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[kremiso]

just playing the 2019 game Eastshade from quite a while now, and i'm loving its slow paced mechanic and beautiful world;
a lot of hours spent in just wandering around and looking.
I think only Morrowind world reached to grab me in the same way back then



what are your favorite ones?

 

[adamsapple]

Games like Skyrim, the recent Oblivion remaster really scratched this itch.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I'm playing Wind Waker right now and it definitely checks that box

Elder scrolls games

Cyberpunk

Witcher 3

TOTK/BOTW

Sea of Thieves

Any 3D Zelda really

 

[EerieArcade]

GTAV - Driving around in the rain at night whilst my favourite music plays on the radio.

 

[Punished Miku]

Starfield

 

[diffusionx]

TOTK and Just Cause 2 come to mind

One thing that helps is a fun way to actually go through the world

 

[TintoConCasera]

Games like Skyrim, the recent Oblivion remaster really scratched this itch.

Came to post this. I don't even like Skyrim but managed to beat the damn game thanks to it's combo of pretty and comfy autumn vistas with Soule's music that just fits it like a glove.

 

[bighugeguns]

World of Warcraft, Arma Reforger, the king of this kind of stuff to me is Hunter: Call of the Wild.

 

[digimaster7]

RDR2… sometimes I just walk around on the camp while drinking coffee and looking at the mountains

 

[Aenima]

Red Dead Redemption 2 for nature, Cyberpunk for city. Thers many other games that do this well either with beautifull vistas, or great artstyle, even procedural generated stuff like in No Man Sky had this effect in some of the planets.

 

[MagiusNecros]

A few.

OG Tomb Raider series
Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen
ICO games primarily SotC
Nier Automata
Skyrim
Starfield
Xenoblade X
Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas
Expedition 33
LoZ: Twilight Princess
Deathtrap Dungeon
Deep Rock Galactic
Guild Wars 1
Final Fantasy XI
Doom 3
Elden Ring
OG Resident Evil 1-4
MH4G
Crow Country
Signalis
Metroid Prime Series

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Stellar Blade photo mode

 

[The_hunter]

Death Stranding and Tsushima.

 

[Stafford]

just playing the 2019 game Eastshade from quite a while now, and i'm loving its slow paced mechanic and beautiful world;
a lot of hours spent in just wandering around and looking.
I think only Morrowind world reached to grab me in the same way back then



what are your favorite ones?

That game looks interesting and I see it actually came out for Xbox One and PS4 as well. For such a game I had hoped it would have been enhanced for One X and PS4 Pro as well. It doesn't seem to be the case, so my guess is a 900p resolution for Xbox probably, sadly.

Oh hold on, I did play this. Watching the trailer I immediately recognized it.

 

[Three]

just playing the 2019 game Eastshade from quite a while now, and i'm loving its slow paced mechanic and beautiful world;
a lot of hours spent in just wandering around and looking.
I think only Morrowind world reached to grab me in the same way back then



what are your favorite ones?

Considering the developer for Eastshade is an artist from Sucker punch Ghost of Tsushima and Yotei are the easy recommendations. He is likely responsible for some of those beautiful worlds.

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[EDMIX]

AC Shadows
AC Valhalla
AC Origins
AC Unity (We need a remaster like yesterday)
(really any AC, their team does an amazing job with those environments )
RDR2 (I love the rain effects of that game)
Yakuza 6
The Last Of Us 2
Fallout series
Elder Scrolls series (especially with the amazing music, it helps set the tone)
Mafia 1 remake
Mafia 3

 

[Here]

Vanilla Azshara

 

[Durin]

Even though it's not an open-world with lots of landscape, I personally found the levels in Bioshock Infinite fun to roam around in, and see all the cool world design.

Also, I'm just a sucker for floating island worlds in the clouds, wish more games did them.

 

[semiconscious]

finally getting around to playing assassin's creed odyssey, & i absolutely wanna move to ancient greece...

