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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00:00The best open world games are a brilliant investment, engineered to offer you something
00:12new around every corner.
00:14They're usually designed with one central storyline, but the people you'll meet,
00:18the places you'll visit, and the hidden areas you stumble upon in your travels always
00:23mean plenty of other distractions.
00:25These top open world titles are here to absorb all of your free time, with such rich worlds
00:31that you won't mind getting lost in them completely.
00:34Anything here can guarantee you a good time, so take a look.
00:45All of the recent Assassin's Creed titles have been excellent open world games, but
00:49Assassin's Creed Valhalla is definitely one to check out.
00:52Building on the improvements made with Origins and Odyssey, Valhalla takes you to the Dark
00:56Ages, travelling across England as the Viking Eivor to find a new home for your clan.
01:02Build your settlement, meet new friends, forge new allyships, dabble in politics, and do
01:06a heck of a lot of exploring to find the secrets and treasures lurking in Old England.
01:20Perhaps one of Elden Ring's greatest assets as an open world game is the ear of mystery
01:25that shrouds everything.
01:27It gives little away, and adds a genuine rush to its exploration.
01:32Every door or new location is as much a thrill as a threat.
01:36The open world structure has also softened from the usual style of game design.
01:41It's not exactly more accessible, because there are still some hard to beat bosses and
01:45high level areas that will hand your ass back to you in seconds, but the freedom to explore
01:50removes the grind of the more linear Dark Souls series, letting you wander off and explore,
01:55levelling up at a more leisurely pace and adjusting to the challenges ahead.
02:09Horizon Forbidden West improves greatly on the original game, filling in its beautiful
02:14world with a bunch of side quests, activities, and things to do and find.
02:19This delivers a much larger and far richer open world than the original, filled with
02:23side quests, large varied territories, and long branching stories to flow over tens of
02:29hours.
02:30Aloy's latest adventure is stunning to look at, and filled with utterly memorable plots,
02:36characters, and events, often to be found quite some way off the beaten path of the
02:41main quest line.
02:52See that mountain?
02:53You can climb it, or ride your horse up there.
02:55You can also attach octopus balloons to a raft and float up, or turn a fallen tree into
03:01a rocket and hang on tight.
03:03Mixing up these ingenious mechanics is what makes this open world feel deliriously freeing,
03:09as it encourages a special breed of mad scientist experimentation.
03:13Instead of quests propelling you around the map, you'll find curiosity getting the better
03:17of you most of the time, as Breath of the Wild's landmarks are downright intriguing,
03:22and offers the chance to find out more about the world before Calamity Gammon struck.
03:27Alternatively, you can hunt down these 600 adorable Korok Seeds, or perfect your cooking
03:32repertoire, or take on a Lynel, or, well, you get the idea.
03:43Come on, you can't have a list of the best open world games without chatting about GTA
03:475.
03:48You know it, I know it, it's the most successful entertainment product of all time for Christ's
03:52sake.
03:53Driving through the winding streets, taking advantage of skydiving, stabbing sharks with
03:57knives, tracking a serial killer, running from the police, going full Trevor and causing
04:02as much chaos as humanly possible, and do I really need to carry on listing all the
04:07stuff you can do, we'll be here all year.
04:09Grand Theft Auto is a web of criminal exploits and mind-boggling potential, with every single
04:15inch of the world filled with NPCs to manipulate, missions to hunt down, or just colossal heights
04:20of shenanigans to engage in.
04:21It'll swallow you whole, spit you out, and have you itching for more.
04:35Doesn't matter if you want to hunt, doesn't matter if you want to help Dutch achieve his
04:39elusive goals, and it definitely doesn't matter if you'd rather just own the fanciest
04:44rootinest tootinest wardrobe in all of America.
04:47Red Dead Redemption 2 is absolutely packed full of things to keep you busy.
04:51It's a tale of the gradually disappearing age of outlaws, as civilisation comes to the
04:56wild west, meaning there are plenty of people who need your help.
05:00Rockstar's game will have you hunting for dinosaur bones, trying to solve a murder mystery,
05:05or even summoning a vampire.
05:07The sheer variety of choice and things to do easily makes Red Dead Redemption 2 one
05:12of the best open world games to play right now.
05:15So what are you waiting for, partner?
05:26Geralt isn't perfect.
05:28His surroundings aren't perfect either.
05:31War ravages most of the countryside, with bloodthirsty creatures who don't even stick
05:35to the shadows anymore preying on innocent people.
05:38And yet that's what makes it the best open world game to play right now, still.
05:42Because everything is broken in its own special way.
05:45There's always something plastered on peeling notice boards for Geralt to do.
05:49For gold, though, of course.
05:50Stick to the dirt country roads and help villagers with the monsters baying at their door while
05:54they look at you and your yellow eyes with suspicion.
05:57Negotiate with well-meaning poltergeists in the middle of the city.
06:00Or just uncover all those mysterious question marks dotted all over the map.
06:04The Witcher 3's imperfect world makes for a perfect game, meaning it is set an incredibly
06:09high bar for the future of open world games.
06:13And there you have it, that's our list of the best open world games you can play right
06:16now.
06:17If you think we missed any off this list, then let us know down in the comments below
06:21and we'll see you on the next video.