What open world game has the best map? I think San Andreas wins.

>>378481541
I agree. I love every inch of that map, and it's the best one I've ever come across.

shame rockstar will never make another gta again.

>>378481809
came in here to post this

>>378481809
Too bad Fagex ruined that game.
>introduce cosmetic armor bullshit
>shit like wings, too
>change armor designs to look worse
>allow players to go back to RS2, but make them start over from scratch

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>>378481541
The anchor shape is kinda dumb but fuck me this is an amazing map.

>>378481541
Shit, didn't remember Las Venturas being that huge. Shame about the lack of content.

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>>378481541
Play it again, the map is smaller than you think.

>>378482362
it's small but it's well designed and dense.
I just wish the desert was bigger.

>>378482129
You know Runescape got bought by a Chinese company, and had been changing hands left and right up until then, right? That's why the game turned into a generic Korean MMO.

Thanks, Obama.

>>378482362
It's not the size, but how they utilize it.

>>378482362
>durr. you can see the huge mountain from HERE!
Kill yourself.

>>378482362
There is actual stuff to do and collect unlike GTAV

>>378482465
I did not. It was good while it lasted, but I didn't get to do member shit until RS3.

>>378482362
he said best, not biggest.

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>>378482458
>>378482475
>>378482484
Half of the map consists of empty country/dessert land and there was nothing to do on Las Venturas.

>>378482605
>submarine parts
>ufo parts
>monkey art (last gen)
>peyote plants
None of which are worth collecting.

>>378482687
>Souls fag is a retard
What a surprise.

>>378482687
>complaining about the countryside
>not getting an sanchez and doing sweet flips

The dirtbike is my favorite vehicle in the game

>>378482687
>Half of the map consists of empty country/dessert land
Which were fun as fuck to explore. Just riding a Sanchez across the hills was fun enough.
>there was nothing to do on Las Venturas.
I have to agree that Las Venturas was a bit boring, compared to the other cities. The only great part of the city was The Strip.

>>378482609
Damn, that sucks. I was a member during the golden years of RS2.

Runescape may not have had the best core gameplay, but damn if the variety wasn't there. I don't know why games are so dead set on being exclusively combat-based, and then not even having even remotely good combat. Give me a huge world, and some shit to do in it. It doesn't have to be deep or complex, just make it fun and varied. No game has ever made me feel so giddy for getting a piece of equipment dropped. God Wars and Barrows were my shit, and the amount of ingenuity from the fanbase are how to get there and accomplish the task was fantastic.

Looking at you, Breath of No Man's Wild.

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>>378481541
>Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco in one map

At least GTA V got it right with just Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.

>>378482687
Only thing I'll give you is that Venturas was the weakest city.

>>378482984
>GTA V
>getting anything right

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>>378482984
>all that countryside
>that tiny fucking desert

I am still furious

>>378482984
Too many goddamn mountains, boring city, desert is too small, port area is useless.

>>378482984
Easily the worst map. It was the biggest, but always felt the smallest

>>378482984
big map but poorly designed.
Shitty egg shape, botttom heavy map, big ol mountains take up 50% of the map, desert is pathetic, very few small towns.

>>378482939
>>378482902

Fun as a kid, shit now. People cried at GTA4 for not having countryside and they brought it back for 5. Surprise surprise, vast useless shite that rarely gets touched even online.

>>378483902
Maybe because the countryside is broken up by all the mountains.

>>378483902
I loved SA's countryside as a kid and I love it until today. SA's countryside rarely gets touched on SAMP as well. I might be a little suspect though, because I really like open world games. I have also never played GTA V, so I don't have an opinion on it.

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>>378482984

I said I was going to play this game when I changed the PC

this was when the game came out

I legitimately think Watch_Dogs has a great map.
>residential area with tons of hiding places for mp
>Pawnee, which is basically mp's hard mode
>Chicago is sleek and gritty, looks especially good at night

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Would've liked one or two more towns, but still very good.

