Love the atmosphere of the baker house in RE7
I need to finish this game. VR was too much for me though!
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Best rooms and interiors in video games
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I need to finish this game. VR was too much for me though!
This room has every wheel of cheese from Skyrim collected in it. That's automatically better than everything else.
Surprised at the lack of pictures for Zelda dungeons. Those always had unique or atmospheric aesthetics going on. Albeit, to be fair, I can't exactly find the best images. They're usually best to actually go through than anything else
I couldn't find a picture of if but Hot Shelter, one of the stages in Sonic Adventure randomly has public restrooms complete with stalls and sinks. But... it's in Eggman's flying fortress and the only things there besides him are a bunch of robots so why are they there? That just makes me love it.
But yeah, the flying fortress, Eggman's Egg Carrier has some nice little quirks about its interior that make it more charming than your average villain's lair. It adds some personality to the place and the character. For example, Eggman has a study and a pool room. He has a whack-a-mole type arcade game where you can bash little dolls of Sonic.
But yeah, the flying fortress, Eggman's Egg Carrier has some nice little quirks about its interior that make it more charming than your average villain's lair. It adds some personality to the place and the character. For example, Eggman has a study and a pool room. He has a whack-a-mole type arcade game where you can bash little dolls of Sonic.
Adam Jensen's apartment in Human Revolution. You get a LOT about him and what he's gone through just by looking at the things in his apartment. Also the broken mirror in the bathroom, along with the emails from his super disbelieving he had a "third accident" that broke his mirror again. Sooooooo good
For me, interiors in Rapture are no contest winners. Beautiful, streamlined, elegant art deco design. Both the architecture and the décor (especially all the graphic art) express the underlying philosophy of the location. Art deco is an easy visual cue linking back to Ayn Rand and her work, which inspired Rapture's ideology. Also, art deco designs were meant to be affordable for the masses, but still "luxurious" in quality—which ties easily into the economic concept that Andrew Ryan sold the citizens of Rapture, that every one of them could "have it all." On top of that, all the design work in Rapture is just plain gorgeous to look at.
I really loved the interiors in Days Gone. I liked trying to figure out what kind of person lived in each house before shit hit the fan.
I came to post this. I love the aesthetic of this room.Bloodborne's Workshop
Couple of others - Yo-Kai Watch has very comfy homes (and has actual bathrooms)
And the sheer amount of detail in Yakuza's Don Quijote stores always blows me away
To this day I'm still a little salty we never saw Eggman on his ridiculous throne
And the sheer amount of detail in Yakuza's Don Quijote stores always blows me away
I couldn't find a picture of if but Hot Shelter, one of the stages in Sonic Adventure randomly has public restrooms complete with stalls and sinks. But... it's in Eggman's flying fortress and the only things there besides him are a bunch of robots so why are they there? That just makes me love it.
But yeah, the flying fortress, Eggman's Egg Carrier has some nice little quirks about its interior that make it more charming than your average villain's lair. It adds some personality to the place and the character. For example, Eggman has a study and a pool room. He has a whack-a-mole type arcade game where you can bash little dolls of Sonic.
To this day I'm still a little salty we never saw Eggman on his ridiculous throne
Annoying isn't it. I think it's a room from Skyrim but filled with wheels of cheese for whatever reason.
Nice thread OP. The rooms from Zelda Links Awakening were really lovely, like little dioramas.
My favorites are still pre-rendered interiors, they're so cozy. <3
Here's a couple:
Baten Kaitos:
Chrono Cross:
Final Fantasy 8:
Here's a couple:
Baten Kaitos:
Chrono Cross:
Final Fantasy 8:
The Glass Factory in The Witness. There is a beautiful serene atmosphere there and I like how the light is always the same in that game. Did you know that severals "real world" architects and landscape architects were involved in designed the buildings and environments in The Witness (Fletcher Studio Landscape Architecture, FOURM design studio). By working in both real and games worlds they believe designing environments for the electronic gaming industry can have an impact on the public's appreciation of good design and on their demand for better quality in their physical world.
