I heard some people say that they might try Two worlds 2, and I'm here to say .. NO, don't do it..ever, worst game since the army man games, I actually hated myself for a short while because I purchased it.

EVE is literally the reason I will never play an mmo again. Except TOR (if I ever get a pc to run it).

The sad thing is it's quite easy to put them in the game.

Instead of the cyclops that could ask why people wanted to drive his kind into extinction, make a giant that do that.
Smith the talking horse that would reveal plots of previous ultima games. Well you have Maiev, but why not make it a talking horse??
The Unicorn that was a virgin detector. Just put a white horse skin with a horn and make it detect your virginity. You already had a talking stag in the game somewhere.
The delusional sultan with the super powerful stone harpy. Why not just put a "delusional jarl" in the middle of an abandoned castle with a super powerful metallic statue? It would humble people who think the game is too easy. They may even laugh and post on the forums, challenging people to fight a creature that may be more powerful than Alduin himself.
Buccaneer's Den that was basically a pirate's den that had gambling and the brothel. Can't you make it an island and have a ship instead of a carriage to bring you there? Technically it is just another village with a bunch of npcs, but it is so much fun to explore.
A "crazy" farmer who said he saw a spaceship crash into his field, and a tiger-lion came out of it that said "kill wrathy" before it died. You can then check his field and indeed the spaceship is there. It is actually an easter egg because the company also made a space-themed wing commander series, where the "Kilwrathi" are a race of spaceship flying cat people.

I'm upset a game that is over 10 years old had more imagination than the current games.

Fallout is the obvious one.

And the first Dragon Age and Mass Effect are pretty good semi-open world games (add KotoR, Neverwinter Nights and Baldurs Gate to that list too)

Saints Row 3 is gloriously psychotic as well, just good silly fun.

I heard some people say that they might try Two worlds 2, and I'm here to say .. NO, don't do it..ever, worst game since the army man games, I actually hated myself for a short while because I purchased it.

Fallout is the obvious one.

In my humble opinion, It is probably the worst rpg ever created by man..ofcourse, it has his moments, but, no, it svcks.

Gotcha.

Ah well, just going to have to put it at the bottom of my to-play list again. Still, can't wait for ME 3, Kingdoms of Amalur, and Witcher 2. Looks like 2012 is gonna keep the ball rolling from this year. My wife is gonna hate me.

Old people really make me laugh XD

We have like, the same exact taste in games, I've already preordered 2 of that three games .
Also is it safe to assume you're a ps3/xbox 360 player?

You mean as a release of neverous energy because you don't want to face the fact that we had far superior games back then? System Shock was amazing, all old school games were so very very deep and at the time still cutting edge graphics.

Just because you have polished turds today doesn't mean you have any right to laugh at the legends that built the framework that got corrupted by coporate greed. Video gaming was at its best when it was completely un-cool and only people who loved games were making them.

Youthful ignorance makes me laugh.

This is why they make me laugh XD
God, it's videogames..

Imma punch you if you don't stop with the annoying emoticons.

Ultima 7 was awesome.

But I feel open-world RPGs are starting to become an oxymoron because it is a sign of the times. I find myself enjoying more "close-world" RPGs like Mass Effect 2. Themeparks are starting to become more enjoyable for me.

I just finished LA Noire, but I am more interested in the story than exploring the whole of LA. There's just no reason to explore. Nothing happens outside the street crimes and main story.

Or maybe it's because open-world RPGs are not done right. I remember it was interesting to explore Ultima 7 because I'd never know what I would find in caves. I may find more magic armor, magic weapons (such as the fire sword that also acted like a torch), treasure in the form of gold bars, jewelry, dragons that drop jewels, interesting creatures like that Unicorn that is a virgin-detector lol, the Cyclops that could talk and ask the Avatar why his people were always the target of genocide, the crazed sultan suffering from delusions that had the powerful stone harpy guarding his treasure, etc.

In Skyrim there is no such incentive to explore.