What do you think is the most immersive, beautiful or intricate setting in a game? For me, it'd have to be Mass Effect. Though it was a little rough around the edges, it had such an awesome universe. If only the Elcor featured more heavily...
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One of two things.
The final area in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The first time going through that area, at the top of the world (more or less) with the evening sun ablaze just made everything so much more epic.
Shadow of the Colossus. The desolate planes that convey the message that you're alone, making your companionship with Agro, the horse, much more. I have a feeling that this helped to make that one scene just before the final Colossi that involved Agro mean so much more.
The final area in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The first time going through that area, at the top of the world (more or less) with the evening sun ablaze just made everything so much more epic.
Shadow of the Colossus. The desolate planes that convey the message that you're alone, making your companionship with Agro, the horse, much more. I have a feeling that this helped to make that one scene just before the final Colossi that involved Agro mean so much more.
I loved Bioshock. The whole idea of a social experiment destroyed by those who stuck to the ideology without morals..The science..The aesthetic..
Vvardenfell, part of Morrowind in... Morrowind. That was an awesome setting, varied, vibrant and almost alien, all wrapped up in its own lore, history and culture with a sense of identity. Something to me, Cyrodill in Oblivion lacked. Where Oblivion was more generic, Morrowind was completely unique and felt like an actual world with its own politics, problems and strange creatures.
I like any open world similar to oblivion or morrowind, including the night/day shifts and weather.
I really like the KOTOR universe. It had a variety of (for the time) spectacular visuals (I always like theEbon Hawk landing scenes XD) and let you fight in a wide variety of different areas including woodland, desert urban, underwater etc.
And it had a very immersive universe with an incredible backstory. I mean, for me it doesnt get much better than heros of the republic returning with a conquering army of sith, only to end up being defeated by their own leader.
And it had a very immersive universe with an incredible backstory. I mean, for me it doesnt get much better than heros of the republic returning with a conquering army of sith, only to end up being defeated by their own leader.
I'm actually going to say Pikmin.
Mostly because of the diverse variety of creatures in the game. I liked how in the first game Olimar took notes about the various interactions that took place in the planets ecosystem. He was documenting the behavior of the Pikmin and the creatures he encountered, which I found to be interesting since it gave you more insight into the game's setting. In my experience, many games don't explain how the different monsters interact with one another, so I like to think of explanations for that on my own. Reading Olimar's journal entries and learning that I had similar conclusions about various parts of the ecosystem as he did was, for me, a very interesting experience. I liked how this trend carried over into Pikmin 2, only in that game there was much more detail given about each creature in the form of a scientific documentation rather than the writings of a struggling castaway. I was very pleased with this.
Mostly because of the diverse variety of creatures in the game. I liked how in the first game Olimar took notes about the various interactions that took place in the planets ecosystem. He was documenting the behavior of the Pikmin and the creatures he encountered, which I found to be interesting since it gave you more insight into the game's setting. In my experience, many games don't explain how the different monsters interact with one another, so I like to think of explanations for that on my own. Reading Olimar's journal entries and learning that I had similar conclusions about various parts of the ecosystem as he did was, for me, a very interesting experience. I liked how this trend carried over into Pikmin 2, only in that game there was much more detail given about each creature in the form of a scientific documentation rather than the writings of a struggling castaway. I was very pleased with this.
