Fallout 5 Wishlist: 10 Things Fans Need To See

2. A Smaller, More Detailed Wasteland

Fallout 4
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A troubling development in open world games recently has been the constant one-upmanship in creating increasingly bigger sandboxes for players to explore.

But the problem is that bigger doesn't always mean better, and games like the Arkham series and even the underrated Mad Max have shown that smaller, more detailed maps can be much more rewarding and enjoyable, rather than endless miles of barren nothingness.

Now, to Bethesda's credit they've never striven to have the largest open worlds around, but with Fallout 4 it was clear that in many areas the developers were content to create huge open spaces that lacked anything interesting to discover.

It's not that there needs to be dungeons to explore at every turn, but with a smaller landmass the developers would be able to pack it with more memorable locations and unique things to see as players move through the world, instead of forcing them to navigate the same copied and pasted subway station over and over again.

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