How to Use open world in a Sentence

open world

noun
  • Its open world feels alive with bustling cities, dangerous deserts, and space dogfights.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Its open world feels alive with bustling cities, dangerous deserts, and space dogfights.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Beware the illusion of the open world.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The three starter Pokémon and a look at the diverse, open world were also shown.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This large desert isn't an open world, but an overworld that connects other areas.
    — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
  • However, one area where too much isn’t enough is in the game’s open world exploration.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In the open world, players can discover citizens in need of help.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Perhaps not the most novel concept, but the open world itself is a new addition to the franchise.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Japan has race tracks and street courses featured in video games, but rarely, if ever, has the country been part of a car-centric open world.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
  • More modes, such as online play and the open world, are expected to launch in the months following the initial release.
    — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This colorful shooter game will suck in hours of your time as there is tons of content to explore in the open world, like side quests and dungeons.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Initially, traversing the open world on foot might seemed daunting due to its size and Cloud’s somewhat slow running speed.
    — George Yang, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Capcom’s cult classic action-RPG aims to take you back to its fantasy open world this spring.
    — PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
  • What’s different, though, is how the open world impacted the track design and competition.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
  • Today, the open world economy, which has bolstered global economic growth, is under threat.
    — Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Its open world was meant to be populated by believable, virtual dinosaurs.
    — Patrick House, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The team also showed off the open world part of the game, which is a recreation of the area around the famous Nürburgring in Germany.
    — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Elden Ring, on the other hand, is the first of FromSoftware’s games to be centered on a nonlinear open world.
    — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The new trailer showcased some fantastic-looking original tracks that will all be hosted in one giant open world that players can navigate.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Infinity Nikki is the latest gacha game taking over the world, with a gorgeous, cozy open world and lots of outfits to put in your digital wardrobe.
    — Rahul Majumdar, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Games take place in a large open world, usually modeled after a real-life location, and players can steal cars, evade the police and commit countless types of crime.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • However unsettling these jactitations appear, the open world remains the happiest and freest place to live.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Effectively taking Sonic into an open world setup, the blue hedgehog’s blistering speed suits the wide vistas well.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Exploring an Open-World Sandbox The classic completionist urge comes to life in the game’s open world.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Exploring an Open-World Sandbox The classic completionist urge comes to life in the game’s open world.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
  • Play as the rogue Kay Vess and explore an open world filled with sci-fi goodness that follows the familiar Ubisoft formula—for better or for worse.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 3 Dec. 2024
  • After years of open world games that render continent-sized expanses to roam, Delta’s strict guardrails around what makes an explorable space feel downright claustrophobic.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Mario Kart World also has a cool day-night cycle, atmospheric effects, and a Forza Horizon-like open world for wild rides with friends.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The payoff was a gorgeous open world with such distinctive art direction that the developer put out a hardcover book showcasing the design work that went into the game.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
  • If Washington rises to this moment, however, the United States can preside over an open world that will keep it safe and prosperous for decades to come.
    — Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2020

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