Spring-Loaded
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ICO's was great. It coincided with the point in the game where it really starts to blow you away.
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Favourite rain experiences in games.
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Rhomega Beta
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Putyouinmyoven
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Metal Gear Solid 2, always.
Nakkilokki
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I wish Driveclub had weather at launch, it alone would have saved a lot of the somewhat disappointing review scores.
GIANKRATOS
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This!
Fancy Clown
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The one storm I've experienced in GTA V in my 30-some hours with the game 
Relaxed Muscle
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Metal Gear Solid 2 still has one of the most impressive rain effect in gaming even after all these years.
Metroid Prime has one of the best uses, helping to create an incredible moddy atmosphere.
Driveclub just blow me away, it was the first "WOW" next-gen experience.
Metroid Prime has one of the best uses, helping to create an incredible moddy atmosphere.
Driveclub just blow me away, it was the first "WOW" next-gen experience.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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NEOPARADIGM
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Definitely Driveclub and Red Dead.
GTA V is fantastic too but it's so damn rare.
GTA V is fantastic too but it's so damn rare.
The city "rain" from Silver:
Youtube Video
This entire place was incredibly atmospheric, and really complemented the mood the fantastic story of this game set. Of course I was relatively young when I played this, so my imegination did the rest.
Youtube Video
This entire place was incredibly atmospheric, and really complemented the mood the fantastic story of this game set. Of course I was relatively young when I played this, so my imegination did the rest.
Eternal Gamer
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The dawn of my gaming life was a moody one.
This was my first thought.
TheMoon
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GIANKRATOS
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How could i forget?
Maybe, I think it's that the droplets stay as droplets...
It still looks very impressive though.
mrmickfran
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Man, fuck that level.
Wind Waker HD had absolutely GORGEOUS thunderstorms when you're sailing the great sea.
Xenoblade also had some great thunderstorms in areas such as Eryth Sea and Gaur Plain.
PedroPanache
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Burmecia in Final Fantasy IX.
Beautiful artwork. There was a wonderful, wonderful thread loaded with hi-res FFIX images. It was a thing of absolute beauty.
Beautiful artwork. There was a wonderful, wonderful thread loaded with hi-res FFIX images. It was a thing of absolute beauty.
TheSpaceBetween
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This. Also, Rockin' Relics from Tropical Freeze. Rain pouring at night with Aquatic Ambience x Lockjaw Saga playing, and the music changing depending on whether you are in the water or above ground, and lighting striking the machinery in the background making the platforms in the foreground bounce and move... incredible.
JetSetRadio
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Ugly as fuck but Deadly Premonition.
Professor Renegade
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Waldo Lydecker
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Beginning of Onimusha 2.
Amazing game, shame that it isn't a PS2 classic at PSN. I might rebuy a PS2 for it because I would like to replay it.
Also great pre-rendered water and landscapes.
Death Metalist
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Most of my favorites are posted so I'll post the other memorable ones to me.
Silent Hill: Downpour
Deadly Premonition
Heavy Rain
Silent Hill: Downpour
Deadly Premonition
Heavy Rain
Correct.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Burmecia in Final Fantasy IX.
Beautiful artwork. There was a wonderful, wonderful thread loaded with hi-res FFIX images. It was a thing of absolute beauty.
This.
Plus the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMQaamgSb5w
Rex Griswold
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This exactly. Before I broke my Skyrim, I'd have Climates of Tamriel and an ENB(and a shit ton of other mods) installed and everything from a storm to a blizzard would look incredible. I'd always look forward to the rain in-game, night time in-game, lights off and headphones on, with some of the ambient soundtrack.. a very relaxing experience.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Lighthouse level.
Snow level in Blacklist is great for a cold snow blizzard.
That Gears of War level outside is like a tech demo, nice special effects but there is absolutely nothing there and just repeats. Lovely looking effects but couldn't help thinking it was bog basic otherwise.
Snow level in Blacklist is great for a cold snow blizzard.
That Gears of War level outside is like a tech demo, nice special effects but there is absolutely nothing there and just repeats. Lovely looking effects but couldn't help thinking it was bog basic otherwise.
Damn I was in awe when I first saw that. DriveClub also made me go wow today.
The dawn of my gaming life was a moody one.
Werewolf Jones
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DidntKnowJack
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Huh?
CreepingFear
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Most unrealistic part of GTA 5 is how much it rains. This is California. Shit, even before the drought it didn't rain that much. Now? Forget about it!
Disgaeamad
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The beginning of Metal Gear Solid 2. Visually it was jaw-dropping for a console game doing that in 2001. Also that it contextualized around the game play itself (catching a cold, the tarp obscuring your line of sight while fighting Olga, etc.) is kind of a fantastic marker for the amount of detail that goes into the series and how much of the way it paved for everything afterwards.
Side Note: It rained so much in Wild Hunt I thought the damn game was broken (and to be honest, it probably was).
Burmecia in Final Fantasy IX.
Beautiful artwork. There was a wonderful, wonderful thread loaded with hi-res FFIX images. It was a thing of absolute beauty.
Glad I don't even need to answer myself.
Magicgamer101
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Rain in Pokemon Emerald is probably my favorite that i can think of off the top of my head.
MisterLuffy
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The rain from Link to the Past is good.
Not my favourite but a good one is Little Big Adventure 2 - https://youtu.be/OoOhUvn01Vs?t=1m15s
I loved the rain in Heavy Rain just because a crime mystery set in a rainy environment felt perfectly tailored for me.
The Hard Rain level in Left 4 Dead 2 is easily one of my favorite levels in the series.
GTAV also has great looking rain that sets the mood well.
Another favorite is Wave Race: Blue Storm. You could choose how intense of a storm would be going on during a race, and more intense storms made the water choppier with bigger waves. I always loved racing during thunderstorms in that game.
Considering what rain meant in the game, it was more ominous than relaxing for me.
The Hard Rain level in Left 4 Dead 2 is easily one of my favorite levels in the series.
GTAV also has great looking rain that sets the mood well.
Another favorite is Wave Race: Blue Storm. You could choose how intense of a storm would be going on during a race, and more intense storms made the water choppier with bigger waves. I always loved racing during thunderstorms in that game.
Considering what rain meant in the game, it was more ominous than relaxing for me.
forest
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The first level from Chasm: The Rift starts you off in a dark, rainy location with giant scorpions. Sorry for the terrible picture quality and I can't actually remember if this game was good or not, but this first level had a weird impact on me when I was younger, it got me invested and into the atmosphere.
Gears of War
I loved this level, not the best shot of it though.
This really blew my ass away, along with in no order, Morrowind, GTA 5, MGS 2 and Driveclub. I always like tosee how well rain is done in all the games I play.
Gears of War
I loved this level, not the best shot of it though.
+1
was jaw dropping at the time, the way the water ran down the bark of the trees