10 games that reward exploration
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I ve had Wildlands since it came out, and still haven t fully explored every nook and cranny it has to see.
Snowrunner rewards your exploration and adventures with vehicle upgrades, new vehicles, money and levelling up - gives my urge to explore a nice pat on the head
Date: 2022-05-11
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Cata
I agree with the list but I also want to mention these:
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - as I played this, I got addicted to breaking into houses, stores and hack every computer and safe I found. I just wanted to know more and more about what the NPCs were up to and what hints and story info I could find besides following the main path. Sure this helps leveling up and unlocking new abbilities and maybe more loot but that wasn't even my main goal. I was truly in it for the story elements.
TLOU2 - not an open world game by any means but I really enjoyed exploring every area I could find. I loved finding notes, weapon parts, new dialogue from characters, resources, upgrade stations, environmental story telling, . even on my 1st playthrough of it, despite all the emotional pain it put me through, exploration time always felt incredibly enjoyable. I found myself completely full on supplies and I still went out of my way to see what I could find on each area before moving on to the next.
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I agree with the list but I also want to mention these:
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - as I played this, I got addicted to breaking into houses, stores and hack every computer and safe I found. I just wanted to know more and more about what the NPCs were up to and what hints and story info I could find besides following the main path. Sure this helps leveling up and unlocking new abbilities and maybe more loot but that wasn't even my main goal. I was truly in it for the story elements.
TLOU2 - not an open world game by any means but I really enjoyed exploring every area I could find. I loved finding notes, weapon parts, new dialogue from characters, resources, upgrade stations, environmental story telling, . even on my 1st playthrough of it, despite all the emotional pain it put me through, exploration time always felt incredibly enjoyable. I found myself completely full on supplies and I still went out of my way to see what I could find on each area before moving on to the next.
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John
Subnautica, or Subnausious as Jacksepticeye calls it, is one of the best games in history.
A good words to explore, well designed mechanics, and a story that you discover on your own.
There's pretty glaring issues, but they don't hinder the game enough to make it not worth fully completing on console or playing through on Steam.
There's even a good strong modding community.
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Subnautica, or Subnausious as Jacksepticeye calls it, is one of the best games in history.
A good words to explore, well designed mechanics, and a story that you discover on your own.
There's pretty glaring issues, but they don't hinder the game enough to make it not worth fully completing on console or playing through on Steam.
There's even a good strong modding community.
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LuckyStriker
I agree with the list but I want to give a shout-out to Skyrim which encourages you to find secret locations. Subnautica really tested my nerves. I have never been so hesitant to explore. Leaving the shallows knowing there were leviathans about, and then going into the depths took a true act of bravery, even though I was merely at home in front of my PC.
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I agree with the list but I want to give a shout-out to Skyrim which encourages you to find secret locations. Subnautica really tested my nerves. I have never been so hesitant to explore. Leaving the shallows knowing there were leviathans about, and then going into the depths took a true act of bravery, even though I was merely at home in front of my PC.
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Gods
I loved exploring in Dying Light, before you became strong enough to fight volatiles, you have to be careful when exploring incase you're to far away from a safe zone before nightfall and end up being hunted by volatiles. The rewards were random weapons, cool Easter eggs and more. I love Dying Light 2 but Dying Light was better, more scary & more fun.
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I loved exploring in Dying Light, before you became strong enough to fight volatiles, you have to be careful when exploring incase you're to far away from a safe zone before nightfall and end up being hunted by volatiles. The rewards were random weapons, cool Easter eggs and more. I love Dying Light 2 but Dying Light was better, more scary & more fun.
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Grey
as one who has played the dishonored games (1 and 2) and Subnautica I agree they belong here, I also think some others do too just not sure if the one I am thinking is a real game by gameranx standards, Genshin Impact, as they introduce more land it gets bigger and bigger and there's just always more to do and find it's amazing
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as one who has played the dishonored games (1 and 2) and Subnautica I agree they belong here, I also think some others do too just not sure if the one I am thinking is a real game by gameranx standards, Genshin Impact, as they introduce more land it gets bigger and bigger and there's just always more to do and find it's amazing
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Hateful
I gotta be honest, mad max was alright but if you wanted to 100% the game it was just a bunch of the same levels/objectives over and over and over. And the open empty world just made you take longer to go between them. Also the constant engine sound and random loud AF storms just made the audio unbearable sometimes.
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I gotta be honest, mad max was alright but if you wanted to 100% the game it was just a bunch of the same levels/objectives over and over and over. And the open empty world just made you take longer to go between them. Also the constant engine sound and random loud AF storms just made the audio unbearable sometimes.
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Bradford
I think honorable mention could go to assassins creed odyssey. They had a mode that turned off map markers and made you actually read the map. I think the works design was very aesthetically well done. It does suffer from the ubisoft checklist game design but I still put 300 hours into this one.
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I think honorable mention could go to assassins creed odyssey. They had a mode that turned off map markers and made you actually read the map. I think the works design was very aesthetically well done. It does suffer from the ubisoft checklist game design but I still put 300 hours into this one.
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Patrick
Glad you brought up Dishonored. Each level is made to give the player multiple options in terms of both traversal and eliminating targets. If anyone hasn't played any of them yet I'd highly recommend you try out the original, pretty sure you can get the definitive edition quite cheap these days
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Glad you brought up Dishonored. Each level is made to give the player multiple options in terms of both traversal and eliminating targets. If anyone hasn't played any of them yet I'd highly recommend you try out the original, pretty sure you can get the definitive edition quite cheap these days
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artifycer
Honestly, Mad Max and Dishonored are definitely amazing games. I didn't know how good they were until I finished them. The atmosphere of both games will just stick with you. I would unequivocally and highly recommend these two games (the rest of the games are pretty good too) to anyone.
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Honestly, Mad Max and Dishonored are definitely amazing games. I didn't know how good they were until I finished them. The atmosphere of both games will just stick with you. I would unequivocally and highly recommend these two games (the rest of the games are pretty good too) to anyone.
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