What it your favorite fictional world/universe?

[Firetaffer]

The world in Thief - looks awesome.

And as some guy said somewhere above me Bioshock - Immersive and awesome!

 

[MajorKris]

I actually enjoy the Left 4 Dead universe, mostly because since you only know a small amount of background about the survivors, its fun to come up with additional dialog and stories for them. (Even a little bit of romance sometimes. )

I would also say Dragon Age.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

Warcraft, before WoW puked all over everything. I like how it's more... colorful than the standard Tolkien or DnD fantasy setting. I can't think of a better word.

 

[Shimmyshake]

I really like the world from Richard Knaak's Reign of Fire series. Honestly, I usually like most universes with intelligent dragons.

 

[gjendemsjo]

Tim Schafer's twisted universe.
Also Mass effect.

 

[EBHughsThe1st]

The one I escape to in my mind while being beaten.
Kidding.
I gotta say maybe the Legend of Zelda World or The Mushroom Kingdom.

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

The Edge ... I believe? From the Edge Chronicles? Ahh I can't remember, I haven't read one of those books in so long, but I remember how charming the world was, there was lots of cool stuff, like flying galleons! Beat that, fuckin' 40k.

 

[dalek sec]

Lovecrafts 1920s/1930s. It's so profoundly messed up and it inspired modern pop culture in more ways than people readily know.

Not to sound snooty but how has it inspired pop culture? Not trying to be rude, I just don't know that many examples.

STARGATE.

I love my wormholes and time travels.

Same here man, just make sure you don't end up on Destiny.

Warhammer 40k universe FTW!

Same here, granted knowing my luck I'd be a guardsmen and the commissar just ordered our group to try and take out a Hive tyrant, a pack of dark Eldar, the full brunt of a Ork WAAAGH!, Chaos Space Marines, the Necrons, those Tau anime style battlesuits or just flat out getting shot for flinching by said commissar..

 

[Soxafloppin]

The DC Universe, it contains my favourite characters!

 

[Kerr Cameron]

I'd like to live on the Island of Zeal in Chrono Trigger.

 

[Commissar Sae]

Lovecrafts 1920s/1930s. It's so profoundly messed up and it inspired modern pop culture in more ways than people readily know.

Not to sound snooty but how has it inspired pop culture? Not trying to be rude, I just don't know that many examples.

They can be hard to spot of the bat if you don't know much about it. A lot of modern horror is directly attributable to ideas Lovecraft pioneered (Science treading where it shouldn't, the unknown and overwhelming knowledge) Music has adapted a lot of his themes, (mostly Metal). Comic books have a lot of references (see Batman)
The lsit goes on. Most of the influence is fairly light.

 

[irequirefood]

Star Wars, Old Republic era, sometime during or after the Mandalorian Wars.

 

[kimba_lion]

I like the world The Name of the Wind is based in. Alchemy and sympathy exist and work. Also naming.

wow i didnt think many people actually read that book!!
it was amazing but when is the next book coming out??

 

[kimba_lion]

no one has said the wheel of time world..

so i will say the world of the wheel of time!

 

[JIst00]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.197081-Your-Favourite-Fantasy-World#6373336

 

[Slaanax]

Warhammer 40k, something about everyone being evil in a unique way.

 

[MatsVS]

Though I've always felt that some fiction writers get too caught up in their world-building for their own good, there are a select few that has truly captivated me:

The Viriconium-verse of M. John Harrison fame. Vibrant & lifeless, fluent & constant, ugly & beautiful. No setting has ever forced its readers to challenge their own preconceptions as to how they observe their own very realities in quite so stirring a way. Gripping and haunting, and the work of my favourite author.

Bas-Lag by China Miéville: Consists of a trilogy of sorts, though all three books are independent, with the exceptions of a few nods back and forth. A setting more crammed full of life and ideas, you'll never find.

Eärwa by R. Scott Bakker: Here we have a collection of many classical fantasy tropes, put in a Arabic/Mediterranean setting. The womb of one of the more erudite fantasy series, it has proven fertile ground for many rewarding themes and general "movings of the soul".


If anyone is in the mood for some absolutely fantastic, intelligent fiction, I can heartily recommend any of these.

 

[Varun Garuda Maharaj]

Ace Combat world FTW can't get better than than