What are the best third person exploration based open world games for Xbox One?

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Best third person exploration based open world games for Xbox One	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	-	Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RPG
-- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	-	-	-
-- Batman: Arkham Knight	-	Very Positive	-
-- Grand Theft Auto V	$59.99	-	Action-Adventure
-- Night in the Woods	$19.99	Very Positive	Adventure, Narrative

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9 Games Considered

My Recommendation for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

My Recommendation for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Immersive story

Story feels like a chore

Gigantic openworld

Poor performance

Fun Combat

My Recommendation for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

My Recommendation for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Multiple ways to approach a mission

Micro transactions

Allows players to create their private military company

High learning curve

Large assortment of tools and options

Sub 1080p

Reflex system

Ever evolving Mother Base

Extremely intelligent AI

Plays at a mostly solid 60fps

My Recommendation for Batman: Arkham Knight

My Recommendation for Batman: Arkham Knight

Excellent free-flow combat system

Detective Mode investigation segments and the like are still boring and not good

Incredible sound design

Lackluster, short DLC story missions

A pretty great story

You need to collect every single Riddler trophy/challenge to get the "true" ending

Large city to explore

Out of character for Batman to be killing enemies with guns on the Batmobile

Ability to drive around the Batmobile

My Recommendation for Grand Theft Auto V

My Recommendation for Grand Theft Auto V

Massive world

First person view makes driving difficult

Great story wrapped in a biting and relevant social commentary

PS4 and PC look better

First person mode

More songs over last gen version

Many improvements over PS3 and Xbox 360 version

Full game in 1080p

My Recommendation for Night in the Woods

My Recommendation for Night in the Woods

The simplistic gameplay is surprisingly fun

Some pacing issues with the story

Great coming-of-age story

The main character is insufferable at first

Tragic, realistic setting and NPCs

Well-written side characters

My Recommendation for Mad Max

My Recommendation for Mad Max

Runs at 1080p

Capped at 30fps

Fun sandbox

No sense of urgency

Vehicle combat is the best part of the game

Simplistic combat

My Recommendation for Rise of the Tomb Raider

My Recommendation for Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rewarding exploration

Difficulty spikes late game

Replayability through unlockables

Stealth seems pointless

A variety of weapons to keep the gameplay fun

Focuses on action too much

Challenging but fair optional puzzles

Overused and overly familiar plot

Jaw dropping graphics

Very linear

My Recommendation for Assassin's Creed Origins

My Recommendation for Assassin's Creed Origins

Interesting stories make questing fun

Unreliable features may get in the way of combat

A vibrant and enticing world

Choose from a variety of stealth tricks

Challenging combat mechanics

My Recommendation for Fe

My Recommendation for Fe

Enemy encounters can be tense

Platforming is a bit unpolished at times