Best looking city or location in a video game [pics warning... maybe]

B.A._Baracus

Was reading another thread and it got me thinking. What is the best city / location in a video game?

Some say Skyrim was amazing:



Others say City 17 from Half Life 2:



Both fine choices. What would be yours?

5uspect

Vice City.

B.A._Baracus

5uspect wrote: »

Vice City.

A good choice.

GhostofKNugget

Rapture - Bioshock
The Finch House - What Remains of Edith Finch
Dunwall and Karnaca - Dishonored
The Oldest House - Control

B.A._Baracus

GhostofKNugget wrote: »

Rapture - Bioshock
The Finch House - What Remains of Edith Finch
Dunwall and Karnaca - Dishonored
The Oldest House - Control

Rapture was one of a kind.
Nearly 13 years ago now. Where is the time flying.

Jordan 199

San Francisco in Watch_Dogs 2.

Zero-Cool

Great question!

Solar System of Outer Wilds is first that comes to mind but need more time to thing about older games.

pappyodaniel

At the time I loved Los Angeles in the Blade Runner game from the mid 90s.

J. Marston

Mirror's Edge still has one of the best looking cities in any game...

BeerWolf

The Citadel in Mass Effect series.

_CreeD_

From a pure fidelity perspective - New York in The Division.

YouSavedMyLife

"Favourite places in videogames"

Miami!

LA!

New York!

San Francisco!
:pac:

Penn

Alfheim in God of War was absolutely stunning.

dudeeile

_CreeD_ wrote: »

From a pure fidelity perspective - New York in The Division.

Great city alright and I always felt particularly engrossed when playing survival.

Pripyat in the single player COD4 mission all Ghillied up

When you first cross over into Mexico in the first RDR

The entire series of testing chambers and breaking free in Portal was an amazing setting.

Rattlehead_ie

I dont have any on this machine, but some of the Horizon Zero Dawn scenery and places are amazing.

quokula

Kamurocho

Dunwall from Dishonored gets another vote from me.

Glebee

Assassins Creed unity- 1780s Paris
Assassins Creed syndicate - 1860s London

johnny_ultimate

The unnamed cityscapes in Naissance - has this empty, overwhelming dystopian feel, feeling like it stretches out to infinity



The island in the Witness - every shadow, every reflection, every pillar placed on purpose, in a game full of visual delights and secrets.



Inaba in Persona 4 - really it's just a street, a shopping centre and a few other buildings, but the place feels lived in and genuine: somewhat out of kilter in the modern world but all the more convincing for it. Persona 5's Tokyo had nothing on it.

Canis Lupus

Grizzly Hills WoW. I started WoW just as Lich King released and just the general ambience of Northrend was amazing but Grizzly Hills and that haunting violin tune will probably stay with me for life. I just put the track on youtube and man I still feel as strongly about it today as I did then.

Sapienza - Hitman
Toussaint + Novigrad - Witcher 3
Leyawiin - Oblivion

Niska

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Grizzly Hills WoW. I started WoW just as Lich King released and just the general ambience of Northrend was amazing but Grizzly Hills and that haunting violin tune will probably stay with me for life. I just put the track on youtube and man I still feel as strongly about it today as I did then.

It's a wonderful track, alright. Apparently, it's not a violin its a Nyckelharpa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyckelharpa

Retr0gamer

All these games are just 3D garbage.

The fact is none of them look any where near as good as late Neo Geo games.

GhostofKNugget

I thought I'd stick up some screen shots.

The city in Journey



Dunwall in Dishonored



Karnaca in Dishonored 2

Stone Deaf 4evr

The Pyramidion in destiny 2, such a cool optical effect when you're on the downward slope section.

SomeSayKos

I know it's not out yet but Night City in Cyberpunk

gizmo

Columbia in Bioshock Infinite.

It's one of those environments where, if you stripped away the combat from the game and opened it up, I'd happily explore for hours on foot, or rail as the case may be.

K.O.Kiki

Also an honourable mention to the greatest intro art of all time

Creamy Goodness

Mêlée Island

squawker

one of my favourite maps of any game I have ever played

Escape from Tarkov | Interchange

Sonics2k

Surprised no-one has pointed out Gotham for Arkham City or Knight.

Potential-Monke

You could nearly say any of the AC games really, Rome, Cyprus, Spain, Istanbul, London, the Caribbean, etc, but it has to be said that they done an amazing job with Odyssey, and the draw distance alone (on console) is something spectacular imo. I think it's more the variety and scope that lets Odyssey stand out. A lot of Skyrim felt copy/paste, but I didn't get that with Odyssey at all.

Doctor Nick

Irithyll of the Boreal Valley - Dark Souls 3.


Edit: How do I embed from my phone?

Potential-Monke

Doctor Nick wrote: »

How do I embed from my phone?

If you're uploading it to Boards, you need to direct link and put it between the [ img ] and [ /img ] brackets (no spaces). IIRC you can only do this once you've posted as only then can you get the direct link for the upload.

Edit: I'd love to throw up pics of Nosgoth from the Legacy of Kain series. The place awed me when I played them, but as it's so old it looks pants in comparison to the above. Amazing setting, and I really hope there's a reboot, would love to see Nosgoth in 4K!

goon_magee

Irithyll of the Boreal Valley in Dark Souls 3 has got to get a mention here. Possibly the most breathtaking views and vistas of any game location I've ever encountered.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152818956@N06/42919007022

It's probably my favourite location in the series, and possibly the reason Dark Souls 3 is my favourite entry.

B.A._Baracus

'Future' Prague from Deus Ex Mankind Divided looks amazing.

kkontour

Seeing the Great Plateau for the first time after emerging from Shrine of Resurrection

Sephiroth_dude

That first time you enter novigrad in Witcher 3

The pyramids in assassin's creed origins.