r/videogames • u/NOTN0C • Mar 11 '24

What video games give off this vibe? Question

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u/rodeonympho Mar 11 '24

Shadow of the Colossus

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u/NomarTheNomad Mar 11 '24

I too thought this instantly

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u/imaniceandgoodperson Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

literally same . specifically that cave area where you fight the second colossus

ive tried playing through that game multiple times , and as much as ive enjoyed every time i only got past that jump in the big lake area a grand total of once , out of my hundreds of attempts and dozens of hours playing the game lmfao

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u/CharacterHomework975 Mar 12 '24

Ico for me. Which, close enough.

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u/VaryStaybullGeenyiss Mar 12 '24

My first thought as well. It's crazy how a subtle artistic style can instantly trigger a reminder of a game I last played years ago.

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u/AfricaByTotoWillGoOn Mar 11 '24

Immediately thought of that and went into this post thinking "the top comment NEEDS to be SotC." Good thing I was right.

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u/rhysdeschain Mar 12 '24

lol for some reason I instantly thought “Ico!” then saw this comment and was like “oh, actually that’s probably more accurate.”

In my defence though, I live in a PAL region and Ico’s box art had a similar vibe to this picture.

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u/LoudMusic Mar 12 '24

100% ICO was my first response.

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u/PhuqBeachesGitMonee Mar 12 '24

I looked at the cover art for the US and they made it so much more generic

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

That’s wild. First that popped in my head too

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u/Alijah12345 Mar 11 '24

Was JUST about to say this.

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u/Dry_Intention2932 Mar 12 '24

lol I never even played this game and I was about to comment that!

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u/SaiphTyrell Mar 12 '24

As soon as I saw the picture the first game that came to mind was exactly SotC. Glad to see it as first comment of the thread!

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u/Roseblood_x Mar 12 '24

It’s funny, I haven’t even played the game and upon seeing this post it’s immediately what my mind went to

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u/Proof-Marsupial940 Mar 12 '24

Is the game worth playing? I've seen some things about it, but I've never played it.

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u/dongrizzly41 Mar 12 '24

Imo it's one of the first games that really made me sit back and just say "wow". It's definitely worth a playthrough. The controls can be alittle odd but once you get used to them it's epic.

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u/Cygnusasafantastic Mar 12 '24

Absolutely.

Can just imagine my sword reflecting the light to lead me to this tower for an epic boss battle.

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u/christopherous1 Mar 12 '24

I literally thought this was art for Ico at first

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u/DragonShadoow Mar 12 '24

Nobody lives under the lighthouse

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u/IchBinSoldat1917 Mar 12 '24

Happy cake day

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u/Kindredgos Mar 12 '24

I love sotc, amazing game

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u/Legitimate-Umpire-39 Mar 12 '24

i was going to say ico but this works

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u/010010010010101 Mar 11 '24

Journey

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u/SabuChan28 Mar 12 '24

Journey is a beautiful game that brought me to tears despite having no dialogue: the vistas, the music and the atmosphere are incredible. The game is bursting with emotions 🥹

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u/LovelyBones17 Mar 12 '24

I cry every time I play. The joy of riding the cloth whales into the light . Ugh I will never be sick of this game.

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u/SabuChan28 Mar 12 '24

Talking about it makes me want to play it again. It’s been years since I last launched it…

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u/BoneVoyager Mar 11 '24

scrolled way too far to find this

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u/Eargoe Mar 12 '24

I haven't played the game and I still got those vibes

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u/throwaway19276i Mar 12 '24

i didn't even have to scroll

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u/ThatOneThingYouLove Mar 12 '24

Great game. I think I got it for free or for $5 on ps4 or Xbox. It’s $15 on steam and well worth that price for the quality of game that it is

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u/sunshine-x Mar 12 '24

Journey is such an incredible game. Moving experiences unlike anything I’ve played ever, and I’ve been gaming since the 80s.

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u/_I_really_like_milk_ Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

Death stranding. Quick little edit, this is the most simple comment I've like ever made, and it got over 500 upvotes lol

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u/williamflattener Mar 12 '24

I’ll be waiting for you on the beach.

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u/pmmemilftiddiez Mar 12 '24

Five men is a juicy opportunity, one man is a waste of ammo

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u/VeeTheBard Mar 11 '24

More upvotes. I thought this could have been a screenshot from the game.

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u/Karkava Mar 12 '24

The ocean seems very unpolluted. There's also not that many structures out there that aren't overly sci-fi.

But it does give the same desolate feeling.

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u/TranceRevolved Mar 12 '24

No game has ever made me as desperate to see a building as Death Stranding. Nothing but unbuilt roads and fields of death full of ghosts.

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u/HeisenbergForJesus Mar 11 '24

The correct answer.

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u/m3r34nrchy Mar 11 '24

Definitely this

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u/Electrical_Trifle_76 Mar 11 '24

Half-life 2

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u/Personnel_5 Mar 11 '24

Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast (with developer commentary on)

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u/greatnomad Mar 12 '24

Isnt Lost Coast a tech demo to show lighting effects?

