10 Games That Let You do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING

gameranx
7 Dec 202313:42

Summary

TLDRThis video explores 10 games that offer unparalleled freedom, allowing players to engage in a wide array of activities, from the mundane to the chaotic. Titles like 'Bully' and 'Sleeping Dogs' provide opportunities for mischief and mayhem, while 'Just Cause' and 'Fallout 4' boast expansive worlds with numerous tools for destruction. 'Baldur's Gate 3' stands out for its narrative flexibility, and 'Saints Row 4' takes open-world chaos to new heights with superpowers. The 'Yakuza' series is celebrated for its vast side content, and 'Crackdown' offers a debug mode for unlimited fun. 'Grand Theft Auto 5' tops the list with its vast offline and online content, proving that open-world games can offer more than just violence. 'The Sims 4' is a bonus mention, where players can control life and death in a virtual world.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ˜€ The video discusses games that offer players a high degree of freedom to engage in various activities, often leading to amusing chaos.
  • ๐ŸŽฎ 'Bully' is highlighted for its surprising amount of optional activities that don't serve the main plot but are entertaining, like pantsing people or placing 'kick me' signs.
  • ๐Ÿซ In 'Bully', once the player is free to explore the town, the game opens up with an array of activities such as arcade games, carnival games, bike races, and more.
  • ๐Ÿ‘ป 'Sleeping Dogs' is noted for its variety of gameplay, including hand-to-hand combat, shooting, car combat, and a plethora of mini-games and side activities.
  • ๐Ÿš— 'Just Cause' games are recognized for their expansive movement options like parachuting, gliding, and a wide array of vehicles, which allow for massive destruction.
  • ๐Ÿ”ฎ 'Baldur's Gate 3' stands out for its freedom in pursuing goals, with the ability to kill characters assumed to be critical to the story without stopping the game.
  • ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ 'Saints Row 4' takes the series' chaos to a new level by adding superpowers to the usual over-the-top activities, encouraging players to cause mayhem.
  • ๐Ÿฐ 'Fallout 4' is praised for its settlement building, crafting system, and the ability to experiment with NPCs in creative ways, such as constructing death traps.
  • ๐Ÿ‰ The 'Yakuza' or 'Like a Dragon' series is commended for its vast array of side activities and mini-games, with 'Lost Judgment' being particularly highlighted for its content.
  • ๐Ÿ”‘ 'Crackdown' offers a 'Keys to the City' mode that acts as a debug mode, allowing players to spawn vehicles, allies, enemies, and various objects to create their own chaos.
  • ๐Ÿ† 'Grand Theft Auto 5' tops the list for its sheer amount of content both offline and online, with continuous updates and a vast player-driven community.
  • ๐ŸŽฒ 'The Sims 4' is mentioned as a bonus game where players can act as a god in a small town, with high potential for both cruelty and creativity towards the Sims.

Q & A

  • What is the main theme of the video?

    -The main theme of the video is discussing 10 video games that offer players a high degree of freedom to engage in various activities and cause chaos within the game world.

  • What is the first game mentioned in the video and what makes it special?

    -The first game mentioned is 'Bully'. It is special because, despite appearing limited, it offers a lot of optional activities that are entertaining and don't necessarily serve any purpose in the game's main storyline.

  • How does the game 'Sleeping Dogs' allow players to engage in amusing chaos?

    -'Sleeping Dogs' allows players to engage in amusing chaos through its variety of gameplay elements like hand-to-hand combat, third-person shooting, car combat, and numerous mini-games and side activities.

  • What unique feature does 'Just Cause' have that contributes to the chaos?

    -The 'Just Cause' series offers a wide range of movement options including parachuting, gliding, a grappling hook, and various vehicles like sports cars, tanks, helicopters, and jumbo jets, which contribute to the chaos.

  • How does 'Baldur's Gate 3' differ from other RPGs in terms of player freedom?

    -'Baldur's Gate 3' differs from other RPGs by offering players the freedom to pursue their goals in various ways, including the ability to kill characters who are usually considered untouchable in other RPGs, with the game continuing to adapt to these choices.

  • What superpowers does 'Saints Row 4' introduce to the series?

