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MrOogieBoogie

BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination

• Aug 18, 2017

• #201

What games DON'T have atmosphere that I lose myself in is the better question. I honestly take forever to get through nearly every game I play because I admire the art direction or the sound or the atmosphere whenever I can. Currently playing Breath of the Wild and after 20 hours I've fast traveled maybe four times. Same thing with Horizon before that, both games taking me forever to get through because I stop and stare at the pretty images.

But it's my personality quirk; I'm like that in real life, too. If driving somewhere, I almost always opt for the longer, slower scenic route.

 

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tootie923

Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #202

AppleSeason said:

Alan Wake. When you get to play in a daily segment, it's almost granted that you wil spend some time looking around and rotating the camera. The lake, the mountains...


I'm not sure if I want to put Firewatch here, as half of the "game" is about enjoying the scenery.

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Probably in my top five favorite game settings.

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VeryNicePerson

Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #203

Horizon Zero Dawn definitely.

https://youtu.be/jy9VCmW-McE?t=40s

Environments like the picture below coupled with this awe-inspiring theme made me stop every single time, not even kidding.

 

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Weltall Zero

Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #204

LordKasual said:

Wow

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It looks even better in motion and the entire city is amazing, but I'm having trouble finding a decent video that's not filmed on poststamp resolution or in a rig from the early 2000s. Search for Divinity's Reach tours if you want.

 

BigEmil

Junior Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #205

Final Fantasy 13 has great atmosphere can't find much good gameplay screenshots of it

 

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Zojirushi

Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #206

Most recently Rime.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst is also good for this.

 

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Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod

• Aug 19, 2017

• #207

HZD has spoiled me so much with its image and asset quality.

 

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ToiJu

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #208

Some shots from the moments I just had to stop and snap a shot.

Fallout 4

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Uncharted 4

Unravel

The Order: 1886

 

blu

Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.

• Aug 19, 2017

• #209

All the primes. Series is wоven of atmosphere.

 

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kikiribu

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #210

Bloodborne
Horizon: Zero Dawn

 

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His Majesty

Banned

• Aug 19, 2017

• #211

I never fast travel in The Witcher 3 and must have taken more than 300 screenshots already. Game is so pretty and atmospheric it's unreal. Especially during sunrise and sunset the colour palette becomes bloody amazing.

 

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DylanEno

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #212

Lord of the rings online

Seeing Tolkien's Middle-earth realized in such a perfect way has me lost in its beauty every single time I revisit it.

 

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ozfunghi

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #213

Metroid Prime (Phendrana Drifts comes to mind)
Every Zelda since GCN has had its moments
Xenoblade Chronicles & XCX (even if the latter game sucks)
I remember doing it with ME3 as well at times, as well as Assassins Creed 3 (first one i played.... i know).
Ohh, and yeah, Pikmin 3

 

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Diablos

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #214

Horizon. You might as well consider photo mode to be a minigame.

 

Danjin44

The nicest person on this forum

• Aug 19, 2017

• #215

I also like to include NieR Automata. It might not have the best graphics technically but to me it has great art direction and atmosphere.

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Mr_Moogle

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #216

As far as 2D games go, I always thought Narshe in FFVI had a lot of atmosphere.

 

poodaddy

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #217

Mr_Moogle said:

As far as 2D games go, I always thought Narshe in FFVI had a lot of atmosphere.

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This is a great pick. Awesome post.

 

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Lifeline

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #218

Horizon is probably the best example this gen so far. So many great vistas and landmarks.

 

Majmun

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #219

All Ueada games and the Souls games.

They're like digital vacation

 

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CAR105 3

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #220

Dark Souls 1 Anor Londo is a great example of this.

 

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kikiribu

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #221

Bloodborne

 

bengraven

Member

• Aug 19, 2017

• #222

Ryuelli said:

Wind Waker

Breath of the Wild

World of Warcraft

Red Dead Redemption

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You must be my alt account.

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Mr_Moogle said:

As far as 2D games go, I always thought Narshe in FFVI had a lot of atmosphere.

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What I wouldn't give for an open world game set in FFVI world.

 

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dripdripsplash

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #223

MugiwaraCole said:

Wait, what pro update???

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A pro update was announced for the xbx and the pro as far as i know

 

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petertheb

Neo Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #224

Metro series, just soaking with it.

 

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danthefan

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #225

There are some amazing views of Beauclair in The Witcher 3. I don't have any of my own screenshots but stuff like this:

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Dadasch

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #226

kikiribu said:

Bloodborne

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I love both Cainhurst and Upper Cathedral Ward, but especially the latter was something else for the first time. It legit felt like a horror game; unfortunately it is a very short area.

 

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Dunan

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #227

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, arriving at the upper floors of Tai Yong Medical and looking out at Upper Hengsha. Had to just stop and admire the view:

And the developers had even created this area... but had to cut it because of budget constraints. Would love to finally go there some day.

 

Monocle

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #228

I did this a lot in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, the Halo series, Shadow of the Collosus, Xenoblade, and most recently The Witcher 3.

Also, as I'm just now discovering, Destiny has some jaw droppingly gorgeous scenery in the expansions. It's wild how much Bungie improved on almost every aspect of the base game.

 

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evolve9

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #229

Team Ico games first spring to mind. I've spent an obscene amount of time just chilling around in those games and admiring basically everything.

Another example for me is the Ash Lake from Dark Souls 1. God, when I first entered that place and that music started playing, I just stood there and watched in awe all of the trees in the distance. The place really makes you appreciate the scale of it all. That's why it's probably one of my favorite places in Souls games despite being a straight corridor to a covenant lol.

 

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OfTheOverflow

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #230

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Mirror's Edge, in its quieter moments. I stick around to soak up my surroundings and the sounds of the city.

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This. Catalyst is especially beautiful. Just milling about listening to the amazing soundtrack is lovely

 

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Garlador

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #231

Remember Me - underrated game with superb atmosphere.

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Zombegoast

Member

• Aug 20, 2017

• #232

Wow, Gaf failed.