Open-World Games That Make You Earn Fast Travel

Given how large maps have become in the open-world genre nowadays, almost every modern game introduces fast-travel mechanics designed to make navigation simpler and more convenient over the long run. After all, chasing side quests across enormous worlds can become much less fun if you don’t have a reliable way to open the map, choose a destination, and arrive there in the blink of an eye to collect your reward. What’s especially interesting is how new games continue to find their own spins on this core system, typically going beyond the straightforward process I just described.