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>>378481541
Really wish 343 would bring this perfection back. Bungie really fucked the dog with graveyard, but maybe 343 would just recreate the map 1:1 and be done with it.

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>>378481809
Old school Tibia. The map is just so gorgeous. I remember being especially fond of the dwarf city.

https://tibiamaps.io/map

Such a shame what happened to the PvP. Now I feel like playing again for old time's sake. I wonder if my account still exists.

I remember some /vr/ and /vg/ Tibia threads too. I think they got a guild started in Secura. Wonder if they're still active, the threads are gone.

>>378485015
did you mean to post in >>378468274

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GTA3 has my favourite map because it's easy to memorize and rewards you for remembering everything. It's very rewarding to get a rid of a 5 star wanted level in 2 minutes.

>>378483902
The GTA V map is much worse than the SA map

>>378485149
Nah I fucked up and didn't read the part in which he wrote:"open world games". Forget I posted it.

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Comfy and spooky

>>378482267
>>378482687
>>378482939
>>378483028
There's actually a reasonable amount of stuff to do in Las Venturas, it just gets overlooked because it has the least amount of story missions, which I will concur was weak. The missions were pretty fun overall though.

>>378485078
>there's 7 levels both up and down in addition to that

That's impressive. Is there a bigger MMORPG map out there?

>>378485326
Eh, Portland is fucking great but each island is worse than the last. Shoreside Vale is fucking pathetic.

>>378481541
I'm still mad about the lack of gangs in Las Venturas

>>378485549
Venturas had the casinos, the dirt bike stadium, the massive highway, the Army base on the top, the centrally located air port...

>>378485690
I think Staunton is the best, just really nice to look at and most of the best missions are there

Shoreside is unlocked far too late into the game

>>378483096
>Popular game means it's automatically bad

Can't argue with /v/ logic!

>>378484853
First it was a great map, but its nothing like Chicago.

>I didn't get propositioned for sex, drugs, a sex change, a tattoo, a asian slave, and herpies when I went down Archer road.
>The streets are clearner.
>Every one is a nicer driver.
>The game has less armed people.

>>378484907
Has anyone actually figured out how big this map is?

>>378485914
Its fucking obvious the singleplayer is lacking and that most resources went towards GTA Online.

>>378485983
IIRC 40sqkm.

>tfw discovered you could buy a plane ticket at the airports and fly from one city to another
>tfw the one heli with floats on the bottom that could actually land on water

San Andreas was a really neat game

>>378485914

Dude, the map on GTA V was empty as fuck. GTA:O was GTA V.

>>378485914
see
>>378483573
as well as
>boring characters
>awful missions
>abrupt and unsatisfying ending
>no car insurance in sp, making bought vehicles pointless
>can't enter clubs or restaurants
>unused casino, amphitheatre, and racetrack
>Fort Zancudo is only good for stealing Lazers
>main characters change clothing - no outfit saving
>Trevor can be wanted when you switch to him
>police are NO FUN ALLOWED psychics with robot aim
>boring collectibles not worth getting
>shitty "mysteries"
>no jetpack

>>378485841
Also the Quarry

>>378486370
forgot
>no ambulance, vigilante, firefighter, or burglary missions

GTA V is utter shit. A complete disappointment to anyone who isn't a prepubescent Online shitter.

>>378486203
There are actually 3 helis that can land on water in SA, one of them has a gun on it too.

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>>378484907
>Akkala
>Akka

Suomi mainittu, tori, etc...

Heh, tori means bird in japanese, and Texas pronounced in spanish also translates to factory in Finnish

God damn, now I'm actually experiencing Zipf's Law for real.

I don't know what to think of language anymore...

>>378484907
The stretch between kakariko and that Lynel peninsula in Lanayru was fucking great the first time around

>>378486370
>yoga
>tennis
>golf
Might as well play Wii Sports. At least IV had pool.

