10 MOST LIVED-IN Open World Games
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- We wanted to acknowledge some open world games with truly convincing looks and atmosphere - the places where it feels like people really inhabit.
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The fact that sleeping dogs will never get a sequel makes me sad, underrated and deserves more recognition
Why is it never getting a sequel? I love the game!
@@shutup.2046 Didn't make enough money.
There is an unreleased sequel of 2015
Exactly, one of the best open world games ive ever played period.
Come play in Hong Kong for real, get a wanted level as soon as you say the word “democracy”
I feel the empty spaces in rdr2 actually make it feel more real.. how they're filled with animals doing their thing, filling ecological niches... It just feels natural
That’s what I enjoy too, a lot of games now have too much city in the game, GTA has a similar style but its map is just a city and mountains, RDR2 has environment changes everywhere and it’s nice being able to experience different environments
It’s not even empty space. It usually densely packed with trees or animals
Also its not entirely empty, theres active campsites with people doing unique things, abandoned campsites, abandoned homesteads, and all kinds of random encounters.
Overrated.
Not just that but they even have different star cycles on clear nights, people getting robbed, people out hunting shop keepers going home at a certain time everyday the little things make this game phenomenal
One of the better details that's in rdr2's world is that over time since you play through years of Arthur's life there are houses and regular buildings that start off as just foundations and if you go back to them through almost every chapter there's progress made to them. Like there's a house where a guy is building it with his 2 sons and it actually gets finished later on. Really nice attention to detail that rewards you for paying attention to subtle details
WELLLLLLLLL
Let me have a ruler and a saw and a board and I'll cut it!
Thats probs rhe least interesting thing to do on red dead but i get ya point. The game has endless hidden wanders. IT DEFO PAYS TO EXPLORE IN RED DEAD
@@godseye13k guy never said it was interesting, he said it's one of the better attention to details lol
Lmao and the guy who builds it is always complaining the sons
@@RSpracticalshootingI’LL CLIMB UP A LADDER WITH A HAMMER AND A NAIL AND I’LL NAIL IT!
Witcher 3 for me is the best experience i have ever had with a video game and i have played 8 out of 10 on this list. There is just so much to do. The side quest stories are so in depth and well written, you'd come off it thinking it's part of the main quest.
For me it’s RDR2
@@Alisonn2 It's a close 2nd for me. Another Masterpiece!
witcher 3 is the best single player rpg of all time
Definitely the greatest game of all time in my book. Does it still hold the record for most game of the year awards?
@@breakmanradio2530 Unfortunately, No. Suprisingly, Last of us 2 has that crown.
0:00 Skyrim
1:31 AC Syndicate
3:01 Fable
4:35 GTA5
5:49 Sleeping Dogs
6:43 Yakuza
8:17 The Division
9:19 The Witcher 3
10:43 Dishonored
11:44 RDR2
Thank you since he didn't out it in the info box and for that I'm going to dislike this video
dmexikan16 ur gonna dislike a video because u couldn’t find out when a certain game placed on a list , 😂
Thanks
comments like this should be in the top. sad it's underrated though
@9600GTMAN Syndicate truly was an absolute disappointment
"Skyrim may feel old in this list..."
Later on talks about Fable I and II.
Was surprised too. With the right mods, Skyrim is like the newest in regards too Combat, AI, Sound and Graphics (Enb).
He meant time setting
I am fairly sure Skyrim will get at least 4 more re releases before we get a new one so its sorta recent
I didn’t like fable II, but I loved the original fable
@Matt jackson graphics shit game play is still amazing
A weird but in my opinion worthy addition to the list: Dying Light.
For an open world game inhabited mainly by undeads, with so many repeated assets featuring in every loot centered interior you can visit while roaming around, it really gives a dynamic and satisfying feeling when you parkour your way through it.
It was very unexpected to me when I played this game, and I think that a large part of DL's success was due to the surprisingly enjoyable open world it features.
YESS DYING LIGHT IS FREAKING GOOD!!!
Brilliant gameplay & great a story.
I went back to Dying Light after only playing Dying Light 2 since it’s release last year. I couldn’t agree more, Dying Light 1’s open world feels so real and you really feel like you’re living in it. I only wish Dying Light 2 was like this as well.
My favorite thing about the worlds in Witcher 3 and RDR2 is the weather. In the Witcher I sometimes felt glad to be inside and out of the harsh winds of Skellige. And waking up in the morning as Arthur in the cool light with that distinct morning fog... You can almost smell the forest! Amazing stuff!
your safehouse in Syndicate being a MOVING TRAIN is still one of my favorite gaming mechanics ever
Yes
I've seen better mechanics then that trash game.
