3D open-world-ish games 1999-2014, and 2015-2021, video series

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I don't disagree that it is not a typical open-world game. It does have some free roaming though, with elements such as side-quests, which is why I added it.

There certainly are some still cool games from before 1999. But yeah, it would be outside the scope of this series, which picks up on 3D gaming (and PC hardware for it) having become more common in the mid-90s, with games such as Descent.

I don't have neither. Thanks for mentioning these games though. I updated the thread with mentioning not covered games, which could be part of the series (as far as I am aware).

Thank you for pointing it out. Yeah, the video (before upload) has a frame-rate of 48.88, which is why YouTube shows i.e. 1080p50 as option. I recorded it at 60 FPS, but downsized it after recording and before upload - and during that process it dropped some frames (and not evenly spread out apparently). And I did that downsize process with a number of videos, where I could have told it to keep 60 FPS, but I didn't, to not have the background too blurry for the videos where I wanted to showcase the game world.

Certainly something I need to improve for future videos. Already i.e. for the Borderlands 2 video I ended up with a video frame-rate of 30 - which may not be perfect, but it seems to give a better viewing experience than some odd 49. It just didn't occur to me sooner that a video frame-rate of 30 FPS may actually be quite fine for a gaming video (while being able to push the bitrate down), sorry about that.

Yeah, I overlooked Omikron: The Nomad Soul. I found it in the depths of my library, so I added it to the list. Thanks for mentioning it. Wheelman and Driver are not available. Hard Truck Apocalypse I will check out.

I updated the thread with mentioning not covered games, which could be part of the series (as far as I am aware).

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It would certainly be nice to have the open-world games from other platforms covered as well. I know that e.g. for GameCube and Wii an emulator exists. But I would still need a physical disc of the game to be able to make a legit copy for the emulator. So at this point I'm like: "Well, if e.g. Nintendo wants to see e.g. Super Mario 64 or The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as part of this playlist, then they ought to release a PC version, as Sega did with several games." :)

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I never played Yakuza on console, but it is nice that Sega made PC ports for it after all (and also for Shenmue I+II). Quite enjoying them, and already 100%ed Shenmue I.

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Actually, it was originally released as "Arcania: Gothic 4". And there is some free roaming possible - with "sections" such as the city in the north - see map for the game world.

It sure isn't as open as Gothic 3, with parts of game world locked until the main quest line is advanced, and in particular the stand-alone expansion Arcania: Fall of Setarrif is linear.

Open-world games 1999-2014