Weather Effects In Gaming!

The STALKER series is the first thing that comes to mind.

It's the only series I can think of where you are outright terrified of particular random weather effects.

It won't be long before games start implementing Nvidia's Turf effects.

They have already solved the weird hair problem somewhat with hair works.

it's a moot point until we get nipples showing through wet t-shirts

GTAV looks nice, but holy **** look at Drive Club, those videos made me want to buy it! Is it good as a racer though, or another Ridge Racer Vita?

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DriveClub, I can't think of any games that come close to it in terms of weather effects

Yeah, good to see PGR4 mentioned. PGR4 was great for last gen and the only one I can recall that also had snow. FH2 does open world day night weather nicely right now.

Driveclub no doubt.

Enjoyed rainy weather in Watch Dogs.

Like people already pointed out, PGR4 weather affects are amazing, even for current standards!

Also Driveclub and GTA5.

I thought Blue Storm was pretty good.

Any news about games using dynamic weather/foliage? This thread is all that pops up on searches and a whole bunch of stupid phone apps I didn't ask for nor have a phone to use them. And one random propaganda mouth piece about global warming models as if models are actual reality. :P

Yep! My Driveclub post weather effects still stands from 2 years ago :)

Gears of War 4 has really cool wind sections in some parts.

I like the fog effects in Far Cry 4

The Witcher 3 is my favorite when it comes to weather. There's so many different atmospheric conditions, and the way the trees and grass sway in the wind is just breathtaking when combined with insane lighting motifs.

Among my favorite games with fog having an effect on gameplay are Fallout 4 and STALKER: Call of Chernobyl. Great depiction of different nights is of course, a staple of the STALKER games. Flight Simulator X does nights pretty well too and it has no equal when it comes to (users) customizing clouds.

Weather effects are a dynamic combination, in Sea of Thieves it makes waves rougher, the wind blows, sky gets darker, it rains, sound is good too, mix of wind, the sales flapping, waves crashing, creaking of ship, sometimes snapping like something broke (better check). The clouds seem to form, grow, shrink, in the sky randomly, rather than panning a set cloud pattern over the map.

But a good example of it, Far Cry 2, best weather system in any Far Cry game. Clouds cast shadows, breezes cause the foliage across the map to react and sway, even gets stormy, then as clouds disperse rays of light shine through and cast unique patterns of light and shade across landscape, even subtle breezes make the grass sway.

I tend to think a proper day-night cycle compliments a dynamic weather system really well, and both have much better than average day night cycles.

Battlefield 4 Parcel Storm comes to mind.

Sleeping Dogs has really great rain.

I wish there is a modern DX12 version of FSX. Nice rotor wash.

I just can't get over how well the STALKER games handle nights, especially with how available light interacts with the surroundings such as light seen through bushes. Even the Metro games doesn't approach it.

I really liked how MGS2 handled its rain effects. The way they showed the drops bouncing off Snake and how he would sometimes sneeze.

I was really impressed by the weather in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The rain, for example, makes things slippery and puddles are created and can grow in size by more rain. I've never seen that in a videogame before.

Yeep.

Sometimes the weather effects in games have no actual affect on the gameplay.

But yeah, rain usually just means "make things slippery", wind usually means "makes things swerve a bit"...

This thread is almost 3 years old.

Jesus that looks like trash. I choose Driveclub, no doubt.

@jun_aka_pekto said:

Among my favorite games with fog having an effect on gameplay are Fallout 4 and STALKER: Call of Chernobyl. Great depiction of different nights is of course, a staple of the STALKER games. Flight Simulator X does nights pretty well too and it has no equal when it comes to (users) customizing clouds.

From a weatherman's perspective, they're great because they behave like the real thing and not just merely eye candy.