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What are your favorite places to visit in gaming?

Oh the places you'll go...

Words: on October 24, 2012
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  • AuburnAubergine - October 25, 2012 3:57 p.m.

    For me it has to be: 1/ Lost Heaven from the first Mafia, and in particular, driving into the countryside on free roam! 2/ Venice in Tomb Raider 2 - I know Tomb Raider was supposed to be about raiding tombs but for some reason those levels have always stuck in my mind! And what a soundtrack! 3/ Surdana in Drakan: The Ancients' Gates for the ps2. That game is so underrated and had you exploring a beautiful landscape on the back of a dragon with some nice simple RPG elements thrown in! Good times

  • ertywerty - October 25, 2012 2:23 p.m.

    Any of the levels in the sly cooper series.. the tense atmosphere while sneaking around those places we're great. Currently I like exploring and running around pandora in borderlands 2 just such a cool place

  • ooohyeh2000 - October 25, 2012 12:24 p.m.

    The Haven Forest area from jak 2. I always found it beautiful, and I remeber spending hours just lazily hovering around on the jet board . Just writing this has made me want to dig out the old ps2...

  • ertywerty - October 25, 2012 4:02 p.m.

    Ya same here also any level from jak and daxter precusor legacy

  • KA87 - October 25, 2012 10:51 a.m.

    I want to go to Omega (ME2)and go to the clubs.

  • ObliqueZombie - October 25, 2012 8:57 a.m.

    Gosh this is going to be difficult. Let's see... 1. Rapture, BioShock 2. Pandaria and Darnassus, WoW 3. The Citadel, Mass Effect 4. Skyrim, Skyrim 5. Dunwall, Dishonored 6. The Halo Ring That's all I can think of for now... damn, this stuff is hard.

  • Oliolioliooo - October 25, 2012 8:28 a.m.

    The King's room in the first Monster Hunter. Not only it's a luxury room, but you get the best view and the music is so calming.

  • samirbvr - October 25, 2012 8:26 a.m.

    The Forbidden Land from Shadow of the Colossus, loved the vistas. Of course, not without Agro though.

  • Clovin64 - October 25, 2012 8:10 a.m.

    A nice relaxing location like Besaid or Kilika from Final Fantasy X would be swell, minus the devastating Sin attacks. Alternatively a big bustling city like Rabanastre from FFXII or Eden from FFXIII would also be cool.

  • GrandTheftAuto - October 25, 2012 7:20 a.m.

    Throat of the world in Skyrim, definitely.

  • pl4y4h - October 25, 2012 7:09 a.m.

    Snowpeak, now that's a nice choice. Those yeti are so nice, and you could always stock up on delicious soup.

  • Tulkastaldo - October 25, 2012 7:05 a.m.

    Beginning of Level 6 in Panic on Funkotron for the Genesis, Outerspace Place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13NBtxq7upM&noredirect=1 You're floating in space interspersed by asteroid platforms and fungi trampolines. What a beautiful, drug induced game.

  • nintendo365 - October 25, 2012 6:09 a.m.

    The Temple of Perfect Dark. Sure, It was a recreation of a Goldenryr map, but It was a better version. The Hieroglyphics were better to look at, and the golden sands were even more glorious to look at. On top of that, no matter who you are- every turn of the Temple brings a fond memory of that havoc inducing multiplayer that we all know and love of both Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. It was a map that spanned 2 generations of gamers and never got stale. All in all the perfect map.

  • FierceDeity - October 25, 2012 5:46 a.m.

    The ethereal field inside the moon with the lone tree in Majora's Mask. It was just so peaceful and yet strange, especially due to the fact you get there straight after the moonfall. Ah I could sit there for hours. Discovering islands and archipelagos in the Great Sea of Wind Waker. It really grabs your childlike urge to explore the world. And dem grafix! The beautiful vistas and massive mountains on Installation 5 in the levels Delta Halo and Regret in Halo 2. Without the use of the internet I remember discovering a way out of "map" (hitchhike on a pelican) and onto the surrounding peaks of those levels. Me and my mates would just wander around for hours on co-op. The "mysterious planet" in Pikmin and Pikmin 2. I'm sure its just Earth after the humans went extinct, then nature recovered and the remaining life evolved into the myriad forms we see in the games. Olimar and his 'min are just seeing relics of an ancient civilisation. Just discovering all the wildlife would be fantastic! The outside levels in Yoshi's Island and Story. Goldenrod City in Pokemon Silver/Gold. In fact Johto and Kanto as a whole. The cityscape of Mirror's Edge Greatwood in Fable 1 Anywhere in the arty Braid, the organic Botanicula and the trippy Earthbound (especially Fourside)

  • omnilion - October 25, 2012 3:40 a.m.

    Edea's Orphanage in Final Fantasy VIII. The field of flowers right outside, oh man.. There are so many beautiful vistas in Final Fantasies VII, VIII and IX that I can't even remember all of them. Those were the days in gaming, I will always cherish them. Oh and why not the vineyard in Hitman: Blood Money. I'd love to play my guitar on the balcony there, in the sun.

  • crazor89 - October 25, 2012 3:10 a.m.

    Kakariko Village in Ocarina of Time, simply because of the music.

  • StrayGator - October 25, 2012 2 a.m.

    Phobos Hangar Fyrestone

  • mafyooz - October 25, 2012 12:46 a.m.

    The whole of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is beautiful, so good to see a post-apocalyptic environment that's been reclaimed by nature, instead of just different shades of brown!

  • Vincent Wolf - October 24, 2012 11:24 p.m.

    Hmm.... Liara's room from ME2 dlc comes to mind first. That rain... That feeling... So awesome. But overall just too many places in different games. Can prolly go on for whole day and then some.

  • Jacko415 - October 24, 2012 10:44 p.m.

    1. The dreamscape in the chapter "Ethereal" in Metro 2033 2. The Citadel and the Normandy in ME3 3. The Antlion Egg nest in HL2:EP2 4. Xen from HL1 5. Rapture from Bioshock

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