10 Unique Open-World Games With Awesome Mechanics

Even Death Stranding's biggest detractors have to admit that at the very least, it's certainly unique.

With his first game since concluding the Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima wanted to create a brand new genre, and while he might not have achieved that lofty goal, he did manage to create something entirely singular.

Death Stranding is a difficult game to describe without making it sound boring. It's a walking/delivery simulator essentially, as you take control of a virtual Normal Reedus and deliver packages across a desolate, alternate-future America in order reconnect the country.

There is combat, but the bulk of the game is spent trying not to fall over and ruin the cargo on your back. In this way, the title takes a wholly unique approach to its sandbox environment. Aspects of the world you wouldn't think about in other titles become obstacles here, as you need to plan the best route to an objective and navigate hazards like rivers or hills step by step.

It provides quite a meditative experience for an open world game, and combined with the creative multiplayer system, whereby you can contribute to structures other players have built and help finish their abandoned deliveries, there's a real sense that you're genuinely building a community as you go (even if you never see the people who make it up in the flesh).