You step outside, you see a mountain in the distance, and yes, you can go there. Right now.

On gut feeling, the community ranks it very high, ahead of 94% of games. And the detail shows no crack. One single game to take to a desert island? That is this one, first. Controller feel, art style, the hours that slip by unnoticed, the soundtrack: all above 90% of titles. The only notch lower is the wish to rediscover it for the first time, around the middle. Makes sense: its world is best on that first run, when everything is still a surprise.

Next to other open worlds, it simply changed the rules. Few games let you climb anywhere, glide, improvise a solution nobody planned for. It is not one isolated peak that sets it apart, it is the whole thing holding together without a snag.

So, who is it for? For you if you like exploring off the leash, testing, finding your way around. A little less if you prefer a story that holds your hand from start to finish.