open world
/ˌoʊp(ə)n ˈwɜɹld/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gameworld that the player may traverse freely, rather than being restricted to certain predefined areas and quests.
Example Sentences
- "Role-play games […] they use a closed visual world of walls or grids or open worlds across computer systems"
- "Open world games (sometimes referred to as "sandbox games") are one of the most popular genres of video games. They typically feature non-linear gameplay, the ability to roam the game world freely any way the player chooses, unscripted interaction with non-player characters (NPCs), and a living, breathing city, countryside, or fantasy environment to explore."
- "Liberty City, the virtual space of Grand Theft Auto III, can be interpreted as the spatial universe that qualitatively changes and combines the limited character attributes of the inhabiting non-player characters. Because they all seem to live and act in such a huge open world, they appear to be more complex themselves."
- "The Saints Row games are open worlds, and many consider the Grand Theft Auto series to also be open worlds."
- "The second category of storytelling that coexists in GTA [Grand Theft Auto]’s open world takes the form of player-driven stories."
- "What Guy doesn’t know, but the audience surely will (it's all over the trailers), is that he's not a real person at all but rather an NPC—or non-player character—in a popular and extremely violent open-world video game."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊp(ə)n ˈwɜɹld/
- British English: /ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈwɜːld/