Open World Games Still Worth Playing

  • 7 months ago
The best open world games are a brilliant investment; engineered to offer you something new around every corner. They're usually designed with one central storyline, but the people you'll meet, places you'll visit, and hidden areas you stumble upon on your travels always mean plenty of other distractions. These top open world titles are here to absorb all your free time, with such rich worlds that you won't mind getting lost in them completely. Anything here can guarantee you a good time, so take a look.
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00:08 The best open world games are a brilliant investment, engineered to offer you something
00:12 new around every corner.
00:14 They're usually designed with one central storyline, but the people you'll meet, the
00:18 places you'll visit, and the hidden areas you stumble upon in your travels always mean
00:23 plenty of other distractions.
00:25 These top open world titles are here to absorb all of your free time, with such rich worlds
00:31 that you won't mind getting lost in them completely.
00:34 Anything here can guarantee you a good time, so take a look.
00:37 [Sounds of the game]
00:45 All of the recent Assassin's Creed titles have been excellent open world games, but
00:49 Assassin's Creed Valhalla is definitely one to check out.
00:52 Building on the improvements made with Origins and Odyssey, Valhalla takes you to the Dark
00:56 Ages, travelling across England as the Viking Eivor to find a new home for your clan.
01:02 Build your settlement, meet new friends, forge new ally ships, dabble in politics, and do
01:06 a heck of a lot of exploring to find the secrets and treasures lurking in Old England.
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01:20 Perhaps one of Elden Ring's greatest assets as an open world game is the ear of mystery
01:25 that shrouds everything.
01:27 It gives little away, and adds a genuine rush to its exploration.
01:32 Every door or new location is as much a thrill as a threat.
01:36 The open world structure has also softened from the usual style of game design.
01:41 It's not exactly more accessible, because there are still some hard to beat bosses and
01:45 high level areas that will hand your ass back to you in seconds.
01:48 But the freedom to explore removes the grind of the more linear Dark Souls series, letting
01:54 you wander off and explore, levelling up a more leisurely pace and adjusting to the challenges
01:59 ahead.
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02:09 Horizon Forbidden West improves greatly on the original game, filling in its beautiful
02:14 world with a bunch of side quests, activities and things to do and find.
02:19 This delivers a much larger and far richer open world than the original, filled with
02:23 side quests, large varied territories and long branching stories to flow over tens of
02:29 hours.
02:30 Aloy's latest adventure is stunning to look at, and filled with utterly memorable plots,
02:36 characters and events, often to be found quite some way off the beaten path of the main questline.
02:41 [Sounds of the game]
02:52 See that mountain?
02:53 You can climb it, or ride your horse up there.
02:55 You can also attach octopus balloons to a raft and float up, or turn a fallen tree into
03:01 a rocket and hang on tight.
03:03 Mixing up these ingenious mechanics is what makes this open world feel deliriously freeing,
03:09 as it encourages a special breed of mad scientist experimentation.
03:13 Instead of quests propelling you around the map, you'll find curiosity getting the better
03:17 of you most of the time, as Breath of the Wild's landmarks are downright intriguing,
03:22 and offers the chance to find out more about the world before Calamity Gammon struck.
03:27 Alternatively, you can hunt down these 600 adorable Korok Seeds, or perfect your cooking
03:32 repertoire, or take on a Lynel, or... well, you get the idea.
03:36 [Sounds of the game]
03:43 Come on, you can't have a list of the best open world games without chatting about GTA
03:47 5.
03:48 You know it, I know it, it's the most successful entertainment product of all time for Christ's
03:52 sake.
03:53 Driving through the winding streets, taking advantage of skydiving, stabbing sharks with
03:57 knives, tracking a serial killer, running from the police, going full Trevor and causing
04:02 as much chaos as humanly possible, and do I really need to carry on listing all the
04:07 stuff you can do?
04:08 We'll be here all year.
04:09 Grand Theft Auto is a web of criminal exploits and mind-boggling potential, with every single
04:15 inch of the world filled with NPCs to manipulate, missions to hunt down, or just colossal heights
04:20 of shenanigans to engage in.
04:21 It'll swallow you whole, spit you out, and have you itching for more.
04:25 [Sounds of the game]
04:35 Doesn't matter if you want to hunt, doesn't matter if you want to help Dutch achieve his
04:39 elusive goals, and it definitely doesn't matter if you'd rather just own the fanciest,
04:44 rootinest-tootinest wardrobe in all of America.
04:47 Red Dead Redemption 2 is absolutely packed full of things to keep you busy.
04:51 It's a tale of the gradually disappearing age of outlaws, as civilization comes to the
04:56 wild west, meaning there are plenty of people who need your help.
05:00 Rockstar's game will have you hunting for dinosaur bones, trying to solve a murder mystery,
05:05 or even summoning a vampire.
05:07 The sheer variety of choice and things to do easily makes Red Dead Redemption 2 one
05:12 of the best open-world games to play right now.
05:15 So what are you waiting for, partner?
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05:26 Geralt isn't perfect.
05:28 His surroundings aren't perfect either.
05:31 War ravages most of the countryside, with bloodthirsty creatures who don't even stick
05:35 to the shadows anymore preying on innocent people.
05:38 And yet that's what makes it the best open-world game to play right now, still.
05:42 Because everything is broken in its own special way.
05:45 There's always something plastered on peeling notice boards for Geralt to do.
05:49 For gold, though, of course.
05:50 Stick to the dirt country roads and help villagers with the monsters baying at their door while
05:54 they look at you and your yellow eyes with suspicion.
05:57 Negotiate with well-meaning poltergeists in the middle of the city, or just uncover all
06:01 those mysterious question marks dotted all over the map.
06:04 The Witcher 3's imperfect world makes for a perfect game, meaning it has set an incredibly
06:09 high bar for the future of open-world games.
06:13 And there you have it, that's our list of the best open-world games you can play right
06:16 now.
06:17 If you think we missed any off this list, then let us know down in the comments below,
06:21 and we'll see you on the next video.
06:29 Bye!
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