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[Original Man]

Year of the open world. Each game being the best in what it does. I honestly don't see any open world touching these 3 for a long time if ever.

MGSV - Open World stealth action. No stealth game can compare to this game, gameplay, story, or graphics wise.

Witcher 3 - Open world 3rd person action rpg. Great atmosphere, environment, characters, decent story. Again, nothing compares in this area.

Xenoblade X - Open World Sci Fi rpg. Not out yet in the west, but we know what's coming. Huge open world, great gameplay, a billion quests, and DOLLS!

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Like I said above, I don't see any open world game topping those 3 in the near future, if at all. So for everyone wanting linear games to return, now is the time to tell the publishers.

Do you see any open world game possibly taking down the 3 above? Do you want to see a return to the straight forward story games of the past? Post thoughts

 

[hwy_61]

Just Cause 3?

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Watch Persona 5 be open world lol.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Now you've done it.

 

[Karl Hawk]

inb4 Renekton usual ''Witcher 3 is shit compared to my favorite RPG DA:I'' post

 

[Lashley]

Year of the open world. Each game being the best in what it does. I honestly don't see any open world touching these 3 for a long time if ever.

MGSV - Open World stealth action. No stealth game can compare to this game, gameplay, story, or graphics wise.

Witcher 3 - Open world 3rd person action rpg. Great atmosphere, environment, characters, decent story. Again, nothing compares in this area.

Xenoblade X - Open World Sci Fi rpg. Not out yet in the west, but we know what's coming. Huge open world, great gameplay, a billion quests, and DOLLS!

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Like I said above, I don't see any open world game topping those 3 in the near future, if at all. So for everyone wanting linear games to return, now is the time to tell the publishers.

Do you see any open world game possibly taking down the 3 above? Do you want to see a return to the straight forward story games of the past? Post thoughts

I think it can.

As much as I love MGS V, the story is quite poor.

 

[oti]

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

This will be a fun, family friendly thread.

 

[Majmun]

Lol at the Fallout 4 dismission

Xenoblade was an open world game before...
Only Witcher 3 and MGS 5 changed the IP formula

 

[Blobbers]

Just Cause 3?

+1

Very excited for this game. Just Cause 2 was pure fun.

 

[vocab]

You're absolutely right, nothing will top the disgusting character faces of xenoblade chronicles x.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Year of the open world. Each game being the best in what it does. I honestly don't see any open world touching these 3 for a long time if ever.

MGSV - Open World stealth action. No stealth game can compare to this game, gameplay, story, or graphics wise.

Witcher 3 - Open world 3rd person action rpg. Great atmosphere, environment, characters, decent story. Again, nothing compares in this area.

Xenoblade X - Open World Sci Fi rpg. Not out yet in the west, but we know what's coming. Huge open world, great gameplay, a billion quests, and DOLLS!

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Like I said above, I don't see any open world game topping those 3 in the near future, if at all. So for everyone wanting linear games to return, now is the time to tell the publishers.

Do you see any open world game possibly taking down the 3 above? Do you want to see a return to the straight forward story games of the past? Post thoughts

GTA V Single-player DLC *Kappa*

 

[Stereogatari]

No. Mario Maker is next.

Then Uncharted Collection.

 

[DarkChronic]

Year of the open world. Each game being the best in what it does. I honestly don't see any open world touching these 3 for a long time if ever.

MGSV - Open World stealth action. No stealth game can compare to this game, gameplay, story, or graphics wise.

MGSV does so many things right.

Story is not one of them.

 

[RoboPlato]

Haven't the reactions to X been mostly negative from the regions it's out in?

 

[Piers]

Now you've done it.

Counter burns on Xenoblade X incoming.

 

[JCX]

Watch Persona 5 be open world lol.

I'd hate that, but the thread would be so entertaining.

XCX will probably take it for me. Nothing can really top flying around in a giant mech.

 

[sam777]

No Fallout because it looks similar to the last Fallout, which was an awesome game, not sure I follow your reasoning here.

 

[Ultima_5]

Haven't the reactions to X been mostly negative from the regions it's out in?

Yeah I saw a lot of 'meh' reactions to it.... Hope is good though!!

 

[diamount]

Even if Fallout 4 is 'more of the same' then I'll welcome it. I'm sick of the ubisoft world design which seems to of plagued most open world games these days.

 

[shadyspace]

Xenoblade still got that awful MMO combat tho.

 

[Phediuk]

What the hell is "Xenoblade Chronicles X" and why would you name it before Just Cause 3?

 

[Ōkami]

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Why include Xeno X then?

 

[MrCaliaztec]

Just Cause 3 will probably be amazing.

As others have already said and will continue to say for the majority of this thread why the hell would you count out Fallout 4 easily one of the most anticipated games of this season.

