> Open world games are notoriously disappointing. Its true that many are. Especially many Ubisoft ones. They follow a rather particular formula of lots-of-very

> Open world games are notoriously disappointing. Its true that many are. Especially many Ubisoft ones. They follow a rather particular formula of lots-of-very-shallow-content and they get repetitive and boring rather quickly. Not all open world games are like this! The Witcher 3 is a huge open world game which is full or interesting environments and content and many of the easily-missable side quests are actually just as interesting and compelling as the main quest. Then there's Horizon: Zero Dawn, which, when I started playing, I had to double check that it wasn't a Ubisoft game. It had all of the Ubisoft open-world feel: towers to uncover map regions, the skill tree, inventory and menu's looked directly ripped from Far Cry. Resource collection.. so much of the game screamed Far Cry or Ubisoft and I was afraid that it would soon get dull, repetitive and boring. Yet it never happened! I put about 60 hours into the game and loved every moment of it. I would have played longer too, but was starting to run low on content (I didn't do all of the side stuff, but most of it) and am eagerly awaiting the DLC. This shows that even the oh-so-shallow Ubisoft formula can be compelling and work really well! Games like Elder Scrolls are similar in that they have enough stuff to do before you have to settle for the repetitive/randomly-generated stuff, plus the world building and lore is interesting enough to make you want to explore and discover.