The Unofficial Official VG Travelers Guide
A lot of games pride themselves on atmosphere, some more than others, but there are very rare times where the location and setting is just perfect, and it fits so well. I am going to list the places I would love to visit or live in; they are that great.
Number 5.
Rapture
Featured in
BioShock, this just reeks of atmosphere, the 1940’s Art Deco is just fantastic, and you could picture residents living there. Oh yeah and it’s under the FREAKIN’ OCEAN! How cool is that?
Besides, it is just one of those places that (If it were real) you would just have to visit.
Number 4.
Marcuria
Featured in
The Longest Journey. At first glance it just appears to be one of those Generic Magical Towns, but it is so much more than that. It just has that Magical feeling and you feel right at home, it is so natural, from the bustling market to the vast docks.
The reason for wanting to visit this place would be for the sights, smells and sounds.
Number 3.
Mirror City
Featured in
Mirror’s Edge. Although its name is never mentioned and it may just seem like a dull dystoptian city… It looks so DAMN CLEAN! Seriously, I could see my face in the floor. If real cities were like this, I wouldn’t complain, everything else it just dull compared to this. It’s not like its just plain white either, it has splashes of all the best colours.
It just makes you stand still and go “Wow, this is amazing”.
Number 2.
The Citadel
Featured in
Mass Effect. Another contender for the ‘Cleanest place of the galaxy’ award. It reminds me of those perfect imagines futures, when people would predict flying cars and colonisation of planets, when in fact they just wanted to get out of the shithole they live in, I can see why. Apart from being IN SPACE!!!!...!! It is a sight to behold, it has a fantastic Sci-Fi feel mixed with something of a clean reality about it. It is also low maintenance (Those Bug things fix everything, how nice!) and is about as big as things get.
Number 1.
Rubacava
Featured in
Grim Fandango. If you have every played Grim Fandango, you will know this is without a doubt the best place in the game. I love the Noir styling, it is pure class. It has a Casino, High Rollers club, Giant Blimp, CAT RACES! Seriously what’s not to like. I can’t explain why I like this place so much, but if I ever go to the land of the freaking dead, this is the place I am heading to first.
Missed the Mark
City 17 in
Half-Life 2
I was going to list this until I realized that this City sucks, there’s no fun place to go, you get hit with a stun stick all the time and they stuck a giant steel rod in the middle of it (Over compensating much?) besides from the fact that it is generic and not a pretty sight.
So Dtoiders, what Location has stolen your heart? Where would you like to visit?
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This is awesome. I was thinking of doing this exact same type of blog. :(
Nice post :)
I'm guessing the Rapture you'd like to visit is the pre-everything-going-batshit-crazy version...
It's unfortunate that in most games, nice places tend to be invaded/nuked five minutes after you arrive.
Aww, nice list.
I don't know about visit, but I would love to live in pretty much any world from the Final Fantasy series. I know, I know, World is a broad term, but come on, wouldn't life just be so kickass?
Specifically, probably Gaia from Final Fantasy IX.
Great minds! I too was thinking about doing something like this also. I might still, since you don't have most of the places I had in mind.
I would have loved to have studied in Balamb Garden (From FF-8). Hanging out with the beatniks in Rubacava would have been cool though.
Fun little blog, nice man.
In whatever magical world Taiko no Tatsujin takes place, I want to be there. Or maybe Scrooge McDuck's mansion in DuckTales, so I could jack him for all his shit.
what about silent hill
I would like to visit what ever place it was that Megaman Legends took place in. Flying cruise ships, awesome armor, treasure everywhere, whats not to love?
Stealing this blog idea >.>
Casablanca from Longest Journey is lovely, if run by New World Order-esque super-corporations, and Tamriel has some good sunsets.