    -'Saints Row 4' introduces superpowers such as super speed, super strength, and psychic powers, allowing players to cause chaos in new and absurd ways.

  • What is unique about the settlement system in 'Fallout 4'?

    -The settlement system in 'Fallout 4' is unique because it allows players to build settlements with complex power and happiness mechanics, giving them more control over the game world and its NPCs.

  • How does the 'Yakuza' or 'Like a Dragon' series stand out with its side activities?

    -The 'Yakuza' or 'Like a Dragon' series stands out with its massive selection of side activities and mini-games, offering players a wide variety of entertainment options between the main storyline and combat.

  • What is the 'Keys to the City' mode in 'Crackdown' and how does it enhance the game?

    -'Keys to the City' is a free DLC mode in 'Crackdown' that gives players free roam of the city and access to a special options menu with cheat options and a spawning menu, allowing them to break the game wide open and create their own chaos.

  • What makes 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' different from other games in the series?

    -'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is different from other games in the series due to its unprecedented amount of freedom, allowing players to use the ultra hand in various creative ways for exploits and amusement.

  • Why is 'Grand Theft Auto 5' considered the number one game for freedom in the video?

    -'Grand Theft Auto 5' is considered the number one game for freedom because of its overwhelming selection of things to do both offline and online, with continuous updates and a vast array of player-driven activities.

  • What is the bonus game mentioned at the end of the video and what makes it unique?

    -The bonus game mentioned is 'The Sims 4'. It is unique because it allows players to act as the god of a small town, with high potential for cruelty, offering both comprehensive life simulation and the freedom to ruin the lives of the Sims characters.

Outlines

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๐ŸŽฎ Freedom in Gaming: Top 10 Games for Open World Chaos

The video script discusses the appeal of video games that offer players the liberty to engage in a wide array of activities, with 'Bully' as the starting point. It highlights the game's surprising depth, including attending classes, performing pranks, and participating in various side activities like arcade games, bike races, and boxing. The narrator emphasizes the game's potential for mischief and mayhem, especially with the help of the character Russell, who can assist in causing chaos without consequences. The script also mentions the game's open-world exploration aspect, which significantly broadens the player's options.

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๐ŸŽ๏ธ Engaging in Amusing Chaos with 'Sleeping Dogs' and 'Just Cause'

The script moves on to 'Sleeping Dogs,' noting its diverse gameplay mechanics such as hand-to-hand combat, third-person shooting, and car combat, along with mini-games like karaoke and mahjong. It praises the game for allowing players to cause havoc without severe consequences. Following that, 'Just Cause' games are discussed for their limited side activities but vast opportunities for causing mayhem through various vehicles, weapons, and the game's physics. The addition of a jet pack and missiles in 'Just Cause 3' is highlighted as a unique feature that further enhances the game's chaotic potential.

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๐Ÿฐ 'Baldur's Gate 3': Unlimited Freedom in a Limited World

The script introduces 'Baldur's Gate 3' as a game that, despite its smaller world compared to open-world games, offers players significant freedom in pursuing their goals. It emphasizes the game's flexibility in character role-playing and decision-making, which can drastically alter the story. The game's unique feature is the ability to kill almost any character without halting the game's progression, as other characters can fill the roles of those killed. Additionally, the script mentions the game's capacity for players to exploit mechanics to achieve absurd outcomes, setting it apart from less reactive RPGs.

๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ 'Saints Row 4': Superpowered Absurdity in an Open World

The 'Saints Row' series is recognized for allowing players to cause chaos with minimal repercussions, and 'Saints Row 4' takes this to a new level by introducing superpowers. The game retains the over-the-top activities from its predecessor while adding super speed, strength, and psychic abilities, along with an array of absurd weapons. The game encourages players to explore their creativity in causing chaos, even offering an unlock that makes the player character invincible, demonstrating the game's commitment to player freedom.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ 'Fallout 4': Sandbox Freedom with Endless Activities

Bethesda's 'Fallout 4' is lauded for its expansive sandbox gameplay, offering a plethora of activities beyond the standard RPG elements. The game features a settlement system with complex power and happiness mechanics, mini-games, an intricate crafting system, robot companions, and an underground base construction. The script also mentions the game's modding community, which further extends the possibilities for player creativity and freedom within the game world.

