Authentic, immersive, and believable — these are some of the most convincing open worlds that give a truly lived-in feeling.

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest ...

Stephen is an avid Nintendo, Indie, and retro gamer of 30 years who dabbles in Xbox, mainly in the form of binge sessions of Overwatch. He's a history buff, an aspiring writer of short fiction, and a ...

Realism in games is an age-old debate, and there are people firmly planted on both sides. It can be a fun question to pose, particularly when you're looking at a game that's wildly over into one ...

I understand the appeal of Escape From Tarkov, Arma, Gray Zone Warfare, and all the other hyper-punishing, realistic FPS games out there, but I also find them strangely unconvincing. When the pattern ...

This generation of gaming platforms (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X) started relatively slowly, but over the years, players have undoubtedly received the most technologically impressive and visually stunning ...

Realism is an aspect that many games consider to be of the utmost importance. It can be through graphics, world design, or gameplay mechanics, but one of the best ways of conveying realism is by ...

The damage system. The weapon ballistics. The dynamic weather and environment. Escape From Tarkov has earned its reputation as one of the most realistic, toughest FPS games on PC. But with EFT 1.0 in ...

Andrew is a science-fiction/adventure-horror writer from the UK and a graduate of Falmouth University currently working for both GameRant and DualShockers. At ...

Realism is often a sought-after quality among FPS gamers, whether its purely from a visual standpoint or based on gameplay elements. Entire genres such as military simulation and tactical FPS have ...