Favourite game places to visit

[purpleblob]

Athkatla - BG2
Fairloch - The Aielund Saga
Citadel - ME series

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Majula

I fully agree with you. Always so calming yet mysterious at the same time. And the song never gets old. Going back to Majula after some hard fought battles is always nice.

 

[Swigen]

I used to like to drive around slowly in Need For Speed 3 & 4 just taking in the scenery thinking how awesome it’d be if I could get out the car and look around. Nowadays every game looks pretty amazing and “open worlds” are all over the place but I just don’t enjoy exploring anymore. I think the last game that tickled my exploration bone was ELEX. Dunno, it just feels OLD and the jet pack opened up a lot of possibilities. Can’t believe clickbait cunts gave it such a low score.

 

[Goromorg]

Dark Messiah - Spider Temple and City of necromancers
Diablo 2 - Lut Gholein and Harrogath
VTMB - Santa Monica and Downtown
New Vegas - Mojave Desert
Skyrim - forests and mountains
Path of Exile - Lord's Labyrinth, Highgate, Belly of the Beast
Age of Decadence - Maadoran
Underrail - Deep Caverns

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[Citizen]

WEAPON SHOP!!!

 

[Starwars]

Your little village as it's starting up in the SNES version of Sim City. That soundtrack as you lay out your first zones...

My beautiful little village (before it turns into a crime infested, smog filled nightmare).

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

I used to like to drive around slowly in Need For Speed 3 & 4 just taking in the scenery thinking how awesome it’d be if I could get out the car and look around. Nowadays every game looks pretty amazing and “open worlds” are all over the place but I just don’t enjoy exploring anymore. I think the last game that tickled my exploration bone was ELEX. Dunno, it just feels OLD and the jet pack opened up a lot of possibilities. Can’t believe clickbait cunts gave it such a low score.

 

[markec]

I just loved exploring the metal corridors of Anachronox, followed by great soundtrack while interacting with all kind of different creatures and personalities.






While I consider IWD to be inferior to BG I really like the town of Kuldahar. Gameplay wise its a location with few interesting things but the visuals and the soundtrack really made me enjoy visiting it.

The Glow is my favorite location from Fallout, coming to that gaping hole wondering what kind of mysteries of the old world laid waiting in the radiation filled place.






While I consider Omicron The Nomad Soul to be a pretty bad game, as a Cyberpunk fan I enjoyed wandering the streets of Omicron.

Brothel for Slaking Intellectual Lusts, lots of easy xp.

 

[Naraya]

If MMORPGs count then Darnassus and Winterspring in general.

 

[hoothoot]

WoW (has lots of gorgeous locations and exploring it back when such games were a novelty was p great)

Always loved the level art for Pitfall
Half life 2 had some great sets

Hard to remember

 

[Nietsche]

Vivec city- the Elder Scrolld Morrowind
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[Aditya]

Hengsha city hub in Deus Ex- Human Revolution

 

[Machocruz]

The Nexus and Stonefang Tunnel in Demon's Souls
Any of the larger towns in Morrowind
Stilwater in Saint's Row 2
The Royal City of Rabanastre in FFXII

 

[Master]

Doom 3, starting area and the next one before hell breaks loose.

 

[JDR13]

Baldur's Gate - So much to see and do in that city. I love sneaking into random houses to see what I can loot or who I might encounter.

The Old Camp and surrounding area in Gothic.

Khorinis and The Valley of Mines in Gothic 2.

Citadel Station

Rapture

The mansion in Resident Evil

The Ishimura in Dead Space and Dead Space 2.

 

[Master]

^ That part in Dead Space, before they land on Ishimura, even though you can't hang around there.
I wish there was a whole game like that, happening before shit hits the fan.

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

Speaking of hanging out and chillin' in the general ambience, an open world to "hang out in" is a must, so:
Ashenvale in WoW Vanilla
Zangarmarsh/Nagrand in TBC
Sholazar Basin/Dalaran in Wotlk
Uldum in Cata and then I stopped playing

Otherwise:

Telvanni district in Morrowind
Sierra Madre in New Vegas (it's favorite places, not relaxing places, though the casino counts)
First 6 levels in Thief: The Dark Project
Bookshop in first Gabriel Knight
That Irish/Celtic level in Atlantis 2 (this one may be quite obscure)
EDIT: Acre in Assassin's Creed because Deus lo volt

and I can't remember others for the love of my life, there's many more but I suck at recalling things from the top of my head. As for 2019:
Lemoyne in RDR2.

 

[JDR13]

^ That part in Dead Space, before they land on Ishimura, even though you can't hang around there.
I wish there was a whole game like that, happening before shit hits the fan.

You mean the very beginning? Isn't that basically just a cutscene though?

I love when you get to revisit the Ishimura in DS2. There's a lot of quiet build-up before things go crazy.

 

[A_boring_GOG_bot]

 

[Vlajdermen]

 

[The Red Knight]

Targos in ID2, a remote snowy town with makeshift wooden defences that's in the middle of being besieged feels very cozy somehow.

(Fairfax)

 

[Nietsche]

Dolmen Runs - my fav grind spot from ESO

Garages in GTA 2

 

[hello friend]

A lot of good mentions here. I won't repeat them. Honestly, the first place that came to mind was Manaan from Knights of the Old Republic. That game has gotten worse with age, but the vibe on that planet was very relaxing. Visually and thematically similar to the clone world in that second star wars prequel, but nicer. Chill mantahead aliens, ocean sounds and ocean views, cool hospital white without all the metal. Elevator music.

 

[catfood]

The brothel.

 

[Tweed]

ARK: Survival Evolved is a total mess of a game, but it's one of the most scenic I've played, especially since I replaced my old GPU.

Other folks have mentioned Gothic, my favorite spot was the swamp camp, all that swampweed and the pretty lights.

Really liked New Reno in Fallout 2, despite being the center of crime and drugs it's one of the best places to hang out.

Also, just about any town in Ultima V is nice to visit because the tileset is so downright comfy to look at.