Yeah, this whole drive towards open worlds is one of the trends in modern gaming I really don't like. I'd take an immersive sim with a bunch of smaller, but rich in interesting content levels over a massive bloated open world any day. The Prague exploration in Deux Ex: Mankind Divided was far more interesting than any open-world game I've played (not that I've played that many, I don't really keep up with most modern games since my PC's pretty old), it took me like 3 hours to even get to the main quest.
Yea open world push has made a lot of great games kinda meh, even though Metro exodus was fun I much preferred the immersion you got in 2033 and last light being much more confined, and it felt like the plot flowed much more successfully.
Yeah, this whole drive towards open worlds is one of the trends in modern gaming I really don't like. I'd take an immersive sim with a bunch of smaller, but rich in interesting content levels over a massive bloated open world any day. The Prague exploration in Deux Ex: Mankind Divided was far more interesting than any open-world game I've played (not that I've played that many, I don't really keep up with most modern games since my PC's pretty old), it took me like 3 hours to even get to the main quest.
Yea open world push has made a lot of great games kinda meh, even though Metro exodus was fun I much preferred the immersion you got in 2033 and last light being much more confined, and it felt like the plot flowed much more successfully.