Just look at burnout and midnight club and you will see two good examples of what I mean. Ive seen vids of this game, and it does look really boring.
I LOVE the idea of exploring and an open world like this, but the racing and physics seem to have seriously downgraded since they first showed this title. Not to mention everything looks very choppy now. :(
I think the game will be a cross between Pure and Rage more than anything else. Much more detailed and elaborate that Pure of course, but have that added bonus of more freedom like Rage, plus a small storyline attached - hopefully.
I can see the possibilities of the Open WOrld, especially now that NFS will be doing the very same thing with NFS: Online World on the PC only.
does any remember Need for Speed: Porshe extreme? (I think that was it's name) I loved driving up into the mountains and the weather would get real bad and it would be snowing real hard. Man, I love that. Or Call of duty (I think the first one on the PC) with the wooded winter and the muffled sound effects the sound of your feet crunching in the snow and the dogs barking in the distance. Maybe I like games with snow in them because I don't live in the northeast anymore.