Why Open World Games Feel Small To Me

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As gaming continues to trend toward greater realism, we're seeing developers ditch abstraction in game design in favor of seamless world traversal. I explain why I think this is losing battle, and why open worlds tend to have the opposite effect for me, feeling small rather than large and expansive.

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