Summary
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Early games in the open world have long avoided swimming; Today, many consider water to be a normal, optional surface.
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Many modern AAA games, as Wizard 3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Horizon Disabled Westand Gta 5Offer swimming, underwater diving, as well as boats and other tools for water transition.
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Some games include swimming, but limit its use; Cyberpunk 2077 and Fallout 4 Both have swimming and diving, but in these games it is almost completely optional.
From the first games with an open world with 3D graphics, swimming He was a rare feature in the genre that developers often avoided because of technical challenges. Watching popular games in an open world as Grand Theft Auto 3 and More feelingsOpen water was often associated with immediate death for the protagonists, a common practice to control the player's movement around the world. Even today, despite the fact that there is no big map, not every game with an open world offers unlimited swimming for players, sometimes avoids a car of water completely or relies on vehicles and other means, such as in Red Dead Redemption 2rather than swimming of the characters.
Fortunately, in many major modern games in the open world, players do not have to worry about water. Most titles consider water to be another surface that players can freely pass, with unlimited or persistent swimming and diving, including handles, vehicles, boats and other options that players let go with water without any problems. We will explore some of the The best games in the open world where swimming is as simple and comfortable as walking and running.
For this list we will focus on games that have swimming and diving mainly as optional activities or mechanics rather than titles built exclusively around swimming, as Subnautica.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Geralt can swim, use ships or drink potions to stay underwater longer
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt He described a significant step forward from his predecessors, introduced an open world with more regions, horse riding, as well as swimming and underwater diving in the series. Geralt can use various ships to travel around rivers, explore the sea between Skellige islands, and he can swim or dive to get hidden treasures and prey. As a mutant, Geralt can also use a killer potion to significantly extend the time when he can keep his breath under water.
Interestingly, Wizard 3 It includes underwater struggle, allowed by the use of crossbow. Although less effective in other contexts, the crossbow allows Geralt to shoot down flying monsters and easily kill underwater enemies with a well -placed shot.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
From customizable ships to unlimited survey underwater
First Assassin's Creed The game lacked the mechanics of swimming but starting with Assassin's Creed 2The protagonist, Ezio, gained the ability to swim. Since then, almost every game in the series has included swimming in a certain capacity, the mechanic was the most important in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed OdysseyWhere most of the map is covered with water.
IN Assassin's Creed OdysseyPlayers can control their customizable ship, adrest, for naval struggles, use smaller ships for rapid passage, driving holders to cross rivers and swimming, or freely dive anywhere in the ocean. In addition, acquiring the legendary Poseidon's Trident's Grants the ability to breathe underwater indefinitely, simplify the underwater sections and looting boats.
Horizon Disabled West
One of the most breathtaking underwater locations and a unique water drive
As with your predecessor, Horizon Disabled West It increases Aloy's swimming mechanics, expands on previous functions with impressive underwater diving, detailed areas, unique machines that have a face and secrets that you can detect. Probably one of the most beautiful games with an open world with explosive underwater areas, Horizon Disabled West Includes a diving mask, a tool that allows players to breathe underwater indefinitely, just as Assassin's Creed Odyssey's trident. Without a diving mask, players can not even achieve certain areas Horizon Disabled West.
Players like swimming and diving should also consider Burning coast Expansion, which introduces a water overview, is a machine holder of a machine for diving patrolling under the waves. After Aloy learns to hack and control the water residence, it can use it for flying and fast underwater diving and swimming Horizon Disabled Westadding an exciting dimension to water exploration.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Swimming associated with creative water passage methods
Traversal Water is a key part of adventure and survey in both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The ability to swim links is based on stamina, so players must be careful when it crosses large lakes or rivers, even if it is always feasible. However, nor Breath of the Wild or Tears of the kingdom Includes underwater survey.
For open water passage, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom He takes things to completely different heights with a robust craft system through Ultrahand and Fuse. By mastering these abilities and gathering sufficient sources, players can create a wide range of vehicles and mechanisms for exceeding water, limited only by their creativity.
Grand Theft Auto 5
Gold standard for swimming and water transport options in an open world
Following Grand Theft Auto: San Andreaswho introduced swimming in the series, each following Gta The game allowed players to navigate water confidently and Grand Theft Auto 5 is no exception. Set up a modern standard for water passage, Gta 5 Offers different options for players swim or diving and use a number of vehicles in both story modes and Gta online.
In addition to various ships, ships, yachts and smaller vehicles such as jet skis, Grand Theft Auto 5 It includes unique options such as personal submarines, rarely visible elsewhere. Undoubtedly, Grand Theft Auto 6 It will also include swimming and diving, along with numerous vehicles for passing with water, such as jet skis and various ships, as has already been seen in the game trailers.
Cyberpunk 2077
The ability to swim and diving is present but to a large extent insufficiently used
Although not as pronounced as in The Witcher 3: Wild HuntSwimming and underwater diving also got in the way Cyberpunk 2077. V can swim freely through any water on their way, immerse themselves to explore the underwater areas in missions such as the Pyramid Song Quest, and spend time aboard the Kerry Eurodyne yacht (even if they cannot pilot it).
Although it is good to swim Cyberpunk 2077This function feels insufficiently used because there are no boats or water vehicles controlled by a player and very few missions include swimming. Interestingly, Cyberpunk 2077's The launch of the launch included a notorious commando, designed to strengthen the efficiency underwater of the players, but was completely unnecessary and removed in subsequent updates.
Fallout 4
Just don't forget to take off too much before diving
As Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegasthe huge world of Boston and its surroundings Fallout 4 It contains numerous water areas, including lakes, rivers and parts of the ocean. Although many water bodies are highly radioactive Fallout 4The game promotes swimming and underwater diving for players who have decided to explore them. Swimming and diving are sometimes required to complete specific goals, although such cases are rare.
Players who want to explore underwater Fallout 4 should follow certain tips. For example, swimming is only possible without energy armor, for obvious reasons related to weight. In spite of the vast world, there is not so much remarkable underwater secrets to be detected Fallout 4Water, which is somewhat disappointing.