And for the most part Xenoblade X has been 50/50 on the boring/fun factor and like most bad open world games too full of uninteresting side content. Hoping it's good because JRPGs are very rare on consoles but it's hasn't had the most flattering buzz around it.

 

[ZhugeEX]

You forgot Assassins Creed.

The king of open world

Spoiler

but fucking up the gameplay/story

Also Just Cause 3 is my open world GOTY. Already decided.

 

[algert]

Do you want to see a return to the straight forward story games of the past?

Linear games already exist in the present.

 

[Thatonemoor]

No. Mario Maker is next.

Then Uncharted Collection.

Someone doesn't understand the meaning of "open world"

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Not sure I'm ready to put Xenoblade in the same category as those other two games. I will never play it so guess it really doesn't matter.

 

[hamchan]

Oh yeah, Assassin's Creed will take down those 3 games this year.

 

[Hyun Sai]

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

The fallout will be glorious in fact.

 

[Cleve]

I'm excited for Xenoblade. I really don't expect it to be as great a open world experience as MGS5 or Witcher 3.

 

[toythatkills]

I haven't watched any trailers or seen any screenshots or read into any details or heard basically anything of Fallout 4. In fact, all I've seen is the logo.

Totally agree with the OP, looks like all they've done is switch a "3" for a "4," even the font is still the same. Basically identical games.

 

[DNAbro]

really no Fallout 4? i mean really.

also no Just Cause 3?

 

[Blobbers]

How about 2016?
Final Fantasy XV, ZeldaU, Horizon, do we know if Scalebound is open world?

 

[duckroll]

I like how Fallout 4 is "Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen" while Xenoblade X is "Open World Sci Fi rpg" as if it's not Xenoblade just upgraded for last gen. Lol.

 

[Trace]

I didn't include Fallout 4 because well...it looks like the last Fallout. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.

Fallout 4 is going to be the best open world game this year.

 

[DJIzana]

Xenoblade Chronicles X is going to be my game of the year... without a doubt.

It's a good thing Mario Maker recently released and that we have TGS and Paris Games Week too. Otherwise I'd probably go mad. Actually there is FFXIV patch 3.1 too, luckily, but other than that I don't have any actual games I want from now until Xenoblade Chronicles X. Everything else I want, is in 2016 (or beyond), that we know of.

 

[Crossing Eden]

MGSV does so many things right.

Story is not one of them.

It's also not the king in the graphics department either. Not including Fallout 4, which is undoubtedly the biggest game of this year, is absolutely ridiculous. No Just Cause 3 is also ridiculous.

 

[Troy]

Couldn't care less about Xenoblade. Fallout 4 is what everything has been leading to this year (and hopefully Just Cause 3).

 

[Lolcomin]

Putting a Nintendo game about just cause 3 or fallout 4?

Okayyyyyyy mannnnnnnn, do you

 

[Jigorath]

XCX is giving me "offline MMO" vibes. Same I got from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Far and away the worst type of open world. I could be wrong though, haven't played it

Oh yeah, Assassin's Creed will take down those 3 games this year.

lol

 

[Rebel Leader]

X GONNA GIVE VE IT TO YA

 

[AgentLampshade]

Thought MGSV's story was pretty shit myself. Good thing the gameplay is aces.

 

[hwy_61]

Fallout 4 is going to be the best open world game this year.

Again.

JUST
CAUSE
3
?

 

[vocab]

Fallout 4 is going to be the best open world game this year.

As long as the story isnt a burning car crash like fallout 3 was.

 

[JCX]

Xenoblade still got that awful MMO combat tho.

If it's like XC then it will still be good. Never played an open world game where I would describe the combat as great though.

 

[Patryn]

Haven't the reactions to X been mostly negative from the regions it's out in?

That's the impression I've gotten.

 

[MrCaliaztec]

I haven't watched any trailers or seen any screenshots or read into any details or heard basically anything of Fallout 4. In fact, all I've seen is the logo.

Totally agree with the OP, looks like all they've done is switch a "3" for a "4," even the font is still the same. Basically identical games.

You know aside from an overhauled visual engine adding more colour and vibrancy to the world. An entire town/world building aspect. Just because you haven't seen information or looked for it doesn't mean it's not there.

 

[Black Pewter]

Fallout dismissal is so silly.

How can you ignore what is undoubtedly going to be the biggest open world game of the year, in the 'year of open world'?

You know aside from an overhauled visual engine adding more colour and vibrancy to the world. An entire town/world building aspect. Just because you haven't seen information or looked for it doesn't mean it's not there.

He was joking

 

[Reedirect]

It seems to me that the hype really deflated since it came out in Japan. I remember everyone going crazy about it before, now this thread reminded me it's even coming out this year.

 

[banefirelord]

Just Cause 3?

It looks like the last Just Cause. Nothing new, just upgraded for next gen.