ITT:Games with 11/10 ultra godtier atmosphere

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>>281833853

Grim Fandango. It smells like cigarette smoke everytime I play this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaibDgVRgz4

>dem prerendered backgrounds
>dat soundtrack
>dat noir
>dat everything

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>>281833853
remember when Ubisoft was creating one masterpiece after another?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAUdFNmizWc

SoT is the single greatest game ever made, I don't care how many minor faults it has in gameplay, graphics, etc., the game is so fucking perfectly put together that it created an unrivalled single-player experience.

the void
its suffocating

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The best

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>>281833853
Is this a game?

Anyway, it reminded me of something I played recently that was amazing.

MIND: Path to Thalumus

>>281833957
This. I have never played a game with a setting as perfect as this one. I guess that's to be expected being D&D and all, but still holy fuck.

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I'd put Xenoblade Chronicles up there.

you can talk shit about the combat, the story, whatever.

the atmosphere in this game was fucking amazing.

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Not BG2 but honorary mention

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>>281833853
Morrowind.

Thief

Arma 2

Half Life

Hitman Blood Money

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Sleeping Dogs

Star Wars: Jedi Knight series

Rainbow 6

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (kind of gets that star wars scale of battle)

Metal Gear Solid

Just a few i can think of off the top of my head

Metroid Prime.

>>281835218
this, best universum ever

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Fuck you niggers this game is fucking great and has an incredible atmosphere.

also STALKER

>>281835802
What game is that?

>>281836315
Metro 2033

>>281836315
Metro

I agree dude, Metro is fucking awesome

>>281835802
I wish it was more open like STALKER though

stalker, definitely

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>>281836550
Here's hoping they actually go that direction like they said they wanted to

>>281833853
Half-Life 2

Portal

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Metroid Prime

The first Left 4 Dead

Ocarina of Time

Majora's Mask

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>>281833853
Gothic 1/2

Baten Kaitos. Both of them.

Not just because the scenery and backgrounds were literal painting, but the music that accompanied it was just phenomenal.

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>>281833853
obviously S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
silent hill games
fatal frame games
deus ex games

more modern:
metro
the evil within
alien isolation

I always liked the atmosphere in SMT Nocturne.

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+The Metal Age

tera online.

Yume Nikki

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ITT: some good answers

Red Dead Redemption
Majora's Mask
Dishonored
El Shaddai
Shadow of the Colossus

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hands down
Freespace 2

Demon's Souls
Silent Hill 1-4
Red Dead Redemption
All of them nail the atmosphere they propose.

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>>281835279

Absolutely. Just got the trilogy on WiiU shop and forgot how much I loved just exploring the world. Great fucking game

>>281839578
Obligatory DIVE DIVE HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT

>>281835107
is that actually a screen shot of the game? It's beautiful

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>all this fantasy bullshit

What about modern day or future?

Shadow of the Colossus
ICO
Rule of Rose
Pathologic
Nocturne
DDS 1&2
Vagrant Story
I'm probably over exaggerating a few of these.

>>281842393
wat gaem

also if you want a game that just feels real but that you can play i'd recommend the GTA serious :^)

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EDGE

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The only redeeming quality of this game was its Atmosphere
Flying around from station to station following the trade lines so you dont get attacked as often.
What made the game alive was the coms as well, if you followed a hauler ship they would actually get scared and ask the security ships to check you out

>ctrl + f "Bastion"
>No results
It's like you guys aren't even trying.

>>281835802
My favorite part is when you have to pass by the shrine of the dead to go to your next objective

Planetside 2

Shit devs ruined it but, it's a beautiful game.

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>>281833853

Child of Eden

Unreal is the only acceptable anwer

>>281842393
Wow, I've never seen that in that high of a res before.

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and on a similar note, Transistor.

Say what you want about the game itself, but Halo 2 made you really feel like you were on an alien world.

>>281844038
I remember being really impressed by the ice fields

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Psychedelic/surreal gaming is where it's at.

>>281845921
The one with Khan? That room was really comfy to be in for some reason.

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>>281846539
Best adventure game of the the decade so far.
Yes, even better than Walking Dead.

Pic related if you're searching for similar atmosphere based on the film that started it all. And Snatcher of course, albeit to a lesser extent.

>>281843685
The music and visuals mixed with crazy good fp immersion.

