Best Open-World Games Where You Are Overpowered

Open-world games are hugely fun, and they are only becoming much more popular today. The style has taken over many popular genres, with different franchises like Legend of Zelda and Pokemon finding ways to take on open-world aspects, and other types of games, like survival and even horror titles, sometimes seek to give players a more freeing and less singularly focused experience.

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However, due to many open-world games offering players ways to progress quickly outside of the main quests and campaigns, it is quite possible in some games for players to become incredibly overpowered due to their side adventures. In certain games, players can even start out more powerful than they should, making the game a lot easier than one would initially expect.

7 Fallout 4

Every Path Is Incredibly Strong

Bethesda is a beloved game company that has created multiple huge franchises with a lot of longevity. However, they also give players a lot of options in their RPGs, with there being a massive amount of content in games like Fallout 4. In this title, players take on the role of a survivor who awakens in a fallout shelter hundreds of years after a nuclear apocalyptic event.

However, between power armor and skills, players quickly level well enough to take on anything out in the wasteland. Super mutant armies even begin struggling to kill if players level up a little more, and using VATS and making sure to focus upgrades on the types of damage players use most will make it very hard for players to ever die, especially if they have the right weapons in hand.

6 Batman: Arkham Origins

Specific Gadgets Equal An Ultra Buff Batman

The Batman Arkham games all put players in the amazing position of getting to be Batman. But Arkham Origins went overboard in the number of upgrades it allows players to make use of in their fights as the Caped Crusader, some of which were lifted directly from the comics. This is especially evident with the shock gloves.

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After Batman gets these gauntlets, players will suddenly find that all combat presents no challenge, as the shock gloves allow all defensive stances and options enemies can present to be immediately bypassed. While other gadgets make Batman overpowered in this game, the general level of strength provided throughout the Arkham series has always been high.

5 Saints Row 4

A Ridiculous World Filled With Superpowers

One of the strangest games ever released, featuring one of the most bizarre pieces of DLC ever, Saints Row 4 was a rare game that was much more interested in having fun than creating a great story or providing challenging gameplay. After aliens attack Earth, the player character, as President of the United States, must defeat them by escaping the simulation of Steelport City using hacked superpowers.

The wildness of this game’s nature makes it truly hilarious to play, exploring Steelport shows off so much hilarity, and the superpowers gained by the player help render the difficulty of the game pretty low. Players won’t have a hard time becoming incredibly overpowered, but since that’s sort of the point, none of the game’s enjoyment is lost by becoming so OP.

4 Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

Wraith Abilities In Middle-Earth

The world of the Lord of the Rings franchise is filled with tragic characters and brutal combat. The open-world take in this game, Shadow of Mordor, allows for a very fun experience that tells the story of Talion, a Gondorian Ranger who bonds with the wraith of the Elven Celebrimbor. The pair sets out on a journey together to take vengeance on Sauron for their lost families.

Shadow of Mordor does a great job of setting up an open-world game in Middle-earth, but the wraith abilities that Talion has due to his partner make a lot of the combat easier than many players would have expected it to be. The abilities continue to increase throughout the game, making for some incredibly enjoyable combat sequences. They result in the player becoming ridiculously overpowered, particularly with the right build.

3 Borderlands

A Fun But Not Too Challenging Open-World Experience

One of the most infamous games of all time, Borderlands has achieved enough fame to get a major big-screen adaption. Known as a “role-playing shooter,” which allows each of up to four players to take on the role of a different vault hunter, sharing some traits but having different skills and specialties.

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The world of Borderlands is one of the most fun in gaming, and as vault hunters search for clues and fight enemies across this open world, they will quickly become overpowered. With so many pieces of gear and different amazing weapons to find, hunters can gallivant about the world of Pandora to their heart’s content with little chance of death, a trend that has continued in the sequels.

2 Prototype

Real-World Setting With An Unreal Character

Prototype is a fascinating series that never got the sort of traction it deserved. This game is one of a number that has been brave enough to try its hand at an open-world setting based on a real city, with Prototype taking place in a realistic version of New York that players can explore at their will. However, Prototype doesn’t deal with normal enemies like other real-world-setting games such as Grand Theft Auto.

Instead, Prototype players take on the naturally powerful role of a shape-shifting amnesiac who attempts to rediscover his identity while stopping the outbreak of a plague in New York. The nature of the protagonist allows players to deal with many threats in a much easier fashion than they would typically expect in a title like this. The overpowered nature of the character makes a lot of sense but can make much of the game a little too easy. Nevertheless, this version of New York makes for a very interesting open-world to explore, even if it's a little lacking in terms of difficulty.

1 Skyrim

Many Overpowered Builds That Negate The Difficulty

Much like the Fallout series, Bethesda usually gives players ways in the Elder Scrolls franchise to become overpowered if they so wish. Skyrim is a game that comes with a lot of options, from different races and weapons to complete shifts in stat focus. However, unlike other games, the end of most paths in Skyrim will usually lead players to become overpowered in some shape or form.

Whether players choose to focus on magical talents, bows, or melee weapons, there is almost no direction they can turn that doesn’t leave them overpowered eventually. Such options have led players to venture across the extremely beloved open-world of Skyrim attempting different challenges, such as only using a child’s wooden sword in combat or not relying on weapons at all. These extreme sorts of challenges become more possible due to Skyrim allowing players to become incredibly powerful, and it’s exactly this sort of freedom that helps games such as these become as fun and open-ended as they tend to be.

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