Recommendation please. Next open world game.... PS44

[The_Doc]

Please recommend me a next, big game to play on PS4

I have outplayed, and sent back to CEX:

Skyrim Elder scrolls 200hrs
Witcher 3 250hrs
Entire GTA series, ( but not GTA V on PS4)
All Borderlands to date (but not 3 yet)
All Fallouts to date 400+ hrs
Horizon Zero Dawn - didn't really like it
The Last of Us - did about 10hrs and exchanged it - too much of a follow-the-breadcrumb affair

As you can see I like a nice, open-world game.

Should I just buy Borderlands 3 and be done with it? I liked the other ones....

[parabolica]

For pure open world I'd suggest Far Cry 5 and maybe Ghost Recon Wildlands; don't expect much story from either but both are enjoyable shooters with fun mechanics and huge open worlds.

For semi-open world RPGs I'd suggest Dishonoured 2 or Deus Ex Mankind Divided. Metro Exodus is supposed to be good as well but I haven't played it yet.

[iwantagta]

parabolica said:

For pure open world I'd suggest Far Cry 5 and maybe Ghost Recon Wildlands; don't expect much story from either but both are enjoyable shooters with fun mechanics and huge open worlds.

Played both of these - think FC5 is better when playing with a mate.
(My highlight was when i had unlocked the parachute, my mate hadn't. He trusted me and i piloted him up in a helicopter to a vast height then jumped out leaving him to plummet to earth. Teamwork.)

Wildlands single player is heavy going I found - much much better with someone else.

My suggestions - Red Dead 2 is the obvious one. Slow paced but can eat up the hours.
LOTR Shadow of Mordor is decent too, but not very "plotty".

[Alex Z]

Red Dead 2, or Spiderman if you don’t want to spend hundreds of hours on a single game.

[CopperBolt]

Assasins Creed Origins or Odyssey are vast these days. Keep you going for weeks.

[The_Doc]

Some good recommendations here. Thank you all.

I didn't really like Red Dead Redemption 1 the first time around, but the problem was me not the game. I think it was the horse riding that bugged me. And I never got into horse riding in Witcher3 or Skyrim. Hate the mechanics of it all. No handbrake, can't oversteer round corners, very crappy reversing, you get the idea .....

I'll look at gameplay on youtube for all the suggestions above and pick one. I've got £28 in CEX vouchers now, so it's on !

[Steven_RW]

Your experience sounds like it aligns with mine. You get so used to open world games where you can roam around and explore at your own pace that any game that has "follow the breadcrumbs" instantly turns you off.

Over time I managed to relax a little bit about it and then played games like the Nathan drake collection and uncharted 4 and enjoyed them, but beforehand I had to break the expectation that was open world or nothing.

A random one: Sleeping Dogs. Cheap on a PS4 and maybe no exactly what you are used to. I am playing Yakuza zero at the moment and enjoying the long cut scenes and story.

RW

[anonymous-user]

Bit of a random one but I picked up a copy of Mad Max recently and it's pretty decent.

[Jasandjules]

Far Cry 5 can be great fun, get a chopper and mooch around blowing things up....... Run about and collect skins to make weapons etc.. It is a true open world game.

I would normally say Skyrim or Fallout but......

[skeeterm5]

What about Destiny?

[northwest monkey]

ruprechtmonkeyboy said:

Bit of a random one but I picked up a copy of Mad Max recently and it's pretty decent.

Was one of the "free" PSN games last year - I thought it was great fun (even though the ending was a bit daft).

[The_Doc]

I've picked FarCry5 and I must say I'm loving it.

The crazy cult leader thing is wicked.

Got a compound bow, and I'm not sure when I'll give it up!

Any tips for perk-tree, tactics?

[AshVX220]

Also try Days Gone, I've posted it a few times and some people struggle to get into it (I did too) but after sticking with it it's excellent.

Came across this review of Days Gone and it's very good and reflects my own experience well and why people should possibly give it another go and push through the difficult beginning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBqDMCj4TC4

These two are by the same guy;
after a few hours gameplay;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99MqgRMpJzY

And again on completion;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgTsFmfxxA&t=...

[toasty]

I’ve just finished Just Cause 4. It’s ok but not great.

[jtremlett]

Steven_RW said:

...A random one: Sleeping Dogs. Cheap on a PS4 and maybe no exactly what you are used to...

Great call. Sleeping Dogs is a top game. Good story and the Hong Kong setting is great (love some of the conversations and things going on in the background too, especially the two women outside your first apartment in the game) and, like you say, you should be able to pick it up for peanuts.

My enjoyment of Far Cry 5 was completely ruined by the tedious and annoying bits where you got dragged out of what you wanted to do and into the pathetic boss fight things (for want of a better description).

[Carl_Manchester]

CopperBolt said:

Assasins Creed Origins or Odyssey are vast these days. Keep you going for weeks.

That would be my recommendation too. I had my reservations but Ubisoft finally nailed it.

[AshVX220]

jtremlett said:

reat call. Sleeping Dogs is a top game. Good story and the Hong Kong setting is great (love some of the conversations and things going on in the background too, especially the two women outside your first apartment in the game) and, like you say, you should be able to pick it up for peanuts.

My enjoyment of Far Cry 5 was completely ruined by the tedious and annoying bits where you got dragged out of what you wanted to do and into the pathetic boss fight things (for want of a better description).

That's now put me off Far Cry 5, boss fights are so annoying and I really don't get the point.

[BIRMA]

I have great difficulty finding any games better than Fallout and Skyrim because you can go at your own pace, find something more powerful than you then walk/creep around it. I hate games where you cannot progress without fighting something you have to monotonously try to defeat.
I tried the new Red Dead and gave up after a few hours and re-started Fallout 4 then New Vegas again, perhaps they just have a way of gameplay/progress that works for me.
I thought Other Worlds might suit but I think that has a set path and not sandbox roaming so who knows.

[Zetec-S]

northwest monkey said:

ruprechtmonkeyboy said:

Bit of a random one but I picked up a copy of Mad Max recently and it's pretty decent.

Was one of the "free" PSN games last year - I thought it was great fun (even though the ending was a bit daft).

Another vote for Mad Max from me, surprisingly addictive.