Comments on: Why I’m Falling Out Of Love With Open World Games /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/ Play, Share, Unite! Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ By: #Listmas2014: It’s not the (game) size that counts… | United We Game /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10686 Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:00:47 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10686 […] UWG, we’ve had folks (joshorne, Sam Leung) contribute lots of great and solid ideas concerning the perils of open world gaming […]

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]]> By: Hatm0nster /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10652 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:07:06 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10652 That means it’ll all be new for you! Lucky….

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]]> By: duckofindeed /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10641 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:49:25 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10641 That’s a good point, that they likely focused too much on the open world concept and not enough on the plot. It reminds me of the trend towards multiplayer games and how lots of games are said to have great multiplayer, but the single player experience is lacking. I like to play by myself, so such games make me feel rather neglected. Maybe that will shift back one day, too.

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]]> By: duckofindeed /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10640 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:47:33 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10640 I am not a big fan of open world games anymore for the same reasons. It’s like games with too many collectibles. It just gets boring and repetitive after a while. I mean, I loved that Pikmin 2 had so much to collect, but after a while, I lost the motivation. It’s all the same thing! Why am I bothering anymore!

I still haven’t gotten around to playing Skyrim. I must be the last person left in the universe who still hasn’t tried it.

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]]> By: Hatm0nster /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10522 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 02:15:14 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10522 It feels like open-world games hit a peak with Assassin Creed II and Skyrim. Those games had and open world but had enough well-developed variety to keep it all fun and interesting, compared to newer entris into the genre which have mostly wound up feeling bland and monotonous throughout.

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]]> By: X /2014/12/17/why-im-falling-out-of-love-with-open-world-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10519 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:59:11 +0000 /?p=3445#comment-10519 I feel like in case of the new GTA the problem is that most of the focus and resources went into creating that ridiculously massive sandbox world with the main campaign being just a small portion of the entire package, thus lacking the luster more story-driven game experiences offer. It’s obvious the open world genre is in the excess stage, currently facing the inevitable deterioration in quality. But I believe the trend will eventually turn around and after their abusive fling with open world model the major game companies will start getting back on with more focused productions again. And even if not, we’ll still have indies.

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