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NIER Automata would count as Semi-Open on >>715465481, there are areas you can not travel to seamlessly.
But as open-world it is a superb design: it's gated so you get to discover new area and the main area change form as you progress, giving progression.

>Players nowadays are ADHD-ridden and don't have the time nor patience to go exploring and finding shit
The opposite of what open-world cater to then.
Are you saying you are ADHD-ridden? Unable to appreciate a game unless it give you dopamine injection in short enough interval?

>But now everything has to be open world for no other reason than to justify you buying the newest PSwhatever
Your mistake console-fag.
PC master race buy game they like without being treated like cattle by Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft.
you could say STEAM but it doesn't do GaaS so it's just player self-control to not buy during sales