My friend says Euro Truck Sim 2 isn't open world (I do own the game and know it's open world)

[Sensokaku]

Post in the comments if you agree LOL (I do not agree)

[Nono54Fr]

Your friend either a. never played ETS2 or b. doesn't understand the meaning of open world ... or both, both is good.

[Nimir-Raj]

This game is definately not open world. I mean you can't go anywhere on the map just because you want to, you have to unlock areas and follow the story progression.

Wait... sorry wrong game.

Suggestion: Buy your friend a dictionary for Christmas.

[Sensokaku]

What game were you talking about XD :v

[Nimir-Raj]

Hitman Blood Money. xD

[Luniz]

i think your friend never played an open world game

[Eagle Eye]

This game is NOT open world..

Open world means, if I see it, I can go there..

You can't do that in this game..

You have to stick to areas that we are allowed to go to..

If it where open world, there would be no yellow arrows blocking your way..

Just because you can drive where you want, doen't mean it's open world..

It means you can take whatever road you want..

It's that simple..

EE

[jules.stmp537]

I'd call ETS2 a semi-open world. If I compare ETS2 to GTA V, the world in ETS2 feels very limited basically a few roads and lots of invisible walls some marked with Xs.

[Theblaze]

Do you ever thought why you can't drive in certain places in ETS2?, it's because there is nothing spectacular beside a road that will end at some point where the AI traffic can spawn and despawn.

There is no point driving outside of the bounce, if you still wanna see whats there, use the free cam mode by enabling the console and developer mode.

[Dave]

Originally posted by Eagle Eye:

Open world means, if I see it, I can go there..You can't do that in this game..You have to stick to areas that we are allowed to go to..If it where open world, there would be no yellow arrows blocking your way.

Technically speaking you can go anywhere in the game meaning anywhere that actually exists within the game. If a road is blocked off it's usually because nothing but a void of nothingness exists past that point - which is almost always the case. Even in games that you'd consider open world I can almost guarantee that aspect also applies to them as well. So, in reality, almost no open world games are truely open world following that logic.

[Nono54Fr]

Originally posted by Eagle Eye:

This game is not open world..

Open world means, if I see it, I can go there..

You can't do that in this game..

You have to stick to areas that we are allowed to go to..

If it where open world, there would be no yellow arrows blocking your way..

EE

By that definition, no game is actually open world, Fallout, Skyrim, GTA, some of the Lego games (Avengers, Jurassic World) ... none.

By this definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_world and the premises of the game ("drive to deliver and built a trucking empire") that can be completely rejected, ETS2 is an open world.

PS: I'm gonna agree with above me, " semi open world "

[Eagle Eye]

You see, that's the problem..

I see a town as I drive by..

It exists, but I can't go there..

No roads, in fact, the town is just a graphic, I can't go there..

Open world games are usually something like Arma 3..

Where the end of the world is blocked off, and there is nothing beyond that..

Also like Stranded Deep.. The end of the world is bounded, but you can go anywhere inside that boundary..

So I'll have to disagree

EE

[Theblaze]

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a trucking simulator not a sightseeing simulator.

[AshHill07]

Originally posted by Eagle Eye:

You see, that's the problem..

I see a town as I drive by..

It exists, but I can't go there..

No roads, in fact, the town is just a graphic, I can't go there..

Open world games are usually something like Arma 3..

Where the end of the world is blocked off, and there is nothing beyond that..

Also like Stranded Deep.. The end of the world is bounded, but you can go anywhere inside that boundary..

So I'll have to disagree

EE

Skyrim isn't an open world game?
GTA III isn't an open world game?
Driver: San Francisco isn't an open world game?
Mercenaries 2 isn't an open world game?

All of these games have areas you can see but you can't actually get to, and that's just the ones I can see on my shelf right now.

[Eagle Eye]

Well, then maybe they aren't truly open world either..

How many of those games are you stuck inside your vehicle?

I'm not talking not being ale to get inside a building, just right up too it..

We are talking about being able to drive around a town, but never to be able to get up close..

In a true open world, the only places you can't get up to and over are usually the actual bounds of the game world..

In ETS2, you get something smack in the middle of the world that you can't get any where near..

I'd go with semi open, but open, no way..

EE

[wim1234]

its all about how you define open world.
i dont care much, i like the game as it is.