When will the open world meme end?
Will the inevitable No Man's Sky flop make people realize nobody likes massive worlds with nothing in them?
>implying anything can bomb harder than a $100 million game funded entirely by average Joes and not some big corporation that can absorb the loss
Star Citizen is going to end the open world meme
>>338396185
Developers can go back to filling their huge worlds with fun things in them
>>338396185
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAamTpkbSs
>Play open world game
>Go to area X to start a mission in location Y
This is not open world.
>>338397993
For what fucking purpose
Too bad all games with an "open world" have NOTHING FUCKING IN THEM
>>338396185
What game?
>>338396185
>normie fucks lost their shit with skyrim
>open world now equals lots of money
There is no escape from it, anon. Enjoy your new era vidya
>>338398229
GTA games are made for open world so it's fine
>>338398187
It's an alpha. Probably for testing purposes. It also shows that the game supports enormous maps if developed in the future.
>>338398497
>new consoles have 8gb of memory
>open world can now be easily implemented
>therefore it's the new gimmick and everybody must do it
>>338398187
why not? it has almost no impact on the performance and looks nice
>>338396415
No one relevant cares about Star Citizen.
>>338398653
>open world needs 8gb of RAM POWAH
I want sonyfags to leave
>>338398187
UE tech demo
>>338398764
>sony boogeyman
>>338396185
People do like massive worlds with nothing in them though. If they didn't there wouldn't be a bajillion games with massive worlds that have nothing in them.
>>338398859
>thinking 8gb is needed for open worlds
Who else is this dumb?
>>338396185
Fuck you, I liked Xenoblade Chronicles X's world and can't wait to see what Monolith does next.
>>338398460
outerra
not a game but a world simulator
>>338398764
It's like you completely forgot how much memory the previous consoles had
>>338396185
What game.
Open world makes sense for games like arma and this, it is a must for a decent combined arms game.
Small maps have been done so much in realistic games it's limiting and boring.
The most optimal attack positions in shit like RO are on a wiki, whereas in open world you have to learn to read a map and plan this shit out dynamically on a large scale.
Open world lets you do shit in military games that small map shooters don't. RO now and RO on an australia sized map would be two different games.
Manouvres are massive and encompass tens if not hundreds of kilometers.
I would kill for an open world combined arms game with supplies and logistics systems.
Open world is better, you just need hundreds of millions of dollars to take advantage of it.
>>338399006
Platform warrior faggots like you
>>338399012
>Fuck off I liked single player MMO with no story
kek
>>338396185
>>338399012
Xenoblade X is literally the ONLY open world game done right in the history of video games.
It's not like there's some big secret to it either, it's just the simple matter of MAKING THE WORLD ACTUALLY INTERESTING TO EXPLORE AND NOT MADE OF COPYPASTE.
>>338399289
No you don't. You just need a well made, handcrafted world worth exploring.
>>338397993
It's like how Serious Sam maps had no boundaries, you could just run on and on.
>>338399012
This. I'd have prefered a better/an actualstory than what we got sure, but I would not have traded anything I could explore/loot/fight in that open world for anything.
A better balance has to be struck between the activities/story and the scope of the world, that's all.
>>338398764
7th gen garbage consoles had 512mb of shared ram between the CPU and GPU. Most games could not handle more than ~7 enemies at once largely due to this limitation of temporary storage of assets.
See: Dragon Age 2 and how you fought groups of 50 enemies in waves of 6.
>>338399448
>JRPG
>interesting to explore
>>338399673
this
>>338398229
Some do (MGSV and likely NMS are the best examples), but most generic open worlds now have the exact opposite problem.
Look at any Ubisoft open world game and you have a map FILLED with complete tedious bullshit and useless collectibles.
Very few games find the medium between empty barren wastelands and checklist overload.
>>338399448
>Hey let me run around this open environment of generic terrain
>Hey look a monster popped out
>Ok killed it. Let me continue running around this open environment of generic terrain for another 20 minutes and maybe something else might happen
>>338396185
When MGSVfags stop being butthurt.
>>338399250
You'd play a game that's days on end of walking and driving? Why not just join the military?
>>338399891
Or you could take the No Man's Sky approach and generate quadrillions of planets that will literally have no players visiting them ever.
>>338399673
>>338399730
If you don't want to explore this game then it's time to stop playing video games, retards.