>>378486370
>Trevor can be wanted when you switch to him
This would actually be pretty neat if the cops weren't awful

>>378486530
Wew really? I knew about the big grey one and the tiny one now that I think about it. Not too sure about the last though. I spent hours and hours as a kid listening to custom tracks on my Xbox and just cruising/flying in that game. A lot of people say there wasn't much to do out of the cities, but there were a lot of small details that I really enjoyed while dicking around

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>>378486786
But, Pekka, the "x" in Spanish isn't really pronounced like an "h", and your word for factory is "tehdas".

>>378481541
runescape

>>378482362

dont care, back then it FELT big and that was the point. driving from San Adreas to San Fierro only took like 10 irl mins but in felt like 3 hours then. the low draw distance helped alot, and i hate when people playing on emulators or pc disable that and then criticize the map size

>>378487042
Kyl mä sanon tehas tehdaksen sijasta, lyhyempi ja laiskempi.

>>378486473
They will come with the private servers
A friend of mine remade outrun from NFSU2

>>378483902
I have fun driving Rally cars all over the map

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>>378481541

this or hoenn is close too

>>378485543
From MediEvil right? It was open world?

>>378487042
to this day I don't know if it's called Teksas or Tehas, fucking English.

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>>378482984
this one is way better

>>378487520
>hoenn
Too much water.

>>378481896
They already confirmed they have started development of it. Heck the last major V update is next month!

>>378484907
the only open-world game I've played that held my interest at all.

>>378487574
Really nigga?

>>378487629
Expect GTA VI's singleplayer to be even more half-assed.

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From Deadly Premonition. Not exactly full of stuff to do, but maximum comfy.
Really wish more open world games were set in small wooded towns, it can be such a great setting.

>>378487574
can you think of a single ENGLISH word that pronounces X as an H sound?

>>378487706
Yes, really nigga.
I've heard both. What do Americans call it?
>inb4 muh bait

>>378485326
This map is missing the police bribe that should be above the jump at the west train station of Portland.

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>>378481541
Horizo zero dawn

>>378487793
you've heard Spanish-speakers, and English-speakers talk about Texas. Think about which one of those languages has any sort of precedent for the X sound to make a H sound, and also remember which language calls it Meksiko, and which one calls it Meheeko.

I liked RDR

The snow, forest, canyon, and desert areas all blended together really well.

>>378487886
>all those icons ruining the map
disgusting

>>378487886
Get fucked, normie.

>>378487520
Oh god Sinnoh was terrible for me! MT Coronet should have had much more access to link both sides!

>>378487921
Dude I have no idea, but googling it gave me this.
>Generally the spelling with x is the Old Spanish (castellano antiguo) spelling. In the Old Spanish you'd have for example Don Quixote. This changed with establishment of The Real Academia Española, which published in 1754 published new edition of "Ortografia de la lengua castellana", which pretty much defined modern spelling. One of the changes was that the /x/ sound would be spelled with j instead of x, while x would only represent /ks/ sound.
>However, México, being a proper name is exception from the rule. In fact México is the only spelling appearing in the official dictionary of Real Academia Española. Spelling Méjico is still sometimes used in Spain, but it's never used elsewhere in Spanish speaking countries.
So Mexicans are fucking stupid, basically, and it's pronounced with H. It should be the same with Texas (Tehas) but that doesn't matter since it's American territory. How do you guys say it?

>>378487171
Who the fuck cares about your nostalgia when we are discussin the "best maps"?

>>378488096
Teck-sas

>>378482881
How could you possibly know that image is from Souls if you hate it so much?
Dumb falseflag shitposter.

>>378488231
Thank you.
Now tell me why the fuck is Arkansas not pronounced Arkansas.

>>378488304
I played the first Dark Souls and Bloodborne. Both are highly overrated.

>>378488324
Except it fucking is Arkansas

>>378484907
>that main landmass out of the playable zone
I hate that shit so much because any player can reasonably glide over to it, but there's an invisible death barrier if you go too far. Should've made it further out.

>>378488324
>spells it the same way twice

>>378488324
that's because Arkansas is in a part of the country where they speak Deep Southern, which is like English, only unintelligible.

Missouri is pronounced "Mizurrah" over there. And they call all brands of carbonated beverages "coke".

