Looking for Exploration games

[Kayin]

EVE Online, you could go explore, and mine, and such-and it's HUUUUUGE.

[Luke122]

If it's the monthly cost you want to avoid, then Guild Wars is a good bet, and it's pretty.

GTA is huge, and as far as I know, no monthly cost. I have no interest in this game though, so I'm probably not the best one to ask.

[Datech]

The big games are like this, and I didn't take into consideration the genres you don't want:

EVE Online
Guild Wars, WAR, and WoW
GTAIV
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Sins of the Solar Empire
Assassin's Creed

I have played all of them to varying degrees. They are all large, and I haven't completed a single one of them. Out of the pack I think you would have the most fun with Oblivion and EVE (after you get past the learning curve). Check them all out for yourself though.

[d_stilgar]

I enjoyed Riven. That was pretty good. Are you more looking for really big, or puzzle adventure? There's plenty of good adventure games if that's what you want. Monkey Island is my favorite, esp MI3.

[y4na]

How about fable? The story line is probably better than Oblivion and the combat is MUCH better, also the spells that you learn is SO COOL. But you can't jump in the game (WTF were the developers thinking?)

[Oneslowz28]

games where you can not jump = FAIL

[y4na]

games where you can not jump = FAIL

Yeah but I still think it is better than Oblivion.

[Oneslowz28]

Its kinda hard to beat oblivion. Oblivion is one of the best games I ever played and thats saying a lot. I have been a hard core gamer since the original NES came out.

[simon275]

EVE Online, you could go explore, and mine, and such-and it's HUUUUUGE.

Or As I like to call it "spreadsheets in space".

Yeah as everyone else has said Oblivion and Fallout are very good if you like a good explore.

[TheGreatSatan]

From what I've read about Oblivion, it sounds like WoW. I have no desire to be a dwarf or whatever just to walk around a game. I went to Best Buy and for $10 I got a three pack of games:

Rhem 2
Scratches directors cut
Penumbra

I just started playing Scratches last night and I was instantly annoyed. There's no instructions! I couldn't even figure out how to make my character walk!! I tried the arrows, no luck. I tried the key combo: w,a,s,d, no luck. Turns out you can use the mouse to spin around and the cursor turns into a pointing finger which you click to take you in that direction. It's annoying because you have to do stuff in order for the game to let you procede. At one point I tried looking into a pot but it wouldn't let me. I have to go into another room and find a photo of the pot before it would let me go back and look inside to find a key.