>>338399673
Like WRPG are interesting to explore with all those bland ass environments
>>338396185
Open world is fantastic when it's properly implemented
It isn't more times than it is
>>338400161
>muh bad looking environment
I can goggle a picture for a better result
![Xenoblade-Chronicles-X-screenshot[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/voftYYI.jpg "Xenoblade-Chronicles-X-screenshot[1].jpg")
>>338399757
I played MGSV after Xenoblade X and I found it to be a massive boring chore to "explore". Literally nothing but copypasted environments and guard posts, with the occasional well-designed area for story missions. Not to mention Snake can barely climb over an ankle height rock and dies from a 5 meter drop, ensuring that verticality - the most important factor in making a game world fun to explore - is completely absent. You can't even swim for fucks sake!
>Meanwhile in Xenoblade
>>338400575
The problem is it's a regular JRPG. And not even a particularly hard or autistic JRPG that demands min-maxing a thousand different stats and combat gimmicks.
>giant maps
>literally nothing to find
>can walk off for miles for no reason
>entire level takes place in a tiny square surround by vast, empty space
>>338400575
>MGSV comes out
>Extremely excited for it because I love MGS
>Game sucks
>Xenoblade X comes out
>Extremely excited for it because I loved Xenoblade and the Xeno games
>Even got it for $20 because of an Amazon deal glitch/oversight
>Hate it as much or even more than MGSV
Now I try to feel nothing.
>>338396185
>Just like in real life, a massive open world means random nature for miles and miles with nothing interesting between it and it's a trudge to get through
Nature is great, but when will people realize all the best things are generally man made?Like game levels.
I'd take empty open world with nothing in it over linear shit any time
>>338400061
you'd play a game where you have guns and shoot enemies while listening to star spangled spanner why not just join the military?
You'd play a game where you race cars around the track, why not just become a racer?
You'd play a game where you have dumb cringey nonsensical story and dumb characters with crazy costumes and belts, why not just watch anime and eat shrooms
You'd play games, why not just go outside and socialize
Fucknut.
>>338401742
Because somewhat realistic military simulators like Arma are extremely boring. In the actual military you have the prospect of actually dying to spice things up.
I guess if you made a suicide accessory, like a captive bolt gun attached to your head that triggered when your avatar died, then a milsim wouldn't be boring.
i loved playing red dead redemption
>>338401742
By all means anon, tell me where I can go to fight ancient evils, engage in epic sword duels to the death, ride giant robots or build an empire and wage war against my enemies.
People who play video games that simulate things you can do in real life are indeed retarded. But that's not most good video games.
>>338402724
>ancient evils
Saudi Arabia
>>338402072
>realistic military simulators like Arma are extremely boring.
its obvious you haven't played it
>>338402724
Exacly my point but
>hurr durr people who like this I don't like are retarded
grow up child. Still salty about someone banging that girl you have a crush on in school?
>>338402072
>simulators like Arma
Here we go again
>>338403103
I have ArmA 2. It's terrible. Games like Project Reality are much better.
>>338400061
What a retarded fucking argument.
>>338400352
>skyrim
>the witcher
>fallout
K fag
>>338403262
Fine enough you have a preference but if you think arma is terrible then so is project reality.
They're both flawed in different ways
>>338400352
>witcher
>fallout new vegas
>arcanum
>morrowind
>>338403384
Hope this is bait
>>338398229
like real life.
>>338401742
Why not join the military?
I would race cars if I had tons of money.
Why not watch anime and eat shrooms?
Why not go outside?
>>338403535
Wow look at the run down building and that small hut, so breath-taking!
>>338400575
>human vs. robot
ya ok.
>>338396415
Star Citizen isn't going to make it to official release.
>>338403701
wee woo wee woo meme police!
>>338403701
>>338403863
>tfw hated the GTA series for starting this bullshit open world meme
>hated AssCreed for being the cancer killing modern videogame design
>finally vindicated because people are getting sick of empty open worlds where developers spent 90% of the dev time making an "immersive" massive world, rather than any actually fun gameplay.
Open world has some good series and ruined them. Arkham Asylum was amazing, then the series had to go open world and we got Arkham Batmobile as a result. Lords of Shadow was a remarkable Castlevania reboot that had a ton of promise. Then its sequel went open world and killed the reboot, the series, and Konami altogether.
Open World is the enemy.
