Games in which freedom is in the first place have always stood apart from computer entertainment and have attracted great public attention. Playing them, you can completely forget that there is a main plot, and just explore the world carefully created by game devs. And this world will respond to all your actions. Read an article on the best open-world RPGs: a list and short descriptions.
Fallout Series
The game takes place in a post-nuclear world. The first part of the series was released in 1997, winning the hearts of millions of users. Fallout gave players unprecedented freedom. Only the player decided which way the hero would go, what skills he would be endowed with, and whom to help.
After 10 years, namely in 2007, the third game of the series was released. Very mixed reviews caused this open-world RPG. PCs are usually played by more conservative people. First of all, criticism was addressed to the gameplay, which has undergone dramatic changes. The gameplay began to resemble the games of the TES series. But the atmosphere remained the same as in the first two parts.
You will have to start your journey in a shelter - the post-nuclear home of a surviving group of people who have never tried to leave it. The training is very original: you will see your birth, growing up, school, exams, almost every chapter here will play a role in the distribution of points between skills. Suddenly, the father of the protagonist leaves his native refuge, and after him - the protagonist himself.
Once in a new unfamiliar world, the main character will see that life is boiling on the surface of the globe. There are small villages, huge cities, hostile mutated animals. The mechanic in Magatonne is trying to patch up the holes of the water supply system, the sheriff is trying to find out all the information about the traveler just in case, the merchants are always ready to offer the best goods at an overpriced price.
There are no restrictions in this game. I want to kill - you can cut the whole city. Help those in need - their attitude towards you will improve. And always the player will have a choice: whether to join the light or dark side. And each previous step will affect the next, and so on until the very end.
TES Series
The TES series was born much earlier than Fallout. The most interesting part for a modern player will be the last part of this open-world RPG. TES Skyrim was released in 2011. As in previous games in the series, Skyrim provides gamers with an extensive fantasy universe with complete freedom of action and movement.
Shackled by ice and sprinkled with snow, the country breathes real life. Only plot tasks will drag the player more than 15 hours. But if you turn at the fork and leave the storyline, this time can easily be multiplied by five. Every moment, TES offers the user a dozen tasks.
Would you like to clear the dungeon, as in the classic Diablo? You are welcome. To fish? Just walk to the nearest body of water. Picking flowers or mushrooms? Dozens of varieties await you anywhere. Deer Hunting? Practice archery? Marry? Build a house? Forge swords and armor? Kill dragons? Rob the store? To kill the whole city guard? Skyrim will offer a unique story for every situation and satisfy even the most picky gamer.
Assassin's creed
This open-world RPG has 7 games in its series. Each carries a gamer in its own unique historical era. The plot is simple on the one hand and mysterious on the other. He tells of the enmity of the Assassins and the Templars. You will have to play both for those and for others.
For example, the first part takes place in 1191 and shows the assassins of the time of the Crusades. But not everything is so simple: at the same time, you will have to see 2012, in which the device was created with the name Animus. It is he who allows people to see the past through the eyes of their ancestors.
Gameplay Misses
Assassin's Creed is an open-world RPG in which you can do dozens of things without paying attention to the storyline. You can ride a horse to another city, climb the roof of the tallest building, kill all the guards in the quarter, but these actions will not affect anything. Citizens will still not notice you. Sellers will not raise the price. You can’t even choose a dialogue here. Everything is predefined in scripts.
The part with the name Black Flag slightly corrects the situation. It presents the time of sea discoveries and, of course, pirates. Most of the game will take place at sea. Gamers will have to capture enemy ships, hunt sharks, try to escape from the storm. Black Flag will turn out to be a very unusual, original and fresh project, if you compare it with the rest of the Assassin's Creed line of games.
Mass effect
The first part of this open-world sci-fi RPG was released in 2007. The player will take on the role of captain Shepard. The action takes place in the distant future. Earthlings have gone beyond their solar system and are now interacting with alien races.
Traveling through the galaxy, the crew of the ship can move to any planet to collect resources. It is impossible to land on the planet until a distress signal is received from it. In addition to uninhabited planets, there are those on which life boils, but for the player most often they are represented by one single location. The situation turns out to be very strange: the movement is free, which means that this game can be attributed to the RPG with an open world, but if the developers did not plan to let you go to some place, then it will be impossible to get into it. Many story missions are completely linear, as in shooters.
And yet this is an RPG
The main emphasis in Mass Effect is on interpersonal relationships. Communicating with the characters, you can choose whether to show your light side, or dark. Moreover, the dialogue affects Shepard’s abilities. Accustomed to being rude - learn to intimidate very well. I like a balanced style of communication - anyone will “bite” your charm and persuasion.
The choice of dialogue affects not only the leveling of the skills of the protagonist. They also change the interaction with the crew of the spacecraft. Someone likes a soft approach, someone tough and decisive measures of the captain, and someone will follow Shepard, no matter what. The relationship here affects almost everything, right up to the death of characters fighting side by side with Captain Shepard. Another interesting feature of the game is that each next part reads the save files of the previous one. And if someone died in the first Mass Effect, then he will be absent in the next series.
Mount and Blade: Warband is now on Android
Describing the best open-world RPGs, Mount and Blade could not be ignored. The clatter of hooves, the terrifying cries of soldiers, the ringing of steel. This is one of the few games that are made in the scenery of the Middle Ages. The player can see the seizure of castles, feudal lords who bypass possessions, robbers who are going to rob another caravan.
In this case, the main character is not an epic warrior scattering hundreds of enemies with one blow, but a simple knight. Warband will provide an activity for every taste. If you want, become a merchant delivering goods to cities. Will the trade get boring? No problem. Go to the mercenaries, especially since there are always plenty of NPCs in taverns and guilds who are ready to give the hero a quest. Save the village, take the letter, get information - this is only a small part of the possible tasks. Don't you like this way of life too? Become the owner of the castle.
In addition to the wonderful atmosphere, the game can sparkle with the most beautiful and realistic battles on horseback. Moreover, more than a hundred soldiers often take part in one battle. Mount and Blade is one of the best open-world RPGs. Android titles are rarely visited. Recommended for review on both mobile devices and PC.