WOFF! Poll: Open World Games (Spring 2017)
Added 2017-04-03 14:17:17 +0000 UTCHello, friends! It feels like we just did this, but it's already time for our next poll. This time, we're turning to a new genre and having you decide which open world game we should play for an episode coming out on May 18.
The usual guidelines apply. Take a look at the information below, read up, watch some videos, and place your vote. The poll will be open until 11:59pm EST on April 14, 2017.
Here are the options:
- Just Cause 2 (XB360 / PS3 / PC). Cause some chaos in the fictional Pacific island of Panau using grappling hooks, grappling hooks, and grappling hooks. (Video | Wiki ).
- Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (PS2). Cause even more chaos on the Korean peninsula in this game that did Crackdown's structure before Crackdown was even a thing. (Video | Wiki ).
- Mount and Blade: Warband (PC). One of the crunchiest open world games in existence... You hop on the back of your horse and perform quests for different factions in medieval Europe. (Video | Wiki ).
- State of Decay (XB360 / PC). You caught us trying to sneak a horror game in here. It's a sandbox where you are trying to rebuild civilization after a zombie outbreak. Also, your main character sounds like Master Shake. (Video | Wiki ).
- Yakuza (PS2). The first entry in a long-running series, this is an heir apparent to Shenmue with a distinctly grittier tone. (Video | Wiki ).
Feel free to fight it out in the comments. Thank you so much for your support!
Note: There's no Rockstar game on the poll because we're pretty sure that would win.
Comments
I'm bummed that Mount and Blade didn't make it. I was reminded of it by doing this poll and I've lost a couple of days just playing it. Its astonishingly compelling.
Peter Guilherme
2017-04-27 20:08:29 +0000 UTCI'm a huge fan of the Yakuza series and I hope it wins, BUT if you guys do end up playing it I strongly recommend playing the PS4 remake Yakuza Kiwami. The first Yakuza game is historically significant and is a real trend setter, but the loading times are frequent and infuriating. It makes it nigh unplayable.
Holland Hume
2017-04-14 11:37:16 +0000 UTCI suspect you're correct - though once you get a feel for how the battle controls work (mounted, in particular), it really does handle pretty fluidly and becomes just so satisfying. I just hope that if either of them like it at all, they give the Floris mod some time because I think it really fixes so much - esoteric expanded troop trees and all.
Rick
2017-04-11 13:36:23 +0000 UTCWitcher 3 would have benefited greatly from getting the mounted combat half as right as Mountain Blade does - it's truly the best $10 I've ever spent on a clunky terrible looking game that somehow never stops being fun. #hailbutterlord
Rick
2017-04-11 12:23:42 +0000 UTCAlso voting for Mount and Blade: Warband. Which, by the way, is on sale on GoG this weekend for $7 (down from $20)
Jason Wersits
2017-04-08 20:22:16 +0000 UTCI feel like Just Cause 2 will rapidly become repetitive and mindless, the third one feels like that even though it' better in many different ways. Very fun games but not very challenging or anything...
Elias Toner
2017-04-08 11:18:53 +0000 UTCWent with M&B. I want to see if I'm right in that Kole will love it despite its flaws and Gary will want to like it but have a love hate relationship with it due to the battle controls but will admire the concept and ambition of the game.
David Cramb
2017-04-06 03:27:21 +0000 UTCI've never played any of these but they're all games i would enjoy being able to "play" vicariously thru WOFF!! So this was a tough pick
sleepysmiles
2017-04-04 22:08:37 +0000 UTCNever played any of these, but if I'm going to try one for the show, I'd like it to have horses.
Zaynation
2017-04-04 18:21:41 +0000 UTCI feel ya, I loved the first one. The second game was such a disappointment.
Frank Horrigan
2017-04-04 16:23:35 +0000 UTCThe Yakuza series is great, but the first is a VERY rough draft of the heights they would end up hitting in the PS3 era, and so I worry it would be a very mixed bag "there is some charm but also a lot of clunk and bummers" vibe.
Ryan Batie
2017-04-03 21:28:40 +0000 UTCI was kinda bummed but not really surprised to see it so low after I voted. I remember loving the game when it came out and this would have been a good excuse to drop everything I'm currently playing and see if it holds up.
Brian Castiano
2017-04-03 19:07:46 +0000 UTCState of Decay was absolutely fascinating - very different take on the genre with the mix with permadeath. The persistent real-time kept me from a deep dive through.
Janos Bornemisza
2017-04-03 17:00:20 +0000 UTCI know Yakuza is gonna win. There's no contest with how much love that series has. It doesn't change the fact that I would really like to see State of Decay pass through the chicken separator.
Darrin Michelson
2017-04-03 16:50:59 +0000 UTCI had fun with Mercenaries, although the ‘nothing is permanent so you can grind in a open world’ got frustrating quickly.
‘Will It Work’ Dansicker
2017-04-03 16:08:03 +0000 UTCThis is a hill I'm willing to die on.
Matt
2017-04-03 15:35:38 +0000 UTCShoutout to the one other person who also voted Mercenaries. I knew this was a losing battle but this hill is a good one.
Maddie C
2017-04-03 15:03:27 +0000 UTCBe still my heart! M&B warband is one of my favorite games ever. I'll sure Yakuza will win but I'd really love to hear an ep on M&B.
GD-Axon
2017-04-03 14:58:13 +0000 UTCVoted for the Yak, but I would love to see a two-fer down the line with Mercenaries and Just Cause 2.
Dylan Starks
2017-04-03 14:39:12 +0000 UTChahah glad to see the poll reflects my inability to decide between just cause and yakuza
Ragavan Suresh
2017-04-03 14:27:47 +0000 UTCHuge fan of Just Cause 2, would like to hear your thoughts on it
Peter McPhillips
2017-04-03 14:25:19 +0000 UTCSure. "Lag." (There's a feature that makes it so each patron's vote only counts once). - KR
Duckfeed.tv
2017-04-03 14:24:46 +0000 UTCI'm sad Simpsons Hit and Run isn't on this list.
Zoombini
2017-04-03 14:22:26 +0000 UTCI think I voted 3-4 times on Yakuza due to lag :)
Fredrik R
2017-04-03 14:19:42 +0000 UTC
