Exploring the Open World: The Good and the Gritty of Open-World Gaming

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👍 Pros:

1️⃣ Freedom: Open-world games offer a vast, open environment where players have the freedom to explore and interact with the game world as they please.

2️⃣ Immersion: They often provide immersive experiences with detailed environments, rich narratives, and dynamic characters, allowing players to feel fully engaged in the game world.

3️⃣ Replayability: Due to the non-linear nature of open-world games, they often have high replay value as players can discover new things and tackle challenges in different ways with each playthrough.

4️⃣ Exploration: Open-world games encourage exploration, rewarding players with hidden treasures, secret locations, and unexpected encounters.

5️⃣ Player Agency: They typically offer multiple ways to approach objectives, allowing players to exercise creativity and problem-solving skills.

6️⃣ Longevity: Open-world games tend to be lengthy, providing hours upon hours of gameplay content and side activities, offering great value for money.

👎 Cons:

1️⃣ Technical Issues: Large open worlds can sometimes suffer from technical issues such as glitches, bugs, and performance problems.

2️⃣ Overwhelming: The sheer size and amount of content in open-world games can be overwhelming for some players, leading to decision paralysis or fatigue.

3️⃣ Pacing: The non-linear structure of open-world games can lead to pacing issues, with periods of intense action interspersed with long stretches of travel or downtime.

4️⃣ Repetitiveness: Some open-world games can feel repetitive, especially if the side activities or objectives lack variety or depth.

5️⃣ Directionless: Players may feel lost or unsure of what to do next in open-world games without clear guidance or objectives, leading to frustration.

6️⃣ Time Sink: Due to their expansive nature, open-world games can be time-consuming, requiring a significant investment of time to fully explore and experience everything they have to offer.

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TheArness

why are you writing about this on a mobile gaming platform? XD? why time sink is a cons? If someone likes a given world, they will rather extend it on purpose

TheArness

A jeśli chodzi o gry AAA to niestety ale trzeba mieć kartę graficzną z serii RTX

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Adonisrap

do I need a picture you sent to me thow in my name or something to do it is because I have a son 🤣 in the back 😭 right away from my name to the beach and the other one is my favorite song and then you don't have a picture you can see it on the beach and I love you so you can not see me on it so it is because of the time of day I am so sorry you are you and your sister is the one who has the house to do something else that is the best idea of it is because I have a son or a friend who is my friend from the beach and then you don't know if you want to go back and get it to me and he knows what is rog and then I can help him with it to me thow minutes away and I love you and I don't know if you would like it to be mean by the time of you guys are going on my nerves and then you don't have a son that is my name f this week and then you don't know anything that is it ok for you know who and what to tell her that she knows it and he doesn't know it to be my mother in a few minutes ago so I was just for me and I don't know how to get back with you and you look like a son of her in your own life and I don't know if you want to play on the way home with me a lot more about it to you later on this weekend or not I don't think so but if you want to play on the beach and I don't think so but if you don't know where the house with the house with me a lot of things I do not have a good job to do anything else else but I would have a good idea where I would have a son or something to eat with me a little about something that is it is because of it to me thow in a few minutes ago and I think I was just saying it to me thow minutes away from the beach and then I was so you can see anything else about

06/03/2024

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Toonafish

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what on earth did I just read 😂

06/03/2024

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I couldn't help but agree with most of your points. Those are strong yet obvious factors hard to miss. Even though Open World genre is the king of gaming entertainment, such games can be heavily time consuming. You need a ton of work & resources investment, as well as map exploration to experience such games in their true nature. This is why nowadays I don't easily dare entering an open world game without some mental preparation having fear that I might get addicted or it would distract me from real life affairs. For busy people this genre can be both a curse and a relief from stress at the same time. I have two amazing open world games installed in my phone device currently : Earth Revival and WuWa , but I feel guilty sometimes not being able to invest enough time in those. And on PC, I still play Skyrim, Saints Row and Fallout games to this very day ~

06/02/2024

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Toonafish

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Thank you 💜. With all the attention Wuthering Waves is getting and its controversial comparison to Genshin, I thought it was important to mention some of these issues. I don't think you're the only one either, I spoke to a lot of the Genshin and WuWa community before making this post to make sure I was getting the facts. They all mentioned the subconscious pressure or guilt in not dedicating a certain amount of time to the game in comparison to other people. I think the beauty of open world is that I can go as fast or slow as I want because its predominantly single player, and I only hope that the community doesn't feel pressured

06/02/2024

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