Totally the size of a state

Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 pull it off pretty good. It's even more interesting that the distant backdrop is actually solid and a lot of interesting shit can be found. Almost like it's sort of cut map content.

Skyrim ain’t

That map is gay.
GTA V's map was even better that bleak piece of shit, and is the only big thing that GTA IV does worse than GTA V.

is oldschool runescape worth playing as f2p?

GTA V's map is the worst open world map in history.

always thought it was pretty cool how the map had a similar layout to GTA3's liberty city

Rhode Island

But Skyrim has nothing going on in or out the playable area.

lol it's empty and lifeless

There's a decent amount of stuff to grind towards for an iron.
If you're a regular account you just go to the ge, buy full rune and you're essentially done.