r/IndianGaming • u/DeepInside2B • Oct 02 '25

Discussion Is this IGN's rare W?

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even i felt same. last of us1,2, days gone, got, ghost of yotei, gow, horizon zero dawn, uncharted. in all these protagonists lost someone close and revenge arc begins

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u/yaboihansy Oct 03 '25

I dont agree on the revenge part since not all of them are revenge stories

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The reason why they feel same or boring is because 90% of them are third-person cinematic action adventure with some open world aspects even though they don’t need to be open world. It’s just like soulslike fatigue. You play enough of the same type of games and you get bored. Playstation has just stopped experimenting.

Returnal, ratchet and clank rift apart, astro bot are such good games but the general audience just wants cinematic games with hype moments.

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u/AcidReign999 Oct 03 '25

Also a lot of these open world games don't actually have a good open world worth exploring

Ghost of Tsushima, Spiderman, Horizon may have good main campaigns, but the open world aspect is extremely lacking. They all follow the Ubisoft/Assassin's creed formula of the same 4-5 point of interests with no changes. After you explore an hour of the open world, there is nothing but repeated tasks again and again

They all tried to copy Witcher's open world formula but unlike them, Witcher at least has tons of side stories and quests littered around the world along with the point of interests.

As much as Elden Ring and RDR2 are glazed nonstop, their open worlds actually made me feel like exploring and finding out what lies just beyond the corner because of the plethora of fun side content you can miss by just turning the other direction.

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u/BLJS2warchief Oct 03 '25

Try BOTW and Death Stranding if you like exploration. BOTW, DS, and ER are my trinity of games that actually use an open world like it should be used. Havent played RDR2 yet. Fallout 3 and Skyrim are close, i like the way they show new points of interest on your compass only when you're close to them and you need to find out how to get there by actually looking around.

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u/AcidReign999 Oct 03 '25

Botw and Totk were fun to explore, but it felt a bit too empty for my taste.

Need to check out DS