SO what's the point of open world games?

>>378292927
Whats the point in anything?

Fun

>what's the point of extreme agency
WELL JOLLY GEE I DON'T FUCKING KNOW

Escapism into alternate storylines other than our own stressful and mundane ones.

>>378292927
kill yourself you fucking faggot

>>378292927
Its supposed to allow for both player creativity and dynamic encounters, but most player pick 1 style and stick to it and most games don't have system with enough depth to make every encounter unique.

>>378293419
Probably the best answer we're going to get. Mods/Jans, shut this shit down whenever.

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Exploration.

>>378292927
It's one of those game types that are hard to pull off. Every dev just slaps this one their games to reel in casuals. Open world games would only be good if there is something interesting and rewarding if you want to explore. The world should feel alive and interactive enough so you could immerse yourself into it. You don't:
>Hey guys, you can go to that mountain.
>Okay I'm here, now what.
>You have gone to the mountain, YAY!

>>378292927
ADVENTURE

>>378293028
But whats the point of fun?

>>378293784
It's really more that there shouldn't BE any "exploration" in an open world game. The developer should always have an idea of where the player is going.

That's why BotW succeeded so well where other "wide-open worlds" failed. Nintendo did a lot of testing to be sure that they were always in the player's head. It wasn't REALLY an open world, full of possibility. Nintendo always had you doing what they wanted.

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>>378295106
>"BOTW is so great" meme again

>>378294152
evolutionary mishap that allows us to enjoy periods of time

Lazy way of adding content.

>>378295421
Holy fucking shit you faggots infest literally every thread in this shitty fucking board. I was just in another fucking thread where someone completely disregarded the content of my post and my argument because I compared a game to fucking dark souls.

Why the fuck can't you illiterate fucks learn to READ? It's not fucking hard. Your brain is fucking designed to do it. It's one of the few things that separate us from the fucking animals.

I didn't say "BotW is great". I said "BotW succeeded". As in, it was well-received by the gaming community and by its critics.

>>378295106
>make world that is too large and empty to fill with quality content
>players getting lost constantly
>attempt to (badly) herd players to certain locations
>sell it as the bestest feature ever
>meanwhile fill the rest of the world with copy pasted shit

bet you bought 2 copies

>>378292927
to reel in the "whaaah, muh linear game design" bandwagoners

>>378297276
tldr, too much reddit in your post kiddo

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>>378292927
YOU CAN walk around a lot