Still think it's the most under rated EA game.
11/10 would orgasm again.

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>>281847496
Got another underrated EA game for you.
A shame it didn't end up being like originally envisioned, but still fucking great, featuring the most interesting hell in video games.

Mirror's Edge
KotOR - Dat Dantooine
Dead Space
Mafia II - the comfy snowy city
Mass Erect 1
>>281846736
It's the music and the art style. Halo CE does it quite well too, especially with the levels Halo, The Maw and 343GS
H3: ODST
The Witcher 1 - those grassy fields, the dirty towns, the folk instrumental music

People will argue this, but the first FEAR did something right. The whole office and passive industrial aesthetic just does it for me.

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>>281833853
fixed your image pleb

>>281846853
oh yes

>>281847313
Yeah, that game is surprisingly good... even if the "enhance picture" sequences are complete bullshit.

They both remind me a lot of The Dig, though a little less futuristic. One of the most underrated Lucas Arts games. Story Quality is off the charts, and has great atmosphere.

>>281848418
I love The Dig. Though there were some story inconsistencies in it that bothered me at the time... I need to play it again though to remember what they were, haven't done so since the late 90s.

>>281846736
You should play the original Unreal if you haven't. Why the fuck aren't there more first person action/adventure games set on alien, "Roger Dean-esque" worlds being made?

>>281835114
IWD's music brought it up a notch all on its own. Throw it together with gorgeous snow levels and Forgotten Realm's barbaric Spine of the World and it's on par with BG2 in its own savage way

>>281848692
The ending was a little weak, too deus--ex machina. But the mysteriously alien atmosphere and great character progression really helped me get through some of the tedious puzzles.

>>281835802
I didn't play the second one but the first one definitely had a strong atmosphere. I still have yet to play a more immersive game. Although I think if you removed the game's soundtrack, half the immersion would be gone.

Final Fantasy Tactics

Super Mario RPG

Kirby's Adventure

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diablo

>>281848952
because UT outsold Unreal 2 and UT2k3/4 consolidated it
couldn't be because Unreal 2 kind of sucked, nope, must be because the audience wasn't interested in bitchin' atmospheric alien worlds with god-tier flying critter AI

Fuck it, reinstalling Unreal Gold

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Ace Combat Zero

>>281833853
Homeworld

There pretty much isn't anything better out there

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The game wasn't TOO scary... but the atmosphere really did hit hard.

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The Wind Waker, as a great atmosphere.

its not even close to my favorite Zelda game, but man that Sailing, so comforting.

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Too bad it was almost ruined by misplaced attempts at humor and a useless twitter function.

>>281849720
and completely ruined by shitty pixel hunting game play.

>>281833853
Xenoblade
Silent Hill 2
Majora's Mask

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Fate of Atlantis and The Dig.

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>>281849456
>Immune: Magic
Do you have to hit him with your stick really hard if you're a wizard?

>>281849661
Eternal Darkness is amazing.

it boggles my mind how the squeals kickstarted failed, when so many shitty horrible kickstarters were successful.

>>281841858
is this serious?

How do we define "atmosphere" when it comes to media?

If you nigs liked the Metro 2033 game, you should read the book

The ending for the book blows the game's ending right outta the water

I am going to get hate for this...but dying light does the atmosphere really well. Its the main reason why I like it and didnt like dead island.

System Shock 2
Dark Souls
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

>>281849879
It probably failed because of all the rumors about how much of a fuck up the guy in charge was

>>281849851
I can't remember how, but there was a way around it. Mages were the most OP class anyway.

Hotline Miami
Shadow of the Colossus
Metroid Prime

>>281849879
Personally... I thought the game looked pretty meh compared to the original. Plus Denis Dyack has sucked for a while now.

>>281835275

>Arma 2


This one jumped out at me, why?

Arma 2

Holy shit this game really does hit home.

Ever been sneaking in the woods with a few friends intending to ambush some bitch niggas and bust a cap in their asses? That shit is intense.

Ever been driving down a highway at night, not knowing if the enemy is camped out waiting to blow your ass up?

Ever squaded up with your friends and BAM! ambushed by the enemy, and you you have to take cover and watch as your pals are shot down and you have to sneak out Metal Gear style?

Arma 2 can really be intense.

