There is truly something special about the adventures that you can go on in open world games. So if you simply want to treat these games as linear rather than open world, you'll still have a fantastic experience playing. Next, Final BossAt this point, what's not been said about The Legend of Zelda and all of its contributions to the open world subgenre? On technicality, the game is semi-open world, but the experience players end up getting is on par with every other open world title to date. Related 10 Genre-Defining Open World Games Open world games as we know it have a few particular titles to thank for how the genre turned out.