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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
4.7 feature score
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Best Sony Interactive Entertainment Video Games for open-world design
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Ghost of Yōtei
4.4 feature score
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The Last of Us Part II Remastered
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The open world is repeatedly praised as varied, beautiful, and more densely interesting, with Australia seen as a stronger setting than before.
Pros: animation quality, facial animations
Cons: quest design, AI behavior
The open world is widely praised for beauty, density, organic discovery, and restraint, with dissenting notes about repetition, over-guidance, or familiar structure.
Pros: movement feel, environmental detail
Cons: puzzle design, age appropriateness
The limited semi-open Seattle section stood out positively to one reviewer, who wished more of the game pursued that feeling.
Pros: core gameplay loop, level design
Cons: family friendliness, puzzle design