>>281833853
Metro 2033
S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Bioshock (1)
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Elite Dangerous
Miasmata
Dear Esther

REmake

In fact, most traditional survival horror games

>>281850475
That spoiler....
I agree. Found all the ghosts?

>>281838190
This for the feeling of absolute despair.

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>That soundtrack
>that feeling of being all alone

Fuck me man.
i love this game.

>>281850192
Get with a few friends and talk over skype
play wasteland
go out and scavenge and try to complete objectives or hunt down enemy players.

Holy fuck it can be intense. All it takes is a few bullets and your squad is dead.

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Thank you.

>>281838034
Agreed. The old ones had so much soul. They felt like a real, living place.

The new one was an abomination.

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>>281850840
I do not recognize that game.

>>281850475
I've never played S.T.A.L.K.E.R, what is it about, what genre, how is it?

>>281842393
Fallout 3 and NV

>pic related my choice

>>281843685
Absolutely perfect. The music and design of the city was top-notch.

I doubt ME2's futuristic look will match it, unfortunately.

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Jade Empire has its flaws but it often had excellent atmosphere

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Who the fuck didn't put this up yet?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWnluIbVXI

>>281834557
Ubi still makes good games. They are just a shitty company in other ways.

Anno 2070 is comfy as fuck.

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>>281851226
it's motherfucking UNREAL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=burzlYxbUmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvPF43AwcsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJhEqjhxjQ

It's literally THE most immersive FPS/Adventure game ever made (Metroid Prime 1/2 are tied with it)

And it aged like wine.

>>281833853

Thief.

Fight me.

>>281835114
in terms of atmosphre IWD>BG
of course IWD is not nearly as ambitious

>>281851226
STALKER is about people dungeoneering the ruins of Chernobyl after another event
Life in The Zone is harsh but it's implied that the otherworldly discoveries that stalkers find are making the rest of the world a paradise.

semi-open world FPS, excellent ecological AI system that tracks a few thousand entities and has them make rational decisions that will ultimately change depending on your actions (whether someone lives or dies depends on who you killed many hours before and whether they were around to kill the guy later, for instance. Hell, they might not kill the guy anyway depending on other factors. It's crazy how in depth it gets)

>>281849814
I miss old school lucasarts. And now "adventure" games are nothing but dialogue options that do nothing. No puzzles. Nothing but a VN, except even VNs have multiple routes and shit.

>>281851283

>Looks up ME2

>Promo art has city considerably darker and more shadowy than 1

>DICE says 2 will remove 'frustration'

God fucking dammit all to hell.

>>281851226
STALKER is a semi-open world FPS with mutants, strange anomalies, radiation and slavs. It's really, really good and you should play it, one of the better shootan games I've come across

>>281849269
Is that the sign of good music or a bad game?

>>281842419

Came into this thread just to say Ico, Vagrant Story, Nocturne, and DDS 1/2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcaZNFIVrxs

>>281851783
well, what'd you expect to happen? any game with an interesting mechanic is going to get shot to hell in today's market

>>281851783
Why can't DICE make like a tree, and fuck off.

>>281851226
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is an open world fps set int the Chernobyl exclusion zone in an alternate timeline where the nuclear incident and following events lead to the 'zone' being filled with mutant creatures and, most notably, 'anomalies': areas that pose great personal danger but also give birth to powerful 'artifacts'. Obviously, these artifacts become incredibly sought after and the zone, though under military control, becomes populated with 'stalkers' who seach for such artifacts and attempt to break into the centre of the zone, where more poweful anomalies are artifacts are sure to flourish.

It's really fucking good, though a little unpolished at points. he atmosphere is beyond incredible, however.

>>281850840

Unreal Gold is one of the best single player games ever made.

>>281852212
I wish EA wasn't the massive fucks they are. I would love a COMPLETE edition of all three games with all DLC included that I could marathon through.

As is, the very thought of how EA handled the series prevents me from even pirating the third game out of disgust.

>>281850861
That sounds kind of awful. I hate entire teams being wiped out from a lucky Leeroy Jenkins.

>>281850046
It certainly made the difference for me. I didn't fund it for just that reason.

>>281851546
I also enjoyed SC Blacklist and Ass Is Red IV. And even Watch Dogs... Although it has no replay value.

