00:00The best open world games are a brilliant investment, engineered to offer you something
00:12new around every corner. They're usually designed with one central storyline, but the
00:17people you'll meet, the places you'll visit and the hidden areas you stumble upon
00:21in your travels always mean plenty of other distractions. These top open world titles
00:27are here to absorb all of your free time, with such rich worlds that you won't mind
00:32getting lost in them completely. Anything here can guarantee you a good time, so take a look.
00:45All of the recent Assassin's Creed titles have been excellent open world games, but Assassin's
00:49Creed Valhalla is definitely one to check out. Building on the improvements made with Origins
00:54and Odyssey, Valhalla takes you to the Dark Ages, travelling across England as the Viking
00:59Eivor to find a new home for your clan. Build your settlement, meet new friends, forge new
01:04ally ships, dabble in politics and do a heck of a lot of exploring to find the secrets and
01:09treasures lurking in Old England. Perhaps one of Elden Ring's greatest assets as an open
01:23world game is the air of mystery that shrouds everything. It gives little away and adds a
01:29genuine rush to its exploration. Every door or new location is as much a thrill as a threat. The open
01:36world structure has also softened Fromm's usual style of game design. It's not exactly more accessible,
01:43because there are still some hard to beat bosses and high level areas that will hand your ass back
01:47to you in seconds, but the freedom to explore removes the grind of the more linear Dark Souls series,
01:53letting you wander off and explore, levelling up a more leisurely pace and adjusting to the challenges
01:59ahead. Horizon Forbidden West improves greatly on the original game, filling in its beautiful
02:14world with a bunch of side quests, activities and things to do and find. This delivers a much larger
02:21and far richer open world than the original, filled with side quests, large varied territories and long
02:26branching stories to flow over tens of hours. Aloy's latest adventure is stunning to look at and filled
02:34with utterly memorable plots, characters and events, often to be found quite some way off the beaten path
02:40of the main questline. See that mountain? You can climb it, or ride your horse up there. You can also
02:56attach octopus balloons to a raft and float up, or turn a fallen tree into a rocket and hang on tight.
03:03Mixing up these ingenious mechanics is what makes this open world feel deliriously freeing, as it
03:09encourages a special breed of mad scientist experimentation. Instead of quests propelling
03:14you around the map, you'll find curiosity getting the better of you most of the time,
03:19as Breath of the Wild's landmarks are downright intriguing and offers the chance to find out
03:24more about the world before calamity gammon struck. Alternatively, you can hunt down these 600 adorable
03:30Korok seeds, or perfect your cooking repertoire, or take on a Lynel, or… well… you get the idea.
03:42Come on, you can't have a list of the best open world games without chatting about GTA 5. You know it,
03:48I know it, it's the most successful entertainment product of all time for Christ's sake. Driving
03:53through the winding streets, taking advantage of skydiving, stabbing sharks with knives, tracking a
03:58serial killer, running from the police, going full Trevor and causing as much chaos as humanly possible,
04:04and do I really need to carry on listing all the stuff you can do, we'll be here all year.
04:09Grand Theft Auto is a web of criminal exploits and mind boggling potential, with every single inch of
04:15the world filled with NPCs to manipulate, missions to hunt down, or just colossal heights of shenanigans
04:21to engage in. It'll swallow you whole, spit you out, and have you itching for more.
04:35Doesn't matter if you want to hunt, doesn't matter if you want to help Dutch achieve his elusive goals,
04:40and it definitely doesn't matter if you'd rather just own the fanciest, rootinist tootinist
04:45wardrobe in all of America. Red Dead Redemption 2 is absolutely packed full of things to keep you
04:51busy. It's a tale of the gradually disappearing age of outlaws, a civilisation comes to the wild west,
04:57meaning there are plenty of people who need your help. Rockstar's game will have you hunting for
05:02dinosaur bones, trying to solve a murder mystery, or even summoning a vampire. The sheer variety of
05:08choice and things to do easily makes Red Dead Redemption 2 one of the best open-world games to
05:14play right now. So what are you waiting for, partner?
05:26Geralt isn't perfect. His surroundings aren't perfect either. War ravages most of the countryside,
05:33with bloodthirsty creatures who don't even stick to the shadows anymore preying on innocent people.
05:38And yet that's what makes it the best open-world game to play right now, still. Because everything
05:43is broken in its own special way. There's always something plastered on peeling notice boards for
05:48Geralt to do. For gold though, of course. Stick to the dirt country roads and help villagers with
05:53the monsters baying at their door while they look at you and your yellow eyes with suspicion. Negotiate
05:57with well-meaning poltergeists in the middle of the city. Or just uncover all those mysterious
06:02question marks dotted all over the map. The Witcher 3's imperfect world makes for a perfect game,
06:07meaning it is set an incredibly high bar for the future of open-world games.
06:13And there you have it, that's our list of the best open-world games you can play right now. If
06:17you think we missed any off this list, then let us know down in the comments below and we'll see you
06:21on the next video.
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