10 Greatest Open World Games Of All Time

10. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Never underestimate the innate appeal of sailing around singing sea shanties.

The one part of Assassin's Creed III that everyone agreed was fun were the short segments where you got to sail a boat (except for that one stealth mission we don't talk about) so Ubisoft decided, screw it, let's build an entire game around it!

What resulted was Black Flag, a game built entirely around being a pirate and sailing around raiding the high seas. As seen with similar games like Skies Of Arcadia, that alone can be enough to be entertaining, but Black Flag takes it a step further by making this game OOZE detail out of every pore.

From every port having its own personality and subculture, to the sea shanties sung by your crew, to the awesome raids you can pull on enemy ships and bases, this game does everything in its power to make you feel like a pirate, and it understands that the best way to do that is to make the seas you sail feel alive.