>>281848332
>not prefering dusk over dawn

>>281850973
This. god damn the game was good. So was flower

>>281852637
Yeah. Point is, Ubi is a shitty company, but they still make good games, sometimes, against all odds.

>>281849456
Matt Uelmen made this series

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>>281851783
Why would they make it darker? The whole point of ME1 was that it was a hidden dystopia. It was bright and clean, but rotten at the core.

Why can't designers fucking realise that yes, people can understand subtlety? Not every dystopian society needs to be fucking Oceania.

I mad, ME1 is a gem for me.

>>281852780
Their games are all but unplayable on PC though because of Uplay. Makes pirating them preferable. Fucking overbloated army of mongoloids running the show there unfortunately.

>>281853128
I've never had a problem with Uplay besides finding it annoying.

>>281853128
You mean the French.

Dead Space 1
Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Depth
Metroid (Prime for 3D, any 2D)

I know I have more but my memory is shit

>>281852548
Kinda like Jihad Jabar popping out of his home in Afghanistan, and unloading an AK clip into 4 American Soldiers.

You really will start fearing everything that moves. It's a certain intense feeling, but when you do win a fire fight, or manage to sneak up on and ambush enemies, that rewarding feeling is definitely worth it.

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>>281833853
Blade Runner (Westwood RIP) had ,objectively, one of the best feeling atmospheres in any game ever created

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I don't think I've ever experienced a more immersing game world.

The Lone Dark

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It was a masterpiece.

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>>281833853
Dementium 1&2 for the DS.

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>>281833853

>>281850798

Hollywood theme is GOAT.

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>>281854152

First one was better in terms of atmosphere, easily.

>>281841858

not a screenshot, but the game follows the concept art really well. that area looks just like that in game, except for lots of jaggies and low res textures

>>281853579
You don't play many games, do you.

>>281854336
Nothing wrong with his choice.

/v/ dislikes hl2 because it's popular now

>>281854336
Have you played the game?

>>281854525
>>281854568

Not him but I'd say calling HL2 the most atmospheric/immersive game EVER is a bit of a stretch.

who friday monstas here?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXnW8_1XBps

>>281854336
'Stop liking what I don't like'
Also 'It's popular so it must be bad'

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Despite the series now obtaining CoD status, Assassin's Creed 2 still stands as one of my favorite games of all time. The Story, Gameplay, and Presentation were all very good and still stand up to this day.

Renaissance Italy will forever be one of my favorite settings of any video game of all time.

>>281854771
Isn't that kind of subjective to whoever is playing it?

>>281853557
>>281847313
Best game, amazing story, amazing atmosphere.

The music is still beyond anything ever created in vidya to date, just a perfect 10/10

>>281855050

>Isn't that kind of subjective to whoever is playing it?

Up to a point, perhaps.

HL2 doesn't do an amazing job in atmospheric terms past the opening (excluding ravenholm and maybe nova prospekt).

>>281855234
The game is from 2004. Back then it was one of a kind. Not so much now.

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Chrono Trigger, maybe the game is not all the time an 11/10, but the game has his moments.

Zeal Kingdom was so fucking great.

>>281855334
I fucking adore Zeal. I don't know why more games don't use that kind of setting. It seems like a gimme.

>>281833853
Elite dangerous for sure

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>>281833853

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The most atmospheric game I've ever played. They fucking nailed being underground. The sound design is amazing.

>>281855321

>The game is from 2004. Back then it was one of a kind. Not so much now.

Doom, Deus Ex, System Shock (2) and VTMB would like a word (and they are just the four easiest to pull out my arse).

>>281855321
Thief was a game from 1998 and it does atmosphere better than most games released now. What is your point?

>>281855390
I totally agree man.

>That music
>That setting
>That mystical feeling

I know that it's maybe pure nostalgia, but I love it anyways.

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>>281833853
Demon Souls mostly just Tower of Latria

I will never forgot "Please! Help me! HHHHHHHHHNNNNNNN"

>>281855540

I forgot also Invisible War, CoD one and the early Medal of Honours.

Dark Souls is easily the game that immersed me the most, bar everything except maybe Link's awakening.

I can still get hints of the immersion even after playing through it literally a hundred times.

>>281855630
Nah. If you replayed it right now it would still be great.

>>281855653
I loved DaS1.
i just couldn't enjoy DeS.

that world system was kinda meh.

