Sandbox Games

[Renwood]

Originally Posted by Aladuf

ohdeargod. Renwood and GM agree on something. just... ohdeargod.

Sarcasm. Shadow of the Colossus is my favorite game. It did not invent the sandbox genre. It does too many things well to award it praise for what it did not.

[Dyne]

I'm finding GTA4 is really the best of the best so far in terms of dickery. I played Crackdown but I should probably play it some more.

[BreakABone]

Here is what I want from future sandbox games.

1)Find a way to rip-off the Godfather Blackhand Edition controls. The melee is the best in ANY sandbox game in my opinion. The shooting is very nice and allows you to target seperate body parts.

2)More variety in mission, I know it is tough doing what you are generally doing in some of these games. But more missions where you scare people instead of killing them. Maybe more missions like the side missions in Saints Row like hurting yourself in public to get money or causing mayhem to rival businesses so your stock goes up. I'm sure if they watch enough gangster movies they can find something new.

3) A more cohevise storyline. I know it defeats the purpose of some free-roaming game but being able to do the missions out of order sometimes disrupts the flow of the story. Find a way to make it all work and still be open.