"Grand Theft Auto not just an enjoyable open-world experience but a worldwide cultural phenomenon."
"Before Breath of the Wild's release, Aonuma stated, 'I talked about the idea of the open world and how we're really going to bring it to life in the next installment of the series.'"
"It's an open world game and the game says, 'Go figure this out.' That's the beauty of it."
"Isn't that what we all want to do when we play open-world games?"
"Red Dead Redemption set a precedent for not only all Rockstar games moving forward but all open-world games."
"Exploring the open world in terms of traversal can definitely get dull, but the thrill of discovery and uncovering new things was a near-bottomless bag of thrills."
"Do you believe in heaven? I believe it's something higher."
"Your legacy is defined by you and how you choose to play. This is your world, it's time for you to be the one."
"An open world game where we see the pokemon in the wild and we throw balls in real time."
"Horizon remembers that in an open world the main character is the player."
"Lim grave is the first real open-world location you get to in the game."
"Never once was I bored and that is a really big deal for an open-world game."
"The Witcher 3: running around in a big open world painting."
"Breath of the Wild was willing to let the player roam free and tackle Hyrule however they wanted."
"At a macro level this massive World exists to be explored...it's no longer about what can I do it becomes about what do I want to do."
"It does feel like a really cohesive open-world here..."
"Open world games frankly, especially nowadays, just seem to be capable of more than any other game."
"The non-linearity of New Vegas is amazing. You can just go past deathclaws and get to New Vegas immediately."
"The sensation of being an undetected assassin in a full open-world city is a pretty cool and still to this day, pretty unique gameplay experience."
"People say they want open world and free choice but they also want to be told where to go."
"It's entirely up to you to explore this world how you see fit."
"Live your life the way you choose in a loving handcrafted open world."
"Experience infinite possibilities in a mysterious land that never fails to surprise you."
"GTA 5" makes you feel like you're in a living, breathing world.
"The freedom in this game allows you to travel anywhere you want."
"This is a very, very impressive looking open-world game."
"It's an open-world Pokémon game. We've needed this."
"Hover is a playground. Whatever gets you to a destination is a solution."
"The open world is fun to explore and there are plenty of different enemy types to kill."
"Assassin's Creed 2 set the bar high with both its story and gameplay, crafting a milestone open world game."
"I really enjoy just roaming around exploring the world. It's really fun."
"The best open-world games are the ones that are based on a really strong character fantasy like being a person in a place at a time."
"Do you like exploring vast open worlds, traveling from one end to another with no loading screens, running around discovering new interesting locations and landmarks?"
"A full open world where we can explore as we please."
"Floundering is it, the opening of the game gives you literally zero guidance, no obvious NPC to talk to, no goal, no questline, no tutorial."
"The amount of freedom you do have is incredible...the fact that it's open-world really lends itself to this."
"The key here is that it's one of the most visually dense and detailed open worlds we've seen to date."
"The open world in Assassin's Creed Origins is a clear departure from the monotonous settings that came before it."
"Elden Ring's open world emerges as a new tool to help players navigate the game's difficulty."
"It's a story taking place in a massive map of the Wild West and I'm just so ready for it." - Falcon
"Exploring the world in this way continues to be some of the most fun I've had exploring an open world since Breath of the Wild."
"This will be a story-driven open-world game."
"I think what makes GTA GTA is the open world and mayhem."
"The game is one large open sandbox and it's really up to you to make your own fun."
"Open world samurai game exploration stealth combat sword fighting 13th century Japan like what's not to love here?"
"There is simply nothing like it. This is true open-world stealth that is unrivaled by any game or series in its genre."
"Horizon Zero Dawn: a game that gets the open-world formula so very, very right."
"Horizon Zero Dawn: not just a game, but an experience that should under no circumstances be missed."
"The game just confidently lets me live within it and that's really impressive."
"Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild features an expansive open-world environment with advanced physics and new gameplay elements."
"Elden Ring is an open world game where you have an entirely free world to farm with players who can arrive at bosses dungeons and enemies in thousands of different states of power and orders."
"The series is known for its massive sandbox worlds filled with a large assortment of vehicles to pilot, weapons to shoot, and a seemingly unlimited number of things to blow up."
"Star Sand offers an open world full of danger, vast environments, and mysterious happenings."
"It's like the Skyrim pitch, right? You see that mountaintop, you can go there."
"Halo Infinite may just be an open-world game that will be doing a lot of roaming, a lot of traveling, and exploring."
"Free rooming, amazing storyline, so many possibilities."
"Metal Gear Solid 5 is a very well-made open-world action stealth title."
"The world is huge and alive, there's so much happening and so many things to see."
"The world is alive and offers a perfect sandbox in the open world genre."
"Breath of the Wild's world implores a simple yet very robust set of rules... it lets each player experience the game differently and leads to moments that you remember and want to share."
"I loved breath of the wild I thought it redefined what it means to be an open world game."
"Shenmue this was a system seller a game by Yu Suzuki that quite literally changed the way we looked at open-world games."
"Traveling through the open world is a whole mini-game in and of itself."
"Open world games are 10 a penny these days... but in reality, the first game to break this new ground in style was of course Shenmue."
"They were just so cool because first person, they were open-world, you could go do whatever you want."
"Metro Exodus craft a compelling narrative within this open world."
"Discovering exploration are the cornerstones of what make Breath a Wild great." - Zachary
"Grand Theft Auto 5 just nailed everything that I love about an open-world game."
"There never seemed to be a right way of doing something since you have so much control over the open environment, carrying whatever you want, climbing over whatever you want, it was really up to me how I solved everything, my way."
"The open world itself is enjoyable because there's plenty to do here."
"The entire map is opened, explorable, and most important, it looks freaking amazing."
"This game changed my life. I was taken aback by the exploration and all the things you could do in it."
"Dying Light 2 is one of the most refreshing open worlds I've explored in a long long time."
"Immortals Phoenix Rising is a breath of fresh air in the open world genre."
"Now in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy."
"This game really is huge there are also tons of areas you may never even find unless you're following some pretty obscure hidden questlines..."
"A wide open landscape, a lot of places to explore."
"It's a giant sandbox... there's tons of quests, tons of missions, tons of objectives for you to tackle."
"Minecraft is the game where no one can tell you what you can and cannot do."
"It's kind of an infinite world of possibility if you have the creativity to do it."
"No game has really done the open world concept well enough in such a way where there's an established sense of urgency."
"Open world games are good in some context, as long as you can properly build out on that feeling of exploration and discovery."
"Paradise was built on freedom for players in a wide open world."
"We want people to be able to go absolutely everywhere in Tamriel ever."
"It's an open game where you can do whatever you like."
"It's such a big open world, isn't it?"
"There's a lot of freedom to explore and do, and that's what an open-world game is all about."