I didn’t always like open-world games. The first I remember is Morrowind, and my first impressions of that game were terrible. And yet, my girlfriend was hooked to the game, leaving me quite perplexed to say the least.
Free-to-play games are common now. On mobile, they’re everywhere but they can also be found on PCs and consoles. Some of the high-profile games which comes to mind at this point are League of Legend and Star Wars: the Old Republic.