Mafia is not just a game, it's a film game, the story is simply incredible, the whole plot is set up like an Al Capone-style gangster film, with sulphate guns and company, the plot is gripping, it's so good that once finished you tend to start again in harder and harder fashion. You have to have a bike with a good graphics card on the definitive edition which has been visually very embellished, it's ultra immersive, all the DLCs are not necessarily very enriching for some, but it increases the lifespan, which is almost infinite, it's like Hotel California, you always end up relaunching Mafia.
Sometimes I think we need a game with little map, which offers a huge variety of enterable buildings rather than a massive map with nearly no enterable, interactable facilities. I really love the atmosphere of yakuza 0. The map is small, lively and condensed, full of details.
RDR2 is simply the best game ever made so far. One is one of the gang. Back in the days. Those members were like family. The endless possibilities, the story!!!!! Played it at least three times. Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War missing here for me though.
None of the souls games by Fromsoftware have a world that feels alive, or even lived in. Besides a very low number of soldiers that patrol a (very small) area, all NPC's are stationary in Elden Ring. Some of them do move from one stationary spot to the next stationary spot, but that is it. There are also no villages, no cities, no shops, no inns, no houses, nothing that would create the illusion of a lived in world. The one open world game that absolute does do all of the above is The Witcher 3. But for some reason it is missing from this list.
I'm astonished to see Yakuza on this list. Compared to other open-world games, its map feels quite restricted. You can traverse only a few streets between different city sections and hit the map boundaries very soon.
Fallout 4 was the best in this regard. I loved how refusing a quest (at least on one occassion) had consequences. The world wouldn't just wait for you.
why in gta 5 the feeling of life is reduced because in gta 5 we play 3 characters at once, and this makes the feeling of strength towards the player less, because it is understood, I'm afraid this will happen in gta 6, because there will be 2 characters at once
Based on the title “that feel most alive” you missed Sleeping Dogs. Hong Kong is packed with people of all different backgrounds and hustles. There are women trying to coax you into the massage parlors, drunks peeing in the alleys, and the market is alive with “hey! You like movies? Music? Games? You want it, I got it”
While I have played a bit of the GTA5 single player (and 200+ hrs online), I was finally overwhelmed by the avalanche of words that started with 'F' or 'N.' Those are two words that I do not use, and the constant usage finally ruined the experience for me. RD2 - Completely agree with (350+ hrs played) Cyberpunk 2077 - Completely agree with (200+ hours played - completed twice)
Mafia Definitieve Edition has no side missions dude, the game is as linear as hell. It's looks like a open world but is isn't. Did you even play that game?
That's what I was thinking too. It is a good game, but not an open world. The story progresses linearly. It is not possible to just roam around the city at your own leasure.
I'm a big fan of open world , but I prefer 3rd person view, if it's not, no matter how good the game is,then I'll pass.. My top games will always be Assasins creed,
GTA San Andreas was way more alive than the GTA 5 world. So many random events like the police chasing civilians, the cops engaging in shootings with gang members etc. Recently I just loaded by game and after 2 seconds a plane crashed causing another car to explode. Or in another instance two ambulances were on top of another one respectively. The GTA 5 world is quite stale in comparison.
Grand theft auto four had un unlikeable protagonist and a detestable cast of characters which made the game utterly unplayable. RDR2 was simply a shaving simulator and also not worth playing.
@@OfficialLucasAllTechReviews if u enjoyed it good! Just wasnt for me much prefered 4s story, and rd2 is a masterpeice of a story, gta 5 had good moments but felt empty to me
I thought it was awesome. I’d be interested in playing some of the other games on this list, but given many are a bit old now, it may not be the same experience. I played GTA 5 when it came out. Worried doing GTA IV wouldn’t be as good now. Same with Mafia. We’re just so used to better graphics now.
