open world games
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5 Open World RPG Tropes That Badly Need To Change
6I will now complain about five design elements of modern open world RPGs that have come to annoy the hell out of me.
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JK Rowling Is Now Mocking Trans Gamers For Not Wanting To Play Hogwarts Legacy
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels and one of the world’s most visible transphobes, hasn’t had much to say about Hogwarts Legacy at any time during its production. The game, a sprawling, open-world genre multihyphenate, looks for all the world to be a Harry Potter fan’s dream come true. However, due to Rowling’s…
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Stylised Open World Games Have Absolutely Done My Head In
Open world games. It’s a broad label that covers a lot of range. ‘Stylised open world games’ in particular is still broad, but can be whittled down to ‘an open world game that isn’t actively trying to look hyper-realistic’. They can look gorgeous, beautiful, lovely, sexy, fierce, slay, etc. Of course, they can also look…
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Don’t Sleep On These Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Mysteries
Open world games walk a fine line when it comes to filling their expansive maps. Sometimes it can feel like you’re checking off a to-do list of chores, which can become exhausting for us completionists out there. But when side activities are done right, the world feels alive, full of memorable moments and beautiful vistas.