Since its debut in 2011, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim's map has been a standard for the open-world genre of video games. Despite now being over twelve years old, it still functions as a great example of what an open world should be, and many developers are not ashamed to admit that their influences date back to the days of Skyrim. Each year, more and more open-world games are released that resemble Skyrim in terms of size, layout, and design, further cementing Bethesda's pride and joy as a great example of what works in an open-world game and what doesn't. Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 is one of the more recent games to adopt an open-world approach similar to Skyrim's, though the two of them are still different in their own ways.