Sprint meters in open world games suck, and here's how to fix them.
Open worlds keep getting bigger, not to mention more beautiful, and there are few greater pleasures in gaming then being dropped into a vast world with the promise of adventure in every direction. Often coupled with this, however, is the annoyance of only being able to run across this vast world for ten seconds before having to stop to catch your breath. It’s that damn ever-present sprint meter, constantly putting the kibosh on swift, leg-powered travel.
In some games the meter is invisible, in other games it's tied into systems like stamina, endurance, and so on. The effect is the same: slowing you down for no good reason. Stalker, Skyrim, Fallout 4, No Man’s Sky, and lots of Early Access games like Ark and Grav, I’m looking at you.Eliminate the sprint meter completely
But if you look at most player character models, they’re pretty damn buff even if they’re level 1 nobodies. In Ark: Survival Evolved, my starter character looks like this:
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