15 Myths About Open-World Games That You Believed

All NPCs Are Unique

And when we say reuse NPCs, we mean right down to their faces and features. In some cases, you might find a face template or three that are reused throughout an entire open-world game. Again, while it doesn’t help the immersion aspect, considering the sheer scale of the experience, it makes sense in terms of optimization and keeping costs down. Except for Fallout 76, which had no NPCs for more than a year after launch, but that’s a different issue.