๐ŸŽ‰ 'Yakuza/Like a Dragon' Series: A Cornucopia of Entertainment

The 'Yakuza' or 'Like a Dragon' series is celebrated for its vast selection of side activities and mini-games, providing players with a rich tapestry of entertainment options. 'Lost Judgment' is highlighted for its extensive side content, including managing a dance troupe, participating in a robotics club, boxing, biker subplots, photography, skateboarding, and an eSports club featuring 'Virtua Fighter 5'. The series is commended for its ability to offer a seemingly limitless amount of content that can be explored at the player's leisure.

๐Ÿ”‘ 'Crackdown': Open World Debug Mode for Ultimate Freedom

The 'Crackdown' series is noted for offering players a 'Keys to the City' mode, a free DLC that provides a debug mode with extensive cheat options and a spawning menu. This feature allows players to summon vehicles, allies, enemies, and various objects, enabling them to create custom chaos scenarios. The script appreciates 'Crackdown' for providing these game-breaking capabilities for free, without the need for mods, setting a precedent for open-world game freedom.

๐Ÿž๏ธ 'Breath of the Wild' and 'Tears of the Kingdom': Unprecedented Freedom

The script discusses the evolution of freedom in 'Zelda' games, from 'Breath of the Wild' to its successor, 'Tears of the Kingdom'. The latter is praised for offering an unprecedented level of freedom, with the ultra hand as a central feature enabling various exploits and amusements. The game encourages creativity and self-driven exploration, allowing players to create their own content and experiences, with the potential for discovering wild glitches and unique gameplay mechanics.

๐Ÿš— 'Grand Theft Auto 5': The Pinnacle of Open World Freedom

Crowning 'Grand Theft Auto 5' as the ultimate game for freedom, the script details its vast array of activities both offline and online, which have been expanding for over a decade. The game is filled with curated and player-driven content, featuring role-playing communities and a myriad of possibilities for player interaction. 'GTA 5' is recognized for demonstrating that open-world games can offer more than just violence, providing a platform for a wide range of experiences and activities.

๐Ÿ  'The Sims 4': God-Like Control with Unparalleled Potential for Chaos

As a bonus, 'The Sims 4' is highlighted for its life simulation aspects, allowing players to act as god-like figures controlling the lives of their Sims. The game offers high potential for both benevolence and cruelty, with no repercussions for actions taken. Players can lead their Sims to success or ruin their lives in various creative ways, making 'The Sims 4' a unique blend of life simulation and creative destruction.

Mindmap

Keywords

๐Ÿ’กFreedom

Freedom in this video refers to the flexibility and autonomy players have within the games discussed. It is a core concept as it defines the theme of games that allow players to engage in a wide range of activities without strict limitations. For example, 'Bully' offers freedom to attend classes or engage in optional mischief.

๐Ÿ’กChaos

Chaos is a key element in the video, highlighting games that enable players to create disorder and disruption within the game world. It is closely tied to the theme of freedom, as it exemplifies the player's ability to act without constraints. 'Sleeping Dogs' is mentioned as a game full of opportunities to cause amusing chaos.

๐Ÿ’กOpen World

Open World denotes the game design where players can explore and interact with a vast, simulated environment without being confined to a linear path. It is central to the video's theme as it represents the space where players can exercise their freedom and cause chaos. 'Just Cause' games are noted for their open world nature, allowing various activities.

๐Ÿ’กSide Activities

Side Activities are optional tasks or games within a larger game that are not directly related to the main storyline. They contribute to the video's theme by providing additional content that enhances the player's experience of freedom. 'Bully' is praised for its impressive amount of side content like arcade games and bike races.

๐Ÿ’กRole-Playing Game (RPG)

An RPG is a game where players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting and make decisions that affect the narrative. In the context of the video, 'Baldur's Gate 3' is highlighted for its freedom in role-playing opportunities, allowing players to make choices that significantly alter the story.

๐Ÿ’กConsequence-Free

Consequence-Free actions are those that do not result in negative repercussions within the game. This concept is integral to the video's theme as it emphasizes the games that allow players to enjoy unrestricted fun without punishment. 'Bully' and 'Sleeping Dogs' are noted for allowing players to cause chaos with minimal consequences.

