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[EhoaVash]

I'm kind of bored of the modern day/apocalyptic/medieval setting in most open world games. When we first got that glimpse of killzone shadow fall and it's breathtaking city, I was like I soo wish I can walk around/ride/ fly over that entire place because all the buildings, structures, futuristic, vehicles, aliens? would be cool as fuck to mess around with. ..but no you can't =/

I just want a sandbox game kinda like gta set in the living breathing future city is all i'm saying ..
I want a sandbox

or is it too much of a undertaking?

 

[BakkaGames]

Well...Cyberpunk 2077 is probably coming out in 2016.

 

[AAK]

Jak 2 is pretty awesome.

Although I guess it classifies more as fantasy than cyberpunk future.

 

[8bit]

There's Watch_Dogs. Turns out the future is shit.

--

Actually, Crackdown is probably the best so far.

 

[FuKuy]

Star Citizen?

 

[Ramenman]

I guess only having to take both player-driving controls and AI driving/traffic to the third dimension, and inside a skyscraper-city to boot, is enough of a challenge to scare devs away. And that's only the tip of the iceberg of all the troubles this setting probably causes

But I hope someone will undertake the challenge at some point. Maybe someone already is...

Actually, Crackdown is probably the best so far.

Was thinking of Crackdown when I read the title, but then realized that OP wants spaceships to fly in.

 

[FlyingSaucer]

Your futuristic open world sandbox is in the same place as Prey 2 : in limbo.

 

[DJIzana]

I've been wondering that myself and hoping Cyberpunk 2077 would fill that void as well.

 

[EhoaVash]

Star Citizen?

is there any gameplay out there of the sandbox city? ..all i found was some first person space stuff like mass effect/ space battles -/

 

[Acquiescence]

Aye, I'm surprised no one's done a legit sandbox game in a dystopia setting yet. I remember playing GTA III when it came out and thinking to myself how cool it would be if someone took that formula and transferred it to a Blade Runner-esque city. Huge neon signs everywhere, rain-soaked streets, strange aircrafts flying overhead.

But it still hasn't happened.

 

[Zeuanimals]

I've been wondering that myself and hoping Cyberpunk 2077 would fill that void as well.

Yeah, I hope it takes a lot from Blade Runner. But I really want a game set in Neo-Tokyo. SEGA needs to get on it and make a Yakuza game set in the future, call it Yakuza Ashita/Tomorrow or something, and then they need to localize it. That's not asking for too much.

Give me some jetpack swordplay with Gravity Rush-esque controls, crazy DBZ blocking and evading, and the possibility for one hit kills. Still not asking for too much.

 

[OmegaDL50]

Aye, I'm surprised no one's done a legit sandbox game in a dystopia setting yet. I remember playing GTA III when it came out and thinking to myself how cool it would be if someone took that formula and transferred it to a Blade Runner-esque city. Huge neon signs everywhere, rain-soaked streets, strange aircrafts flying overhead.

But it still hasn't happened.

Sounds like something a 3rd person action game version of Snatcher would be like.

Cyberpunk futuristic city you can explore trying to solve a murder mystery. Have Kojima use his open world engine that MGS5 is on and maybe it'll work.

 

[erragal]

New Deus Ex game will likely be this in some fashion.

 

[matrixman92]

Yeah, I hope it takes a lot from Blade Runner. But I really want a game set in Neo-Tokyo. SEGA needs to get on it and make a Yakuza game set in the future, call it Yakuza Ashita/Tomorrow or something, and then they need to localize it, but one step at a time.

Give me some jetpack swordplay with Gravity Rush-esque controls, crazy DBZ blocking and evading, and the possibility for one hit kills.

them making a game like that is more believable than the thought of them localizing another yakuza game

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Cyberpunk futuristic city you can explore trying to solve a murder mystery. Have Kojima use his open world engine that MGS5 is on and maybe it'll work.

Neo Snatcher brah :x

Your futuristic open world sandbox is in the same place as Prey 2 : in limbo.

; - ;

 

[Rosur]

Deus Ex?

Though more open than that I don't think there has been, maybe this generation.

 

[Markitron]

I'm kind of bored of the modern day/apocalyptic/medieval setting in most open world games. When we first got that glimpse of killzone shadow fall and it's breathtaking city, I was like I soo wish I can walk around/ride/ fly over that entire place because all the buildings, structures, futuristic, vehicles, aliens? would be cool as fuck to mess around with. ..but no you can't =/

I just want a sandbox game kinda like gta set in the living breathing future city is all i'm saying ..
I want a sandbox

or is it too much of a undertaking?

Now I just really want a Futurama game. Another Futurama game

Aye, I'm surprised no one's done a legit sandbox game in a dystopia setting yet. I remember playing GTA III when it came out and thinking to myself how cool it would be if someone took that formula and transferred it to a Blade Runner-esque city. Huge neon signs everywhere, rain-soaked streets, strange aircrafts flying overhead.

But it still hasn't happened.

Infamous SS is the closest your gonna get for now

 

[Instro]

Generic cityscape takes less artistic thought and probably sells more.

 

[excowboy]

Your futuristic open world sandbox is in the same place as Prey 2 : in limbo.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Where's the gif in the OP from?

 

[EhoaVash]

Where's the gif in the OP from?

http://vimeo.com/100785455

 

[FuKuy]

is there any gameplay out there of the sandbox city? ..all i found was some first person space stuff like mass effect/ space battles -/

The game is still on development. But the planetside pretty much looks like a futuristic open universe sandbox.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/project-status

 

[Spring-Loaded]

And when Rocksteady's done with current-day Batman

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

http://vimeo.com/100785455

Thanks.
On topic, does Jet Set Radio count?
There's a sort of spiritual sequel in the works by a group of indies, supposedly featuring a big open city.

