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PaperSplash posted...

So yes, open world games are harder to pull off well. And AAA game development is a race to the bottom, I am well aware. But why is the concept of closed worlds preferable to that of open worlds for so many? Is it just because the latter is easier to mess up?

Because in the real world we have observed closed world games turn out to be great games far more consistently, and there are barely any of them now, while open world games are at this point a horse thats been beaten until it died and then its corpse was beaten until it was pulp inside a 20 foot deep hole. Thats how overdone and samey they are.

Open world 100 hour games were great when we were kids with no money who only got games on birthdays and Christmases and had entire Christmas vacations, spring breaks, and summers to game from dawn til dusk replaying the few games we had.

As adults with full time jobs, other responsibilities, and plenty of money to buy whatever games we want (Im sitting on a Steam library of over 1000) but little time to play them, many of us have come to prefer games we feel respect our time, and most open world games are the antithesis of that, as they seem actively designed to waste our time instead.

There are still good ones that are worth playing. I mentioned 4 above. Im finishing up a replay of Cyberpunk 2077 because of the new update and Phantom Liberty, and while Ive enjoyed it, after 106 hours or so with more to go, you can bet your ass Im tired of it and ready for something else.