*than
@@Daniel-nn8mr why u mad about the game 😂😂😂 its just a game just don't play it
@@Daniel-nn8mr not really need in this convo as i hate fortnite do u see me bashing kids h😂😂
"Arthur is just a visitor there, it's not a world made for Arthur"
exactly, unlike most video games you can literally feel how helpless your character is
lol bro yeah i felt so helpless when every other mission was me killing 800 people and getting shot 43 times but being just dandy
@@lordvoldemort1985 thats not always the case you probably talking about gta
@@lordvoldemort1985 did you not feel him struggle with mortality
@@iim2284 he probably just played it for an hour and complained about how there isn't any cars 😂🤦♂️
@@iim2284 alot of ppl just play the missions to finish the game instead of paying attention to story
RDR1 was great too. I remember in Armadillo you could shoot the top hat gang members, and the sheriff wouldn't care. I once shot the gang members, caused a lot of ruckus, the deputy drew his gun and pointed it at me, I had mine aimed at him, then I holstered, and he holstered too, and we went our separate ways. Really amazing and fun sandbox interaction for me.
Probably cause the sheriff was too scared to go against you at that point. Probably out of respect.
I'd give an honourable mention to Horizon Zero Dawn. Both on the animal/wild side (or should I say machine?) and on the human side, everything feels so insanely REAL for a post apocalyptic future
Yea but watching this channel it seems they only really know about like 30 mainstream games, and some odd indie games. Apparently that's not one of them.
Seriously, watch a bunch of this channel's videos and you will see the trend of the SAME GAMES (and games of the same series) coming up over and over for every single category. It's kind of frustrating. Just anecdotally, I can bet that a Fallout, Elder Scrolls, "Souls like", Yakuza, Dead Space, Duke Nukem, Doom, Final Fantasy, or one of the few other games in their roster will appear in any given list. No matter what the category or title of the video, they will find a way to fit the same games on every list.
Idk why I watch. Probably mostly because I do like hearing about games that I haven't played, and I mostly scroll the comments as a means of a forum to discuss them, but by this point I don't even need to play something like Elden Ring. Off this channel alone I pretty much know everything about it. Not saying that replaces actually playing it for the entertainment experience, i'm just driving home the point that they talk about it so much that they covered everything.
No-one:
Me: *Sees skyrim in list* ah shit here we go again
_plays 5000 hours again_
You said a hecking word
Facts
Get a life
@Pig in a Blanket i have a friend that actually spent 700 hours on this game and the game files got corrupted at the end.
Lifeless bitch
I spent lots of times of video games
But 200 hours is my max
Such as witcher 3
Persona 5
Or RDR2
But
Not 700......
@@mohamadabdlghani1550 cool
Saint Denis is so jarring after spending hours connecting to the wilderness and wildlife of RDR2. The moment I set foot in Saint Denis I felt completely out of place and just wanted to run back to the open planes and mountains and pick herbs and shot animals.
I felt the exact same way lol made me hate the city
That's the same way Arthur feels. Amazing game
It showcases what Arthur felt when he first stepped into the city
Your not lying!
Ok know
For all its flaws, I feel Fallout 4 needs a spot on this list as well. There's so much detail in the environment, the ruined city and the gear people wear. There's history in every bit of scrap on the ground, and every cobbled-together piece of equipment.
Totally agree
Ahh yes, love the outpost customisation too. Building bases and what not. Wish game developers would implement this more. Only game I saw that has base building is no man sky, state of decay but limited to prefab bases, skyrim but also limited to prefabs, and no im not gonna mention minecraft, ark , rust or other multiplayer games. Wish a game like middle earth would pop out too where you can customize fort and build a kingdom and be an overlord conquering other kingdoms and choosing generals, so much potential in middle earth som and sow.
@@a.syching678 That sounds so dope, id love to see that irl
Definitely Fallout!
Fallout 4 is painfully overlooked
Dude I love how you actually quoted out dishonored hear
that game had a good place in my heart. the atmosphere, the story, everything seemed so real
AND YES UA-cam ALGORITHM ACTUALLY DECIDES TO SHOW THIS A YEAR LATER
The open worlds I spent a huge chunk of my childhood in were : Skyrim, San Andreas & Runescape
San Andreas was the game of my childhood, good memories
A Link To The Past, Wind Waker and Fable 1 were the open worlds I played the most as a kid.
