10 Worst Open-World Games Of All Time

4. Driv3r

Although the Driver series actually got out ahead of Grand Theft Auto in creating a 3D open world, by the time the third game in the series rolled around, the latter franchise had completely outmatched it with releases like GTA III and Vice City.

Driv3r, consequently, was developer Reflections' dreadful response to the increased competition. Once again putting you in control of Tanner, the third game in the franchise attempted to ape Rockstar's open world formula, but only managed to create broken missions and a shooting system that always seemed to miss the mark.

Endeavouring to create a dynamic open world by having NPCs react realistically to your actions and introducing a rather impressive damage-modelling system for vehicles, the sequel's technical shortcomings resulted in a sandbox that always felt under threat of coming apart at the seams, rather than the cohesive and lifelike environment the devs had imagined.

Despite a gigantic marketing push, Driv3r released as a broken mess, and essentially killed the franchise's hope of ever being viewed as a genuine competitor to Grand Theft Auto.