>>281855540
as would Quake 2
Rainbow 6
Hitman Contracts
Metal Gear Solid

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Levels were bland and uninspired, which is how I imagine most towns and cities in Arizona really are.

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>>281855757
Is that what I think it is?

>>281855540
>>281855741

And Max Payne 1 and 2.
Possibly Splinter Cell, but that's pushing what I'd call atmospheric.

>>281855786
I'm not sure Contracts is exactly atmospheric/immersive, although I do love it.

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>>281833853

STALKER, it is my default answer for these things, I got new vegas to be pretty atmospheric after modding the shit out of it, but STALKER, especially with mods like Zone of Alienation are atmospheric as fuck.

>sitting by a fire inna garbage with some loners after raiding the military documents in agroprom
>hear them bantering and telling stories, since I'm slav I can understand them
>they proceed to grumble about the lack of any women in the zone bantering about the kind of women there would be in the zone
>"Straight up amazonians, I tell ya!"
>all seven men around the fire voice their agreement, while another whips out his guitar and starts playing
>tfw loners have great taste

I'm not sure if the english version of the game had slav bantz in it, but the voice acting was great for the around-the-fire story system, it goes without saying that they get repeated from time to time as tales go, but it still never gets old for me.

>>281855757
>>281852212
>>281851852
>>281851617
>>281850840

what games are these

>>281855540
>>281855547
>All of those are atmospheric
>Half-life 2 somehow isn't
ok

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>>281855928
Yes sir!

Some of the scenery can be stunning.

>>281855820

>Not posting the shop

Best part of the game.

>>281856057
>Half-life 2 somehow isn't

Never said it wasn't. It was claimed to be unique at it's time (2004 and before).

>>281834557
PoP '08 was good, they just severely overestimated how much people might enjoy Cereal Box Token collection, and made it the centerpiece of gameplay.

>>281856118
And it was. First "modern" game

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>>281856082
I'll dump some more here.

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>>281856295

C&C3

>Dat main menu.
>Welcome Back Commander
>Those FMVs.
>Jennifer Morrison
>That tiberium.
>Reading intel.
>Fleshed out universe.

EA didn't immediately rape this series, unlike what most might tell you.

>>281849456
No other game is more immersive for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2evIg-aYw8

>>281856248

>And it was. First "modern" game

But not in terms of atmosphere, which is the fucking point of this thread.

And it certainly is 'modern' in terms of shitty guns and setpieces (although it gets the balance with gameplay about right).

>>281856507
>EA didn't immediately rape this series, unlike what most might tell you.

Last good games were Generals/Zero Hour. Anything else is abused-wife tier bargaining.

>>281855990
Your mother.

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>>281856441
last one.

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My List:

Hitman Series

Early MoHs (mostly pre-modern reboot)

Half-Life Series

Assassin's Creed 1 and 2

Star Wars: Jedi Knight series

Carnivores 1-Ice Age

Alien Vs. Predator series

Fallout Series

Star Wars Galaxies (nevar forgit </3)

Grand Theft Auto: VC and up

Battlefield 1942-2142

Halo: Combat Evolved

Portal

Arma 2 and 3

Elder Scrolls Series

Quake 1 and 2

Doom series

Natural Selection

Shattered Horizon

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Farcry series

Sleeping Dogs

Thief 1-3

Little Big Planet

NiGHTS: JoD

Metal Gear Solid series

Red Dead Redemption

Bushido Blade series

This was all based on games I have played.

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>>281856583
Yes in terms of atmosphere. The graphics were unusually good which pulled you in. A new player wouldn't get that now. And even not taking that into account yes the game was atmospheric.

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>>281855951
>that moment when you realize everything is rainy because 47 is contemplating death.

>>281856960
This series is the only good thing Ubisoft has ever made

>>281856923

>Yes in terms of atmosphere. The graphics were unusually good which pulled you in. A new player wouldn't get that now. And even not taking that into account yes the game was atmospheric.

Which is all fucking true, but it was not UNIQUE in 2004, in terms of atmosphere.

>>281856960
Thanks to this thread I'll have to playthrough contracts again. I hope you're happy with yourself.

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>>281856082
I've always thought of Outland being the most atmospheric world in an MMO, imo.

