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Games that gave you the greatest feelings of exploration and adventure?
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Acquiescence
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Broken Sword 1 + 2
Shenmue 1 + 2
Final Fantasy 7/8/9
The Last Guardian
Uncharted 4
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Ni no Kuni
Definitely not anything with an open-world setting.
Shenmue 1 + 2
Final Fantasy 7/8/9
The Last Guardian
Uncharted 4
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Ni no Kuni
Definitely not anything with an open-world setting.
panda-zebra
Member
Oblivion. The music, the size, the hidden locations, crazy side quests, so so good.
RipperGrim
Member
First game to do it for me was Elder scrolls Oblivion. Everything felt so big and like there was something new and awesome right over the next hill.
Witcher 3 most recently was just amazing, going through forests or mountains seamlessly was great. Really felt like a real place.
Witcher 3 most recently was just amazing, going through forests or mountains seamlessly was great. Really felt like a real place.
Riven
Thief: The Dark Project
Unreal
Planescape: Torment
Morrowind (and Oblivion, Skyrim, FO3/NV/4)
Uru
The Witcher
Mass Effect Trilogy
Dishonored
Far Cry 4
Riven, Unreal, Thief and Morrowind were the first game worlds that felt like real places to me. The atmosphere in these games is off the charts.
Thief: The Dark Project
Unreal
Planescape: Torment
Morrowind (and Oblivion, Skyrim, FO3/NV/4)
Uru
The Witcher
Mass Effect Trilogy
Dishonored
Far Cry 4
Riven, Unreal, Thief and Morrowind were the first game worlds that felt like real places to me. The atmosphere in these games is off the charts.
ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS
Banned
Amen
potatohead
Member
So good can drive in this game for hoursSan Andreas
Couldn't tell you. Something about these big sprawling woods and small towns inbetween major cities blew my mind in a way no other game has.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Xenogears until disc 2
dead_lighter
Member
XCX definitely.
Then the zeldas and fable 2 gave me this feeling too.
Then the zeldas and fable 2 gave me this feeling too.
San Andreas
Couldn't tell you. Something about these big sprawling woods and small towns inbetween major cities blew my mind in a way no other game has.
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All the souls games. The best feeling of exploration and adventure goes to DS1 though. It felt like such a huge journey. Funny because nowadays I can rush the lordvessel in 1~ hour.
Lately, Uncharted 4. The boat level was awesome. Would've been much better though without the annoying omnipresent brother and his useless Druckmann dialogue.
Lately, Uncharted 4. The boat level was awesome. Would've been much better though without the annoying omnipresent brother and his useless Druckmann dialogue.
To the people mentioning Grandia: Are you talking about Grandia 1? Because Grandia 2 is linear as hell. I've had a copy of Grandia 1 sitting on my shelf for a few years now but never got around to doing anything past the very beginning (I think that was just to see if the disc worked).
TheTeacher
Neo Member
Golden Sun I & II
Back in 2001, playing Golden Sun on the go was an amazing experience. I spent hours playing these two handheld masterpieces. The world was enormous for me at the time and I have barely ever felt that sense of exploration and wonder since. The soundtrack is, to this day, one of my favourite from the industry.
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Red Dead Redemption
Modern gem. My GOTG. Soundtrack, atmosphere, setting, art style.. everything about the game was top draw. Exploration was simple horse riding was a joy simply due to the gorgeous world Rockstar managed to come up with.
RDR is a system seller. I got into the PS360 era when it got released. Making the jump to PS4 this year in anticipation of RDR2.
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I am hoping (hyping) that in a month or so I'll have Breath of the Wild added to this list.
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