I'm looking for some good sandbox/free roaming games I can play on the side while I'm not studying (in other words, a free roaming game that I can play for like 30 min, enjoy my time, then go back to work). Any suggestions?

I already own:

[Steam]
APB Reloaded, Champions Online, Everquest 2, Skyrim, Eschalon, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (I actually bought that game by accident >,>), Infestation: Survivor Stories, PlanetSide 2 (not sure if you can call that open world but map is huge O_O), Realm of Mad God, Saints Row: The Third (Please don't recommend for fourth, Ima' prob buy it for console), Secret World, Terraria, Titan Quest (was told open world but never played it >.<), Torchlight, Witcher 1

[Non-Steam]
Guild Wars 1 & 2, RIFT, SWTOR, Saboteur, WoW, Assassin's Creed, GTA 4, Need for Speed (Carbon and World), Far Cry 2 (Lost CD though >,>)

Any recommendations?

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Just Cause 2

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I don't see Just Cause 2 on your list. I've heard it's fun, though I've never played it myself.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Need for Speed Most Wabted 2013 Burnout

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Batman Arkham City?

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For mindless short burst of fun, Just Cause 2 is great.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Boku no Chernobyl + 2013 Modpack

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i was talking to my friend and he send me 3 steam games only laveled stalker, i said to this dude What’s this sht? He just giggled and said “Just play them them and MAKE SURE NOBODY IS AROUND YOU WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING IT!”... THEN THEY GOT IN THE MOTHERfukING CHERNOBYL PLANY AND THEN I SAID “YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” I couldn’t fuking believe what I just saw, It was like Satan gave me his free roam game collection, sht was so disturbing..YET I COULDN’T STOP PLAYING THEM IT, THEN VIDEO TWO AND IT WAS TWO OF THEM…..THOSE NIGGAS…YOOOOOOO…….THOSE NIGGAS….AND THAT BANDIT SAW THEM THEN HE SHOT THEM…YYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO… THEN THAT NIGGA TOOK THAT VINTAR BZ THEN YYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…….... THEN I PLAYED GAME THREE…THREE NIGGAS…THRRREEEEE!!!!!! IT…WAS…THHHHHHRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! AND STRELOK WAS HIS NAME NIGGA, STRELOK WAS HIS MOTHERfu*kING NAME!!!!!! OH MY GOD,I AIN’T GOING TO HEAVEN NIGGAS, I ALREADY SOLD MY SOUL TO LUCIFER!

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What... Did I just read?

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It took me awhile but I finally understood what you were referencing. But anyone who hasn't seen that video probably thinks you're insane now. :P

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I know I've seen it...I just can't remember it. :(

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o.o

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Kingdom of amalur: Reckoning, The elder scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3, Red Dead Redemption, And dead island sounds good

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Just Cause 2 is amazing fun as everyone has already said, it is a must. Besides that I might suggest Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning and either of the Borderlands titles or any of the Fallout games.

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Just Cause 2, any game from the Grand Theft Auto series, Retro City Rampage, or even Arma 2: DayZ Mod.

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Project Zomboid, zombie sandbox survival

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"Saints Row: The Third (Please don't recommend for fourth, Ima' prob buy it for console)"

Don't do it, mod support was announced, they are creating tools right now, gonna be so much better on PC.

Link

"THE FUTURE OF SAINTS ROW MODDING

"In case you’ve been living under rock, I got the green light yesterday to announce that Volition is now officially supporting modding and our forum at http://saintsrowmods.com for all the Saints Row PC games! Jeff Thompson, the Studio Director of Programming at Volition, is now working directly with us and assembling documentation, tools, support for all the file formats in the games.

Things are going to start happening this week with SRTT as something of a “test run” for the release of Saints Row IV. Saints Row 2 info is going to come later since Volition didn’t do the port and it will be a bit of work to actually dig up the info we need.

To the end user, this means that modders will now be able to create new clothing, new vehicles, new npcs, new weapons, new missions, and even world geometry that will all greatly extend the life of the game!"

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Mindfart.

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what about grand theft whore-toe

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garry's mod best sandbox ever

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Borderlands (or 2)

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Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are probably my favorite open world games but not really games you play in short bursts unless you feel like hunting mutants instead of completing quests. I usually end up playing for multiple hours once I start er up.

But yea Just Cause 2 is probably what you're looking for.

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If you like car games I would recommend Test Drive Unlimited 1 (not 2). I play it just for fun, no multi-player, I don't engage in races or other stuff that you can do. I basically just drive around for 20 or 30 minutes when I want to take a break from work. You have a pretty big map, ok-ish driving model, good environments, and a good selection of cars, if you take into consideration that the game was released a few years ago. There are also some mods for it (on PC) if that tickles your fancy. But if you don't like driving games, just ignore this post :)

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Titan Quest open world ?
LOL

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I think you've covered all the ones I'd recommend already. :)
Here's an older thread with a ton of responses in case you feel like digging through forum suggestions of the past.

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GTA 4/Episodes from Liberty City,if you have xbox 360 or ps3 Red dead Redemption,Just Cause 2,Assassins Creed Series,and probably Dead Rising 2 You can walk around in a whole Mall...or park idk what it is :D

Edit: How did I forget about Saints Row The Third <.<...

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DayZ

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U no have Just Cause2 and GTA?!?!
-Sleeping Dogs
-Gothic games(not 4th)
-Red Faction Guerrilla
-Assassin's Creed games
-many many others :P

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just cause 2, and it also has MP beta tests on weekends announced here

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Closed 11 years ago by theironsoul.