Silver

>>281857078

>This series is the only good thing Ubisoft has ever made

Yes. Shame it ended with Blood Money

If you repeat it enough you'll believe it

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>>281853894 This was a weak Deus Ex this goes without saying, but the atmosphere was still there. I particularly liked Lower Seattle and the final mission.

Pic related though is one of the most atmospheric games this past decade. Goddamn everything felt right, piss filters and all.

Bioshock 1
Metroid Prime 1
Donkey Kong Country 1

>>281857078
Ubisoft had nothing to do with it.

Io Interactive developed it,

Eidos published it,

>>281857267
Oh shit I'm an idiot

I always confuse Eidos and Ubisoft

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>>281857241

>>281857192

>This was a weak Deus Ex this goes without saying, but the atmosphere was still there. I particularly liked Lower Seattle and the final mission.

Underrated I think. Weak DEUS EX certainly, strong game otherwise. It's major flaw was it's tiny levels, the story/twists and augmentation changes were good enough.

Revisiting UNATCO was fun in a depressing way.

Omar are also top tier niggers.

>>281857182
aaaayyyyy lmao

apparently IO said they learned from their mistakes and are using the Absolution technology to create Hitman 6 with the usual open ended levels.

Hopefully this is true

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>>281857132
I believe I took that picture somewhere in northrend, maybe eastern kingdoms. But yeah, outlands is a very atmospheric place indeed.

>>281857393

I'll believe it when I see it.

Hitman was one of those very few series that only got better with every game.

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Playstation 1 games have an uncanny knack for atmosphere. Spyro is one of those rare examples on the system were it's atmospheric excellence does not come from the creepiness of early 3D graphics. A beautifully painted world through and through.

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The most atmospheric turn based game by far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_GOqhQFOX4

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>>281845921
>>281847039
Hah, holy shit I just got there last night playing 2033 Redux. It was really nice.

2033 is okay. First 5 hours or so are pretty bad, but there are some good missions after that. Just getting to the surface levels again, so the atmosphere is coming back.

>>281857351
Anyways, earlier-ubisoft was all that bad.
Just like earlier-EA they had tons of good games.

Rayman
Rainbow 6:RS and 3
Farcry

just kidding I can only think of 3 series.

>>281857385

Omar were really cool, and I liked how the story got way better as it went along. Walking around Liberty Island, just thought I'd tag it just in case someone had yet to play it was eerie as fuck. The snow really added a lot to that place.

>>281855928
it's funny how divergent the concept art and the game are. They get all grim dark and srs, massive scale art pictures with so much detail, yet the game is a fucking cartoon that's rated PG13.

Money hungry blizzard cunts, the lot of them

>>281857113
The graphics were a major part of why it was atmospheric. Therefore its atmosphere was unique. Whatever man

>>281855046
Despite shit games, Ubi does choose some damn good settings for these games
>Crusades
>Renaissance
>Fall of Constantinople
>American War of Independence (lel)
>Pirates?
Revolutionary France was probably the best one by far but the game just sucked

>>281857762

I also loved the twist with the Order/WTO both being the same It was foreshadowed in the coffee shop side-quest, if you did it.

The glass-shatter mod was also nice, I missed it in my most recent stealth run of DX1.

IW black market augs are the best.

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>>281856295

>two moons, both of which are in different phases, one having a waning crescent and the other appearing to have a waxing gibbous
>this indicates that they are both being illuminated from different sources but the sources only affect one moon each
>not only that but the moon with the waning crescent implies that the light source for that particular phase (high and up) should be high in the sky, meaning this image should be bright and not dark
>not some celestial phenomenon, just devs being too fucking lazy to phase their moons properly
>mfw

this triggers my autism like you wouldn't believe, unless that shit is some sort of lunar-lunar eclipse then you can consider me firmly rustled.

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>>281856923
>sci fi dystopia
>you're a fugitive on the run from big brother
it was fucking great. like playing 1984

also cant think of any other games where you're a fugitive

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>>281858073
nigga what the fuck do you expect from Warcraft, realisticly sized pauldrons?

>>281858191

>also cant think of any other games where you're a fugitive

Not particularly subtle.

>>281858191
any anti-government rebellion game.

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>>281842393
Obligatory cyberpunk

>>281858198
Hey well, at least it fits on him right?

