The term «
open world» has become shorthand for «GTA - like»; the
game's control schemes, mission structures and re-branded products (iFruit smartphones, Jugular cars) are gaming tropes in themselves, while the slickly choreographed
action has
inspired as many films as have influenced it.
Additional titles with multiple nominations are id Software and Bethesda Softworks» first - person shooter IP reboot DOOM (three nominations); Niantic's free - to - play, location - based augmented reality
game Pokémon Go (three nominations); EA DICE / Electronic Arts»
World War I inspired first - person shooter Battlefield 1 (two nominations); JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment's long - awaited single player action - adventure The Last Guardian (two nominations); Hello Games» open universe and action - adventure survival game No Man's Sky (two nominations); Night School Studio's narrative and dialogue - driven supernatural mystery graphic - adventure title Oxenfree (two nominations); Drool's fast - paced «rhythm violence» game Thumper (two nominations); and Thekla's 3D game set in an open - world filled with natural and man - made puzzles, The Witness (two nominati
World War I
inspired first - person shooter Battlefield 1 (two nominations); JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment's long - awaited single player
action - adventure The Last Guardian (two nominations); Hello Games»
open universe and
action - adventure survival
game No Man's Sky (two nominations); Night School Studio's narrative and dialogue - driven supernatural mystery graphic - adventure title Oxenfree (two nominations); Drool's fast - paced «rhythm violence»
game Thumper (two nominations); and Thekla's 3D
game set in an
open -
world filled with natural and man - made puzzles, The Witness (two nominati
world filled with natural and man - made puzzles, The Witness (two nominations).
The authors of Experiment 101 and THQ Nordic take advantage of the
opening of the Biomutant's Steam page and official site to describe us, and show in a new series of screenshots, the colorful scenarios, bizarre heroes and the mysterious creatures of this ambitious
open -
world action - RPG
inspired by iconic
games and series such as Darksiders, Borderlands, Mad Max and Zelda.