The evolution of gaming has progressed from simple side-scrolling adventures to creating an entire world for players to explore and learn. RPGs specifically take players into mystical worlds filled with unimaginable wonders and treacherous challenges as they progress through a narrative that allows them to immerse themselves in the game’s environment.
The worlds of RPGs can vary by experience, but some take to creating a living, breathing, and dating world that puts players through the ringer. Unseen threats, harsh weather conditions, and roaming bosses all make for challenging and entertaining gameplay. An entire world with no danger makes for an uninteresting adventure; Here are RPGs where exploration feels dangerous.
Cyberpunk 2077is a futuristic RPG that immerses players in a bleak future where technology has begun to overshadow humanity. Night City is a gorgeous and vast map where dreams go to die as players trek all across the city to complete missions as they progress the story.
There are dozens of threats in Night City,from Cyberpsychosto dirty cops who won’t hesitate to shoot first and ask questions later. Venturing down a dark alley or walking the border of the badlands could prove fatal. Additionally, random attacks by factions are a common occurrence when players make enemies along their path.
Ghost of Tsushimadoes a brilliant job of immersing players in the war-torn country of Japan and brilliantly depicts the Mongol invasion. Players take on Jin Kasai’s mission of vengeance after he and his clan are decimated in battle by the Khan and his forces. The Mongols take full occupancy of the nation, and it is up to the player to liberate the world map.
In doing so, the player must explore the massive open world for resources, new techniques, and fend off waves of enemies along the way.Ghost of Tsushimafeatures dozens of patrols, enemy camps, and bosses throughout the world, keeping the player in a constant state of danger whichGhost of Yoteiis sure to measure up to.
The Witcheruniverse is a dark fantasy world filled with some of the most terrifying cryptids in myths and legends. The sole guardians between humans and monsters are Witchers. InThe Witcher 3, players take on the dark world as Geralt and must fend off werewolves, demons, and even the occasional bandit from time to time.
From traveling from place to place, the open lands of the open world map can be extremely treacherous, with danger lurking over every hill. However, the quiet setting of the game always led players to feel a creeping darkness over their shoulder, even while enjoying the countryside.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2is a breakout success that has just recently been released, providing an immersive experience through an enormous medieval world set during a great war. Players take on the world as Henry, a vengeful adventurer seeking retribution for his murdered family.
The game takes players across multiple regions, where rival factions will not hesitate to attack at a moment’s notice. Players will have to dodge assassins' blades, escape groups of bandits, and defeat skilled knights that are scattered all across the map.
Dragon Age: Inquisitionis the fourth installment in the Dragon Age franchise and one of the largest undertakings, offering an enormous fantasy world for players to explore.Dragon Age: Inquisitionfollows the hero’s journey as an interdimensional rift erupts in the middle of the country and sends the world into chaos as aggressive creatures invade from the rift.
Players must take on the mission of dealing with the rift, and many other threats like it, around the game’s world. While traveling in a party, players are subject to encountering enemies in the wild, from undead thralls to mighty dragons.
Horizon Zero Dawnis one of the most innovative games of the fourth-generation consoles, which meshed historic genres by combining prehistoric, dystopian themes with a highly advanced technological age. Aloy serves as the main character, living in a world overtaken by Jurassic-designed machines that roam the Earth.
Aloy seeks out the truth, and while doing so, must traverse the dangerous overgrown lands and fend off the mighty mechanical monsters that now reign supreme. Players will always have to be on the lookout for tech-beasts inHorizon Zero Dawn, which are always lurking, lying in wait to pounce, along with rival tribes that will attempt to kill Aloy.
TheFalloutfranchise is one of the most compelling stories, boasting a highly dedicated fan base that cherishes the titles.Fallout : New Vegastakes place in a post-nuclear apocalypse world and centers around America, where the remnants of the country try to survive.
InFallout: New Vegas, players take on the wild and weird lands of New Vegas, which is currently tangled in a war between multiple factions. Players take on the role of a courier who gets caught in the middle of the conflict and must think strategically to survive.Fallout: New Vegas' environment is incredibly harsh, making exploration one of the most dangerous things in the game, with radioactive areas and mutant creatures all around.
Elden Ringis one of the most vast productions by FromSoftware in terms of scale, narrative, and challenge. The game takes the best elements ofsouls-like gamesand turns the dial up to eleven. Players begin a dire journey as a lowly tarnished, banished warrior forsaken by Marika, and set out to claim power, restore balance, or set the world ablaze.
Elden Ringfeatures an incredibly volatile open world where every living thing poses a threat. Each area the player explores is more dangerous than the last, with rotting wolves, armored knights, giant dragons, and demi-gods all wishing to turn the player into ash.
