Like a literal, pleasant, long walk kinda like a journey like Shrek?
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Zelda (botw totk)
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 1,2
- Cyberpunk2077
- Red Dead Redemption
- Pokemon Sword/Shield/Scarlet/Arceus
EDIT: DayDreamGaming on Youtube seems to have a gold mine of these type videos
A Short Hike
It’s a cute indy game about reaching the top of a mountain (no, not a Celeste clone i swear)
A Short Hike is the best answer to this question. I’m sad that we haven’t had a release of “Another Short Hike” yet.
Red Dead 2. Law killed my horse in Valentine, so I decided to walk and hitchhike back to Clemens Point. I wrestled a bear, found the plague village, blew up a KKK gathering… just regular old west things.
The early STALKER games are also nice, if you’re into that sort of atmosphere. Nothing beats the feeling of sitting in the rookie village next to the world’s most mediocre guitarist.
Just make sure to skip walking through Tall Tree, Roanoke Ridge, and Bluewater Marsh.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 1/2. I just picked up 2 a few weeks ago and imo it is one of the best games ever made
I don’t remember if it is in fact open world, but a game for just chill and take a long walk from start to finish is Firewatch
I’ve seen someone do that in Skyrim, but haven’t done it myself.
Morrowind.
Miasmata.
Gothic 3.
Shadow of the Colossus. Just gorgeous scenery, even on PS2 emulation.
Red Dead Redemption 2.
LA Noire, if you like 1940s cities.
Whenever the mood hits me to play Red Dead 2, I always jump on my horse and just pick a direction and go for a ride.
It’s inevitable that some shit will be stirred up, but for a good while it’s just nice to hear nature and the steady trot of Ace.
Skyrim
If you’ve played and enjoyed skyrim and want more of it, do check out Enderal!! Trailer 1, Trailer 2
The version you install will depend on the version of skyrim you own:
Tons of new scenery, and fast travel is way limited so if you want a game to just slow down in and soak in the sights, look no further.
Easily one of the best stories I’ve ever experienced.
As you specifically mention Minecraft: check out Valheim. In default settings you can hardly call it a pleasant stroll, but exploring the biomes is beautiful with especially stunning lighting.
It can be made significantly more pleasant by bringing a couple of, uh, >!hunting dogs!< (is redacting called for?).
Rustle in the bush? >!Dogs!< run off. Snarls, rending noises. Piece and quiet. 😅
I haven’t even explored all the biomes but I’m quite content in my little homestead by the lake.
not really as big as other suggestions here but walking through kamurocho has its charms.
another one i haven’t seen suggested yet is the walking simulator called death stranding. but this one needs to be a pleasant but mindful walk.
walking through kamurocho has its charms
Might want to point out that’s the city in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games, not everyone may know that.
thanks! yup, it’s that place.
Nobody mentioned elden ring, seriously?
The visuals in that game were amazing, and the changes in different scenery and themes. Holy shit. My #1.
The visuals were stunning but am I fuck taking a walk through:
- The ultra-plague fallout zone
- The lake of giant sniper lobsters
- The mountaintops of giant spiders made from hands with way too many fingers
Absolutely hell yes.
Just walk fast.
Eh.
Without the unique boss designs and gameplay mechanics, the world looks and feels like every other Souls, but with more pixels. Not bad, but not strong enough on its own.
I don’t think I agree with that. None of the Souls games ever had anything like Siofra River or Liurnia. Areas like Leyndell and Farum Azula, sure, but there’s a lot of variety in the Elden Ring map
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Lovely and terrifying all at once. Can’t wait for the new one!
Take out all the people and creatures trying to kill you along the way and I feel like a walk down the intended route from Goodsprings to New Vegas would be fun enough and fairly pleasant. Otherwise, it’s a survival game nightmare I wouldn’t win, no matter how you slice it.
And if you’d consider Yooka-Laylee open world, the full first book you enter would be fun to stroll all over in for a short while. Especially since the majority of the enemies look like little pushovers.
Journey.
Abzu.
Planet Crafter.
Satisfactory.
I personally think it’d be cool to walk out on any of the fields in Rocket LeagueGosh there’s so many though. Almost every game, haha.
I would prefer RL in real life.
Guild wars 2, large world, lots of variety in scenery.
Also can try stuff where that’s the point like Wildmender is about healing the land and chill, or eastshade. Which is just about enjoying the scenery.
As the game Raft is fun, fairly simple, huge, good for playing with friends or kids with out a ton of experience playing games, it’s got a decent story. Spent last summer beating it with my daughter and we both really liked it
Did you extend a single board hundreds of meters from your raft so you could clip into buildings?
lol wth, no we definitely did not! We did end up with a floating village essentially, and it was so good to spend so much quality time with her and problem and chatting all summer 💜 Raft has a special place in my heart lol
