What is your favorite Biome/environment in a cRPG?

[V_K]

Deserts and oases with a nice comfy Arabian Nights feel to them.

Myself I prefer deserts to be like in riddick. Actually technomancer delivered quite well on it

Yeah, I think the poll needs two options for deserts - American-style (e.g. Fallout) and African/Arabian-style (e.g. Dark Sun).

Might be why I found ICY so enjoyable. Also absolutely loved beginning of heroine quest.
Those bring better options to the table than boring health bars.

Aleshar: World of Ice should be right up your alley then.

 

[purupuru]

Sewers.
I feel more at peace walking underneath the utter chaos of city life.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Sewers.
I feel more at peace walking underneath the utter chaos of city life.

Here you are, the only person in the world, for whose pleasure they keep going with these endless sewer levels.

 

[alyvain]

I like Athkatla.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I realised that I don't have preferred type in this.
Just give 'em well made and interesting to explore.

 

[Vincente]

I'm a big sucker for Desert settings. Honorary mention to Urban (modern) and Mountains.

 

[Thac0]

Call me plain but I like plains.

While all kinds of territories can be great for a bit of diversity in exploring a well executed plains or grassland type biome is still my favourite.

For one they provide great contrast. An abandoned keep, a lone willow, a crumbled tower, a dragons cave, all can shine equally well in a plain.

Plains also carry a notion of beginnings. The small hero just taking the first steps on his journey always starts on a plain. A plain evokes feelings of a level 1 party for me, of the first orc slain and the first level up. And that is my favourite part of an rpg and the reason I like BG1 so much.

 

[jungl]

fantasy stuff like ice palaces, bone fortresses and underground tower fantasy shit you can't see irl.

 

[V_K]

fantasy stuff like ice palaces, bone fortresses and underground tower fantasy shit you can't see irl.

jungl

Such a missed opportunity there.

 

[RatTower]

I also like Dun Morogh and the first chapter of Shadows of Undrentide.

 

[Murk]

Ony one option allowed? I'm in Ice/Snow ultimately, with Morrowind's Solstheim a big favourite, but Desert wouldn't be far behind. Dark Sun: Shattered Lands was legit with its various desert biomes.

I wanted to see the one that stood above all else; in a sense channeling that if you were going to play a game (let's just assume it's a *GREAT* game) and it's set in a single setting, which would you want it to be? Some variation is fine of course (fancy urban, poor urban, shanty town outside, harbor, etc.) but it'd all be cohesive in how it fit together.

 

[Herumor]

I tend to like all sorts of environments. It really depends on how well the game pulls it off. Ultimately though? Winter and ice and arctic desolation is my kind of jam. Nothing beats it.

 

[V_K]

So many Skyrim fans in this thread, I can't even.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Only an abandoned space station can reach legendary levels of coolness in this department.

 

[Pentium]

Can you describe the kingcomrade biome?

 

[Hag]

As in real life, I like highlands and prairies.
But in a nutshell, any environment that manage to transmit this "power of nature" feeling, forests, deserts, mountains, is good for me.

 

[Murk]

Can you describe the kingcomrade biome?

Mostly poorly copy-pasted warhammer 40k fanart.

 

[Takamori]

I like urban medieval settings, but enjoy dwelling in caves and long forgotten dungeons. The thrill that I get for exploring the unknown in those adventures is an exciting feeling.
Urban setting thoughs open to several theaters of battle in several branches of the city if done well.

 

[Hrymr]

My dream CRPG setting is medieval fantasy but entirely urban. Think a whole game set in a Lankhmar/Ankh-Morpork type city of adventure. Or even a huge Gormenghast type castle.

Based and Gormenghast-pilled.

 

[*-*/\--/\~]

Don't think I have a strong favourite, but I like when games just pick one, stick with it and do it well instead of dragging you through a dozen different settings just to have new eyecandy to throw at consoletards every few hours.

 

[Dyspaire]

Playing through Dungeon Siege of all things... good swamps.

Favorite is Icy Northlands though.

When trying to think of a memorable example from a game, I'm ashamed to admit that one of the first to spring to mind was Winterspring from Vanilla WoW.

Coming into Winterspring that first time through the Timbermaw tunnels from Felwood... Winterspring was an amazing experience for the first time back in the day.

 

[Apostle Hand]

the one that pleases my eyes
lots of modern 3d environments look soulless
on the other hand early 3d look ugly and abrasive
2d environments are still my favorites because of its artistic simplicity
generally city, towns irritate me because I have problem navigating

 

[Bad Sector]

Have you played Halo? The Halo rings and other such installations are artificial worlds that generate "natural" biospheres. Halo's primary aesthetic is a natural landscape with a few brutalist military installations scattered here and there.

I've only played the first two back in the day and do not remember them clearly, especially the second one, but i do remember liking Halo's environment design.

Myself I prefer deserts to be like in riddick. Actually technomancer delivered quite well on it

Yeah, Technomancer (and Mars: War Logs) was in my mind when i wrote about sci-fi ruins :-P.

 

[EldarEldrad]

Endlessly deep dungeons. Possibly with the only castle at the surface with king giving your quests, smith and tavern.

 

[Momock]

I like rivers and waterfalls the most I think. They're relaxing, nice to look at and change the scenery while still being in the same environment, imply different ennemies/creatures that the ones surounding it (with some interraction between them, hopefully), some puzzling for traversal (or the use of spells and skills, because you don't want to pay the boatman?), fishing and maybe secrets (in general behind the waterfalll, but it can be a draining system or the entrance of the sewers of the nearest city). Pretty cool places overall. Bonus points if the hot chick you're playing gets wet when leaving the water.