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[stevil]

What is a "sandbox"?

I only know it as a testing environment for programming.

Sandbox games are open world games like GTA, but I guess mine craft would count.

 

[Muffdraul]

I remember when Tron Legacy came out, I had just finished my second time playing through Red Dead Redemption... all I wanted was a Tron open world game, were you cruised around from mission to mission on a lightcycle.

 

[Frankenstrat]

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

((

 

[2+2=5]

American McGee's Scrapland(PC, XBox) is a sort of open world, it's a really underrated awesome game with lots of personality.
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfElh_pEZK4

 

[supernormal]

I want something like Blade Runner. Really dark and dystopian, wet and reflective, and only lit by the artificial lighting of neon street signs etc. The Samaritan UE4 demo kind of had that feel to it. There was also this other supposedly impressive game in the same vein for Oculus Rift that some sites we're raving about a little while back. Can't remember the name though.

 

[Coreda]

There was also this other supposedly impressive game in the same vein for Oculus Rift that some sites we're raving about a little while back. Can't remember the name though.

Technolust?

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

Take Blade Runner, Alien, Tetsuo Iron Man and Rubber's Lover, make it 2D, Metroidvania-style, and I'd be on that like white on rice.

 

[PerfectConsumer]

I think the world of Snow Crash would make a marvelous open world game.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

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

I was going to bring this up.

 

[MaximusPayne]

"MY FRIEND"

 

[The Elite]

I really want a GTA style game with flying cars and vertically built cities. Maybe that's possible on current tech?

 

[AkuMifune]

I think the world of Snow Crash would make a marvelous open world game.

GTA: Shadowrun or maybe Deus Ex HR 2, but a 100x bigger.

Cyberpunk needs to be this generations Zombies.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

There was that one Russian / Ukrainian game whose name I'm totally forgetting. It was describe to me as STALKER in space, where you basically have a ship and fly from planet to planet taking on jobs and stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precursors_(video_game)

I think it's this one.

 

[Corine]

Windforge, Starbound, Signs of Life, Darkout, Edge of Space, and Planet Explorers are all open world futuristic sandbox games.

 

[supernormal]

Technolust?

Yup. Thanks.

 

[Metalmarc]

After where saints row 4 went the only way to go next in saints 5 is into the future right?

 

[Deleted member 80556]

I hope that at some point Rockstar do a Blade Runner game, or something similar.

 

[Gusy]

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.

Yup.. yes yes yes This.. yes..

 

[shandy706]

Your wishes will be granted very soon!

 

[Jinko]

Doesn't the new batman game fall under futuristic and sandboxy ?

 

[Neff]

Neo Snatcher brah :x

Mother fuck yes.

 

[MaschinenZimmer]

American McGee's Scrapland(PC, XBox) is a sort of open world, it's a really underrated awesome game with lots of personality.
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfElh_pEZK4

Hey this looks fun, thanks!

 

[ZdkDzk]

Where's my Asimov/Clark/old sci-fi inspired anything. I'm sick of post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk, steampunk, war in space, and hyper sci-fi.

Also, No Man's Sky

 

[Raptomex]

Blood Dragon?

But I agree with OP. I want a futuristic open world sandbox as well.

 

[DOWN]

Goodbye forever Prey 2 and Star Wars 1313, hello Visceral open world Star Wars project.

 

[MikeDown]

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

prolly 2017 if we are lucky

 

[Chev]

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.

Actually it's one of those problems when the solution used for 2 dimensions works fine with 3 dimensions. Basically traffic AIs in games follow an invisible network that, not coincidentally, happens to match with roads so they drive on them, but you can put the lanes in the air and it'll work fine.

 

[stoff]

There was also Beam Breakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFmOZ-UM7WU
A mission based semi open world racer. Could've been amazing with a bigger budget behind it.

 

[Kayhan]

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

Is that going to be open-world?

 

[Kayhan]

An open-world Deus Ex is one possibility another is a Rockstar GTA: Cyberpunk game.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Yep, there's a lack of imagination going on in AAA gaming. Can't believe it's 2014 and I'm still waiting for my future set open-world game with flying cars and shit.

Though I will say that Red Faction 2 was pretty awesome.

 

[Fjordson]

I'm dying for something like this. It's partially why I was so heartbroken about Prey 2's cancellation / reboot.

Rockstar making a Blade Runner game or something similar would be incredible. The size and detail of their worlds, but set in a cyberpunk future? Sign me the fuck up.

Hopefully Cyberpunk 2077 scratches some of this itch. I definitely have faith in CD Projekt.

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

American McGee's Scrapland(PC, XBox) is a sort of open world, it's a really underrated awesome game with lots of personality.
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfElh_pEZK4

I loved this game when I played it on gametap years ago. Hardly anyone ever talks about it

 

[Poodlestrike]

I was kind of hoping that after the Mass Effect trilogy wrapped up, we'd get some sort of GTA ersatz set on the Citadel. Doesn't look like it's going to happen, though.

 

[abadguy]

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?

This would be GOTY!

 

[Servizio]

Am I crazy or isn't the Samaritan/Infiltrator tech demo still in development as a full game?

I swear I saw someone post a screenshot of the trench coat dude from Samaritan in the UE4 editor in tpose and mention something about how many polygons he had. Of course, I can't find the post I'm thinking of so I'm probably imagining the whole thing.

 

[ChiefofCitadelSecurity]

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

My first thought but for some reason I don't think the game world is gonna be that big.

 

[Shogun1337]

Without reading any post in here:

Cyberpunk 2077

Edit:

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

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.

Crossing my fingers for Cyberpink2077

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.

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

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

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.

Hopefully Cyberpunk 2077 scratches some of this itch. I definitely have faith in CD Projekt.

Yeah that sounds about right

 

[Deadbeat]

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

Depends on how much they gun for skyrim like they did with Witcher 3.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

You are a cyborg law enforcement officer on a massive generation ship flying through space on it's 130 year journey to another star.

Pls

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

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.

Yeah Rockstar is the only one with the scale and funding to make that futuristic world come alive. Too bad it seems they have no interest in deviating from current formula.

 

[Duxxy3]

Too expensive for the return.

 

[Forkball]

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?

Is this before or after I collect 100 nanocircuits scattered throughout the city?

 

[Deviousx]

Mmmmm

 

[Tenrius]

There was that one Russian / Ukrainian game whose name I'm totally forgetting. It was describe to me as STALKER in space, where you basically have a ship and fly from planet to planet taking on jobs and stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precursors_(video_game)

I think it's this one.

It's probably Parkan. You can get Parkan 2 on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/289400/. It's more of a space sim with shooter bits though.

 

[a916]

I wonder how interesting it would be if you could just fly those hover cars everything, effectively removing the need to swerve through roads and traffic... kinda sounds boring to be honest.

But if anyone can make it work, I'd like to see Rockstar take a shot at it.

Something like that, where the detail and small nuances that need to be spread vertically requires a very deep team and a big budget. No offense to any other developer there, but Rockstar's vehicle sandbox games a notch above the rest.

 

[Tekku]

I always wanted this as well. When I saw Hengsha in Deus Ex: HR I really started to see the potential of a sci-fi open world.

But I imagine it would take lots of work to create those kind of cities because it's all up to the developers imagination.