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Open-World & Free Roam
The day-off games. Big open-world sandboxes and free-roam mayhem for when the tactical brain needs a rest. Every map worth causing trouble in, taken mostly seriously and occasionally not at all. Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Cause, Days Gone, GTA, Red Dead and the rest of the open world lives here.
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- 23 Jul 2026 Best Days Gone Mods 2026: My Free Roam Survival Stack Yes, the right Days Gone mods turn Free Roam from a fun open world into a fear-inducing human and zombie survival game, with bigger hordes, denser humans, smarter freakers, and the cascade where a firefight pulls another horde. Vanilla Oregon is already worth playing, and this is every mod I actually run when I want the map to stay angry, plus the ones you can leave off.
- 16 Jul 2026 Best Games Like Red Dead Redemption 2: What to Play After Arthur's Story Nothing is exactly like Red Dead Redemption 2, and the closest single match I have played is Days Gone, with Ghost Recon Wildlands for the living wilderness, Cyberpunk 2077 for the story, Mad Max for the lonely brooding, and GTA 5 for the Rockstar sandbox. I have put serious hours into all five on the channel, and I would hand you one of them after Arthur's credits rather than sit on my hands until 19 November 2026.
- 11 Jul 2026 Can You Play Watch Dogs 2 Co-op? Yes, Watch Dogs 2 has online co-op in San Francisco, plus the later four-player free roam, while the main story is still a single-player game that belongs to Marcus and was never a shared campaign. I still play this one alone, because co-op is a button I am glad exists and rarely need, and the city is the reason the game is worth booting.
- 11 Jul 2026 Is Watch Dogs Worth It in 2026? Yes, with your eyes open, the original Watch Dogs is worth it in 2026, because it is the grittiest and most serious game in the trilogy, its Chicago still feels lived-in, and the hacking sandbox holds up even though the story is flat and Aiden Pearce is dull. I would buy it for the world and the systems rather than the writing, usually once the price has fallen off the full roughly 18 pounds.
- 10 Jul 2026 Can You Play Far Cry 5 Co-op? Yes, With One Catch Yes, Far Cry 5 has two-player online co-op across almost the whole campaign once you are off Dutch's Island, and it is a riot, though only the host banks the story while the guest keeps the money, the XP and the weapons and loses every mission and outpost. I would host with whoever actually wants the story finished, because that is how you stop a Tuesday from turning into donated hours.
- 8 Jul 2026 Is Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Worth It? An Honest Verdict Yes, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is worth it if you loved the series before it became an RPG, or you never played the original, because the 9 July 2026 remake in the latest Anvil engine is genuinely brilliant and it pulled me back to a series I had walked away from. The catch is sixty dollars for a rebuild of a 2013 game, so I would buy it if the money is comfortable and wait for a sale if it is not.
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What open-world & free roam does WillyB play?
Far Cry 5, Far Cry 6, Far Cry New Dawn, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Watch Dogs 2, Watch Dogs: Legion, Just Cause 3, Just Cause 4, GTA 5, Days Gone, Mad Max, Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed, Cyberpunk 2077. 1033 videos, around 390 hours in total.
Where should I start with Open-World & Free Roam?
The most-watched in this genre is "How Do You Survive A Horde This Big In Days Gone Free Roam?". Or pick any game below and drop into its full series.
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