>>378488324
Because it's derived from the French spelling of a native word. Technically Kansas is supposed to be pronounced the same way, but it isn't.

>>378488462
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2VJKTvkCA

>>378488546
>English
>French spelling
>Kansas and Arkansas
nigger what the fuck

>>378488068
>playing a great game that's widely popular because it's incredibly good makes you a normie

Fucking end your life

>>378488671
I wish Tall Trees was bigger

>>378488694
Yeah, welcome to the United States.

>>378482362

that pic still only shows 1/3 of the map

>>378487171
>driving from San Andreas to San Fierro only took like 10 irl mins but in felt like 3 hours then
well don't forget you were driving slower than you probably think you were really going (going approximately 60 mph, or near max speed, in-game is probably like 45 or so proper mph). They did things like adding blur as well to give the illusion of going fast when you reach max speed.

GTA V does this as well. If you install driving mods that allow you to drive at the proper speeds, you will loop around the map MUCH quicker.

>>378481541
I think you are right, my friend.

>>378488916
>incredibly good
I bet you enjoy Skyrim on consoles.

>>378481809
my nigger.
>>378482970
>>378482609
>>378482465 (Mao did everything wrong)
>>378482129
RS2 was the greatest thing in the world. The game died totally in 2013 when they added Evolution of Combat and then pets, then cosmetics, then other outlandish cliche shit that means nothing.
It was much better as a low fantasy parody of fairytale England. This was the key to its success in terms of likeability. It never took itself too seriously, and you weren't a goddamn chosen one hero like every other game in the world.
The other appeal died in 2007.
I remember when a Godsword used to mean something. You respected a man with a whip. You didn't fuck with a bastard brandishing dragon claws and in ghostly robes.
They also fucked up the graphics on top of it all. Now everything looks like it's trying to be real. It was better when it was archetypal, the trees were like fantasy trees drawn by a child who had a conception from a set of trees. The houses were the same way, all the buildings had that non-particular but sort of specific Old English feel.
It's just a high fantasy piece of cringe tier shit that take's itself way too seriously and puts the player on a fucking pedestal.

>>378488324
French pronunciation of a Native American word.

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been a while since I played it though

>>378482984
it was such a let down though. Would've been rad if the entire North East was endless desert, which would change to connecting Las Venturas for DLC.

Did anyone else think that San Andreas was more tense compared to Vice City? Vice City was super comfy but when I play San Andreas I feel like I could get shot any second

>>378481541

Gotta agree, San Andreas still has one of the most enjoyable maps I've ever experienced in a game. I really enjoyed every inch of the map, from the cities, to the badlands, to the desert, it was large enough to feel big, but not overly large to where it felt it was padded out with too much empty space. Some may disagree, but I felt like the singleplayer also utilized the map very well with each unique area of the map playing a role in the game's progression.

>>378482362

It is smaller than it seems, but when playing it gives off the impression of being large. I like V's map, but everything north of Los Santos feels like it's just big for the sake of being big, except for Shady Sands you don't really utilize much of the area north of Los Santos at all, I think the game could have done with less mountains and a more substantial sized town or city that played a larger role in the story.

>>378489647
>but when I play San Andreas I feel like I could get shot any second
well uhh...around blacks, never relax? San Andreas captured the Compton thug life shit pretty well for it's time.

>>378487750
Jesus Christ, Having to drive across that stupid fucking map, car moves at a snails pace and have such a short looping engine sound at max speed that revs over and over and over...

>>378489647

Can't say that I ever had that feeling, they both had their dangerous areas, the west side of the map in Vice City got a little more dangerous once you pissed the Haitians off, SA when driving around enemy gang areas, but that's only an issue in Los Santos.

>>378489972
Having full control over the turn signals and windshield wipers is worth it.

>>378490080
GTA3 was the worst for this. After pissing of the Mafia and the Triads you basically cant be safe in that part of the city. Cars set on fire after like 2 shots and the mafia guys carry shotguns.

Drive through Portland with the bulletproof hummer and get shot at on every corner.