๐Ÿ’กSuperpowers

Superpowers in the context of the video refer to the extraordinary abilities granted to players in games, enhancing their capacity to interact with the game world. 'Saints Row 4' is an example where players can use superpowers to cause chaos, adding to the game's appeal of unrestricted action.

๐Ÿ’กSandbox

A Sandbox game is one that provides players with a set of tools and a space to experiment freely without a fixed objective. This term is relevant to the video's theme as it encapsulates the idea of games offering a wide range of possibilities for player interaction. 'Fallout 4' is mentioned for its sandbox nature, allowing players to engage in various activities.

๐Ÿ’กModding

Modding refers to the act of altering a game's content or mechanics using modifications created by players. It is related to the video's theme as it exemplifies the extent to which players can customize their gaming experience. 'Fallout 4' is noted for its extensive modding community, which further expands the game's possibilities.

๐Ÿ’กExploit

An Exploit in gaming is a technique used to take advantage of a game's mechanics or bugs to achieve unintended results. This term is pertinent to the video's theme as it showcases the creativity and freedom players have in manipulating game environments. 'Baldur's Gate 3' is highlighted for allowing players to exploit game mechanics.

๐Ÿ’กDebug Mode

Debug Mode typically refers to a set of tools or options in a game used for testing and development purposes. In the video, 'Crackdown' is noted for offering a 'Keys to the City' mode that functions similarly to a debug mode, providing players with extensive control to manipulate the game world freely.

๐Ÿ’กLife Simulator

A Life Simulator is a type of game that allows players to simulate various aspects of life, including social interactions, career development, and personal growth. 'The Sims 4' is mentioned as an example of a life simulator that offers players the potential for both constructive and destructive experiences within the game.

Highlights

The game 'Bully' offers a variety of optional activities beyond attending classes, such as pantsing people and putting 'kick me' signs for mischief.

In 'Bully', players can explore the whole town and engage in arcade games, carnival games, bike races, go-karts, boxing, and more.

The character Russell in 'Bully' can be used to cause chaos without consequences by provoking NPCs to attack.

'Sleeping Dogs' features a range of activities including hand-to-hand combat, third-person shooting, car combat, and various mini-games.

Players in 'Sleeping Dogs' can cause mayhem with no consequences, such as bashing heads with car doors or driving car trunks off piers.

'Just Cause' games are noted for their limited side activities but offer a wide range of tools for causing chaos, including a grappling hook and various vehicles.

In 'Just Cause 3', the DLC missions provide even more power to the player, such as a jet pack booster for the glider and missiles.

'Baldur's Gate 3' offers players a high degree of freedom in pursuing goals, including the ability to kill almost any character with consequences handled by the game.

The game 'Saints Row 4' enhances the open world chaos with superpowers, allowing players to run faster, jump higher, and use psychic abilities.

'Fallout 4' provides a vast array of activities including settlement building, crafting, and an amusement park to explore.

The 'Yakuza' or 'Like a Dragon' series is known for its extensive side activities and mini-games, offering a wide range of entertainment.

'Lost Judgment' from the 'Judgment' series features an immense amount of side content, including afterschool activities and various clubs.

'Crackdown' offers a 'Keys to the City' mode that allows players to access a debug mode with cheats and the ability to spawn various objects and characters.

'Breath of the Wild' and its sequel 'Tears of the Kingdom' provide players with an unprecedented amount of freedom and creative problem-solving opportunities.

'Grand Theft Auto 5' is recognized for its vast content both offline and online, with continuous updates and a wide range of activities.

The game 'The Sims 4' allows players to control the lives of Sims with the potential for both kindness and cruelty, offering a life simulator with no real repercussions.

Transcripts

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- [Narrator] We really love games

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that give you the freedom to do whatever you want,

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of course within reason.

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So today we're talking about 10 games

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that let you do pretty much absolutely anything.

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Starting off at number 10,

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for a game that seems on the surface as limited as "Bully,"

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there's actually a lot of stuff you could do.

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There's some boring stuff like attending classes,

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but there's so many optional things in the game

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that don't really serve any purpose.

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They're just fun to do.

