Games With Best Atmosphere and Gameplay Mechanics?

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#1 retro82
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Hey,

I am looking for very atmospheric games with top notch gameplay mechanics. The ones that come to my mind are:

  • Max Payne 2
  • BioShock
  • Baldur's Gate II
  • Diablo
  • Fallout
  • Warcraft III
  • GTA: SA
  • GTA IV
  • Might & Magic VI
  • The Witcher
  • Company of Heroes

Thanks in advance.

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#2 deactivated-5d3f5f1ece8fb
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Haven't played all of those, but Bioschock definitely has an excellent atmosphere. The gameplay is just fine (its a FPS, so can't really mess up) and it has some RPG elements in the mix.

At some point and time you should play all of those, but for now at least get Bioschock.

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Condemned, amazing atmosphere and fighting gameplay mechanics!!
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Batman: AA - great atmosphere and mechanics that are streamlined into making you feel like you are the Dark Knight. Rogue Warrior - the heartfelt voice talent of Mickey Rourke immerses you into the tortured frustration of a killing machine.
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#5 polarwrath11
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The most atmospheric game I played was Half life 2. I started off and really felt like an oppressed human being living in a dictatorship style world.
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Cryostasis, the Riddick games, Necrovision, King's Bounty.

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#7 fudgeblood
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ArmA 2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R games. World in Conflict.
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#8 polarwrath11
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To be honest I get where you're going with this. People need to stop talking about Kotor 2 etc. its getting annoying when I start a recommendations thread and half the recommendations people make are games before 2006.
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#9 Ikavnieks
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To be honest I get where you're going with this. People need to stop talking about Kotor 2 etc. its getting annoying when I start a recommendations thread and half the recommendations people make are games before 2006.polarwrath11
I don't get it... Are you being serious? If so: The best games are probably pre 2006, those that haven't been tainted by realistic graphics and dull gameplay, Also, you've just contradicted yourself, Half life 2 was pre 2006 (2004/5 I believe) You've just become part of what you dislike...
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#10 polarwrath11
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[QUOTE="polarwrath11"]To be honest I get where you're going with this. People need to stop talking about Kotor 2 etc. its getting annoying when I start a recommendations thread and half the recommendations people make are games before 2006.Ikavnieks
I don't get it... Are you being serious? If so: The best games are probably pre 2006, those that haven't been tainted by realistic graphics and dull gameplay, Also, you've just contradicted yourself, Half life 2 was pre 2006 (2004/5 I believe) You've just become part of what you dislike...

Haha daim I really have become part of what I dislike. Anyway, I posted that in the wrong topic, it was meant to go in the other one about people recommending older games and saying they have better gameplay than newer ones. Major error.
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#11 Lone_Warrior_66
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Freespace 2 Morrowind Quite specific games but both have an amazing atmosphere about them.
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Dragon Age is pretty good, even if the story is a bit generic. Nothing really beats KOTOR though imo, for "recent" Bioware games.
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Alien vs Predator 1 and 2

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you want my pic of the litter look for this obscure dos title: warhammer 40k: space hulk.. its so atmospheric it wins awards still for its atmosphere

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System Shock 2.
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Dead Space, you might have to configure the mouse sensitivity to suite your preference though.
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Batman: AA
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#18 Tannerr33
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you want my pic of the litter look for this obscure dos title: warhammer 40k: space hulk.. its so atmospheric it wins awards still for its atmosphere

aura_enchanted

That game was so much fun, but incredibly hard. That game is also what lead me to start my first 40k space marine army of Blood Angels lol.

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Freedom Fighters.