The days of linear plots and tightly limited play space are long gone. The future of the gaming industry is open world games. And we bring you the top 10 PC games with the largest open world. You've probably already played at least one of them, and if not, it's never too late to start.
10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - 136 sq. km.
Unlike most other game developers, CD Projekt has a philosophy: to create the best open world gaming experience that a gamer can achieve.
This idea, combined with the company's focus on quality in even the smallest detail, has led to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the greatest open world video games of all time. The 84 square miles map was not conceived from the start, it just came about as the game was developed.
The world the Witcher wanders through is divided into several regions, each of which feels like a uniquely designed zone with its own atmosphere and character.
Much of the architecture and landscapes are inspired by the medieval times of Central Europe, and the vast wastelands are thoughtfully combined with lively villages and beautiful forests.
9. Death Stranding - approximately 846 sq. km.
Hideo Kojima is, of course, a genius, and one of his creations, a courier simulator in a post-apocalyptic setting, is also brilliant in its own way. It is layered like ... an onion (I hope Shrek will forgive this comparison), and will make you fear an unfriendly environment and everyday obstacles more than human enemies or monsters.
Every careless step in the gorgeous and frightening open world of Death Stranding threatens not only you, but also your load.
Kojima managed to combine the seemingly incongruous: battles with monsters, avoiding threats that cannot be defeated, communication with other players and tedious many kilometers of visits through hostile terrain in an attempt to complete another courier assignment. As a result, we can enjoy his masterpiece, or hate him for its complex and drawn-out plot and dull gameplay with a lot of restrictions.
8. Just Cause 3 - 1036 sq. km.
Eighth place in the rating of computer games with the largest open world went to an unusual and fun project with a slight madness. The player, in the role of "overthrow of dictators" Rico will be able to wreak havoc on the Medici island controlled by the tyrant Di Ravello on the Mediterranean coast.
Its lavender fields, sleepy cities, military bases and azure-blue waters (and even what lies beneath them) are completely accessible for exploration, and if you are bored, continue to wander through the hot deserts and snowy mountains, overcoming the difficult terrain with a hook. cats. And also hijack everything that moves, and master the wingsuit - the best innovation of the third part of Just Cause.
7. Test Drive Unlimited 2 - 1600 sq. km
In 2011, when Test Drive Unlimited 2 entered the gaming scene, its huge map size, simulating the islands of Ibiza and Oahu, pleasantly surprised many gamers. In fact, this was one of the reasons TDU 2 was one of the favorites in the arcade auto and motorcycle racing genre.
A good half of the entire Test Drive Unlimited 2 map is off-road, on which you can travel and even drive highly detailed supercars.
A small drawback of games like TDU 2 is that free exploration of the world is not very exciting in them, because you cannot leave the car. But if you like the format of racing games, then this project will certainly appeal to you.
6. Final Fantasy XV - 1813 sq. km.
Final Fantasy XV is the culmination of the entire series and also the longest-running Final Fantasy title. She had a chance to spend ten whole years in a production hell.
The result was rave reviews from critics and players, and a huge, seamless world through which the main character of the game - Prince Noctis and his friends - moves. The downloads that occur during the transition between large locations are disguised as story scenes.
And the player who finds himself in one of the largest worlds in the history of the gaming industry is given complete freedom of action. You can only engage in fishing or visit big cities, or you can “hang out” for a couple of days in the house of a resident of a small forest village. Just remember to refuel Noctis's car on time.
5. Forza Horizon 3 - approximately 3000 sq. km.
The Forza franchise, which includes the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series, is one of the most prominent sports gaming franchises for the PC and Xbox One.
While Forza Motorsport is best known for simulating the performance and handling of real cars on racetracks, the Forza Horizon series is focused on providing an open-world racing experience. In doing so, it offers one of the largest cards currently available in video games.
The player not only takes part in races and performs stunts, but also conducts various PR events. The third part of the game is set in Australia, where excellent road tracks give way to off-road, majestic mountains and sunny beaches.
4. The Crew 2 - 4900 sq. km.
When the first part of The Crew came out, one of its main advantages was a huge game map (3058 sq. Km). Imagine you are playing a video game for an hour, and all that time you are doing nothing but driving from one end of the map to the other.
So in the second part, the size of the game world is even larger - almost 5000 square meters. km. At the same time, it became possible to cross it not only by car, but also by plane or boat.
3. Fuel - 14,400 sq. km
It's hard to explain how impressive Fuel's game map is if you haven't played this post-apocalyptic racing game. You can play for an hour and not even reveal half of the card.
Drive through salt lakes, forests, deserts and snowy mountains at maximum speed and it will take you about 2 hours to cross the entire map diagonally.
Again, just like The Witcher 3 map, each Fuel zone has a unique design and atmosphere.
While the gameplay in Fuel is not as fun as most of the other titles on our list, it remains the third largest open world PC game and the first console game with the largest game cards.
2. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall - 160,579 sq. km
It might seem like Bethesda's modern RPGs are getting bigger and bigger than their predecessors, but none of them have yet reached the map size of Daggerfall. Which is surprising considering its release in 1996.
In the world of Daggerfall, 15,000 villages, cities and caves can be found, all of which are explorable.
1.No Man's Sky - 18 quintillion planets
You can think of this game in different ways, but the reality is that the size of its open world is the largest in the history of video games.
No Man's Sky comes with a procedurally created, fully cohesive universe with galaxies full of beautiful planets to explore. According to the head of Hello Games, Sean Murray, it has been estimated that it will take you about five billion years to explore every planet this game has to offer. Isn't that amazing?
still dispute space adventure there is a whole galaxy
maencraft there is endless
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It is not endless, it has boundaries
they probably added those that are immediately installed, and the Macro flight simulator is loaded from the maps.
Hmm. And the elite (yes, the planets are empty there and there is almost no content on them, but still the world is very big there) and minecraft are not considered open world games? In the top they should be in second and third place. And in Star Citizen the planets are huge. Or wow, the world is already more of a witcher. If you think about it, then a dozen more games can be crammed into this top.
And also a Macrosoft flight simulator, also a game after all)