Most of them are extreme time holes with pointless filler to pad out the runtime. In the time it takes to finish one mediocre open world, I could have played 5-6 awesome single player linear games.
Maybe it’s just the case with open world games past 2015, but almost all of the ones I’ve played (Horizon Zero Dawn, Rage 2, Far Cry 5 & Primal) have been bland, soulless, bloated worlds with zero real substance.
I do want to play GTA San Andreas. I own it, maybe it’s actually good, idk.
When people tell me that Starfield gets good after 12 hours, it immediately turns me off. I could just go play a good 12 hour game instead.