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by Notchi » Fri, 3. May 13, 12:47
Open World => games like GTA, Watch Dogs, Saints row, skyrim, fallout, kingdoms of amalur, just cause... Games in which you can explore a world as you see fit. They tend to have all kinds of activities that you as a player can enjoy, and while they do provide you with a linear main quest they also allow you to chose when you wish to play that particular part of the game. Tend to be plot driven.
Sand Box => Games that may or may not have some form of meaningful story or quest. You could count mount & blade, carrier command, X-series, sea dogs/ pirates of the Caribbean in those. You get a box and you play in it. Tend to leave you to your play style ( also "small" budget and "small" dev team needed to create them).
That is a personal view, not a fact ^^. It's just something to differentiate those concepts.
Now I cant quite agree on " X:R probably has no competition so don't worry". Usually when some developer gives you a sandbox to play in, they try to hit a few key selling points right, and they try to mask the faults as much as possible. For an example take mount & blade. The whole selling point of that series is mounted combat, and it's extremely well done, while the sieges and interaction with the environment and npcs is not as good. Small learning curve, plus quick introduction to the main selling point. X, on another hand has lots of things to do, but getting to them can be a huge time consuming task, learning curve is higher, and a lot of things are not completely thought out ( complexes for an example). I tend to compare X with m&b because they have about the same number of developers , and they are equal in terms of complexity.
The point is that the game like X:R could fit in a GTA V as a minigame you play on their ingame console, but they will sell at around the same time, probably for the same price. Don't get me wrong, most of people participating in this forum will buy X:R day one, I'm just explaining my point of view on why the timing could possibly be a disaster. I agree that this isn't either/or scenario. Like buy GTA V or X:R, but it's definitely buy the games you have the most fun with now, and the games you don't have as much fun with, buy later ( preferably on a steam sale discount ). Not to mention elite and SC coming next year.
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