curl-6 on 19 July 2024
The much more generous RAM capacity of 8th gen consoles did make them a much more comfortable fit for open world games from the perspective of technical performance.
That said, 7th gen did have plenty of great games with more open worlds in its own right, such as Skyrim, Oblivion, Far Cry 2 and 3, the Assassin Creed games from 1 to Rogue, Xenoblade Chronicles, Batman Arkham City, Infamous 1 and 2, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Forza Horizon, and GTA5/Red Dead 1 if you're into that. (I'm not, but obviously many people are)
