Support NeoGAF

[Linconan]

Ok, Getting back into Mad Max...
and i'm absolutely blown away by the effects of the Storms etc.

Edit: Better Quality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8QtHnMQnJE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEQIXpElCA
(Storm starts around 50 secs)
Poor Chumbucket,lol

I shiver in fear when these approach. Total destroyers. LOL


Anyway, what would you guys rate as the best Weather effects in a game that you've experienced?
Your Top 3.

Mine would be:
A) MAD MAX
B) The Witcher
C) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

MGS2 would be my third because of the changing of times with graphics and because it was the first time ever seeing good weather graphics (on the Bridge, demo level) in a game.

 

[leng jai]

DriveClub

 

[cyber_ninja]

Driveclub has very impressive weather effects, so does Uncharted 4.

 

[jond76]

Dying Light. When the storms come at night it gets pitch black except for lightning.

 

[BadWolf]

MGSV, I like how the weather also had an effect on the gameplay.

 

[The Argus]

GTA V and Red Dead Redemption have the best storms. Watching incoming weather is awesome.

 

[fernoca]

Was going to say Driveclub...

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Wave Race: Blue Storm's still hold up really well despite its age.

 

[leng jai]

The Division's snow technology is very good.

 

[bombshell]

Driveclub and Uncharted 4 both have amazing rain weather effects.

Battlefield 1 looked to have very impressive rain and fog effects from the E3 multiplayer stream.

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

Uncharted 4

 

[Plinko]

Really old example that has been surpassed with newer tech, but the opening storm/rain in Zelda: Link to the Past is so well done. Adds so much to the mood.

 

[DeathSparks]

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

 

[DustyVonEric]

Still would give it to Driveclub.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I tell you what, Battlefield 4 really brings the fuckin' weather in some of those maps. Like, WOW.

Honorable mention to Gears of War 3's Forces of Nature map pack.

 

[lucebuce12]

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's storms were actually pretty good. Looked great and changed the dynamic of ship combat considerably.

 

[The Last Wizard]

DriveClub

Driveclub has very impressive weather effects.

It's too good, hard as hell to drive in the hard rain or snow. Visibility is 0 during them conditions lol

 

[Labombadog]

I always thought STALKER had great lightning effects.

 

[darkwing]

DriveClub

 

[Savinowned]

 

[Linconan]

Red Dead Redemption

awe man....
Why'd you have to bring up RDR. lol

*withdrawal symptoms*

Yeah, forgot about that one.
But i honestly can't remember theirs Storms

 

[zoukka]

I always thought STALKER had great lightning effects.

Epilepsy inducing.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Driveclub and Uncharted 4 both have amazing rain weather effects.

Battlefield 1 looked to have very impressive rain and fog effects from the E3 multiplayer stream.

I am pretty excited to have dynamic weather in a BF game.

 

[OnionPowder]

Driveclub

 

[blastprocessor]

Driveclub is pretty stunning in the wet like OMG

 

[jet1911]

The Division weather effects are really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMje7SuSQ9o

Snow storms in particular are fantastic.

 

[Hoo-doo]

I've never seen weather as convincing as i've seen in Driveclub. I don't think any games come close.

 

[Gloop]

Red Dead Redemption had an amazing weather cycle.

GTA V also has some beautiful sunsets.

Driveclub for rain effects.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I mean it's not technically impressive but I loved the rainy visuals and sound design in Persona 4. Really immersive and atmospheric.

 

[xion4360]

Driveclub has THE BEST weather effects I have ever seen.. its not just snow and rain of varying intensity, both amazingly well done, but also lighting and thunder at a distance divorced from rain, heat haze, heat mirage, rainbows and all kinds of atmospheric effects like the full day/night cycle, clouds breaking up and god rays forming, aurora borealis and random stuff like meteors and the stars being real constellations.

 

[IKizzLE]

Drive Club by a country mile. Dynamic weather in a game that looked that good. It's realism was actually frightening.

 

[JackAubrey]

I don't like the weather effects in Driveclub.

It's not that they aren't fantastic, it's more they don't give any control over wiper speed. There's no way you'd drive with your wipers running that slow in storm conditions.

 

[Acquiescence]

Looks like it's a DriveClub thread lol.

 

[Akronis]

I always thought STALKER had great lightning effects.

The fucking GOAT.

 

[Karak]

Ya the double D's. Division and Driveclub are pretty damned fantastic.

 

[DeathSparks]

The snow storms in Rise of the Tomb Raider are some of the best, the opening in particular

Special mention goes to Driveclub, the effects in that game are insane.

 

[Linconan]

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's storms were actually pretty good. Looked great and changed the dynamic of ship combat considerably.

Omg how would i forget that one. Yeah i agree.
That'll be my Third Choice actually.

 

[Anung]

MGSV, I like how the weather also had an effect on the gameplay.

Loved the dynamic weather in MGSV but always felt it didn't hang around enough transitioned out. Sandstorms never hung around long enough to be super useful.

 

[Gojeran]

Drive club. The snow and rain effects are out of this world. It's mind blowing in person. Damn I need to play drive club now.

 

[low-G]

Definitely DriveClub.

Once I was driving under cloudy conditions, the dynamic cloud effects allowed for a hole in the clouds where a dynamic god ray effect shot down and illuminated a distant hill.

Seriously, DriveClub blows away the weather in every other game. Other devs need to step it up.

 

[Alienfan]

Rise of The Tomb Raider and Metro Redux

 

[JackAubrey]

I like the weather in Forza Horizon 2 a lot.

Also Rise of the Tomb Raider.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Storms in Witcher 3 are beautiful. The trees move in the wind, it's crazy. Arkham Knight too. Hoo boy that game is gorgeous.

 

[Mokubba]

Another vote for Driveclub

 

[Bishop89]

Evolution studios did a great job with motorstorm apocalypse AND driveclub

Also have to say uncharted 4 had a freaken amazing storm as well.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Forza 6 has the best rain/raindrop physics by a mile.

GTA 5 probably has the best in terms of cycling/blending, I don't think I've ever seen the same situation twice.

 

[RespectThySole]

Storms and Fog look awesome in The Witcher 3. Driveclub looks great too.

 

[mephixto]

The first level of Cryis 3? I remember it looking good.

 

[Anung]

Metro Redux

Metro probably gets my vote as well.

Some wonderful precipitation and fog effects

 

[Kacho]

Skyrim with weather mods and volumetric fog is unmatched.