Far Cry's name is very ironic, if you're an armchair etymologist

Open world games take on new light when you look at the origins of the word "explore".

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Open worlds can afford to be small, as long as they feel vast

Prompted by Assassin's Creed: Shadows having a smaller map than its predecessor, RPS speaks to developers about what size really means in an open world game.

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No Assassin's Creed sequel has ever matched the weird poetry of the first game's towers

Today's developers have much still to learn from Ubisoft's original, weirdest and most influential open world game.

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