Skyrim voice. is very... Same like
Damn don't remember asking tho 😳
@Toxic Gaming I fully just went and completed vice city last week, never got the chance as a kid cause i was always doing stuff in San Andreas, loved it. After completion I couldn't find much to do though, whereas SA being a newer game they must have thought of that aspect a lot harder cause the replay-ability is wonderful. I spent a lot of time in GTA IV as a kid as well, the open access interiors made it hella immersive, something I feel like 5 really lacked.
the best thing to come out of the gta v map was switching to trevor shouting “scoooooooter brothers”
Or when u wake up on the ground in ur underwear on top of a mountain with a bottle of whiskey in hand hungover. And ya have to walk LOL Loved switching to trevor ya never know what hes doing
@@cavemanlovesmoke4394 or wearing a dress hehe
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Really hated switching to trevor because I honestly hate escaping from the cops
I always get him throwing some dude off a bridge
The Watch Dogs series, especially 1 & 3 deserve a mention. In all three, the NPCs behave very realistically. They made Chicago, Sam Francisco and London very explorable after you finish the game.
Watchdogs 2 is the best one in terms of NPCs. The NPCs in 2 are whack, having their own conversations, drama, and fights and doing stuff on their own.
In Watchdogs Legion though the npcs just feel like a background prop. They don't really do much aside from walk around and do loop animations. You get someone being arrested or mugged once in a while but that's about it, no story with it whatsoever.
FACTS
Got 'em all, I just love the franchise, is a good alternative in you get bored of Los Santos for a while.
I am more of a fan of Sam Fisher, but Sam Francisco also seems to be nice.
@@BlackAge2k this comment deserves an award
theres a part 2 follow up , hope you can watch it
Kingdom Come Deliverance felt very lived in for me. And what makes it even more awesome is that the area is real, and you can see pictures of it! The developers really put their heart and soul into it and it shows, definitely waiting on KCD 2.
Another one is L. A. Noire. I love how as you go through the story, the people on the street react to you and how you've been handling cases.
It was lacking stuff to do and more balanced mechanics to feel truly immersive. If they do Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.. with the experience of the first part and the cashflow from the sales.. that could be something truly special.
I’m gonna start playing that game in couple of days
I love the concept and the medieval environment
I'm surprised that Kingdom Come: Deliverance didn't make it on the list...
Say what you want but that game has a very realistic world. Every citizen doing their day to day work, takes a break and eat, go to sleep at night and locking their doors at homes, guards patrolling at night and takes shifts and cares about their hygiene sometimes.
JCHunter248 who developed that game ?
@@justdoit3375 its developed by Warhorse Studios and published by Deep Silver.
A very underrated company with an underrated game imo 🙁
Same as oblivion
Good ol Henry simulator
Still waiting on a continuation.Shit is what go me back into RPGs
Love seeing Sleeping Dogs here. That was such a fantastic game.
I always thought they were going to make a part 2 but apparently not very underrated game
Same. Still hoping for a sequel but that might be wishful thinking 😂😅
I just beat the main story and I'm planning to 100% it. An extremely underrated game
A man who has never had a pork bun is never a whole man!!!
Just watched for the first time today. Hollow just started playing it
The feeling of exploring The Witcher 3 world for the first time is truly an amazing experience.
Ty for doing follow up version to this category! Loved your enthusiasm and content..
I see Syndicate, I click. The environment was so so good
@Niek Warnas is it as bad as Odyssey
Roque Rubio definitely not!!
It was good gameplay wise but bad story wise
RogueAssassin finally someone who agrees with me, I thought the game was cool in gameplay with the boxing rings, the gang attributes, the train HQ, the two assassin’s, ect. But the story was completely forgettable, so when I say I like the game people always attack me 😂
I found the environment and atmosphere better in Unity actually better
I feel like they left out Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Watch Dogs 2 just so people would comment on the video. it worked tho.
Nathan Willoughby I agree
@Davik Arora lol
Ya man totally agree on both.
@Oasis have you played watchdogs 2?! You can talk to the npcs, fined loads of cool stuff. If a car bumps into you the driver will get out and you can have a full on conversation with them
@@overkill726 he definitely hasn't played it. The people who don't like the game are likely people who just assume the game is as bad as the first one. That definitely isn't the case.
I finished RDR2 and I cannot set my mind into anyyy game I play after it. RDR2, Arthur, John the vast open world and the music just sticks into the mind for a long long time to come. Every other game feels nowhere near satisfying
I have experienced the same exact thing. I used to play a variety of games but RDR2 ruined me. I’ve never been so immersed into a game
Play Ghost of tsushima
@@gageky RDR2 was so good it made me disinterested in replaying GTA V. The next two games I played I definitely didn’t care as much about, but then I tried Fallout 4, and with everything that happens in the first twenty minutes, I was completely hooked.
