I think the disconnect has to do with old gamers vs new. Old gamers were used to getting one game every 6mo to a year. New gamers are looking for a variety of that or short bangers. Idk I somehow fall between. I can play a long game as long as it comes in digestible amounts where I can easily drop it and pick it back up. All I know is 'AAA' type studios are out of touch as fuck. Only game I can think of in recent memory that was long and checked all the boxes would be God Of War. Horizon Zero Dawn as well. Coincidentally both ports from PS but I'm PC.
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Huge game worlds were awesome back when it was challeng to make them. People have proved they can be done. Now it needs balance.
I'll take it if it's well done. I'm fine with it also not being done all at once (think expansions in MMOs). However, I'd rather the game be smaller (and priced appropriately) if quality will suffer.
Honestly, I love open worlds that are meaningful, rather than just big for the sake of being big. Yakuza games have very small world, but they dense as hell. They are filled with wacky side quests and many distractions.
I wouldn't mind a much bigger world. If it's actually populated. There needs to be shit to do. Reward me for going off the path.
8x the size of the world either means 1/8 the original handcrafted stuff per area or 8x the development time and cost, there's no way you can get around this
I would like that if it's like Skyrim. Actually it would have to be better. A big world and everytime I play it would be a completely different experience.
I can’t get into fully open world games anymore. I am more of a fan of open ended levels like you see in the original Crysis. I am a lazy bastard and simply like a decent linear game with good gameplay and story. I will admit I do prefer more open spaces in multiplayer games like what you see in the Battlefield series though. However, the RockStar games are the exception to this for me because they all have really tightly, well-made linear stories, but the world is so well crafted that I don’t mind it being open world.
Prey 2017 is one of my favorite games. Fantastic replay value. 5 hour long runs with each play through rewarding with a different experience for doings differently or out of order. Wish more games were like that.