Like a literal, pleasant, long walk kinda like a journey like Shrek?
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Zelda (botw totk)
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 1,2
- Cyberpunk2077
- Red Dead Redemption
- Pokemon Sword/Shield/Scarlet/Arceus
EDIT: DayDreamGaming on Youtube seems to have a gold mine of these type videos
A Short Hike
It’s a cute indy game about reaching the top of a mountain (no, not a Celeste clone i swear)
A Short Hike is the best answer to this question. I’m sad that we haven’t had a release of “Another Short Hike” yet.
I don’t remember if it is in fact open world, but a game for just chill and take a long walk from start to finish is Firewatch
Kingdom Come Deliverance 1/2. I just picked up 2 a few weeks ago and imo it is one of the best games ever made
Morrowind.
Miasmata.
Gothic 3.
Shadow of the Colossus. Just gorgeous scenery, even on PS2 emulation.
Red Dead Redemption 2.
LA Noire, if you like 1940s cities.
Whenever the mood hits me to play Red Dead 2, I always jump on my horse and just pick a direction and go for a ride.
It’s inevitable that some shit will be stirred up, but for a good while it’s just nice to hear nature and the steady trot of Ace.
I’ve seen someone do that in Skyrim, but haven’t done it myself.
As you specifically mention Minecraft: check out Valheim. In default settings you can hardly call it a pleasant stroll, but exploring the biomes is beautiful with especially stunning lighting.
It can be made significantly more pleasant by bringing a couple of, uh, >!hunting dogs!< (is redacting called for?).
Rustle in the bush? >!Dogs!< run off. Snarls, rending noises. Piece and quiet. 😅
I haven’t even explored all the biomes but I’m quite content in my little homestead by the lake.
Skyrim
If you’ve played and enjoyed skyrim and want more of it, do check out Enderal!! Trailer 1, Trailer 2
The version you install will depend on the version of skyrim you own:
Tons of new scenery, and fast travel is way limited so if you want a game to just slow down in and soak in the sights, look no further.
Easily one of the best stories I’ve ever experienced.
Enderal is so friggen good. Just, uh, remember that it’s not Skyrim. The levelling is different, enemies are scaled to their location not to the PC’s level, your dialogue choices actually matter, exploration is rewarded both mechanically and narratively.
And don’t start the game with kids around.
Nobody mentioned elden ring, seriously?
The visuals in that game were amazing, and the changes in different scenery and themes. Holy shit. My #1.
The visuals were stunning but am I fuck taking a walk through:
- The ultra-plague fallout zone
- The lake of giant sniper lobsters
- The mountaintops of giant spiders made from hands with way too many fingers
Absolutely hell yes.
Just walk fast.
not really as big as other suggestions here but walking through kamurocho has its charms.
another one i haven’t seen suggested yet is the walking simulator called death stranding. but this one needs to be a pleasant but mindful walk.
walking through kamurocho has its charms
Might want to point out that’s the city in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games, not everyone may know that.
thanks! yup, it’s that place.
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Lovely and terrifying all at once. Can’t wait for the new one!
Guild wars 2, large world, lots of variety in scenery.
Also can try stuff where that’s the point like Wildmender is about healing the land and chill, or eastshade. Which is just about enjoying the scenery.
Journey.
Abzu.
Planet Crafter.
Satisfactory.
I personally think it’d be cool to walk out on any of the fields in Rocket LeagueGosh there’s so many though. Almost every game, haha.
I would prefer RL in real life.
I have high hopes for Light No Fire.
Right now I find Cyberpunk 2077 surprisingly pleasant to wander around in. Sure it’s dangerous, but when you’re so chromed to the gills you can shake off a high speed collision there isn’t much threat.
World of Warcraft
- A Highland Song. I can confirm that this one is nice to take a walk through because it is a game about running through a fictionalised version of a place I frequently enjoy walking through in real life. Possibly stretching the definition of open world a little, but the gameplay is about navigation
- Shadow of the Colossus. Which is good because you do spend a lot of time walking across it.
Also, not an open world game at all, but the environments in Pacer are amazing. You barely get a chance to look at them because you’re zooming along a racetrack at 400 mph, but they’re still there. Sonashahar is a futuristic neoclassical Indian city, and I want to explore that
