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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I kind of prefer a combination of the two.

Sort of how Dragon Age: Origins handles it (even though that's admittedly not an open world game). Basically, each area has a specific level rating scale, and the game auto-adjusts difficulty to match your current level, but it can never go lower than the area's rating, nor higher.

So you have a little bit of flexibility and keeping enemies somewhat dangerous, but you'll also eventually reach a point where you're overleveled and can wipe enemies in that area out with minor effort.

Skyrim did this. Every area had a minimum level.