He told me that, 15 years ago, he was doing press interviews for the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion packs when he had something of a revelation about the series. I was talking to a journalist from Paris Match, a very cultured French guy and he said, Well, the Grand Theft Auto games are just like Dickens'. And I was like, God bless you for saying that!
Bethesda Softworks is an influential American video game publisher best known for shaping modern role-playing and open-world gaming. Founded in 1986, the company rose to prominence through iconic franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, celebrated for their expansive worlds, deep storytelling, and player freedom. Now part of ZeniMax Media, which was acquired by Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios in 2021, Bethesda continues to play a major role in the industry through both its publishing arm and its internal development studio,
With hundreds of games to choose from, just choosing a game to play on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium can be a challenge. The solution is to find one game you can devote dozens of hours to, lock yourself in a dark room, and devote hours to that one title while pretending the rest don't exist. Open-world games are a great option for this approach, and there are a whole bunch to pick from in the PS Plus library.
Covering games for over 15 years, I've played a lot of open world games, some of which I wanted to, and many of which I didn't. It's fair to say I'm a bit jaded by the idea of open world games, largely because of how the genre has started to groan under the weight of being overdesigned - worlds filled with bloat and activities to simply waste your time.