@@eddixon2015 yea but now it’s becoming outdated
After rdr2 I just went back to rdr1 honestly
Living near the Bohemian border, climbing and hiking thete for about 25 years, Kingdome Come is for me the most lived-in game ever.
Even the maps are similar, only shrunken. The villages, the country side the fortresses. It looks like that till this day, only with modern paint and flush down toilet. Even the food is recognizable.
thanks for posting this. You must've been very excited when you found out about Kingdom Come Deliverance being developed. BTW, so the area you hiked is near Czech Republic?
would love to see a “least lived-in worlds” or something along those lines
basically for games like Dark Souls or Hollow Knight, or similar titles that make you feel alone
The recent Dynasty Warriors sadly would take that.
To be fair, games like that can also fall under the category of "post apocalyptic". Those worlds are empty because they're supposed to be.
old minecraft
Anything from ubisoft
Basically every walking simulator ever.
I am currently in the middle of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and having visited Greece many times I find it utterly convincing. To be able to walk around places you have really been to and seen as ruins such as the Parthenon in Athens and experience them as they were is just mind-blowing. I love RDR2 too and agree it is the best. In 4K on a large monitor, these worlds are like being on a vacation during these dark COVID-19 days and keeping me sane.
Bro u MUST try a vr system. Like oculus quest 2. Just the other day I bought the virtual desktop app so I can mirror my pc screen to the oculus, and so I was able to play doom eternal and rdr2 on the oculus quest 2. It was amazing. Worth it just to mirror ur computer screen.
The cities are really nice but i felt the wilderness in odyssey is kinda meh. Same ish and lot of filler, not much to stumble upon. RDR2 on the other hand has something unique in every square meter. (Incase u haven't yet, dont visit the small hut located west in the great valley, just south of the creek, West Elizabeth.)
They have games out where it's just the assassin's creed cities and you can take tours and history lessons and it will tell you the real history of the places you are. It's actually quite cool. There is zero fighting or danger or assassin's creed but just the world and history and tour guides. It's called discovery tour. They have ancient greece and ancient egypt.
@@Taylormade2350 thanks for this info. I am not interested in playing. So i will buy it for this feature.
@@Kerveros1904 don't buy the assassin's Creed game for that feature it doesn't have it. It's a totally different game you have to purchase called discovery tours
In my depressed younger years being in a crappy toxic relationship and going to a uni I didn’t want to be in, Skyrim was an escape. Now that I’m older and married (to a better person), I’m glad I don’t feel the need to escape to such open world games anymore.
Until you have children, and then you will need the escape again.
@@kevinmach730 ...and hopefully soon sharing it with them. 😏
In the meantime playing with your spouse for the pleasure.
Seriously though, past the fact that some games helped you in time,
glad to read that you are living happier times... 🙂
Uni degrees are next to useless these days! Getting a trades the way to go...
@@NathanChisholm041 Engineers, doctors and lawyers make 3x-5x more than the trades.
@@jaypostsvideos4011 Not here in Australia. A good tradesman can make far more than any of those examples
One of my favorite Open World games that was done extremely well (especially for it's time) was The Saboteur
Jup it was fcking fun and cool loocking with the black and white turning into colour and the moulin rouge vibes. Tho7ght the tumbnail whas from that game at first
Indeed !
I played a while in the cabaret and around, even before going forward and meet any danger.
I was driving, appreciating all the details evokating the era, including the car, the houses, the landscape.
It has a well realised ambiance and deserve this mention.
I remember when Skyrim came out I spent a hole week without any social interaction at all, ahhhh... good times...
Jose Encarnacion Now you can do it again, & this time, the whole world can do it with you
I had a similar experience when I started The Witcher 3. Dumped around 20 hours into it during my first 3 days playing.
I did that with witcher 3. Finished it in 123 hrs in 9 days. Still can't believe that i did that.
Just wait until Cyberpunk comes out my friend, it's gonna be a Skyrim experience all over again :)
Bangin' Badger I dare say even better than Skyrim
Suggestion: 10 game levels we dreaded replaying a game
The submarine in the mountains mission in Just Cause 2. Those missiles are way more advanced than anything wr currently have.
Basement level in the Last of Us
JD FROM ATL 10 game levels we dreaded replying in a Video game
@@liamjewell6783 it wasn't that bad, just grab the keycard, turn on the generator an run
Phantom Aviator personally the white tiger mission was a pain long and boring and the guy chane I think kept dying failing the mission.
