Austin Manchester is a writer and editor living in New York City. At Polygon, he covers gaming and entertainment news, reviews new video games, interviews behind-the-scenes talent, and more. He enjoys ...
A 76 on Metacritic makes a game like Sable sound middling, implying a perfectly average game, but an area it outshines even big AAA hitters is its open world. Sable and its open world of Midden have ...
With open-world exploration so prevalent in games, it’s odd that so few are actually about the world or the exploration. When you embark on a journey in most games, you’re usually in it for the ending ...