The best open world games are a brilliant investment; engineered to offer you something new around every corner. They're usually designed with one central storyline, but the people you'll meet, places you'll visit, and hidden areas you stumble upon on your travels always mean plenty of other distractions. These top open world titles are here to absorb all your free time, with such rich worlds that you won't mind getting lost in them completely. Anything here can guarantee you a good time, so take a look.
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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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