 

[Timeaisis]

It's probably a measure of scope.

Take "post-apocalypse" sandbox games, for example. Or even fantasy games. It's all good that they have wide open areas with not a person in sight, because it makes sense to the narrative.

A sprawling science fiction metropolis setting would likely need something on every square inch or it wouldn't feel very real. The only studio I know that can do that successfully is Rockstar. So unless their next game is Grand Theft Spaceship, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

 

[The Lamonster]

Crackdown 3 and No Man's Sky? Destiny, even?


Would be nice to have a GTA+Force Unleashed hybrid that takes place on Coruscant someday.

 

[doniewhalberg]

The game is still on development. But the planetside pretty much looks like a futuristic open universe sandbox.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/project-status

Wait what is star citizen? I thought it was all in ships, maybe a small amount out the ship at space stations where you can do engineering work on your ship. But I see tabs there like FPS: In Production, Planetside etc.

 

[ComputerBlue]

I've wanted one for years and seeing Vekta City in Shadowfall just made me want it even more.

Hoping that Cyberpunk will quench the thirst.

 

[Morning Star]

But what would you do in said city?

 

[Currygan]

KOTOR 3 when it will come out in

Spoiler

never

 

[Agent Gibbs]

And when Rocksteady's done with current-day Batman

Hnnnng yes please of god yes

 

[EhoaVash]

And when Rocksteady's done with current-day Batman

Lol stuff of dreams q.q

 

[Anung]

Hopefully we'll get a Batman Beyond game at some point. I'd give all my money for that.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Saints Row IV?

 

[Chabbles]

Pity about Prey 2... Cant wait for the next Deus ex and Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[Pinko Marx]

A cyberpunk or space opera equivalent of the elder scrolls is all I want in gaming.
Deus Ex is the closest I've gotten to scratching that itch so far.
Crossing my fingers for Cyberpink2077

 

[Coreda]

But what would you do in said city?

I'd love to just explore such a world on foot. I'll take world exploration, interaction, and discovery over shooting/generic gameplay any day. To feel like one was actually in a living, breathing sci-fi city would be the stuff of dreams.

It's probably a measure of scope.

Mmm. I wonder if partial auto-generation of areas will help make such worlds going forward.

 

[frogger]

What is a "sandbox"?

I only know it as a testing environment for programming.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

GTA 25 will be set 100 years from now, isn't that good enough?

Spoiler

I agree, hover car hijacking would be dope! "Not my new hover Hondaaaaaaaaaaaa" *splat*

 

[Spring-Loaded]

But what would you do in said city?

Buy a bowl of ramen in the rain from a food hovertruck while staking out the apartment of an illegal pulse weapon dealer, then spot him stepping out of a hover taxi before using the retinal scanner to get into his apartment building and following him inside, pulling out your custom revolver with anti-cyborg-and-android ammo and biometric lock, only for the guy's cyborg eye to spot you through the back of his head using thermal imaging leading into a chase across the rooftops against the backdrop of a sick-ass cyber-ass-punk motherfucking futuristic cityscape, perhaps?

 

[Figboy79]

I've been begging for this for ages now. I'm sick to death of modern day/apocalyptic/fantasy open worlds at this point.

I'm definitely hoping Cyberpunk is that.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Star Citizen?

I hope this is the game I've always wanted.

 

[Moon_frogger]

I know you're looking for GTA with hovercraft, but the orginal deus ex still qualifies as the best sci fi sandbox ever made. You can tool around in that game forever.

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

I'm really hoping Cyberpunk 2077 will scratch that itch.

That said I think a futuristic GTA would be awesome. If not a full game an expansion/standalone a la undead nightmare, or liberty city stories.

 

[MaschinenZimmer]

I feel you, OP. I was hoping for Prey 2 but those dreams are dead now. Cyberpunk 2077 is our biggest hope right now.

 

[Lautaro]

But what would you do in said city?

Chase hacked-in-the-brain criminals using cloak-suits with modified weapons. Fight spider-bots, getting cyborg arms, connect to a Matrix-like Internet, catch a rogue-AI (or work for one)... the possibilities are endless.

 

[Psoelberg]

I've been waiting for this for years.

For a moment a thought Prey2 would be the answer. Now I'm waiting for Cyperpunk 2077.

Luckily I think the future will bring more open world sci-fi games. With the new consoles and games like Mass Effect 4, Cyperpunkt, No Man's Sky, and Star Citizen, I hope more developers will follow.

Imagine a open world game in a Fifht Element-ish city....

Or maybe something like Pete Amachree's paintings.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

GTA is intended to be a parody of real life. As such, having a game take place in the distant future isn't very fitting, unfortunately.

Rockstar could still make a separate game with a futuristic sandbox in the vein of RDR

 

[Morning Star]

Buy a bowl of ramen in the rain from a food hovertruck while staking out the apartment of an illegal pulse weapon dealer, then spot him stepping out of a hover taxi before using the retinal scanner to get into his apartment building and following him inside, pulling out your custom revolver with anti-cyborg-and-android ammo and biometric lock, only for the guy's cyborg eye to spot you through the back of his head using thermal imaging leading into a chase across the rooftops against the backdrop of a sick-ass cyber-ass-punk motherfucking futuristic cityscape, perhaps?

Well, when you describe it like that I can't help but be giddy. I guess what I was looking for what some sort of direction. As OP describes it, just "GTA in a futuristic setting", didn't appeal or seem like it would work to me.

 

[ichtyander]

Anyone remember Scrapland? I played it a bit and liked the futuristic, hovercraft city but don't think I got very far.