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Being able to pants people, give them swirlies,

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or put "kick me" signs on people is extremely entertaining,

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but that's really only kind of the start

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of the mischief you can get up to.

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Now once you're free to actually explore the whole town,

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that's when your options really open up.

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There's an arcade, there are carnival games,

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bike races, go-karts, boxing, and more stuff.

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The amount of side content in this game is impressive,

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but if you don't care about that,

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then there's always the option to just cause mayhem.

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One of my favorite tricks is to get some help from Russell

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who you can get to follow you at any point after chapter one

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and you can use him to cause

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as much consequence-free chaos as you want.

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All you have to do is do something

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to make an NPC angry enough to attack you

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and then let Russell just do the rest.

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(upbeat music)

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(car honks)

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So seeing this student

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go around power bombing innocent people like pedestrians

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into the pavement just never gets old.

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So while you can't do absolutely everything,

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it's basically anything you would want to do in a game

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where you're playing as a student.

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Next over at number nine, "Sleeping Dogs."

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Now as you're probably already starting to notice,

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this list isn't literally about games

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that let you do absolutely anything,

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otherwise it would be full of like weird life simulators

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or like "Dwarf Fortress" or something.

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So instead, this is about games

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that let you engage in just amusing chaos

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that normally isn't permitted in games,

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and "Sleeping Dogs" is full of this stuff.

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One thing that's great about this game

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is the variety of things you do.

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There's "Arkham Asylum" like hand-to-hand combat,

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there's third person shooting,

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there's car combat stuff like ramming,

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and you can also jump from one car to another and steal it.

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There's also a lot of mini games

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and side activities like karaoke, mahjong, cock fighting,

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just to name a few.

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But the best thing about "Sleeping Dogs"

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is how it lets you utterly ruin an NPC's day

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with like no consequences.

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Grab someone and bash their head with a car door

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or shove some unsuspecting victim into a car trunk

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and drive it off of a pier.

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- [Pedestrian] What's going on?

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(pedestrian groans)

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- [Narrator] Nobody cares.

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You can do this stuff as much as you want,

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and it's always funny.

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I know people might be concerned on this list,

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like games that let you do absolutely anything

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and absolutely anything in our case is just murder.

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But hey, we're having fun.

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Next over at number eight,

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in comparison to other open world games,

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the "Just Cause" games are actually kind of limited

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in their side activities.

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There are bases to clear out and a few races here and there,

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but beyond the basic gameplay loop,

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you're not doing a lot else.

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What earns this game a spot on this list though

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is how much stuff you can do as part of that loop.

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While the stuff you're doing is simple,

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it's everything around it.

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There's parachuting, gliding,

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a grappling hook, basically flying,

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tons of vehicles to drive, including sports cars and tanks,

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aerial vehicles that most open world games

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still don't include like helicopters or jumbo jets,

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a whole bunch of overpowered weapons.

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So you could just really go crazy.

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All these movement options let you cause

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as much mayhem as you want.

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By the end of the game,

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you're basically a walking god of destruction,

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(missiles fire)

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You can do whatever you want because nobody can stop you,

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and you can do it either on the ground or in the air.

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And I mean "Just Cause 3" somehow finds a way

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to make you even more overpowered.

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The DLC missions just straight up make it so you can fly

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by adding a jet pack booster to your glider and missiles.

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Now you're just Ironman.

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It's an Ironman game, and it's great.

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Now next over at number seven, "Baldur's Gate 3."

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Most of this list is open world games

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that give you a lot of tools for causing chaos

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and make it easy.

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But with "Baldur's Gate 3,"

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the world you inhabit is much more limited.

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This is like a computer RPG set in a relatively small area.

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But what makes it stand out

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is how much freedom it affords players

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to pursue their goals.

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And we're not just talking

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about like role-playing opportunities

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because there are a lot of different options

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for playing your character and making choices

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that can completely change how the story unfolds.

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In most RPGs, there are the prescripted choices you can make

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and that's it.

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But in "Baldur's Gate 3," there's a lot more to it.

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By that we mean you can kill everyone if you want.

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Most characters who you would assume would be quest critical

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and untouchable aren't.

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Like, you can just kill them

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as much as you would kill anyone else,

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and the game keeps going.

