The 15 Shortest Open World Video Games
On Sony’s original PlayStation, there were no better platformers than the Crash Bandicoot trilogy. All three games gave everything one desires from the genre: challenge, beautiful art, and rewarding secrets. The next generation wasn’t as kind to the mascot, and he was nearly silent on the PS3 and Xbox
Keep in mind that these rankings are not based on most views or the success of the games they were promoting. These are the game trailers that stuck with us the most throughout the year and offered the most compelling content to get Game Rant excited about the games they are promotin
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 barely counts as an open-world Star Wars Game lore. Though players are technically free to explore a portion of New York City as the wall-crawler, missions are all linear and repetitive, and the whole thing wraps up somewhere after the six-hour mark, and that’s taking into account some seriously boring padded sequences and the atrocious Peter Parker investigation segme
Despite this flaw, it still manages to be one of the finest action games of the generation. It wasn’t until Metal Gear Survive when the final nail was hammered into the coffin. A comeback is always possible, but Konami shows no signs of pursuing the franchise any furt
Nintendo revolutionized the platforming genre with every entry in the Super Mario series, either adding innovative features or refining mechanics . Rare had their own platformer called Banjo-Kazooie that was equally as impressive to play.
Playable on: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Mobile, PC
No, we’re not talking about Insomniac’s excellent PS4-exclusive Spider-Man title — we’re actually talking about 2014’s horrible The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a game rushed onto store shelves to coincide with the release of the equally terrible movie of the same n
It’s no secret that Nintendo likes to keep its cards close to its vest when it comes to projects that are early in development. However, the big N made a very surprising reveal at the very end of its E3 2019 Direct by showing some teaser footage for a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild . The footage shows Link and Zelda exploring a dungeon below Hyrule Castle and the pair run into a reanimated corpse that could be a familiar old foe… There’s still no word on when this title will arrive, but the trailer did a great job sparking discussion and hype for the ti
Video games go through the same processes as their popularity grows and wanes. Unlike people, however, they also have a chance for revival. As an acknowledgment of all the franchises that either came or went this decade, the following list will detail five franchises that left the industry and five that came back in full force. The latter entries’ revivals give hope to the former series that they too can one day come back from the d
Earlier when I was mentioning perfect RPG’s I was close to bringing up this beauty but had to save it for the right occasion, and that occasion is now. Many argue that Fallout: New Vegas is not only the best modern Fallout game but the best game in the ser
Fable 3 is one of those games that makes you think “why, why isn’t this game good?” Any Xbox owner back in the early-to-mid 2000s would’ve told you that the Fable franchise could contend with the greats. And all it needed was a crowing third game to solidify this franchise as one of the best – but, that never c
Playable on: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PC
The Arkham series started off on a strong note with Batman: Arkham Asylum . This game toyed with the idea of an open-world formula, before its sequel ended up going all out with this conc
Because it was the last great one that actually brought something new to the table and for a long time the last Madden to be playable on PC. So While we promised no other sports games, we’re going to have to break that to chastise critics for continually praising the series past this po
In the wide world of entertainment, there will always be the underrated and the overrated. While completely subjective, these two words can spark an argument just as easy as your uncle at a Thanksgiving table who feels the need to share his take on the current political climate. That said, these terms are so easy to throw around that it’s infuriating to give them any power, yet you’d be remiss to not acknowledge they’re sometimes appropri
TimeSplitters is a light-hearted FPS title that revolves around time travel and the results that can have on the past, present, and future. While the story frequently makes jokes and pokes fun at itself, the gunplay is incredibly tight and hearkens back to an older generation of shooters in a good way. Superb multiplayer kept players engaged for hundreds of hours after the campaign was over, and the in-depth map editor made every multiplayer game different from the last. With the recent trend of remaking older classics, there is no reason TimeSplitters shouldn’t get a reboot.