>>281833957
you wouldn't catch me dead buying a bioware game after the shit they pulled with TOR/ME3/DAI/DA2

>>281856923

you know what, I always knew I LIKED the half-life games and then I remembered why, they just really nailed the atmosphere.

Same thing with L4D and Portal, theyre kinda like the Pixar of video games in that they all have a very distinct story and appeal.

Too bad I legitimately fear for Valve as a company now because they havent made any new games in almost 6 fucking years. The massive jewery and general lack of progress on any game ever makes me feel like the old valve is gone

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>>281846853

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>>281834787
fucking dark citadel

>>281858585
>refusing to buy good games from the past because the developers recently fucked up

PS1 Doom completely changes the feel, all because of a soundtrack change.

>>281858742
if its good then I'll acquire through other means. but I'm not giving them another cent as long as I live

>>281858658

>Same thing with L4D and Portal, theyre kinda like the Pixar of video games in that they all have a very distinct story and appeal.

L4D2 was never quite as good as the first atmospherically.

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I thought Bully was mostly comfy as fuck.

It had a great small town atmosphere. Also the soundtrack is GOAT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auc26AgjHks

>>281842717

stage background from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

>>281858434
>that as cyberpunk

high tech, low life man

how is your pic cyberpunk. that shit's just scifi.

>>281849534
All the AC PS2 games have god tier atmosphere.

>>281858951

Best Bully song coming through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MH8i2S-pT8

I'd sell my soul for a new Bully, assuming it isn't V-tier shit.

>>281858998
>EYE
>Just scifi

Not the best picture to get that across, to be fair.

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Has a game ever made you feel more like a badass super soldier than Crysis?

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>>281858998
A solid chunk of the game takes place in grungy cities where you deal with thugs and other lowlifes.

>>281833853
world of warcraft

Diablo 1 and 2. Perhaps WoW, but its also an MMO and was kinda what made MMOs have mass appeal / was everyones first MMO, so I assume naturally it should be immersive.
that being said Diablo 3 really fucking sucked in regards to atmosphere. what the fuck happened blizzard

I would say Path of Exile lacks immersion too mainly because I couldnt give a fuck about the story / lore

>>281858247
?
>>281858309
right but what would be great would be a specific kind where you get very paranoid about being found. less shooting and more "i just comitted a crime and i've been hiding here for 7 hours" . i need food can i go into town. like that

obviously half-life 2 is a shooter but it had that highway 17 segment

>>281858917

Thats why I didnt list it

Like I said, valve scares me

>>281859335
Ok...this is gonna sound really fucking stupid...but hear me out...

Garry's Mod DarkRP server with hunger.

oh fuck that hurt to type

>>281859371

>Like I said, valve scares me

Remembering the leaked photos of Source 2 (remakes of L4D2 levels) and what they've said on HL3 they MIGHT have something in the works.

IF they ever release Source 2 L4D3 will almost certainly be their flagship game.

>>281859335
>right but what would be great would be a specific kind where you get very paranoid about being found. less shooting and more "i just comitted a crime and i've been hiding here for 7 hours" . i need food can i go into town. like that

Maybe try one of the open world RPGS with a massive bounty?

Or as a vampire.

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Unreal Engine 4 has some crazy potential once it becomes widespread.

>>281859140
Halo

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>>281859690
Mirror's Edge in Unreal Engine 4

>>281859690
>>281859761

This is all in UE 4

http://imgur.com/a/HLSdj#0

>>281859879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh0wF1jyGTc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IX-7B1MRs

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let's say there's a game with impressive infernal underworld
what's his name?

>>281859761
Are there more games with art styles like this? White mixed with bright colors as detail. I love it so much.

>>281859985
>>281860072
Doom

>>281835802
>dat part with Khan
>the ghost soldiers stand aside for him because they remember his rank in life

Fuck was that a great scene.

>>281859985
path of exile

>>281860072
Mario Bros. World 8

also more kick ass UE 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shNQI8d4iDQ

>>281859964

Man, its always so neat looking at the tech demos that some card companies do, just because I like to imagine all the people involved in the process.

that and the 10 interns running around in the back of the presentation video trying to keep the 500 SLI'd 980's from burning the place down

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>>281859567
...That actually looks great neger. Thanks man

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>>281860129
I'm afraid I'm too used to doom
I really like the love they put on doom artstyle
but I want something made inside this decade
or just wait for 60~GBs of promised gorefest in the new doom
>>281860207
played the fuck out of it 10/10 artstyle
>that underground lunaris temple
maybe even better than durance of hate in d2

>>281860546
Dante's Inferno

>>281860034
good taste
7/7
what's middle top?