This category is great to kept updated every other year with updated great livedin content.
Rockstar will probably never be topped, they’re on another level.
They fell off
The lack of "The Simpsons Hit and Run" is criminal, to say the least
Game is dogshit compared to the other games on the list
Look at the absolute disrespect being thrown at the priceless diamond of game that is Simpson’s hit and run. *disgusting*
It would have been unfair to mention ‘hit n run’ coz it’s just too damn good
PB Richie Errrm no.
PB Richie That is not respectful thing to say
RDR was also an incredible open world, it felt real even back in 2010 or 2011.
I mean they probably said to themselves only one each of Rockstars franchises else half the list would be GTA and RDR
I remember hatchet murdering and kidnapping people in black water xD
@@gerricdraconis5296 there's even an achievement for hogtying a woman to the railway tracks and having the train run her over xD
@@gerricdraconis5296 Truly a redemption arc. Of a man doing his best to right the wrongs of his past, and to do the best for his family.
*Cut to you slaughtering innocents, and kidnapping lmao.
and for some reason I played poker for hours on there even though I could play online in a way more efficient fashion.
The Hitman trilogy also delivers that perfectly, especially in a location like Sapienza
Personally, I loved and really enjoyed the real world exploration, free roam and how beautiful it is in Days Gone.
I feel like kingdom come deliverance should be on this list
Jake Foad lived in... and died in... many, many times in increasingly gruesome ways
I 100000000% agree with this
I was just about to say that as well. It is such a great world
beat me to saying it
110% true
No matter how many fuckups Ubisoft has done, we gotta admit they really know how to make beautiful open worlds
Naah bro they ain't living up to their name anymore from software is the best developer ever born
To be fair yeah. Started riders republic yesterday and the world is big and its got loads of details. No where feels dead. Its crossplay platforms. Fun game .
THEY DID
@@repawn3610 nah they still do. just look at ac mirage
@@JohnSmith-nk9xq you didn’t even read my comment properly
sleeping dogs creators nailed a ton of accurate details about hong kong, it really feels like you're immsersed in this city (except possibly what they depict as north point would be more like mongkok with the night market but that's a minor detail). i was dying for a sequel, it's a bummer that this is not happening
I definitely root for the Elder Scrolls games here simply because everything is accessible, every house can be broken into and so on.. I'd really rather see a new GTA etc being a lot smaller, but sharing more of this philosophy. That's to me what makes the world feel lived in... Much more interiors!
AC UNITY had some interiors
Agreed.
AC: Syndicate is truly my guilty pleasure game from the series to play. I feel it didn't get enough love specially since it came after Unity
No problem, I love it.
Is that enough?
Started off my assassins creed series with Syndicate and been loving it since. Came odyssey and origins, nothing beats London
@@danielmoktar since AC3 it doesn't have really much to do with history. :D
Don't get me wrong, games are really cool (new ones too, but not origins for obvious reasons).
I've had a feeling with AC3, that the more this series will keep going, the less realistic/ history based it will be.
I got bored with that one. Black Flag is my favorite.
Unity was better
Sleeping dogs- worlds most underrated game
Titanfall2
Is one
Agreed SD is awesome... its Just a pity it didn't have better PC KB&M controls
Have you heard of mafia 2?
The mafia series really is kind of the only series which has the potential to compete with the gta series but sadly the devs are not being ambitious enough with it.
Mafia 2 is a masterpiece
Just give it a go
It really is as good as gta 4 if not better (both came around the same time)
@@exploretheinternet2334 Mafia is definitely a great game but it's not underrated. Many, many people have played it and almost everyone have good things to say. Sleeping dogs, compared to mafia, is way underrated
Great list fan of a bunch of your titles and the ones I dont know, I will soon. The only honorable mention I feel is needed : Mass effect saga ... andromeda even has such an expansive and interactive world experience
I found myself stopping lots just to listen in on the npc chat in AC Syndicate. And the music really adds to the lived in experience; tavern songs, brass and string bands in the parks and the choirs. Same thing with the Witcher, outstanding soundtrack !
3:50 "...same bustle of NPCs..."
Also literally a completely empty street
Ahan Bhalla bruhhhhhhh
Haha first thing came into my mind
I feel like Watch Dogs 1 and 2 should have been here. The amount of animations, dialogue and the NPCs interacting with one another on the streets while they were just walking simply astounded me.
