Best open world sandbox game this gen.

For me it's Assassin's Creed 2 with inFAMOUS coming in a close second.

GTA IV.

I'll go with GTAIV.

How can you not have Oblivion or Fallout 3???

How can you not have Oblivion or Fallout 3???

dpgunit_3087

That's an open world RPG. Although I like both those games better than every sandbox game combined, they do not count.

GTA IV>>>All.

Everyone else just Copy+paste from the franchise...plus the reviews support my arguement

Hmm...this is kinda a noob question, but what would a sandbox game be then? I've always thought of it as being another way of saying open world games where you're free to do anything.

I enjoyed inFAMOUS the most by far. I'm not a big sandbox fan really, but I always thought a sandbox with a comic book superhero feel to it would be very fun. And fun it is, very polished and fun action, and exploration is a blast.

AC and GTA are both fun games, great sandboxes (at least AC 2 is, 1 is very meh), but I somehow enjoyed Prototype more than them (shoot me), mainly because like I said I've always wanted a sandbox game where you have superpowers.

GTA IV>>>All.

Everyone else just Copy+paste from the franchise...plus the reviews support my arguement

Modern_Unit

I went with Infamous. GTA4 was good as well but I like having more freedom to move around the city faster in Infamous. GTA has started to feel boring to me

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GTA IV>>>All.

Everyone else just Copy+paste from the franchise...plus the reviews support my arguement

ElTriforceo

Proof that i said the words "direct copy of GTA"?

Assassin's Creed 2. Loved it. It's my favorite game on the PS3 actually.

Just Cause 2 is looking really good so I'm going with that.

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GTA IV>>>All.

Everyone else just Copy+paste from the franchise...plus the reviews support my arguement

Modern_Unit

Proof that i said the words "direct copy of GTA"?

I loved AC2, but its sandbox elements arent as strong as GTA 4's. So i guess its a question between "What do you think the best game on that poll is" and "what game does sandbox best". AC2's world was just so detailed and stunning, the gameplay was superb, the story was strong, it improved the solid first in every concievable way.

tThough admittedly, GTA4 should win, out of principle. AC2, Infamous, etc all took so much from GTA. It really pioneered sandbox, the sandboxx elements of other games are mostly imitations of GTA,.

GTA IV>>>All.

Everyone else just Copy+paste from the franchise...plus the reviews support my arguement

Modern_Unit

Actually playing the game supports my argument, InFamous.

Out of those easily inFamous had the most inspiring and most entertaining world. It was done very well and its fun to go around and explore. Though my favorite open world is fallout 3 i guess that wouldnt count

I'm gonna say the upcoming Just Cause 2 for fun factor. Those trailers are awesome.

GTA4.

Crackdown, man.

Great core mechanics, killer world design, addictive skill boosting, flexible story progression (freedom, yay), big asplosions, sweet guns and badass rides, what's not to like?

GTA4 bored the hell out of me with its weak, pretentious story, lame missions, and an idiotic obsession with realism, which didn't produce anything realistic, just a bunch of dull garbage content (see also, Far Cry 2). Crackdown, on the other hand, was all about the good times.

GTAIV followed by Assassins Creed.

Assassin's Creed 2

i already played and finish all of those games, but in terms of pure fun infamous takes the cake.

Oblivion at number one.

AC2 at number two.

GTA IV - the champion still reigns. They regressed a little bit from the previous peak (Vice City), but with the DLCs (especially Ballad of Gay Tony), they really brought back the crazy fun without burdening it with too much extraneous stuff (San Andreas).

Crysis

Without question, GTAIV.

For me it's Assassins Creed II, so much better than the first.

Good sandbox games allow you to do things out side the story not just choose the missions you want to do whenever you want (or can). And GTA IV has the most stuff to do outside the story. So it wins.

Infamous is the one open world game this gen that had me hooked from start to finish, it was a hell of a ride. Even doing the mudane stuff like collecting blast shards was a blast just because of how tight and fluid the controls were. Such a great game.

I was going to say assassians creed 2 because it had me hooked for most of the game, but there were some parts that bored me a little, not alot, but a little.

GTA 4 if not that then id have to say fallout 3 at least i think its sandbox???

Red Faction Guerrilla... basically only the game w/ mostly sandbox missions. Too often GTA has these stupid missions that you have to do in a certain way for them to count. It's like I have to blow up this car, but I can only do it from a helicopter. I get out the helicopter, and the freaking game goes "oh noes you needs to get to the chopppa!". Or I have to rescue somebody but there's only 1 path to them. Why don't I just climb up the fire escape? No that's your escape route!

Red Faction Guerrilla it's like hey blow up this car... how? We don't **** care just blow it up. Rescue somebody. Hell just smash the wall in the room they're in.

So far GTA IV with the Episodes and hopefully Red Dead Redemption and Just Cause 2 will be up there too.

I forgot Crackdown, Crackdown 2, Saints Row and Saints Row 2 too.

I'm going with saints row 2 and crackdown. I Find their gameplay far better than GTAIV.

AC2 by far.