Best Videogame Levels Visually (Environments)

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Viktor Antonov worked on both games. I look forward to whatever he's doing next.

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I'll have to remember that name. I look forward to his next game now too. Love to believe he's hard at work on Half-Life 3 but I think I'm hoping on a prayer

Hero - Yes! Final Fantasy XII had amazing environments, that castle in the snow really stuck out for me, also the city you posted. You distilled what makes a great environment great really well, it's about suggesting layers almost as much as having layers. I thought Final Fantasy IX had killer environments too, but I'd rather not go back to check now because I assume they have aged poorly. Final Fantasy is pretty dependable for terrific visuals.

Diablo III

Rygar The Legendary Adventure

Halo 1 (The Silent Cartographer)

Lords of Shadow anyone? Some of those outdoor pieces walking up to the castle was impressive as hell for the minute or two you see it.

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Tekken 6 - Sheep Grassland

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The Boss fight at the end of MGS3.

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Sadly this does not survive the transition to the hd version. Still looks nice but aged.

This site is cool as fuck

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/

How are the environments in Gravity Rush

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Originally Posted by EvilMog

Lords of Shadow anyone? Some of those outdoor pieces walking up to the castle was impressive as hell for the minute or two you see it.

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I totally agree with this.

Trying to think of some that haven't been mentioned yet. I enjoyed a lot of the environments from Shadow of the Colossus, also climbing the titan in the original God of War.

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Trine 2 is good/gaudy and I love it.

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Originally Posted by Changeling

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Trine 2 is good/gaudy and I love it.

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There's a cool thread someone at Neogaf made today for 16-bit cityscapes. http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=700000