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Your favourite swamp/marsh/bog areas in video games
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super-famicom
Member
Invading someone there was always a good time.
old manatee
Banned
Left 4 Dead 2 had good swamps.
DiamondDog74
Banned
There's that swamp level in the first spyro. The music is great. The sky is dark green and the floors are electrified. Plus there's bulls. Loved it. It was swamp without being too swamp. A little boggy
Beast makers it's called
https://youtu.be/40-SHw8NYr4
Beast makers it's called
https://youtu.be/40-SHw8NYr4
disappeared
Banned
Far Harbor was legit the best area of Fallout 3. It felt like a different team entirely was in charge of that map and its quests. Even the new weapons and armor were more creative.
OptionalObjectives
Neo Member
Demon's Souls is the king. Not just Valley of Defilement, but one of the most legendarily atmospheric spots in any Souls game: The Tower of Latria, 3-2. https://youtu.be/-d8Z5W97XHQ
Polioliolio
Member
Definitely Demon's Souls..
And by the way.. I LIKED the swamp.
And by the way.. I LIKED the swamp.
hurricanes
Member
Obligatory Satorl Marsh area(from Xenoblade): splendid views, great music.
DragonGirl
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Xenoblade: Satorl Marsh. A really beautiful area with wonderful music.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Great Halo map or the greatest Halo map?
DiamondDog74
Banned
The whole game just sounds great. Percussion is king. I love the howling noises
CountAntonius
Member
Seyda Neen and the entire The Bitter Coast region in Morrowind.
lvl99 Pixel
Member
Witcher 2's swamp forest was great too
cropduster
Member
Majoras Mask Southern Swamp
Etrian Oddity
Member
Torvus Bog, Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Yes, loved that area.
Ban Puncher
Member
Three mentions for Satorl Marsh already, including the OP, and not one of you linked the music. Shame on you, shame.
NHarmonic.
Member
Satorl Marsh is unbeatable.
I feel like Hydra marshes from Chrono Cross it's worth a mention.
I feel like Hydra marshes from Chrono Cross it's worth a mention.
Alex Connolly
Member
Plunder Swamp from Curse of Monkey Island immediately springs to mind.
sadaiyappan
Member
I liked the Dark Souls 3 swamp marsh.
Sora the Cat
Member
Witcher 1 swamp for me. Loved that area.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Dragon Age INQ is a good choice... was one of my favorite areas, too, and a good argument for why day/night/weather cycles may not always be better (i.e. if you're only going to spend a couple hours in an area... I'd much rather have a single 'perfect' atmosphere than a random chance at contrasting atmospheres). Obviously, Witcher 3, too.
I want to say Swamp of Sorrows in WoW.... But I'm biased because my Orc Rogue kinda lived there for 2-3 weeks during Beta 2 when the Level cap was.... Lv39, or 45 I think it was. Probably the Lv45 phase (cuz Lv39 was probably Scarlet Monastery and then I guess 45 must have been the Hakkar Temple phase). Spent a really long time always leveling and using it as a staging grounds to explore the nearby Alliance lands.
I hated Dustwallow Marsh though, even though I love ports and ogres. The sky was too clear and visible through the burnt tree. Something about too much open sky ruined the atmosphere, the way a good swamp kinda smothers and envelopes you (see SoS).
Even the dwarven Wetlands were better, and I wasn't fond of there either after the first two awesome Dwarf zones.
MGS V has a small but pretty cool swamp, too... Looks great when it's raining, I like to do sort of G.I.Joe 'Musk Rat' approaches there:
- https://youtu.be/yH6SauFZfmE?t=918
- https://youtu.be/LtlEfiTXt1I?t=1613
MGS 3 though probably had one of the best 'presented' sort of swamp experiences though (I think that one still swamp, on account of the flora). I mean, alligator head, the flying overhead search lights, shooting and eat fish and fruit, and then swimming into the next area to snipe The End early
I want to say Swamp of Sorrows in WoW.... But I'm biased because my Orc Rogue kinda lived there for 2-3 weeks during Beta 2 when the Level cap was.... Lv39, or 45 I think it was. Probably the Lv45 phase (cuz Lv39 was probably Scarlet Monastery and then I guess 45 must have been the Hakkar Temple phase). Spent a really long time always leveling and using it as a staging grounds to explore the nearby Alliance lands.
I hated Dustwallow Marsh though, even though I love ports and ogres. The sky was too clear and visible through the burnt tree. Something about too much open sky ruined the atmosphere, the way a good swamp kinda smothers and envelopes you (see SoS).
Even the dwarven Wetlands were better, and I wasn't fond of there either after the first two awesome Dwarf zones.
MGS V has a small but pretty cool swamp, too... Looks great when it's raining, I like to do sort of G.I.Joe 'Musk Rat' approaches there:
- https://youtu.be/yH6SauFZfmE?t=918
- https://youtu.be/LtlEfiTXt1I?t=1613
MGS 3 though probably had one of the best 'presented' sort of swamp experiences though (I think that one still swamp, on account of the flora). I mean, alligator head, the flying overhead search lights, shooting and eat fish and fruit, and then swimming into the next area to snipe The End early
Torvus Bog, from Metroid Prime 2
Awesome aesthetics, music, atmosphere, enemies, difficulty, etc. A masterpiece of a game.
Awesome aesthetics, music, atmosphere, enemies, difficulty, etc. A masterpiece of a game.
reelbigtink
Member
Bugmuck/the swamp in Secret of Evermore is visually interesting and the bosses are actually fun to fight, provided you've grinded enough to throw the spear at them from a safe distance. And also the game doesn't crash.
Definitely.
WheelHoss1
Member
Valley of Defilement
It may not be very popular, but I really liked Jet Force Gemini's bog planet; Tawfret.
The music that David Wise did is seriously my favorite creepy music.
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WoTnOVyZ7U
Scared the hell out of me when I was a baby. That atmosphere as your landing, and everything gets dark and creepy.
The music that David Wise did is seriously my favorite creepy music.
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WoTnOVyZ7U
Scared the hell out of me when I was a baby. That atmosphere as your landing, and everything gets dark and creepy.
Terrorblot
Member
THIS. So many great levels in this one, and the music was so so good. The Rollercoaster level and Bramble Blast will forever be in my mind. Plus the weird phantom kremlin with the AH AH AH laugh that throws all sorts of things at you including BEES!
Gamegeneral
Member
I mean, the entirety of Resident Evil 7 kinda does a pretty good job at being swampy.