Especially the 2, it's very detailed, you can interact with NPCs, they have conversations with each other, hacking them and seeing texts and phone calls that rarely get repeated, petting dogs, bars and restaurants, it's excellent
@@ryanelkadi3196 and very very very boring
@@reportteemo4690 Have you actually played the game?
@@ryanelkadi3196 yeah, you can even be a pervert to girls. Lol
@@theleanbusinessman5431 i have, wouldnt have said anything if i didnt.
It makes me sad that Metro Exodus was overlooked for this list. It was released the same year as RDR2, and it 100% matches or exceeds its attention to detail, environmental storytelling, atmosphere, and that lived in feeling. Such an underrated game by a stupidly talented team.
yup 100 percent agree, Metro is one of my favourite franchises to date, the world building through all three of them was amazing. The only problem I had with Exodus was I was surprised when it ended. While I belive its better to have a short polished brilliant game. Rather than one that's padded out, open world bullshit. I still reckcon an extra 5 to 8 hours on Exodus would have been right on the money.
While I enjoyed Metro, the game was buggy and boring, if I remember rightly also had a glitch where one of the trophies is unobtainable, preventing platinum which is annoying as I didn't find out till had all other needed for plat
Metro Exodus is great, but calling it open world is stretching it a bit?
Sure, there's freedom to move on the maps, they're on the small side compared to some of these and the later levels are rather...fenced.
hey look they released part 2 and metro exodus's in it
I haven't played AC Syndicate (yet) but Origins and Odyssey also did this so SO well. People just growing their crops, all sorts of industry, shopping in the markets, worshipping at temples, just hanging out in the streets. The whole time travelling thing is real in those games. Cyberpunk 2077 does well for a lived in world as well.
"Lived-In"
Also, here's Division 2.
Me: Ok.
The first division was incredible. The division 2 sucked
@@jonnybgoode7742 pls reverse your comment
I agree with your sentiment. But notice, it says "lived in". Division games have very much going that for them. Every single location in the games look like it was definitely a place where LOADs of people bustled around and lived at some point in time.
Makes no fucking sense to me too man
Used to live in.
“Most recently we have Skyrim”. Best quote
most recently in the elder scrolls series.. online really shouldnt count
@@ZIEIaou r/wooosh
@@bit_link1264 r/woosh*
@@bit_link1264 imagine wooooshing on someone who tried to fix the joke
Reddit moment Keanu chungus 100 wholesome
Skyrim is fucking overrated and boring, I played it till whiterun and couldn't continue
awesome job with the video and commentating. I love open world games. If i may add in my 2 cents any of the Far Crys preferably 5 were awesome open world games.
Fantastic list, good job. To me however the first open world game to really nail the lived in world concept was Gothic 2 (came out around the same time as Morrowwind). NPC sleeping and work schedule. Also, you could find some of the NPCs in the local bar after work hours. Sadly the world was really pretty small compared to the games that came out later. But many of the game mechanics that were used in Gothic 2 were used in all the games on your list.
I love how he talks about "realistic worlds" and in 1:47 a guy drops a newspaper after reading it
lol nice catch
i do that too sometimes
Shocking news I guess.
I feel like Watch Dogs should be on this list, the first one in particular, every single corner of Chicago was filled with life
Chris Reghel one of my friends found his uncles house in the game
The first game has a bland world asf ,if u think WD has a lively city then u clearly havent played Witcher 3 or Fallout
At first it did but after a few hours of playing it faded away slowly... Like most games for me.
Lively world doesn't necessarily mean having a lot of npcs. It means you can almost interact with every npcs, have random things happening around the world, details, etc
Lol
Pelican Town (Stardew Valley). And I think what's even more impressive is the fact that it's all beautifully manifested within a 2D-8bit-top game-engine
I really like that The Division was included here. I played it with a Friends and it was one of the best open world games I played. It's hard to describe it but it just feels like you are really experiencing that world. I totally agree that there are better options then that but I'm glad to see it made the list.
I've been wondering for years why noone seems to pick up on how amazing some aspects of that game are which aren't the core gameplay. Yes the enemies are bullet sponges extraordinaire but the world is so atmospheric, looks amazing, the weather effects are superb, even the UI and sound design stand out. I normally don't play any looter shooters at all but that one keeps reeling me back in.
Rdr 2 is absolute beauty
Yes
and boring (online) .Im level 250 and I completely lost interest, theres nothing to do. It's so repetitive.
Iv spent less time doing missions and spent dozens of hours roaming in the wild, hunting. Its just so engaging.
