Oblivion, Fallout 3, GTA4, Far Cry 2 say hi

No but im sick of broken game right out of the box

Not really, but I am sick of how overrated some of them are - like Red Dead Redemption.

No. Don't really dislike linear either. I start to hate things when it's at the point that I'm being dragged along a straight path with no real freedom except whether an action or fight was performed successfully or won or I lose the game. At that point I might as well just watch a movie. This was my main gripe with FFXIII and Uncharted 2.

That didnt really dispute my Arkham City claim now did it???  GTA4 story is not good becasue its simply not good. The past ones have actually had decent yarns. Far Cry2, never played. Oblivion and Fallout 3?  Ill give you those

It's been a while since I've played and beaten an entire open world game. I think the last one was The Saboteur. GTAIV was the other one and I really enjoyed both of them. I guess it all drums to down to me liking linear levels just because I like their level designs better. Open worlds usually feel like a collection of things the dev did and gives you the option to go do them as opposed to refining them. I haven't seen open world game that's matched the best hack and slash or shooters out there. That said, I might be getting Crackdown 2 sometime down the line just for the traveling orbs. It'd be ironic since I never finished the first one on account that I got a little bored but Iove platforming and I felt like this one embraced it like nobody's business when I tried the demo.