To me that is really fascinating. Aspects like that feel often overlooked in games.
You have a gif of Kratos walking in the Witch house?That was the highlight? For me these were the highlights:
Nah, sorry. I also really didn't find it that special/interesting. I made one photo recently though...
The witch's basement I found pretty cool though...
Imagine having such a huge, creepy basement, crawling with enemies. Every time down there to just get a jar of preserves is an adventure, lol.
Why is that pic so dark? I remember the house being all kinds of lush and vibrant looking. And the image quality was so pristine clean, it was z true next gen moment. A bit like the Tibet village section in uncharted 2 on PS3.Nah, sorry. I also really didn't find it that special/interesting. I made one photo recently though...
The witch's basement I found pretty cool though...
Imagine having such a huge, creepy basement, crawling with enemies, lol.
I didn't edit it in any way. I guess the contrast is so stark, because it is right next to the fireplace and that casting dark shadows.
These PS1 era pre rendered interiors are giving me serious feels, I'm not sure how you're supposed to quantify 'cosy' but 90s Square had it in the bag.Final Fantasy IX room in Dali village:
Yeah same. I just fear the ff7 remake just won't be the same without the pre rendered fixed camera backgrounds. It just emits a different mood/atmosphere.
FFIX is full of cozy places. Combined with that soundtrack, it's so nostalgic.
I wish FFXVI will go back to full fantasy.
FFXVI is beautiful and grand. Ya'll gonna love it. A visual spectacle full of drama, action, and even some funny moments.
The entire starting village in Chrono Cross is so...cozy. But Serge's room is particularly memorable, with a fantastic view right onto the ocean.
ESO has some neat homes, too, but the Erstwhile Sanctuary is wet and broken and cool in a whole host of ways. It's an abandoned dark brotherhood hideout that you get to take over for your own.
ESO has some neat homes, too, but the Erstwhile Sanctuary is wet and broken and cool in a whole host of ways. It's an abandoned dark brotherhood hideout that you get to take over for your own.
Damn, you the FFXVI game director? Can u gives u anything? anything at all?
This room has every wheel of cheese from Skyrim collected in it. That's automatically better than everything else.
The Dragonborn has been busy!
I assume all this cheese is necessary for his grand quest to save us from eternal damnation? Yes?
It is! It's a shame we don't really get hand-drawn games anymore.
Final Fantasy IX room in Dali village:
Dali is also one of my favorites!
I wish I had a cafe like Leblancs in my part of the woods.
Me too, I would give coffee one last chance if I had.
Control. I love how stark it is. Shamelessly stolen pics from https://twitter.com/andrewgodwin/status/1167447155742691330
These will not be the best examples from these games necessarily, but anything from the past three big remedy games. Remedy has a ton of character in their environments and plenty of details. I love exploring their worlds.
Remedy gets bons points because a lot of the objects in their environments (at least in qb and control) have physics and are not just glued into place.
Alan Wake:
Quantum Break:
Control:
Remedy gets bons points because a lot of the objects in their environments (at least in qb and control) have physics and are not just glued into place.
Alan Wake:
Quantum Break:
Control:
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For some reason, I half expected some people to post their Animal Crossing homes.
Seriously, details like this are why Sonic Adventure is one of my favorite games. I was floored by how much detail was put into one hub world that basically has no reason to be there but for pure spectacle. It adds context where there didn't necessarily have to be any, but because it's a hub world, they took this massive battleship and went to town with it.I couldn't find a picture of if but Hot Shelter, one of the stages in Sonic Adventure randomly has public restrooms complete with stalls and sinks. But... it's in Eggman's flying fortress and the only things there besides him are a bunch of robots so why are they there? That just makes me love it.
But yeah, the flying fortress, Eggman's Egg Carrier has some nice little quirks about its interior that make it more charming than your average villain's lair. It adds some personality to the place and the character. For example, Eggman has a study and a pool room. He has a whack-a-mole type arcade game where you can bash little dolls of Sonic.
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