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These characters are usually replaced by backups

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who will fill the story roll of that killed character,

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and if you wanna kill them too, then you can,

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and something else might happen.

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On top of that,

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the open-ended nature of the world allows you

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to do some ridiculous things to break the game,

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like taking advantage of this exploit

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that makes it so you can fill up containers

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with more containers, so an object is infinitely heavy

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and it kills everything instantly.

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It's one of those things that's only possible in a game

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with some heavy simulation elements

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and the kind of stuff Larian is famous for

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and the sort of thing

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that makes "Baldur's Gate 3" stand out

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among other less reactive RPGs.

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It's awesome.

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Now over at number six,

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the "Saints Row" series has always allowed players to cause

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as much pointless chaos as the player wants

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with little repercussion,

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but "Saints Row 4" takes the absurdity of the open world

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really to the next level.

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Sure, it was fun running around

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bashing in pedestrian's nuts, power bombing people,

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smashing through front windshields of cars

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that were already moving just to steal them.

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But with the fourth game,

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you can do that all while also having superpowers.

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So you still get access

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to basically all the over the top stuff from "Saints Row 3,"

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but now you've got super speed, super strength,

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psychic powers, the list goes on.

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(magic whirs)

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Take all that and add in the series' most absurd weapons

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and you've got a game

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that isn't even trying to stop you anymore.

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Hell, you can literally just make yourself invincible

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with an unlock.

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This game doesn't just let you do anything you want,

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it wants you to do anything you want,

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and we respect them for that.

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Now over at number five,

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Bethesda games have always been about the sandbox,

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and while certain other games in the series

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have had better role playing and character building,

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no other "Fallout" game has given you quite

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as much stuff to do like in "Fallout 4," like just stuff.

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There's the normal gameplay loop of course of shooting,

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looting, talking, RPGing, but the game can be pretty limited

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in who it allows you to kill.

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The other stuff the game lets you do though is impressive.

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You could build settlements with its own complex power

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and happiness style.

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There are mini games you can play on your Pit Boy.

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There's an elaborate crafting system.

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There are robot companions to build,

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an underground base to construct,

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an entire amusement park to explore

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with its own rides and games.

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The entire settlement system really expands your options

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for what you can do with NPCs in "Fallout 4."

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Sure, the plot critical ones are off limits,

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but you could do whatever you want to settlers.

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Lock them up in a human zoo, or put them into

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like an elaborate Rube Goldberg style death trap.

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You could do whatever you want to these people

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if you have time and you want to experiment,

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and no one in the game really seems to care.

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And there's also like the endless world of mods

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that really make "Fallout 4" a game

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that lets you do pretty much anything.

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Next over at number four, the "Yakuza,"

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or should we now say the "Like a Dragon" series

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as it's known in Japan and now technically here,

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is just like a smorgasbord of entertainment.

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These games are famous

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for their massive selections of side activities

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and mini games to screw around with

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between all the cut scenes and beat downs.

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And at least at the time of this writing,

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we think "Lost Judgment" from the "Judgment" side series

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is currently the game with the highest amount

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of just stuff in it.

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There's a frankly insane amount of side content in this game

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that can all be safely ignored

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but is really worth trying out.

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A major part of the plot involves the main character

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investigating a school, which somehow gets him involved

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in way too many different afterschool activities.

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The list just goes on.

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There's dancing class where you can manage a dance troupe,

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a battle bot style robotics club game

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that's a huge pain in the ass,

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a boxing gym with a combat game that's completely different

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from the normal street combat you get into,

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an entire biker subplot where you drive a moped in races

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for some reason.

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There's so much of this stuff.

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There's a photography club, a skateboarding side quest.

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You can perform tricks and ride skateboards

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whenever you want.

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An eSports club where you can play "Virtua Fighter 5,"

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like "Virtua Fighter 5," not even like the oldest ones,

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like the entire game is just in this one.

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And there's still more.

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That's on top of all the other arcade games, activities,

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side quests that are in the game.

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It's just an absurd amount of stuff

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that only looks like it'll be topped

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by "Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth" when that releases.

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Like, judging from the trailers,

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it seems like you could do anything.

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This series,

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regardless of whether it's "Judgment" or "Yakuza,"

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is absolutely awesome.