I've had the game for like 3 weeks and I already have 3 total days on it lol
@@oreo7259 that amounts to 144 minutes in real world. Not much tbh
“Truly lived in” *cuts to bodies hanging from tree*
I was thinking the same thing 😆
“Truly occupied”
Lived out
"Lived" Is more of a past tense than a present one.
Well, to truly feel lived in, it must also feel died in.
Oh no... I just watched three lists in a row that had RDR2 in them, and now I want to play through it again... but there's *so much game* to it!
I only played a few hours and man it's so massive. Wish i had more time to enjoy games. I'd pick up the Witcher and a few others if I could. I have 4 Yakuza games but only played the first 2!
Viktor Antonov worked on Dishonored and Half Life 2, he has a really distinctive design style that's characterised by those Lebbeus Woods-esque dark metal structures which is why they feel similar. I love his work so much.
witcher 3 has outstanding human settlements by far every region feels like a whole different culture how they talk different dialects and everything i just love it
Most overrated game ever. I downloaded it around a month ago for the first time and it is rubbish. Skyrim is 100x better imo
@@bradateyourmam witcher 3 rubbish? Haha you are funny
Best open world all time honestly
@@bradateyourmam troll
Bradley Rae The thing is, Skyrim is a great game, was my favourite game for years, then i played Witcher 3. And for me Witcher 3 is 100 times better than Skyrim
Watchdogs 2 has one of my all time fave open worlds. They crafted San Fran beautifully, defo deserves to be on the list!!
Rosie May we need more sf games
I agree.
DavidGAZ123 gta in sf would be so amazing
I was just saying that it should've been on the list as well
@@julianoseguera5887 You have San Fierro in San Andreas
Love the passion, You clearly get every penny worth out of the games ;)
Dishonored and Red Dead had such an imprint on my heart, I will never forget them
8:01 - "... all in a believable way." _Proceeds to high kick two grown men off the ground_
I laughed so hard at this lol
He did 100 squats, 100 pushups, and 10km run every single day.
I have high hopes for Cyberpunk 2077 after watching this
They wil have to change the top 3 for sure for this game i think!
So i saw this guy called just some guy with a mustache and saw that hes way older account and apparently an avid commentor such as you
The lore grows deep
I assume hes the original when i found him it felt like unpacking a legendary yugioh card or some shit wtf is this
IT'S HIM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for mentioning fable. It's been my favorite game for years.
loved the video, except i really think The Crew is slept on. It's almost an exact replica of the entire USA, it's beautiful, and even though it's a little scaled down you'll see actual real life landmarks like Mount Rushmore or the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, or even the Space Needle in Seattle. LA, New York, Chicago, Miami, it has it all
AC: Syndicate is extremely underrated. Glad you're singing its praises, it deserves it.
Deff one of my favorite ac creeds
Odyssey mate
@@themsky8905 it sucks your point
I don't understand how I've literally never even heard of it
Very underrated game.
You said it best by saying that the RDR2 world wasn't made for Arthur, but rather he is just a visitor there.
One if the best I have ever seen back in the day....Gothic! That world was crazy, it was way ahead of it's time. The simple fighting held it back.
I love Gothic, my childhood RPG!
i disabled the fog effect inthe settings ini file for AC Syndicate and it made the game look so much better. the view distance was something else with that.
"Assassin's creed syndicate is massively underrated AC game" so true..
Better than 4 imo
@@IllaMatik222 Hold up... syndicates good, but not THAT good
I liked syndicate, but I absolutely hated to play the brother. The sister was way better imo to play with.
Fritz Kato I respect your opinion, but it is wrong
I like Unity more than syndicate, syndicates world seemed so dark and depressing
It hit me when he said “I will continue to be long after he’s gone...”
SportsNGames 😭
When?
@@Ismail-tp1wn 12:27
YOU will?
He kinda spoiled that for people who still haven't played the game hu? yeah..
The assassins creed syndicate world was one of the best. I loved the open world aspect. Everything was so smooth. You could climb big ben. The minute details were nailed accurately. The game itself is pretty good too.
Gothic (2001) and Gothic 2 (2002) had amazing open worlds.
I liked Mafia 2. The city was wonderful to roam around & the Music was great.
Same here! Lol i remember playing this game when I was like 12 years old and I would be so excited to find the playboy magazine collections xD
It's one of those games I keep coming back to. I'm so glad it's on ps4 now as well since my pc could never give me a proper frame rate, haha!
All mafia games are garbage
@@abovethelaw4417 why don’t you like them? And give a reason and don’t just say “EvERyThInG ItS TrASh”
@@jorgetheyellowgreenbean5908
Mafia is a downgraded gta clone and the game is outdated as hell
Assassin's creed syndicate is surely one of the most underrated games of this generation....
