Nintendo to Acquire Next Level Games

[AngryLittleAlchemist]

CaptainExplosion said:

Leynos said:

What makes you think Odyssey was an open world? It was purely level-based.

Uh huh, yeah, sure. A game where you can take Mario anywhere across each map and do almost every objective in any order you please without being restricted by the usual Mario countdown. Totally "level-based".

Uhmmm.....what?

Open world doesn't mean "open level design". Open world means that all the games content (or nearly all of it) is inter-connected. What, do you think Monster Hunter World or Rise are open world games because they feature big environments that are seamless? Mario Odyssey literally has a level select screen. Lol. The fact that you even have to specify "each map" is an indicator that it's not an open world game!