Topic: Top 5 Open World Games?

That's cheating though.

I don't think open world has much to do with the fact that you can explore every part of the game since the beginning, I think that "open world" mean that a game, or at least its main and bigger playing area (let's call it overworld) is a single, usually very big, area, not divided into smaller zones that the engine handles one at a time: an open world is a game you can explore entireluy in a seamless way.

Mic ripped from hands and drop-kicked through the window when you see that the game repeatedly steps in to prevent you getting much further than the plateau

Damn, I stopped watching before that.

So it's official then, Breath of the Wild isn't open world.

Yes, my definition inadvertently made it so that there are hardly any open world games. New definition required. Lets use this one:

Then at least BotW and Witcher 3 both count.

@Dezzy Right. I task you to provide a definitive list of games that meet your definition for us to rank. It's the only way.

Of the ones I've played:

1. Xenoblade Chronicles (X)
2. Xenoblade Chronicles (X)- I'm really at a loss as to which I prefer. I could spend hours discussing it, but for the sake of this, let's just say they're joint first.
3. Breath of the Wild
4. TES IV: Oblivion
5. TES V: Skyrim

I'm hoping that Xenoblade 2 will top this list. I've heard that Witcher 3 is excellent, and I fully intend to play it at some point.

@Dezzy Just want to say that is the funniest context that WoK clip has ever been in!

I don't quite know how to break it to you, but... I'm petty sure.... they're the same game.

@gcunit, I'm pretty sure they mean XC or XCX, which is why the X is in parenthesis. Each spot is Xenoblade Chronicles (or X).

In no particular order:

• GTA San Andreas
• GTA Vice City
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Red Dead Redemption
• Skyrim

There will be things I've forgotten to add to the list, and I've not included games that I haven't got round to playing yet (Zelda BoTW and GTA V will probably deserve to be on my list once I've played them)

I tried to do it myself and I think might only kill you when you go near to the place where they expect you to fall to. You might be able to go and explore the rest of the world.

Ah yes, I think we've arrived at our definition: open world games, where you might be able to explore the rest of the world.

That was the marketing campaign for FF15