Best Videogame Skies
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Halo. Ringworlds are insane.
Also, Oblivion: at the parts when you approach an oblivion gate and the sky slowly becomes more and more hellish as you draw closer to it -- its ridiculously cool.
Also, Oblivion: at the parts when you approach an oblivion gate and the sky slowly becomes more and more hellish as you draw closer to it -- its ridiculously cool.
As far as realistic goes, I've never seen a more realistic sky or skybox than in STALKER: Call of Pripyat. As far as astonishing, the only ones that have really ever made me stop and look are the rings in the Halo series, because it always increased the immersion for me to see those rings just circling around in front of, to above and then behind the character.
EDIT: Oh yeah, the opening of Half-Life 2: Episode Two was astounding as well.
EDIT: Oh yeah, the opening of Half-Life 2: Episode Two was astounding as well.
okay i thought i wasn't going to provide my input in this thread but seriously? every time i or someone else plays the intro, they literally take at least a minute to just look up at that planet amidst the wreckage of the normandy. it's so... dramatic. the juxtaposition provided by its presence amidst the chaos and destruction is so majestic and a wonder to see.godofallu said:
it's almost as if looking and staring can't be helped there
and that's the ONE reason Mass Effect 2 is still top on my greatest games of all time. Awe-inspiring moments like those
I've always loved Halo's, since you look up and see the other side of the giant Halo. You could trace it's path up to oblivion.
Also, Minecraft's skies are beautiful in their simplicity.
Also, Minecraft's skies are beautiful in their simplicity.
Two come to mind:
One is Half-Life 2: Episode 2 with the portal storm raging in the background.
and being on Halos in... Halo, where you look up and you see part of the ring.
One is Half-Life 2: Episode 2 with the portal storm raging in the background.
and being on Halos in... Halo, where you look up and you see part of the ring.
I can't find many standout pictures, but the skies in Brutal Legend are all unbelieveably awesome, since they're always in motion and looking like they'll open up any second and spew out innumerable hordes of demons and stuff.
Morrowind was really nice, especially at night. And I'll always remember my days playing WoW, some of the skies there were beautiful.
And yeah, the first Mass Effect had some good ones too, when you went down onto the planets. They were all different, and I really liked that touch.
And yeah, the first Mass Effect had some good ones too, when you went down onto the planets. They were all different, and I really liked that touch.
The Twisted Nether visible from Outland in WoW, the moving sky in Dragon Quest VIII or the Airship view in Final Fantasy VI.
Those in the Elder Scrolls series, and especially in Oblivion, are particularly beautiful. I've caught myself simply staring up at them from time to time.
Call me a noob, but I gotta go with Halo Reach for this one.
Not a whole lot can compare to that space skybox.
Not a whole lot can compare to that space skybox.
This. Above all, this. I've spent a sizable chunk of my Shivering Isles playtime just staring at the night sky, sometimes even roleplaying it as my personal "madness", having fallen in love with the sky itself.Jazoni89 said:
This hasn't even been mentioned, I'm shocked.
Ninja'd by the OP? Is that a record?aaronobst said:
The first time I looked at night sky I got chills. It was amazing.
I suspect bioshock infinite will win my wote once it comes out
until then I think eve online has the most beautiful sky
until then I think eve online has the most beautiful sky
Half-Life 2 and episodes' skies were pretty impressive. The Citadel always looming in the difference really lent credibility to the Combine's opressive malice, and seeing it in meltdown in Episode 1 and then destroyed in Episode 2 made it feel as though you really had a tangible effect on the game world.
The Citadel is exceedingly close to collapse!
The Citadel is exceedingly close to collapse!
