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Games you enormously enjoy just wandering around without "progressing"
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Spider-Man is therapeuthic as fuck, ever since it launched in 2018 I play it almost every month when I'm feeling down, somehow the game always eases my mental health enough to feel better for a short while.
RDR2 when it launched I spent 50h just in chapter 2 exploring the map and doing activities, love to wander around in open worlds
RDR2 when it launched I spent 50h just in chapter 2 exploring the map and doing activities, love to wander around in open worlds
Can't really think of any. Looking for dungeons/collectables/secrets in BotW doesn't really count as "not progressing".
When I was a kid, however, I liked just causing random mayhem in GTA games (with cheats). Don't think I ever completed Vice city and San Andreas, because I didn't care much about the missions. Nowadays I don't think that would be much fun to me.
When I was a kid, however, I liked just causing random mayhem in GTA games (with cheats). Don't think I ever completed Vice city and San Andreas, because I didn't care much about the missions. Nowadays I don't think that would be much fun to me.
open world racing games are good for this. Now I've completed most of the main races, I'll just drive about smashing up stuff and crashing through trees in FH4. But Burnout Paradise and NFS:MW (I think around 2011?) where you have an open world and get chased around by the police and smash all the billboards. Very relaxing.
Any open world game that does not have endless battle interruptions that "kill" me... if I am OP it's fine ;)
Sometimes I like to wander around WoW in old content just to see the world without pressure of leveling or risk of death since I am so overpowered for the area.
Sometimes I like to wander around WoW in old content just to see the world without pressure of leveling or risk of death since I am so overpowered for the area.
Witcher 3. Either wandering around Skellige or walking through the woods and around the lake in Kaer Morhen.
Grand Theft Auto.
I enjoy just driving around listening to the radio, which is something I don't get to do in real life as I don't have a license.
another thing I don't get to do in real life is shoot rockets at police cars.
I enjoy just driving around listening to the radio, which is something I don't get to do in real life as I don't have a license.
another thing I don't get to do in real life is shoot rockets at police cars.
I'll give a weird example. I loaded up Disneyland Adventures last night on the X just to see how it ran and ended up just wandering around the park soaking up the sounds and ambiance because I can't go to the parks in real life. (Well I can but I don't want to go to a park during the age of COVID)
I used to really like just running around in Infamous 2. It felt really good to chain powers to keep moving from rooftop to rooftop.
I feel like games with superpowers now (including Second Son) don't realise how satisfying it is to have limits to the movement. Neon powers were cool but just being able to run straight up a building gets old.
I feel like games with superpowers now (including Second Son) don't realise how satisfying it is to have limits to the movement. Neon powers were cool but just being able to run straight up a building gets old.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey. I only followed the main story as far as was needed to open up the entire map. I didn't do a whole lot of major side quests either. Most of my 150 hours with that game were spent traveling Ancient Greece. Literally, as I never used fast travel.
Hyrule (BotW) and Hallownest (Hollow Knight) are two places I can wander around in for hours and I will not get sick of it. Ever. More recently: Nibel (Ori and the Blind Forest) I finished the game and I am absolutely aching for more*, the traversal (especially the bash mechanic) is fantastic.
*I know there is a sequel, just waiting for a sale, money has been a bit tight lately.
*I know there is a sequel, just waiting for a sale, money has been a bit tight lately.
There's something deeply relaxing to me about driving around in GTA V/Online listening to the radio stations I've grown so familiar with over the past 7 years.
Shenmue, Shenmue II and Shenmue III. Pretty much what threads like this are made for. Such good games to just explore without progressing.
Zelda BotW - I explored the whole map or most of it for the first 35 hours with the default equips and survived using potions for heat and cold resistance - also increased stamina and hearts from shrines
It was pretty challenging - I didn't realize I could buy armor...until I started doing the main quests 😂
It was pretty challenging - I didn't realize I could buy armor...until I started doing the main quests 😂
Rdr2, Witcher 3, Horizon, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Subnautica, LoU2, Bioshock.
Basically give me a really immersive or beautiful somewhat open world with a sense of exploration and mystery and I'm pretty good to go....Though the one game that I thought was the perfect manifestation of this, Outer Wilds, did nothing for me.
Basically give me a really immersive or beautiful somewhat open world with a sense of exploration and mystery and I'm pretty good to go....Though the one game that I thought was the perfect manifestation of this, Outer Wilds, did nothing for me.
Yakuza games are great for this. I often forget outright to progress the plot because I'm just enjoying doing shit in the game world.
Destiny 2...life and my own concerns about my abilities stops me from raiding and getting out there.
