TES2 Daggerfall is the sequel to Arena and has a whopping open-world size of approximately 161,000 square kilometers. The areas between towns are infinite and, as a result, require the player to fast travel if they do not want to see the same building and terrain over and over again.

Bethesda claimed TES Arena to be over 9 million kilometers large, and when venturing in TES Arena, a player can only traverse so far before the game becomes buggy, with looping terrain upon leaving the town for too long. In the early days of TES games, the map sizes were unfathomable. RELATED: 5 Open-World Games That Improve When Ignoring Fast Travel Though all of The Elder Scrolls games' map sizes vary from game to game and utilize a heavy narrative, they are chock-full of events and things for the player to do making them at times feel larger than they are. As such, it's easy to compare to another open-world Norse game: Skyrim. Though Valheim is in early access, it sports a large circular-shaped world that players can explore, easily for hours on end. Valheim is an open-world survival game using the backdrop of Norse mythology as its theme. It is thus up to the developer to create an interesting enough open world for players to explore and immerse themselves in, with size often factoring into the discussion. This gives the player the feeling of autonomy within the game world, while also usually rewarding the player for exploration. Open-world games are a very popular genre and generally a great way to allow players to choose how they approach the game and the challenges that are presented at their own pace.

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