recent: tears of the kingdom, or as i like to call it botw 1.2, its the same thing all over again just with one or two added gimicks, the open world is dead, npcs are boring and nintendo just got away with it like that
not so recent: i cant stand persona 5, joker and his entourage are annoying teenagers, the time management is a horrible gameplay addition and the artstyle is just a visual overstimulation
with that being said,~~ plz dont kill me~~
Breath of the Wild probably tops my list, largely for the same reason as others. But in the particular, it’s the emptiness. I get that it’s part of the story, but I still hate the emptiness of it. What good is an open world if it’s largely devoid of content and interaction? That criticism probably encompasses many open world games. Subsquently. I don’t play a whole lot of them.
Path of Exile is another. While I enjoyed Diablo 1, 2, and 3, any maybe will eventually get Diablo 4, I’ve never been a hardcore player of any entries in the series. I think what annoys me the most with PoE is that it seems like you can’t have an organic experience in that game. Whenever I asked how I should be speccing out my character or even just some general advice, I just got the answer – from multiple people – “Oh just find a build guide online.” OK…but I don’t know any of the builds. Or anything about the game. So what am I supposed to do, just sit there and research build guides, reading about things I don’t even understand, before I even really get into the game? When I said I’d just wing it for a bit like I do in every other game, I kept hearing, “Oh you’ll have a bad time then…” OK well then forget it. I just won’t play. I’m really not a fan of min-maxing. Also, the trade system and lack of actual currency sounded horrendous to me. There’s a reason we have currency in real life.
Everyone likes to hate on Ubisoft but as far as open worlds go, it’s difficult to find more content-filled ow than Immortals and AC Valhalla. There are actually so many, many things to do around every corner it can get very tiring. Puzzles, subquests, races, dungeons, unique enemies… everywhere.
I’ve played a bit of Far Cry…3? No, Far Cry 4. Idk, the one with the guy in the pink suit, lol. And yeah, that world was chock full of stuff. Maybe even a bit too much – there’s no pleasing me, apparently – but it definitely felt more alive and interesting. Which I’ll take any day over barren and empty. I’ve enjoyed the GTA series and at least Sleeping Dogs 2, for the same reasons.
I have some friends who keep recommending RDR2. That’s another one where the story and setting dictate the emptiness. But I’m hesitant to buy it because of that.