 

[Plies]

Xenoblade

 

[Danjin44]

Xenoblade series
Gravity Rush 1&2
Vanillaware games
FromSoftware games

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Infinity Nikki

Shadow of the Colossus

The world map in Expedition 33

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

just playing the 2019 game Eastshade from quite a while now, and i'm loving its slow paced mechanic and beautiful world;
a lot of hours spent in just wandering around and looking.
I think only Morrowind world reached to grab me in the same way back then



what are your favorite ones?

played this with my wife years ago, she loves artsy walking sims

My verdict: world was very nice to wander in, but character design and dialogue and voices were absolutely atrocious, made me mad they were so terrible. Ignore the characters though, and the world is nice.

 

[Dacvak]

BOTW and TOTK for sure, especially with the switch 2 upgrade.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Pretty much the only thing most Ubisoft games are good for.

 

[begotten]

Full locations I enjoy being in:

Yharnam in Bloodborne
Exploring Nosgoth in LOK
Greenvale in Deadly Premonition
Rapture in BioShock
Sinnoh Region in Gen 4 Pokemon
Liberty City in GTA4

Specific places that feel like home when I go back to them:

Treno & Lindblum in FF9
Citadel in Mass Effect
Clock Town in Majoras' Mask
Rexs' hometown Fonsett in Xenoblade 2
Inside the Yggdrasil in Xenogears

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
World of Warcraft
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fallout 3
Fallout 4
Fallout New Vegas
Dishonored
Dishonored 2
Stellar Blade

 

[P:axMagellanic]

You mentioned Morrisons, but giants citizen kabuto was a game I pissed about in a lot as a kid.

 

[poppabk]

Flight Sim.

 

[Generic]

I used to love exploring in Ultima Online and Ragnarok Online.

 

[yogaflame]

Stellar blade, Astrobot, Death stranding1 and Death stranding 2.

 

[Flabagast]

Death Stranding 1 and 2 are obviously the kings for this.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

I do it in most games with a good aesthetic, and dev talented enough to create good looking vistas. RDR2, Elden Ring and its dlc come to mind.

 

[Bartski]

RDR2 just hangin out in the woods is unmatched

 

[sigmaZ]

I've been gaming my whole life, but I rarely get that deep sense of immersion anymore. Funny enough, when I was a kid, it happened more often, especially with 2D games rather than 3D ones. Hyper-realistic graphics just make me think, "I can see this in real life, just skip to the gameplay."

 

[Stafford]

Absolutely Red Dead Redemption 2.

Just walking around looking at the beautiful environment and the incredibly realistic behaving wildlife, it's like watching a real life nature documentary.

 

[ecosse_011172]

GOAT is probably Ghost of Tsushima
Wind Waker
BOTW
Witcher 3
South of Midnight
Alan Wake 2
Horizon Zero Dawn

 

[Laptop1991]

Yeah, Skyrim and the Witcher 3, also AC Odyssey and Valhalla have lovely scenery as well to roam around in, Cyberpunk too.

 

[Gp1]

Skyrim obviously. Every year or so still play it again just to see how the mod scene has evolved and feels the world's vibe.

But I really took my time with Red Dead 2 scenery. It's probably the only open world game where I simply didn't feel the urge to fast travel.

It feels like a therapy to cross the entire map riding, hunting, camping, causally shotgunning some O'Driscolls in the back...

 

[existensmaximum]

Skyrim and Horizon: Forbidden West

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[ahtlas7]

RDR2. Horse back riding through the woods.

 

[PlayStaytion]

Cel shaded games are amazing. You could basically draw way larger maps like Borderlands with fancier details using Cel shading art style.

 

[LordOcidax]

Forza Horizon

 

[Hashassin]

Why need nature and graphics? Look at these ultra gamer faces, that's all you need.

That said, I love the world and aesthetics of dark souls 2. Heide's tower of flame or the blue cathedral are fantastic places to relax in.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Forza Horizon 5, AC Odyssey, RDR2, Hitman

 

[Connificent]

 

[Roberts]

Bethesda and Playground are the best at it. And that doesn't mean the gameplay itself is boring.

I also, did quite a lot of landscape gazing in AC:Valhalla.

 

[Boogybro]

Shadow of the Colossus