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Open world

In video games, an open world is a virtual world in which the player can approach objectives freely, as opposed to a world with more linear and structured gameplay. Notable games in this category include Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), and Minecraft (2011).

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Open world

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related to 21st century · 37
Open world → Animus, Arkham Knight, Batman, Breath, Case, Creative, Dan Houser, Elite, Elite II, Executive, Far Cry, Frontier, Gary Penn, Goodfellas, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto III, Holy Land, Maxis' SimCopter, Mercenary, Ocarina
related to 20th century · 33
Open world → Adventure, Ant Attack, Ars Technica, British, Case, Colossal Cave Adventure, CRPG Ultima, Dragon Quest, Dragons, Early, Elite, Eurogamer, Gamasutra, Gold, Inverse, Japan, Jet Rocket, Midnight, Others, PLATO
related to Gameplay and design · 21
Open world → An, Andromeda, As, David Braben, Electronic Arts, Gameplay, Harold Lloyd, Heir, Holy Grail, King Nole, Landstalker, Manveer Heir, Mass Effect, Most, New York City, Other, Reviewers, Since, Some, The Treasures
related to Emergent gameplay · 18
Open world → According, Entropia Universe, EVE Online, Examples, Grand Theft Auto, In, It, One, Other, Peter Molyneux, Scribblenauts, Second Life, SimCity, Similarly, The, The Matrix Online, The Sims, XML
related to Further reading · 11
Open world → April, Ars Technica, Auto, March, Mature Than Grand Theft, Michael Llewellyn, Moss, Open World Games More, Retrieved March, Richard, Roam
related to Level streaming · 10
Open world → HDDs, PlayStation, Series, SSD, SSDs, The, There, This, With, Xbox Series
related to Distinctions between open world and sandbox games · 3
Open world → For, The, Whereas
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Open world → level or game designed as nonlinear, virtual world in which the player can approach objectives freely

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Open worldis avirtual world in which the player can approach objectives freely0.90text
Open worldis alevel or game designed as nonlinear0.90text
the Fallout seriesinstance ofor in single-player games adhering to the open-world concept0.80text
Landstalkerinstance ofalthough several games0.80text
Ant Attackinstance ofEurogamer also cites British computer games0.80text
Coloradoinstance ofThe early 1990s saw open-world games0.80text
The Terminatorinstance ofThe early 1990s saw open-world games0.80text
Maxis' SimCopterinstance ofRadio stations had been implemented earlier in games0.80text
Far Cryinstance ofThis mechanic was reused in other Ubisoft series0.80text
Watch Dogsinstance ofThis mechanic was reused in other Ubisoft series0.80text
as well as used in other open world games like The Legend of Zeldainstance ofThis mechanic was reused in other Ubisoft series0.80text
Open worldrelated to 20th centuryThere0.60section

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