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

  • 16-01-2020 2:02pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭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:

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    Others say City 17 from Half Life 2:

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    Both fine choices. What would be yours?


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Vice City.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    5uspect wrote: »
    Vice City.

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    A good choice.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭GhostofKNugget


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


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

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


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,573 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    San Francisco in Watch_Dogs 2.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 29,437 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Great question!

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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,713 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,085 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    The Citadel in Mass Effect series.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


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


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭YouSavedMyLife


    "Favourite places in videogames"

    Miami!

    LA!

    New York!

    San Francisco!
    :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,137 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Alfheim in God of War was absolutely stunning.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭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.


  • Posts: 0 Jabari Stale Wing


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭Rattlehead_ie


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭quokula


    Kamurocho

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  • Dunwall from Dishonored gets another vote from me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭Glebee


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


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,031 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


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

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

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    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.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭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.


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  • Posts: 17,381 Priscilla Shy Tundra


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭Niska


    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


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,702 CMod ✭✭✭✭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.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭GhostofKNugget


    I thought I'd stick up some screen shots.

    The city in Journey

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    Dunwall in Dishonored

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    Karnaca in Dishonored 2

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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭SomeSayKos


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭ 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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,689 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Mêlée Island


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 501 ✭✭✭squawker


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

    Escape from Tarkov | Interchange

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