15 Most Lively Open World Games You Need To Play

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

It’s interesting to talk about liveliness in a game that’s primarily set in a dead zone. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat has no shortage of life though, both human and mutant. You’ll come across traders hawking goods, mercenaries and military personnel trying to survive and a ramshackle economy holding everything together. Bandits of various types roam the zone with rival gangs fighting with each other. Sometimes you’ll come across random gatherings at campfires; other times, something will pierce the pitch-black night to hunt you. It’s always a fun time in the Exclusion Zone.