It's because it's bad
@@remordreemurr It honestly doesn't deserve the shit it gets. It's a great game, even in my personal top 5 AC titles.
Unity*
prqdgy no
Never liked the franchise, and I played the first one not much before it released. But I gotta say, I was impressed with Syndicate. The series truly refined the formula well and I am eager to try the DLC missions.
The Witcher 3 is the only game I've ever played that I want to replay the story and really explore the world. It's become impossible for me to find a game that can top the Witcher 3.
AC Syndicate is really one of the most underrated games for its liveliness, great visuals & sounds. I am currently playing it and I am so in love with the rich experience of gaming, kudos to those passionate developers & designers for their efforts.
Arthur looks so hungry and tired, for God sake give him some food and rest 😂
Kingdom Come: Deliverance? One of the most immersive games I've played, although the AI can be a bit weird
I can't stop playing KCD! What did they do to me?!
Well people in real life can be weird too so
The ending was very disappointing though. :( I love that game
I was hoping someone would mention KCD! I think it fits this category mentioned here very well.
@@feraligtr3151 I thought the ending was pretty good tbh, but the Vengeance quest and epilogue were kind of annoying though
Watching a long video with no timestamps is like reading an essay with no fullstops
Skyrim has such a beautiful environment with so much attention to detail because they basically invested every minute that should have gone into developing the combat system or playtesting into leveldesign. You can use mods though.
Kingdom Come Deliverance is one of those living in worlds I consider to have some of the best AI. The AI has a full day and night cycle, and I must say one of the most memorable stories. Made by an Indie Developer which was crowdfunded, it puts CyberPunk and most of the games here to shame.
It's easy to remember the good parts instead of the constant need to sleep, eat, wash, dying constantly, learning a fighting control scheme that seems to be hard just to be hard, not to be enjoyable. But yeah, other than that, it was a pretty amazing experience. Oh yeah, almost forgot about dealing with artificial scarcity for saves.
@@rBennich yeah it was a rough experience, but note how you remember all those things just the same. One word: memorable.
@@TrevonMorris Hah, sure..
Thank you, I love fable and everything about it… but I could’ve replaced Fable with Kingdom
Memorable lol it ended before it got good and dont get me started in the lame asf battles
Drink every time Jake says “Bustling”
Bruh
Or "Living", for that matter.
I see Jake like his women... *BUSTY*
Used more than 'the' I believe.
Alcohol is banned during my country's lockdown... So we wish we could
Late to this video but Watch Dogs 2's city was incredible. So detailed and intricate and the people actually reacted to your actions and presence in a natural way. Such a fantastic and underrated game and game world.
It's a crime to not mention the stunning land of Bolivia in Wildlands, the world of Ghost Recon Wildlands is a really well done living breathing world with civilians, cartels and military all doing their work and roaming around the map. The insane level of detail in the world of Bolivia is something else
Yes true im playing it right now...enjoying alotttttt its soo good
Playing the RD2 is surreal! I loved it from start to finish!
First and only game I never used fast travel...not even once.
Love myself some Mafia 2. Especially the winter. Loved the sad coziness of the city with such a good soundtrack.
ah man the mafia 2 soundtrack is epic!! Especially the 1940's, I always play it at christmas
Me too 🥺
that area in the witcher 3 where its a series of islands with that vikingish feeling was the best to play for the first time
Great mentions, especially Sleeping Dogs. Personally, I think my favorite was Dying Light's map, which was also really cool.
Rdr2 is still breathtaking to look at
TheyLive just started playing a couple days ago and wow its amazing
@Ib7 h not really
@@oppium7588 It is
Ib7 h for me it’s 2nd only to HZD.
What do you mean still? Its still a new game..and there is no game with better graphics..of course it looks great
My pick is Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Each NPC is scripted with their own daily routines, from getting up in the morning, working during the day and hanging out in the taverns in the evening. Guards have designated patrol routes and you can have so many random encounters during your travels. It really feels like a genuine 15th century world.
At some point I need to play this its still sitting in its package.
Gabriel Berger then games like mgsv get praised for how they "do open world right"
It's amazing how Gothic series had this kinda stuff such a long time ago.
Blu Magi it’s amazing, you really should!
I love that game so much
Thanks this helps alot
SO HAPPY to see Sleeping Dogs in this list. I've played it a few times and will likely revisit it again in the future. I don't know why, but this seems to be the most underrated game for the time it was released!