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Fallout and RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says most players don't want games "6 times bigger than Skyrim or 8 times bigger than The Witcher 3" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[โ€“] Ellvix 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Games like Skyrim always bugged me a bit as I couldn't walk for more than half a minute before I tripped over a quest or encounter of some sort. I feel like the devs were scared players would get bored if they didn't see something exciting every few seconds. Sure I want to do stuff, but I also want to breath and look at the scenery and think about what I'm doing.

The real world is way more open; you travel for a good while between cities, and I really like when games do that as well. I'll have to try Red Dead, but I thought Kingdom Come Deliverance struck a good balance. Even at top speed on a good horse, it takes minutes to ride between the major settlements, with only rare encounters coming up now and again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm glad to hear it's not just me (I mean, statistically that seems unlikely, but still!). It's a little like modern cinema compared to '70s film making - let the story breathe, folks. Given that the tooling to make the world larger (but with the same amount of content) isn't all that complex, I wish it was done more. The amount of content is fine - often excessive. But give me a chance to feel like I'm actually travelling.

I felt the scaling of Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey worked quite well in that respect. There was actual travel!