Open-world RPGs consume lives. The "short" titles require roughly 15 hours, while the normal-length ones can easily demand 50 hours to reach the end of their stories. As great as they are, nobody really needs to complete Elden Ring or Skyrim, and many of the genre's legendary games shine the brightest when players decide to simply exist within their worlds indefinitely. However, a small handful of open-world RPGs really demand to be completed, at least when it comes to their main content.
I am the type of person who moves on once I stop having fun with a game, and that is especially true for open-world RPGs that seem to last forever and a day. Often, a campaign's final act is not worth plowing through hours of exhaustion, but exceptions certainly exist. If you feel your interest in these games starting to wane, I recommend pushing through the story to reach the end.
"Completion" means finishing the story and not "completing everything in the game."
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt might seem like an obvious pick for this article, but its length makes it a hard sell and its story climax doesn't quite feel as urgent as it should, despite a lot being on the line. Comparatively, Cyberpunk 2077 takes you on a far more condensed journey, one with a ticking clock that drives everything forward. Night City doesn't reward aimless wandering; instead, it acts as a meat grinder that tests a person's ideals, instincts, and willingness to shed their humanity.
Story-wise, the campaign reaches its peak during the final act, which comes with a variety of endings that let you determine how V exits the stage. Beyond just seeing how it all ends for the protagonist, you need to experience the full story to see Johnny Silverhand's complete character arc and the culmination of his relationship with V, the latter of which serves as the cornerstone of the whole game.
Gameplay-wise, Cyberpunk 2077's progression system opens up so many possibilities that you will be able to create some absolutely wild (and overpowered) versions of V, letting you terrorize Night City as the ultimate cyberware powerhouse.
Let's go for something a bit different. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen needs to be completed for the simple fact that its best part, Bitterblack Isle, takes place after the base game's ending. Once the story concludes, the Dark Arisen expansion kicks in, introducing an endgame dungeon that actually makes use of all of Dragon's Dogma's deep RPG systems.
Unlike the vanilla content, which becomes way too easy after a few hours, Bitterblack Isle requires you to optimize your stats, augments, and Pawns, as anything less will almost certainly result in death. DD has a fantastic class/Vocation system that provides plenty of room to experiment, and the post-game content lets you push your capabilities to the max.
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