Weekend Hot Topic: Your favourite open world game
Readers discuss the most enjoyable open world games they’ve ever played, from Red Dead Redemption 2 to Dead Rising.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Grackle, who asked how intrinsic the open world design is to your enjoyment and what it is that made your favourite so engrossing.
As you might expect, Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Elden Ring dominated the discussion, but there were plenty of other games mentioned as well, with nobody seeming to be tired of the concept just yet.
Interactive sandbox I mean there’s no argument, right? It’s Zelda: Breath Of The Wild. Elden Ring was great, my favourite game of the year, but compared to Zelda its open world still felt sterile and uninteractive. It was filled with secrets, but you could never really interact with the world, just ride over it.
In Zelda though the physics engine and the magic abilities felt like a true sandbox, like you could do anything you can in the real world and all the fantasy stuff from Zelda on top of that. The fact that they got all that working on the Switch (the Wii U, really) is proof that even with something like an open world game it’s not the technology that makes it good, it’s the design and the imagination.
Naturally I’m looking forward to the sequel, but they are going to have to pull out all the stops to better the first game. I’m still not sure where they’re going with the city in the clouds but introducing new magic abilities is a good direction, as that’s only going to increase your interaction options.Onibee
Often sung hero For me personally the answer is Zelda: Breath Of The Wild but as a parent I’ve got to say the answer is probably Minecraft. The way it inspires my kids is nothing short of magical. They spend hours
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