The top 25 open world action/adventure games of all time

From thecrankyhermit

See GUTCH for information on this genre and its place on the genre hierarchy.

The top 5:
1: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) N64
2: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) SNES
3: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) Gamecube
4: Grand Theft Auto III (2001) PS2
5: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) PS2

The rest, in alphabetical order:
Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) PC, PS3, XBox 360
Dead Rising (2006) XBox 360
Grand Theft Auto (1997) PC, PS1
Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) PC, PS1
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) PS2
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) PC, PS3, XBox 360
The Legend of Zelda (1986) NES
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) Gameboy
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) N64
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) GBA
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) Wii
Mafia (2002) PC
Okami (2006) PS2
Outcast (1999) PC
Pirates! Gold (1993) PC, Genesis
Quarantine (1994) PC
Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure (1995) PC
Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987) Commdore 64
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) PC
Twinsen's Odyssey (1997) PC