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Now down to number three, there are plenty of games

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that let you go nuts while playing them,

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but very few open world games have a sort of debug mode

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that anyone can just use and access whenever they want.

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It's called "Keys to the City" in "Crackdown,"

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and this free DLC lets you load up a special game

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where you have free roam of the city

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and access to a special options menu

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that lets you break the game wide open.

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There's the usual cheat options like god mode,

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infinite ammo, ghost mode where the police won't retaliate

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if you attack them.

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There's stuff like that.

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But the option that really makes this mode fun

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is the spawning menu where you can just summon,

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not just vehicles, but allies, enemies,

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and a ton of random objects including explosive barrels.

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So anytime you want,

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you can create a massive shootout between two sides

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or surround a guy with explosives just to see what happens.

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It's an amazing option

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that every open world game should have,

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but only the "Crackdown" games

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ever just hand this stuff to you.

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Yeah, you can always mod Rockstar games

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to get all this stuff,

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but "Crackdown" gave you all the cheats

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and game breaking stuff for free in the game,

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like with no mods or anything.

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(sirens wail)

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- [Informant] New agency intel

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to your personal network, agent.

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- [Narrator] Now at number two,

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"Breath of the Wild" gave players an unprecedented amount

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of freedom for a "Zelda" game, while "Tears of the Kingdom"

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just ripped up the script entirely and went nuts.

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The amount of stuff you can do in this game

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is just mind blowing.

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Sure, it's almost all related to using the ultra hand,

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but the hand is just an incredible feature all around

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with so many different ways to use it for exploits

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or to just amuse yourself.

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Create bizarre weapons to destroy enemies

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without having to even lift a figure.

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Or abuse those annoying Koroks, fly up into the sky box,

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or use the ultra hand to trigger some weird wild glitches

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that fling you across the map.

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Like, in terms of the actual side content,

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there's a fair amount,

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but it's not wildly divergent from just playing the game.

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In "Tears of the Kingdom,"

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if you want to do almost anything,

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you just gotta figure out a way to make it happen yourself,

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and the game will let you do it most likely,

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even if you gotta look up a tutorial on YouTube.

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Now down at number one, "Grand Theft Auto 5."

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What else could be number one?

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The amount of stuff to do in "GTA 5"

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is just absurd at this point.

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There's a ton to do offline,

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but there's so much to do online

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that it makes our heads spin.

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Online has just been getting updates

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for upwards of like 10 years,

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and there's a lot of crap to do.

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Just the standard game is chockfull of content,

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way more than any other open world game out there.

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It's a game with an overwhelming selection of things to do,

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from the especially curated to the entirely player driven.

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There are entire role playing communities inside "GTA 5."

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It's not just a game that lets you do whatever you want.

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There are players who literally do everything

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and anything just in the world of the game.

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With "GTA 5" they really proved

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that like what you're doing in these worlds

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doesn't always have to boil down to just violence.

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There's just so much more

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and so much more freedom to do whatever.

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- Hey, look at that bad boy.

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- [Narrator] Those are 10 games,

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but we got one more bonus one that we couldn't fit in.

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It's "The Sims 4."

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You know, you're basically the god of a small town,

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so the potential for cruelty

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in "The Sims 4" is off the charts.

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Depending on how you wanna play it,

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you can carefully navigate your family to wealth or success,

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or you can thoroughly just ruin their lives

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before locking them in a room

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and having them starve to death.

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The potential for evil is really high in the "Sims" games

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and there's not really any repercussions

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for just killing as many Sims as you like.

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It's both a comprehensive life simulator,

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but also not at all.

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It's something weirder.

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But like we said, those are 10 or so games

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that let you do absolutely anything,

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within the confines of usually those games,

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but still a staggering amount of weird, strange,

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fun, distracting things.

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There are plenty of other games to talk about,

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so much that we didn't include on this list.

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So if you got your own picks,

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you got your own top 10 or something,

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let us know in the comments down below.

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'cause we'll probably make a part two and a part three even.

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But if you like this video

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and you like talking games with us every day,

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all you gotta do is click the like button.

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It very much helps us out.

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Thank you.

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But that's it.

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Thanks for watching, and we'll see you guys next time.

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