Top 10 Best RPG towns

What do you think are the 10 best towns from RPGs? A short explanation would be appreciated.

My list (in no particular order):

1. Fisherman's Horizon (Final Fantasy VIII): I love how they somehow managed to make a place made of scrap metal so beautiful. The music here is some of my favorite in all of gaming.

2. Termina (Chrono Cross): I'm a huge fan of water-based towns that have a hustle and bustle to them, but the beautiful white Mediterranian-looking architecture really seals the deal for me.

3. Besaid Island (Final Fantasy X): I love the peacefulness and lushness of this tropical paradise. Plus, the music is absolutely gorgeous.

4. Midgar (Final Fantasy VII): Probably the most iconic town/city in an RPG. The Midgar slums ooze with character and atmosphere. Other JRPGs have tried to replicate it, but none have down the slum thing better.

5. Frontier Village (Xenoblade Chronicles): It's a giant city inside of a tree. I don't think I need to say any more.

6. Solaris (Xenogears): Not only does this town make sterility visually interesting, but some of the most epic moments in any RPG take place here.

7. Lindblum (Final Fantasy IX): I love how this city is very steampunk, but is quite colorful and charming at the same time.

8. Traverse Town (Kingdom Hearts): This hub town is warm and cozy like a cup of hot coco or a fireplace (with music to match), but there's also something (maybe the fact that it's eternally night) slightly unsettling about it.

9. Rabanastre (Final Fantasy XII): If there's one town in the Final Fantasy series that nails hustle and bustle, it's this one. With its abundance of NPCs and large market areas, this is the city in the series that feels the most "alive."

10. Tazmily Village (Mother 3): As far as towns that feel lived in, have unique details, and are integral to the story, you can't do much better than Tazmily.

I can quite honestly say I have never been to any of those towns

Mass effect 2 - Ohmega and the Citadel

the city they showed at the demo of the witcher 3

I approve of these FF towns. Theyr'e great. However, because you didn't include any wrpgs, you forgot the best of the best.

Athkatla, the capital of Amn, from Baldur's Gate 2.

Absolutely beautiful. Great music. The background noise like the merchants in trade district, the birds, the dogs barking, the screams during nighttime over at the docks is the best in any game ever. Many games lack this these days, it's a shame because it made the city feel much more alive.

It was also huge (biggest city in a rpg perhaps?), full of mysteries and probably had like what, at least 60 hours of content in it?

I would throw Medina from Chrono Trigger in there. It was really bizarre and unsettling coming across a village full of monsters for the first time. Also, I forget the name, but the village where you find Terra in the second half of Final Fantasy VI.

FFVII had a lot of great places; Cosmo Canyon, Midgar, Junon. Most of the FFVII town have a special place in my memory.

You covered a lot of good FF towns. Esthar from FFVIII was pretty amazing. Conde Petie from FFIX was a pretty silly place.

It's been a while but I remember there being some pretty awesome cities in WoW.

Mass Effect Citadel

Termina from Chrono Cross.

Most of the cities on TES 3-5.

Seriously guys, did we all just forget where we all grew up in

I'd make a list but I can't single it down to RPGs.

Well, it's not like I'm going to kick you out of the thread if you list towns from other genres.

@mesomorphin said:

Seriously guys, did we all just forget where we all grew up in

You do have a point lol.

Honor Hold - World Of Warcraft. Dat soundtrack

@GreySeal9 said:

@mesomorphin said:

Seriously guys, did we all just forget where we all grew up in

You do have a point lol.

Definitely the most relaxing place i've been to.

I've always been partial to Prima Village from Breath of Fire.

1. Britain - Ultima Online

2. Mos Eisley - Star Wars Galaxies

3. Flotsam - The Witcher 2

4. Megaton - Fallout 3

5. Balmora - Morrowind

6. Vesper - Ultima Online

7. The Citadel - Mass Effect

8. Imperial City - Oblivion

9. Anor Londo - Dark Souls

10. Rivet City - Fallout 3

• Vizima - The Witcher.
• Rivet City - Fallout 3.
• The Citadel - Mass Effect
• Cheydinhal - Oblivion

Sigil - Torment

Divinity's Reach - Guild Wars 2

Lanelle - Summoner

Midgar - FFVII

Meribia - Lunar

NYC - Parasite Eve (why not?)

PIcking these, it was important to me that, keeping in mind that state of technology when these games were released, the selection be both aesthetically pleasing and believable. So, for example, while the citadel is very cool, it's not believable as a city...i mean, it's the galactic center of politics and yet there's only a handful of people out on the streets and the biggest hospital only has four beds. I don't expect BioWare to deliver a whole sci-fi cityscape but they could at least take the time to make the areas they do allow access seem like real places and not game levels. But then, BioWare has never been good with that - even back with NWN, you'd walk into the home of a tree nymph (which was a tree on the outside) only to see castle textures used for the interior. They are such a lazy group of devs.