What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man?
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Ah, maybe that's the missing ingredient. Pretty sure I don't have that yet. I fucked off from the main story almost immediately to go find balloons and such.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byYeah you definitely need it for the movement to flow. I've seen a lot of comments lamenting that they took too long to introduce it.
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Echo Point Nova. Super fast and fun. Hoverboard, Wallrides, grapple, etc are all here.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI came here to recommend this, too. This game lets you really hit a nice vibe with the movement. Has co-op, too!
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byif you haven't, please play just cause 3. it is genuinely one of the greatest games ever made and the entire premise is: ok here's your grappling hook, parachute, wingsuit, bombs, and guns, now go blow up every thing and/or person with red on it. there is a story (and it's decent) but who cares, you upgrade your shit by doing cool stunts and the main mode of progression is a how-much-shit-have-you-blown-up-in-this-area meter.
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I've played the first Mirrors Edge to like 75% maybe three times over the years since it released. I just started downloading the second today. Do you think it is I'll advised to skip the last quarter of the first? It has been a while since I played it and I feel like I would burn out again.
Great game. I think it's me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI absolutely LOVED Mirror's Edge. That feeling of hitting flow in game and out of game as you just move smoothly from point to point was just amazing. I played originally on PS2 and almost got the plat trophy. I loved trying not only to find the fastest path but the smoothest, the weirdest, the pacifist, etc. It was great.
Then I tried 2 for like 5 seconds before I dropped it. It immediately felt like a betrayal of the first game. I hated the UI. I hated the color grade. I hated the style. I hated what seemed like a turn toward the violent.
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if you haven't, please play just cause 3. it is genuinely one of the greatest games ever made and the entire premise is: ok here's your grappling hook, parachute, wingsuit, bombs, and guns, now go blow up every thing and/or person with red on it. there is a story (and it's decent) but who cares, you upgrade your shit by doing cool stunts and the main mode of progression is a how-much-shit-have-you-blown-up-in-this-area meter.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byyou upgrade your shit by doing cool stunts and the main mode of progression is a how-much-shit-have-you-blown-up-in-this-area meter.
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byA new game just came out on steam called Haste that's all about fluid movement. I've been enjoying it quite a bit.
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100% agree. JC3 is a gem of a game
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Why not go to the original? Mirror's Edge (2008) has still probably the best first person movement of any game. Unlike it's sequel, It's not an open world, but many cited it as a plus, since the levels still feel free but very well designed asking you to sprint through - and nearly the whole game you just run and climb with very few interruptions.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byWas also coming in to recommend mirrors edge, what a great game.
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Why not go to the original? Mirror's Edge (2008) has still probably the best first person movement of any game. Unlike it's sequel, It's not an open world, but many cited it as a plus, since the levels still feel free but very well designed asking you to sprint through - and nearly the whole game you just run and climb with very few interruptions.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byDying Light, the zombie parkour game was also good and had great movement mechanics.
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byRiders Republic is so much fun. It has a relatively low skill floor but also a really high skill ceiling. Go watch some stunt clips to see just what you can pull off.
The different sports are a lot of fun and honestly what other game lets you transition from Skateboard to BMX to Jetpack in a span of a few seconds.
Only downside is that the more fun sports are locked behind a DLC purchase but it goes on sale quite frequently.
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byPrototype was my jam back in the day, since I had Xbox and not a PS3 and couldn't play Infamous.
Having played Infamous finally on PS5... Prototype is actually better anyway and it's insane how it was overshadowed by Infamous to begin with.
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I can't even play JC4 because JC3 was just so good. Why the hell did they change the formula in 4? The missions are boring as hell in 4. They kept the "fight these guys," "open these doors," "release these prisoner" missions, but I have yet to be tasked with destroying, well, anything.
The only thing in 4 I liked more than 3 was that the rocket things you can stick on stuff can be used multiple times and don't automatically explode.
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I absolutely LOVED Mirror's Edge. That feeling of hitting flow in game and out of game as you just move smoothly from point to point was just amazing. I played originally on PS2 and almost got the plat trophy. I loved trying not only to find the fastest path but the smoothest, the weirdest, the pacifist, etc. It was great.
Then I tried 2 for like 5 seconds before I dropped it. It immediately felt like a betrayal of the first game. I hated the UI. I hated the color grade. I hated the style. I hated what seemed like a turn toward the violent.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byMirrors edge wasn't on ps2... Was that a typo intending to be ps3 instead?
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JC3 is fun to just spend hours dicking around in, or seriously investing it with the gameplay. It's honestly amazing how good of a game they made around the concept of "blow up some shit, and then blow up some more shit"
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byPrototype 1 & 2, you'll love the glide movement
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maybe not quite what you're looking for but the shadow of mordor series has a liiiitle bit of that. obviously not as city-focused as arkham or spider-man.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byYour character becomes a double jumping revenge ghost sprinting through the environment pretty early in the second one.
Good suggestion.
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Prototype was my jam back in the day, since I had Xbox and not a PS3 and couldn't play Infamous.
Having played Infamous finally on PS5... Prototype is actually better anyway and it's insane how it was overshadowed by Infamous to begin with.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byAhh good old times, jumping from building to building like hulk. It had good story too which I didn't appreciate the first time I played cause I was young and couldn't understand it fully.
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the story is much better in jc2 but it's so hard to go back to with how well executed the movement was in 3. it's a shame they skimped on the writing.
like, the final boss in 2 is a fist fight on a flying cluster of ICBMs. the final boss in 3 is... a helicopter.
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I want to grapple, glide, wall run, etc around a big open world. What are some games you think are fun for that?
I picked up Sunset Overdrive on a sale, and the rail grinding is fine I guess, but it's just not clicking with me.
wrote 6 days ago last edited byMirror's Edge
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Mirror's Edge
wrote 6 days ago last edited byI haven't played it in 15 years or so, but I think it wasn't open-world?