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| KratosLives said: demon souls/death stranding. The two most immersive games i can think of, that drag you out of this world into another realm. |
Dark souls for me since I never played the first one, and also indeed Death stranding. Map design is what makes a game for me and the map in Dark souls as well as Death stranding is amazing. BotW is up at the top as well with its map and freedom to explore it.
I just finished my second play through of Death Stranding. First one was off-line which I prefer. Exploring / surviving the map for 12 hours in a 100km on foot journey at the start of chapter 3 was epic. Off-line I was also in full control of what to build where without any interference of things popping up everywhere. It did take a whole lot longer off-line despite playing it all on easy the first time.
Second time on-line which kept me interested in a full second play through since all the online mechanics were still new to me and all the pre-build stuff does help. The online zip lines were very hit and miss though, popping up from different players, not connecting, dead ends, a different kind of challenge to turn that into a working network. I'm also glad I took all my screenshots the first time without the online mess!
Comparison of my 2 play throughs
