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And between all the exploration at the behest of natural curiosity, a story sort of just happens to you. It doesn't hurt that most of them look quite nice against the darkness of the deep ocean blue. Big fish eat the little ones, and their respective physical and behavioral attributes make sense for where you find them. The simulation is fairly surface level, but Subnautica's accolades are best reserved for how it creates the illusion of ecosystem. I love following the creatures around-even the more aggressive ones-and will happily front crawl my way into a curious labyrinthine cave system without remembering to lay a path of glowing markers so I can get back out.' Reviewer Phillipa explains her fascination so: 'I adore the way the lighting and the art create the sense of each biome as being a distinct underwater creation, both alien and familiar. Games are rarely-and literally-so sublime.

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Subnautica's vast ocean environment and the diverse underwater biomes provide one of the most striking, gorgeous, and terrifying open worlds in PC gaming. Released:Р’В 2018 | Developer:Р’В Unknown Worlds Entertainment

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With the mods rolling in quickly, RDR2 is bound to be a PC game we talk about for years and years to come. It's also one of the prettiest games you can play on the PC today. And on top of it all, Red Dead Online brings a DayZ adjacent quality to the open world, invoking everything from serious roleplay to ridiculous, surreal shenanigans.

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It's all layered into an excellent story that'll take you as long as the complete Deadwood series to get through, and that's if you're rushing. RDR2 is rife with detail, overstuffed with little touches: animal corpses persist and decay, the protagonist Arthur has commentary for nearly every location and character, and random world events make the world feel lived in, be it sucking on a man's snakebite wound or getting ambushed by hillbillies. Rockstar's historical open world series finally hit the PC with Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab), a monumental ode to the fading American frontier. Released:Р’В 2019 | Developer:Р’В Rockstar Games But after all that, you make it, and it feels incredible.' Red Dead Redemption 2 You might even get knocked out by terrorists and have your cargo stolen, forcing you to sneak into their camp and take it back. Along the way you might have to slip into Metal Gear mode and sneak past BTs, or deal with extreme weather such as disorientating blizzards. But you power on, one step at a time, patiently placing ladders and climbing ropes, edging closer to your destination. Standing at the foot of a mountain, snow whipping at its peaks, fragile cargo stuck to every inch of your suit, you wonder how you'll ever get over it. Death Stranding is an indulgent mood piece first and an excellent hiking and delivery game second.Р”Р„ndy Kelly puts it nicely in his review: 'Some jobs seem impossible. Your goal as Sam Porter Bridges is to rebuild America by walking across the country and linking up cities, preppers, and waystations to, uh, the Time Internet? It makes next to no sense, but that's OK.

Kojima's first game after leaving Konami, Death Stranding is set in a post-death reality where the concept of the afterlife has been blown open. Released:Р’В 2020 | Developer:Р’В Kojima Productions He asked me what he should do so I offered to remove it, and he died instantly. One time I happened upon a Viking who didn't realize he had an axe lodged in his skull. Steven sums it up in his review (opens in new tab): 'Most of the stuff you'll find is new equipment and treasure you can take back home or use for upgrades, but I also found hidden caves with challenging puzzles, secret boss battles, and weird little one-off quests that are often bizarre and sometimes hilarious. Some of these tiny characters will stick in our minds much longer than the big ones on the box art. Ubisoft also fills all that space with meaningful encounters, ranging from absurd to tragic. You'll have to play it to find out what we mean, just know this game is much bigger than the surface implies. This is a massive, moody world, and Valhalla has a couple more waiting in the wings. But Valhalla's surprises, specifically the open world ones, catapult it over the top. A looser grip on the series' trademark stealth, a simplified loot system, and a gorgeous interpretation of 800's England would be enough alone to edge Valhalla above the already excellent Odyssey.

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