Largest In-Game Worlds

[WaitingForNehalem]

The largest in game world so far belongs to Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall which is 62,394 mi². By comparison, Morrowind is 6 mi² and Oblivion is 16 mi². Far Cry 2 will be 19 mi²

 

[SunnyD]

EVE Online. Something like hundreds if not thousands of parsecs of space to explore.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
EVE Online. Something like hundreds if not thousands of parsecs of space to explore.

yeah, if you like seeing the same exact thing over and over again, only in different colors...

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

How big is WoW's world?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: SunnyD
EVE Online. Something like hundreds if not thousands of parsecs of space to explore.

yeah, if you like seeing the same exact thing over and over again, only in different colors...

Now, that wasn't part of the question was it?

Eve Online. Easy.

 

[jonks]

Mass Effect? Spore? X3?

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: SunnyD
EVE Online. Something like hundreds if not thousands of parsecs of space to explore.

yeah, if you like seeing the same exact thing over and over again, only in different colors...

But the colors are so pretty!

 

[Tiamat]

Why mixing of units?

For reference...
161,600 km² ~ 62,394 mi²

50 km² ~ 19.3 mi²

 

[EvilComputer92]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
The largest in game world so far belongs to Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall which is 161,600 sq. km. By comparison, Morrowind is 9 sq. mi. and Oblivion is 16 sq. mi. Far Cry 2 will be 50 sq. km.

TES II Daggerfall is kind of a joke though. Most of it is randomly generated and it's very repetitive. The geography and worlds are far more detailed in later installments.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: SunnyD
EVE Online. Something like hundreds if not thousands of parsecs of space to explore.

yeah, if you like seeing the same exact thing over and over again, only in different colors...

Now, that wasn't part of the question was it?

Eve Online. Easy.

meh

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Why mixing of units?

For reference...
161,600 km² ~ 62,394 mi²

50 km² ~ 19.3 mi²

Your calculations aren't right. I fixed my post though.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Dark and light has 40,000 square kilometers...not HUGE , but big!

 

[waggy]

yeah daggerfall was fricken huge. i played that game off and on for over 4 years. i knew oblivion was small. didnt think it was so much smaller though.

 

[Mandin62]

Two worlds is pretty good sized. Not the largest but pretty diverse and interesting to explore. What about Just Cause that game was pretty big as well.

 

[videogames101]

Technically, EVE Online, by far, no contest.

 

[novasatori]

Asheron's Call was half the size of rhode island with its release continent, not sure how much bigger it is now

 

[CP5670]

Most space sims have game worlds that are essentially infinitely large.

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: videogames101
Technically, EVE Online, by far, no contest.

Yep.

Done. /thread

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

So is the game fun? Is the game world varied?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
So is the game fun? Is the game world varied?

Take the learning curve for a difficult game.

Take that, toss it away, and make the curve a 90 degree angle

Imagine coming out of the "tutorial" into space and seeing hundreds of targets and NO idea what the HELL to do.

Thats Eve

But after that stage, and with some good friends and corp mates, it gets really fun. Its probably the least noob friendly game that exists. Every time you die, you lose everything, you can be killed at any moment, and gring for isk is boring. But its a damn deep game, with a complex economy, alliance politics, massive fleets, and great fun

Also, expansions are free/

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
So is the game fun? Is the game world varied?

the last time i played the "planets" were just solid gray balls that you could fly through. they didn't even look big compared to your ship.

the rest was just stars and multicolored gas clouds. while pretty looking, it was boring.

it's had some updates since then so maybe it's different now.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Dark and light has 40,000 square kilometers...not HUGE , but big!

It was big playing wise,link.

How many times each world fits into Dark and Light:

Dark and Light - 1
SWG (all worlds) - 20
Horizons - 39
WoW - 42
AC1 - 69
EQ1 - 278
UO - 816

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
So is the game fun? Is the game world varied?

the last time i played the "planets" were just solid gray balls that you could fly through. they didn't even look big compared to your ship.

the rest was just stars and multicolored gas clouds. while pretty looking, it was boring.

it's had some updates since then so maybe it's different now.

That was the last time you played

Trinty Expansion has made everything pretty

 

[Bateluer]

Eve doesn't really count. Its 99.999999% empty space with pretty, randomly generated colors. The worlds in other MMOs are far more vibrant and alive, even though they are smaller.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

X3 is pretty enormous. Hundreds of star systems all hand-made.