Overworld vs Open world

What exactly is the difference between overworld and open world then?
Morrowind is open world?
Which is Golden Sun 1/2?
Which are the Zelda games?

Dragon's Dogma maybe?

I played it and wasn't impressed. I particualrly didn't like the combat and the "chest in a very difficult place to get contains generic worthless items" thing.


Overworld visibly transitions into exploration areas, while open world is one big exploration area. Usually overworld offers much more in terms of exploration but is pretty abstract, while open world gives you complete immersion into the world, but the world itself is much smaller.
Stuff like zelda or Dragon's Dogma is neither really, since you just have a bunch of interconnected areas.

An Overworld serves as a representation of your character traveling the world, and gameplay occurs in distinct instances separate from this representation. With an Open World, there is no abstraction, and gameplay is not instanced.
A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, etc, are all open world.


Dragon's Dogma is open world.

NieR: Automata fits the description.

I don't consider it open world if to get from one area to another you need to enter a narrow pathway rounded by artificial walls and watch a loading screen for a while.

I am still unsure which Golden Sun would be. The second game especially added gameplay elements to the overworld even though all the main gameplay happens in other instances.

That means you are getting tired of playing the same fucking type of games. Expand your tastes, pleb.

That's what I'm doing itt. I haven't played classic JRPG since Mana Khemia on PS2.
I'm currently looking for TOS undub torrent, but everything seems dead in the water.
Does sequel even have undub version?

I honestly don't recall that happening in DD:DA, but if your definition of "Open World" is that there are no distinct area transitions, I don't find that a particularly useful definition as it's far too exclusionary for such a well-established phrase.


I think you could comfortably call them JRPGs with an overworld.