Ideally ranked in order. I want to make my own master list and wish list just like I did for Platformers

Off the top of my head, not ranked in order yet

RDR2
RDR1
GTA5
GTA4
Crackdown 2
Bully
Saints Row the Third
Elden Ring
Assassins Creed …. Odyssey?
Batman Arkham Knight

There’s a ton I haven’t played which I imagine people would have on theirs like:

Skyrim
Witcher 3
Just Cause 3
Outer Wilds
Subnautica
Death Stranding
Middle Earth Shadow of War
Horizon Forbidden West / Zero Dawn
God of War Franchise
Ghost of Tsushima

For some reason I’m one of the few who didn’t love Breath of the Wild. Something about it never clicked for me but I did enjoy it for a bit

The new Sonic Frontiers I heard is good too but idk if this counts or not

I don’t play nearly as many as I should

But that goes for all video games rly

You should jump on it

Fallout is another series I like but never fell in love with. It definitely adds more than subtracts to the genre though. Dunno which game is superior

Do you add more than you subtract to the genre?

I don’t play a ton of open world. They are a little overwhelming for me.

Borderlands is one of my favorite series though.

Minecraft

MGS 5
Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Were good

I heard Metal Gear Solid 5 is dope

but that's the only thing about it I heard

It also features a character which they made with that it'd be cosplayed in mind