Open-world games are often defined by their scope and the sense of freedom they provide.

Here are some open-world games with the best stories the genre has to offer.

That ambition is most reflected in its story, set in a dystopian society similar to our own.

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Don’t expect to leave this world quickly, either.

There aremultiple endings to the gamebased on decisions you make throughout the campaign.

And so they’d gone on to developFallout 3.

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But no one really anticipated justhow groundbreaking Fallout 3 would provefor its time.

The core of the gameis space exploration.

But upon arrival at their location, you find nothing.

Sam from Death Stranding walking through grass with a huge mountain off in the distance.

But that particular entry would easily become his best one to date.

They’d crafted a beautiful open world practically bursting at the seams with things to do and see.

And in 2011, the fifth main entry,Skyrim, was released to pretty much unanimous acclaim.

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A man in power armor stands among the rubble of Washington in Fallout 3

A personal space ship flies toward an Atlas waypoint in No Man’s Sky

Spider-Man swinging from web and shooting another web, New York in background

Franklin walking along a fenced off power plant in GTA 5.

Aloy standing on a tree branch overlooking the forest in Horizon Zero Dawn

Batman lands a jumping kick right in the face of a prisoner in Arkham City.

The Dragonborn stands ready to fight a flying dragon in Skyrim

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