{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "MGS Phantom Pain's free on PS4 this month, so playing that. It's striking how much \"open world\" is its own genre that's quietly...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/166132918318/", "html": "<p>MGS Phantom Pain&rsquo;s free on PS4 this month, so playing that. It&rsquo;s striking how much &ldquo;open world&rdquo; is its own genre that&rsquo;s quietly but TOTALLY indebted to MMORPGs, particularly WoW</p><ul><li>you ride a mount</li><li>collecting plants and animals and minerals</li><li>around an open world full of enemies you see before you aggro</li><li>or sneak by</li><li>to collect treasure</li><li>for the townbuilding and crafting money sinks cause why not?</li><li>but sometimes you&rsquo;re in a special enclosed space for a scripted run</li></ul>"}