Open World games such as GTA, Saints Row, Just Cause, etc. Have been around for long. In each of those games i mentioned why does the main objective always revolve around killing people with no foreseeable goal??
From my playthrough into those games, i got bored easily. I played GTA4 and returned it within an hour, got SR2 and played it for a couple of hours and now its collecting dust somewhere. Just cause has kinda pulled me into that genre but i couldn't continue the game, it was fun for the first few minutes, but it appeared to have a huge map with absolutely nothing to do other than killing.
I've never been a fan of open world games. Well, you may ask why, because i played most of them and felt that they're pointless, with no decent story, interesting setting or characters, something worth doing other than doing nothing but crime. I would also like to point out why do open world games have such a HUGE world that is dead with lack of rewarding for the exploration you do.
Until recently when i put Yakuza 3 into my PS3 system. I was greeted with the intro movie and got a bit excited, i played the game for a couple of hours, in the beginning it wasn't really good, until you leave Tokyo to Okinawa, the game takes a couple of hours for its true potential to kick in.
After 4 hours of playing the game, i got the ability of going to the town of Okinawa near the Protagonist's orphanage. I'm not sure i remember what my objective was going to the town, but i was blown away by the level of interaction and the diversity of the side missions i stopped caring for the story, spent some time in the town doing side missions and fighting baddies, after that, i continued the story and was blown away again by how deep the story and how interesting the characters are, and i'm not gonna forget how the game portrays the gritty side of Okinawa and tokyo.
All in all, Yakuza 3 addressed my concerns about open world games, with a solid story, interesting setting and characters, diverse missions that do not revolve around picking up a gun and laying people to rest. With all that, it still retains a very solid combat system that is very brutal too. And IMO i think its the only game that did open world right.
Lets get back to the main subject.
Lets move away from open world games a bit, here is what i aways think of: Why does the gaming industry or the AAA games are centered around guns and killing?? Why is murdering people such a cool thing to do?! With all those big budgets killing is now VERY detailed with gruesome ways. Why can't gaming be peaceful??
I might be seen a hypocrite but this is too much killing. I can't remember when we got a game that is peaceful and fun. Don't get me wrong, i enjoy games of all kind, but there should a balance.
So, thats it, i think i'm done.
I would also like to ask you what do you think of my first attempt in blogging?? I hope you liked it. :)
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I forgot to add Arkham City. Its another game that did open world right.
There's plenty of peaceful games that doesn't revolve around killing. It's just you're looking in the wrong genre. The most popular open-world games(outside of MMOs) are the M-rated ones.
I don't think they're focused on killing, you just have the freedom to do that if you want. I spent more time in GTAIV being a tourist than I did killing random people. I was happy to just drive safely around, or get on trains, and marvel at the world Rockstar made.
You say GTA IV revolves around killing but you returned it within an hour. There's no killing in the first hour of the story and not for quite a while if I recall correctly.
When you give GTAIV as an example of why there is too much killing. Look at where it's made and who they serve, and there's your answer.