>>281859985
Hexen

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>>281860660
many of the demons were literally designed by based wayne barlowe, shit's nuts

>>281860016
Stanley Parable

>>281860546
Now I want a new Diablo with this art.
None of that diablo 3 shit.

Max Payne.

Those ambient sounds mayn

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>>281861028
>tfw will never ever happen

>>281844038
God I loved just exploring in this game.

>Decide to look for Outcast home world
>Keep flying into space minefields
>FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!

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>>281834108
tim schaefer pls go

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>>281848235
all the kids played this on their computers in middle school rather than do work

>tfw kids would come up and surround your computer because you made it to the last level and no one else in the class could

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>>281861205

>>281835802
What I would have really liked in this is if they took some more stuff out of the books like that part where the dead people try to get you.
Spookeh.

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>>281861379

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One of the reason why Myst was so great back in the days.

>>281858434
>you gain brouzouf

>>281835802
I stopped playing once I had to start carrying that fucking kid around.

>>281854330
In AC underground was great.

>>281855953
I don't know, Metro is better it just felt more alive than Stalker and i'm telling it to you as ex soviet citizen i've seen that shit in "live action fps".

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It's more of a 9/10, but still worth mentioning

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Ctrl-f, No MYST, wtf /v/ atmosphere was all this game was built on.

>>281833853
You know, if you weren't chasing after missions/scavenging too much, State of Decay might have been 11/10 atmosphere.
>dat farmlands
>dat gas station on the east
>fighting hordes on vacant areas around church of ascension

>>281848235
I'm officially too old for nostalgia because what the fuck is this it looks way too modern.

>>281834983
>Mind

How the fuck have I just heard of this? This looks incredible.

>>281860771
The Ash Lake area in Dark Souls. Easily the most atmospheric area in the game, and a damn shame it's completely optional.

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This and Endless Ocean

>>281862292
/v/ is full of underage cancer. So much that they think Skyrim isn't a cancer tier game.

>>281863254
>thinking Skyrim is cancer because it's popular

Yes it was casualized, but it is still a fine game on its own. Just don't look back at Morrowind.

>>281863254
Go to bed grandpa. Myst was boring
>book with movie inside

>>281855786
whenever I think atmosphere in games, Contracts always comes to mind, idk why, the whole package always did a great job of pulling me in

>>281833853
Doom 3
Gabriel Knight The Beast Within
Bioshock

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>tfw you first crash on halo
>that flood reveal level
>watching foehammer get blown up by those banshees

halo gets a lot of shit about its retarded fanboys but the atmosphere is top notch

>>281863383
you are an ass

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too bad the gameplay sucked and ruined the series

>>281863383
0/10 bait grandson, go back to your shit game.

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ITT: Good taste

My nomination goes to STALKER, especially with AA2.

>>281863982
that wasn't bait, as I feel the same

>>281851298
Was ruined for me the second someone opened their mouth and generic American voice actor started speaking.

If you're setting your game in fake china, at least use Chinese voice actors.

>>281864123
Tell me about STALKER

>>281848023
THAT is a big boner.

>>281846853
I'm still having a hard time understanding the plot of Killer 7.

Beyond Good & Evil, one of the best games in it's generation, anon please give it a try if you haven't already

>>281846853

deadly premonition blows

>>281858585
they bioware you hate isn´t the bioware that made these.

>>281863586
ODST night missions. Slinking around the streets of New Mombasa with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPLeqgCigBY in the background, comfy as fuck.

Bungie just isn't going to be the same without Marty on board.

Perfect Dark, the beggining of the Chicago level.

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>>281864709
Summed up well by these posts
>>281851738
>>281852378

Though its not something that can truly be conveyed by explaining it and must be experienced for one to truly grasp what is so great about the game.

does the DAYZ standalone have a good atmosphere?

I know it;s only alpha but they seem to have come a reasonable way with it. Is it atmospheric?

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I loved the atmosphere of FC2