Getting lost in the Beauty of a game...

... i'm not anymore.. anyone remember those games that were just beautiful, even if the graphics were not top notch, and you could just get lost in them?

for me it's the older final fantasies... before things got so linear...

anyone else not gettin that sense of.... EPIC!... in games anymore? i mean epic scenery mostly.. i played final fantasy xi for close to 5 years and towards the end all i wanted to do was just go afk in a beautiful spot so i could see it when i got home from work....

remember scenery in games like this?

or even more epic than that stuff....

i'm calling for system wars to UNITE! and post the most EPIC of epic sceneries... i dont care if its on the PSWii60 or PC, or anything that's ever been considered a gaming system..

(on a side note.. whats a good PC game that i can get lost in some beautiful scenery? preferably not a MMO that's gona cost monthly fee lol)

btw it was this game that got me thinkin of how unimpressed with game scenery i've been lately.. cause this game actually packs a punch.. i just like floatin around and lookin at stuff, its beautiful :)

shattered horizon

Go download Flower. Problem solved.

Find me a picture of the first time you see Rapture underwater in BioShock 2, and thats my contribution.

Just seeing the whole city in that vast ocean, it made Rapture look small by comparison. I actually felt a little vertigo staring into the expanse of the ocean.Skittles_McGee

like this you mean?

Go download Flower. Problem solved.

_BlueDuck_

Samara from Mass Effect 2:

There is just something...paralyzing in her eyes that no single landscape could ever capture. Definitely one of my favourite characters

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Find me a picture of the first time you see Rapture underwater in BioShock 2, and thats my contribution.

Just seeing the whole city in that vast ocean, it made Rapture look small by comparison. I actually felt a little vertigo staring into the expanse of the ocean.Renzokucant

like this you mean?

One of the reasons I enjoy this PoP so much is because of the beatiful scenery.

I say no... a lot of games have epic scenery this gen

DI

Just to name a couple.

I still get that.

[QUOTE="Renzokucant"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Find me a picture of the first time you see Rapture underwater in BioShock 2, and thats my contribution.

Just seeing the whole city in that vast ocean, it made Rapture look small by comparison. I actually felt a little vertigo staring into the expanse of the ocean.Skittles_McGee

like this you mean?

I think this gen has more epic scenery than any other gen.

Assassin's Creed and Heavenly Sword are the last games I remember getting lost in. I also kinda got lost in Demon's Souls, but to a much lesser extent. GOW III will bring that feeling back seven-fold.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

[QUOTE="Renzokucant"]

like this you mean?

Renzokucant

I think he means the part where you go underwater for the 1st time (I think it's the 1st time)... you can look down a cliff and you see Rapture in the whole. I also think that was a nice scene.

As for DI, well yeah... the game could've been a bit more epic in the scenery but it has great views regardless of that lil issue...IMO

epic'ness..

well this beautiful view caused me to stop racing.....and pull out the camera.

and of course Heavenly Sword

That part in Resistance 2 where you first emerge from the underwater base and see that the whole city is being invaded by Chimera was pretty epic. I don't have any screens of it but someone else can post them if they feel like it.

what game is that with the water and boats?Renzokucant

Motorstorm PR.....it has many upon many different beautiful sceneries..... you can get it for about $19 right now.....one of the best racing games this gen...and has 4player split-screen.

I have to disagree with you. The beauty of art scenery hasn't gone extinct.

GTA4 looks amazing.I love driving in the city.

Elder Scrolls: Morrowind :D

I also found myself being distracted by how incredible Earth looks in Shattered Horizon (props to whoever posted a pic)

Just about every level in Uncharted 2.

Comix Zone, Muramasa, Wind Waker.

this could be some good stuff i guess. i'm really lookin for like.. open world type game with great beautiful locations..

man i remember the first motorstorm was epiiiiiic. Renzokucant

yeah I remember playing the RockHopper track for the first time :shock:

I remember marveling at the original PD, to see it look like this is amazing.

Guild Wars still looks great I don't play it anymore but I log in every now and again to just look around the world.

The game with MAXIMUM AAHHRMOR! beautiful beaches and exotic turtles that get kicked around. That game, and apparently everyone is after you like the KPA and peta. jk

Sceneries are some of the best parts I love about video games. And man I seriously can't wait till I see this in action.

i'm worried about Final Fantasy XIII.... i mean, it sounds like its going to be so linear.. i really hope it wow's me :(

And...

I fail to see the problem here.

Giant no in response to your question.

Just about every level in Uncharted 2.

coasterride509

Assassin's Creed and Heavenly Sword are the last games I remember getting lost in. I also kinda got lost in Demon's Souls, but to a much lesser extent. GOW III will bring that feeling back seven-fold.

Master_ShakeXXX

hmmm.GOW 3 is more about scale than actual beauty. But it is good. But not amazing. Certainly not seven-fold. Bu thats just my opinion.

[QUOTE="coasterride509"]

Just about every level in Uncharted 2.

brennan7777

I have to disagree with you. The beauty of art scenery hasn't gone extinct.

istreakforfood

What game is this?

[QUOTE="brennan7777"]

[QUOTE="coasterride509"]

Just about every level in Uncharted 2.

jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="istreakforfood"]

I have to disagree with you. The beauty of art scenery hasn't gone extinct.

Sky-

What game is this?

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

[QUOTE="istreakforfood"]

I have to disagree with you. The beauty of art scenery hasn't gone extinct.

ElTriforceo

What game is this?

Yes, that is Bioshock.

Brutal Legend, Gears of War 2, Bioshock 1 and 2, Assassins Creed, Mass Effect 1 and 2, hell even Banjo Kazooie N&B had some great scenic views that were very detailed and made me pause to have a look. I think many games still have that power, but it's just not as common, now that i'm used to HD graphics, I expect them, and hi res textures and well layed out landscapes arent in every frame of every game, so its rare, but still around.

To me this is quite epic