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Open World Games: yay or nay? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by Azrael@lemmy.ca to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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As I get older, I notice that the open world formula is tiring! I much prefer a linear game told well than the same game with add-ons.

I was looking forward to Days Gone. I haven't had it spoiled for me, so I picked it up and when I realized it was open world, it killed my enthusiasm for it.

I just can't go hours on end forever just because.

For me, open worlds are almost a Nay! I've heard great things about Days Gone, and I want to play it, but the amount of time it will take to go through the story, because it's open world, I don't know. I get tired just to think about it.

What about you? Do you enjoy open-world games? Do you seek them?

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I play them because I enjoy them. You can normally pick out the main storyline and just follow that.

Personally I just play a long game over the course of a couple of years.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indeed, I often times will play for a few hours and find all sorts of cool things, but nothing that moves the story along.

Case in point, I have been playing BG3 for months a few hours here and there and I'm only in the beginning parts of Act 3. And before that I dumped probably 400hrs into Elden Ring, and then went back in for many, many more when the DLC came out.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I played BG3, put over 100 hours, it took me 2 years. But I don't mind, it was an easy game to pick up after a break and continue with, and the quests were rewarding in themselves, you didn't need to complete the whole game to understand it.

There are definitely games I have started played, then couldn't remember what I was doing after a break and wasn't enthused enough to return to it. I can't remember specific games but I know it happens.

[–] Toes@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've put around 400 hours into that game. But I've only "completed" it once.

I came from divinity where you needed to play the game on tactician to experience all the content. Not sure if bg3 is the same way but I went in with that mindset.

Such a great game and so much to explore. Took me back to when I was a kid trying to 100% mass effect.

So many studios fail to breath life into their worlds and pump them full of tedious bs. (Looking at you starfield. What a let down that was...)

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm only playing balanced or whatever the middle/default difficult is. I have 263hrs as of right now and have really been enjoying it. And I'm doing Dark Urge so I'm missing a bunch of content just because of "bad decisions", and the way I ended up in act 2 I also know I missed a bunch of content. I'm not even close to being done with Act 3 (I don't think) and I'm already debating if I will do another playthrough afterwards, or play something else from my ever growing backlog. And I've never been a 100%'er and usually happy/lucky if I even finish it. 😂