Is the game actually open world?

[Krythic]

How "open world" are we talking here?

[Sovereign]

No it's not open world, it just has a couple of explorable levels.

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

No it's not open world, it just has a couple of explorable levels.

Thank you for confirming the type of developers these are then. Dodged a bullet with this one.

[Pure]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

No it's not open world, it just has a couple of explorable levels.

Thank you for confirming the type of developers these are then. Dodged a bullet with this one.

Hello, somebody who played the game on consoles.

Most levels are linear, and there are two levels which allow you to go to random direction in hope that you find something.

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Pure:

Originally posted by Krythic:

Thank you for confirming the type of developers these are then. Dodged a bullet with this one.

Hello, somebody who played the game on consoles.

Most levels are linear, and there are two levels which allow you to go to random direction in hope that you find something.

So why is the game labeled as open world? Isn't that the literal definition of misleading consumers?

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Pure:

Hello, somebody who played the game on consoles.

Most levels are linear, and there are two levels which allow you to go to random direction in hope that you find something.

So why is the game labeled as open world? Isn't that the literal definition of misleading consumers?

It isn't labeled an open world

[Pure]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Pure:

Hello, somebody who played the game on consoles.

Most levels are linear, and there are two levels which allow you to go to random direction in hope that you find something.

So why is the game labeled as open world? Isn't that the literal definition of misleading consumers?

Technically, said two levels allow you to go anywhere hoping you find something.
That kind of counts, apparently. I was also somewhat dissapointed when i finally reached the end of the game and just went "that's it?".
Like, you would face the open world levels back-to-back, as in they appear after each-other.

[Pure]

I didn't check the tag.

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Krythic:

So why is the game labeled as open world? Isn't that the literal definition of misleading consumers?

It isn't labeled an open world

On the store page it is labeled as an open world game.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

It isn't labeled an open world

On the store page it is labeled as an open world game.

No it doesn't, "sandbox survival" is term used by the devs.

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Krythic:

On the store page it is labeled as an open world game.

No it doesn't, "sandbox survival" is term used by the devs.

Dude. It literally says "Open world" on the right hand side.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

No it doesn't, "sandbox survival" is term used by the devs.

Dude. It literally says "Open world" on the right hand side.

You mean the user-defined tags?

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Krythic:

Dude. It literally says "Open world" on the right hand side.

You mean the user-defined tags?

Oh wow. This is a whole different can of worms now. You mean to tell me that the tags are NOT curated by the developer? They don't even care enough to adjust and mitigate false tags? They just go along with it? This is even worse than I first anticipated. You do realize that this game comes up under the search for open world games, right? This ♥♥♥♥ is downright illegal.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Krythic:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

You mean the user-defined tags?

Oh wow. This is a whole different can of worms now. You mean to tell me that the tags are NOT curated by the developer? They don't even care enough to adjust and mitigate false tags? They just go along with it? This is even worse than I first anticipated. You do realize that this game comes up under the search for open world games, right? This ♥♥♥♥ is downright illegal.

No the devs have no control of user tags.

[Krythic]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Krythic:

Oh wow. This is a whole different can of worms now. You mean to tell me that the tags are NOT curated by the developer? They don't even care enough to adjust and mitigate false tags? They just go along with it? This is even worse than I first anticipated. You do realize that this game comes up under the search for open world games, right? This ♥♥♥♥ is downright illegal.

No the devs have no control of user tags.

Fact Check:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/3084376689332137720/
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/tags#:~:text=Tags%20can%20be%20applied%20to,describe%20the%20game%20to%20others.

You're entirely wrong.

[Vol'pe]

Hogwarts Legacy on it's lauch day had tags like "transphobia", "racism", "psychological horror", "world war II" and more. Google "hogwarts legacy steam tags" to find news about it. Even if developers themselves curate tags, I don't see why it should be considered as "misleading consumers" if devs completely forgot about it or even don't change it on purpose. They never stated it's open world, it's what users mark it due to not knowing the difference between genres. For some people Metro Exodus IS open world just because of how big some of those locations are and they don't care.