>>378489474
>tfw dynamite arrowing the horses and watching them get blown apart
Gun...
Gun was fun

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>>378481541
>tfw experiencing San Andreas for the first time while that "spooky rainy night" episode of Foster's Home is playing on TV in the background

>>378490351

Yeah, GTA 3 is pretty difficult even in comparison to VC and SA.

>>378490272
That was ok, but the conversations were not long enough or numerous enough. I remember how boring it was to drive out to the old guys house in complete silence listening to that shitty car noise.

>>378490423
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

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>>378490423
>tfw you will never experience SA for the first time ever again

>>378490423
I wanted to see her belly, you dick.

>>378490525
Yeah, they should've had a radio station.

>>378490591

I replay through it every 2 years or so and while it may not have the same feeling as when I first played through the game it's still a blast replaying through it, it's one of few games I can consistently come back to and still enjoy pretty much every moment.

>>378490727
is it any good on pc or should i stick to ps2 to replay it?

>>378490792
ps2 is fine, but the pc port is nicely done. unlocked frame rate, widescreen, full controller or m + kb support. plus mods if you're into that

>>378490792

I've pretty much always played through it on PC, the only real issue is that a high framerate will cause issues with the physics that aren't necessarily noticeable until you get to the driving school, just find a way to cap your fps at 60. PC is also missing some features from the PS2 version for some reason, but this mod should fix that http://gtaforums.com/topic/749193-ps2-features-to-pc-index/

>>378490953

Unlocked frame rate is good, but like I mentioned if it gets too high it fucks with the physics.

>>378482362
That's honestly what's so impressive about it. I'm a massive plane autist and even though the map is tiny and can be flown across in nearly no time, it still doesn't feel small. It's a tiny, tiny map but it somehow manages to feel absolutely massive. Driving from one city to another - or even flying - really does feel like you're travelling across an entire state, even if it's like 2 minutes from wheels up to parking.

>>378491098

I mean it's not that tiny, if you want to talk tiny look at Vice City.

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>>378484907
This is just an autistic nitpick, but it would have been really cool if the ocean waterfalled into the great canyon where they meet up in northern Akkala. Also, there should have been more towns. The Gerudo Highlands and Hebra were both very empty, boring regions that had a lot of potential. The east side of the map is pure, dense adventure though.

>>378490568
>>378490591
>>378490598
I swear, this wasn't my intention. Just found this via google images

>>378488476
Has anyone found a way over there? Would it even have collision?

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It was a bit of a flawed MMO, but I still loved the world design for it, large in size, lots of little details, lots of starting cities, 3 continents, numerous dungeons and quests scattered around the map.

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>>378491806

Meant to post Qalia

>>378491098
They used some good tricks, like making the environment a bit bigger compared to the player model, making vehicles relatively slow (I think the fastest car can only hit ~120mph) while making them feel fast with a some blur and shaking, small draw distance/fog, and on ground you can't really drive that far in a straight line.

>>378484907
Hebra should have been called Tabantha with Hebra just being the mountain. Much better name.

You can also tell they developed the map east to west. Although the end result is remarkably close to the VGX teaser way back.

>>378490423
what magic is this

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>>378481541
heh that's cute. Try an adult sized map.

>>378482687
>souls fag

hahahahha

>>378485914
>someone shits on obscure game
>people retort with genuine arguments

>someone shits on popular game
>"YOU JUST HATE IT BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR"

>>378488694
French people actually lived in Arkansas, so when it was bought they continued to call it that. No one lived in Kansas prior to it becoming a territory.

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How could they fuck this up so badly.

>>378495107
So they can sell you another redone San Andreas in the future.

>>378495107
>south is now east for some inexplicable reason

>>378489382
play /v/scape if you want the good old times back.

>>378482984
Shitty buildings you can't even enter
That's worst aspect of GTA V
Goddamn that pissed me off so much

>>378496161

I love the hell out of the paper map of this. As an actual game map I think it's a little repetitive, but probably my favorite piece of physical gaming paraphernalia.