The entire Fallout franchise has fantastic worldbuilding, to where it's actually hard to pick a single game that does it the ...
Before open-world games turned into vast photorealistic sandboxes dotted with quest markers and real-time weather systems, they existed in a cruder but no less ambitious form. Back when limitations ...
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Oldest Open-World Games

Courageous Perseus is one of the earliest RPGs to show how an open map, real-time combat, and free exploration could work ...
There are quite a few excellent open-world games out there today. I have poured countless hours into games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Breath of the Wild, but there are a lot of older open-world ...
Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...
Open-world video games have become somewhat of the norm. Nowadays, there are so few truly limited game experiences. This is partly because technology has evolved to make it so much easier to develop ...
Look, we’ll be the first to admit that open world games are EVERYWHERE, and that’s not always a good thing. The genre has become saturated, and you NEED to be willing to push through all the side ...
Unlike 2D Metroid games, the 3D Prime series has always been a bit more directed when it comes to exploration. Metroid Prime ...
Open World Games Ghost of Yotei's creative director reveals the "philosophical challenge" of open world RPGs and the joy of letting fans play how they like: "As long as you're having fun, we don't ...
Mafia 3 is the much-derided, misunderstood entry that many fans point to as the series abandoning its roots and becoming something it shouldn't – and it looks like the developers agree. That's why the ...
Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...