Open worlds just keep getting bigger and better. With each year comes more games that immerse us in dramatic scenery, long quests, and new worlds. Exploring virtual worlds has never been so immersive. From fantasy to comic book, from wild west to viking, from humans on the brink of destruction or instead thriving, the best open world games give us a deep study of what life could be like in another reality. That’s what makes them such a successful genre of game, and when an open world is done well, it’s almost immediately a highlight of the year it’s released.Â
