The open world games are those where you can roam freely, without any restrictions, where you can even ignore the main story and pretty much do anything you like.
How is this top working? These are the games that are the most open-world regarding their concepts, their evolution and their complexity.
Top 7 Open World games
7: Farcry 2. An open world FPS. You can solve the missions as you like, use vehicles to ambush your enemies or just nuke them from far with a sniper gun.
6. Prototype. Takes place in New York. Your character can do anything to anybody. There are no physic laws.
5. Just Cause 2. A third person shooter where you can do anything.
4. Daggerfall. Released in 1996 by Bethesda, this is the biggest open world game regarding the size. Thousands of villages and cities, thousands of dungeons and monsters. The game’s map is as big as two real life medium sized countries.
3. Arcanum.
2. Gothic 2. Probably one of the most credible world created in a video game.
1. Ultima 7. Released in 1992. You could do anything in this game, credible world and npcs. The best game that has the open world concept stamp on it.