Open-world games are often full of treacherous environmental hazards. These games, however, are in a league of their own.
Open-world games come in all shapes and sizes. Players can swing through New York as Spider-Man or go through a realistic crime simulator. Depending on the main character and the genre, the environment alone will present varying levels of danger. The games below are not all realistic open-world games, but they have realistic dangers around every corner.
Sometimes, it is a hazard one would never even think of as dangerous, but these games remind fans that even the most mundane things can harm the player character. Knowing these ahead of time will also prevent them from being overly frustrating, especially when they are unique, unexpected hazards.1 The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Few open-world games offer a level of environmental interaction as deep as Breath of the Wild. Players use the objects around them to solve puzzles and craft weapons. This system is taken even further in the sequel, Tears of the Kingdom. The environment also strikes back against Link, however. Various weather changes make traversal harder, and certain areas are too cold or too hot to travel through without the right gear.
The most frustrating thing for players is the way rain causes Link to lose his grip when climbing up the side of a mountain. Players are never in control of when it happens and it always feels like it comes at the worst possible time. Fortunately, there are ways to better one’s grip during the rain, but it takes a while to earn the right equipment to counter the slippery rocks.2 Grand Theft Auto 5
Grand Theft Auto 5 and its predecessors take place in a heightened reality that parodies the real world.
