10 Games With Huge Maps That Felt Like A Chore To Play
519Whether you’re looking for objects to collect in an interesting open environment or want some engaging lore behind the locales themselves, these 10 games will probably disappoint.
Bloat is the key factor dragging these open worlds down. Stretching out a little bit of quality over a whole lot of quantity tends to make things feel repetitive and stale, and these games do just that. It’s worth noting that the oldest game on this list hails from 2016 while the newest is from 2024. This range demonstrates that the issue of bloated world design has consistently reared its ugly head through the past decade of gaming.
There are plenty of open world games from that timeframe that manage to balance quality and quantity, delivering a fresh and surprising open world, but these 10 games do just the opposite.