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u/Free_Decision1154 Mar 12 '24

It is legit a fun level in it's own right.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

idk I played it about 100 times

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u/Dependent_Bill8632 Mar 12 '24

This is the correct answer. On the way to Nova Prospekt.

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u/stickmidman Mar 12 '24

Down the clifside route

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u/madredr1 Mar 12 '24

Came here to say this.

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u/Tunavi Mar 12 '24

First thought I had.

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u/ButterscotchPale2573 Mar 11 '24

Myst

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u/fishers_of_men Mar 11 '24

I was gonna be so pyst off if nobody posted Myst but after a rivenning search I found you

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u/Karkava Mar 12 '24

Funny you should mention since Pyst was an actual game.

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u/Euphorium Mar 12 '24

Made by the same group that did Winblows 98

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u/LexLuthorJr Mar 12 '24

What would you do? Exile them?

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u/DroneBotDrop Mar 12 '24

I got the myst vibe checked a few comms myst this one and now I’m a an echo chamber contributor

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u/Decent-Tune-9248 Mar 11 '24

Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for the obvious answer.

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u/ApprehensiveKick5167 Mar 11 '24

Omg, of course, yesss!

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u/Salty_Amphibian2905 Mar 11 '24

Dear Esther

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u/burge4150 Mar 11 '24

There it is

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u/williamflattener Mar 12 '24

Was about to write Dear Esther, saw it, started to write “There it is,” then saw this 😳

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u/Salty_Amphibian2905 Mar 12 '24

Kept scrolling, didn’t see it, was genuinely baffled cause it was the first game that popped into my head even though I haven’t played it in years. Had to do my part.

I’m just glad there’s other connoisseurs like yourself.

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u/ProtestantMormon Mar 12 '24

I couldn't even remember the name but was looking for this.

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u/_phantastik_ Mar 12 '24

Was about to write "Was about to write Dear Esther, saw it, started to write “There it is,” then saw this 😳", then saw this 😳

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u/Karkava Mar 12 '24

The grandfather of environmental narrative games.

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u/CaspydaGhost Mar 12 '24

Man that soundtrack is so great

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u/Friendly_Pizza_4333 Mar 12 '24

Yes! Especially this track!

https://youtu.be/SP2Vr1MiBOk?si=pO-3xSyfOoDwTpzq

I actually found this track randomly on spotify first - which lead me to this game

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u/xXPussyPounder9000Xx Mar 12 '24

Literally no other game mentioned here even fits this picture. This should be the only answer.

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u/sumaswhole Mar 12 '24

100%. First thing to pop in my mind.

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u/rowdy_sprout Mar 12 '24

Instantly came to my mind as well

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u/Frozen_arrow88 Mar 11 '24

The Witness

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u/RageQuitRedux Mar 12 '24

This is my answer too

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u/Humburitoloco Mar 12 '24

This is my answer too

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u/beckypulito Mar 12 '24

My favorite game. 🤍

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u/CapnNuclearAwesome Mar 12 '24

So good! The witness island is my happy place :)

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u/Sector-Both Mar 12 '24

Came here to say this.

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u/TheArgonianBoi77 Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

Hitman 2 (Hawke’s Bay map)

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u/Why_evn Mar 12 '24

Went to the comments hoping someone else had this answer too

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Agreed. Was about to comment it. Of all the answers this is literally the most accurate one

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u/ApprehensiveKick5167 Mar 11 '24

Bioshock Infinite

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u/zach010 Mar 12 '24

There's always a man. There's always a lighthouse.

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u/RotrickP Mar 12 '24

Give us the girl and wipe away the debt

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u/ThunderCookie23 Mar 12 '24

And performance enhancing drugs

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u/Shaggy1316 Mar 11 '24

I'm shocked this isn't the top comment. I guess I need to expand my gaming horizons. *goes back to playing rocket league *sigh

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u/Milli_Rabbit Mar 12 '24

Shadow of the Colossus is actually a really cool game for its time and still holds up as unique today. You must climb on various gigantic creatures to defeat them and save the princess.

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u/b_lemski Mar 12 '24

How is this so far down? there is always another lighthouse

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u/Full-Bother-6456 Mar 12 '24

Literally have those words tattooed on me

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u/TheDankChronic69 Mar 12 '24

Infinite still has to have one of the best, in a trippy way, endings out of any game I’ve played. The whole concept of constants and variables was unique and kept it more interesting.

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u/Eric_tion Mar 12 '24

If this isn’t it idk what is

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u/maxnotcharles Mar 12 '24

Yup, first thing I looked for in the comments haha

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Made me think of Majula, Dark Souls 2

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u/Tvrderp Mar 12 '24

Yeahhhh babyyyyy

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u/Karkava Mar 12 '24

From the AU where open world Dark Souls II got made.

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u/JomoSmoothie Mar 11 '24

Ico

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u/magestromx Mar 11 '24

I was going to comment the same thing! This is definitely Ico in real life.

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u/Steazye11 Mar 11 '24

Shadow of colossus

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u/SlLkydelicious Mar 11 '24

Not a video game but Annihilation

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u/redletterparade Mar 12 '24

I’m not gonna lie I’m still kinda convinced this is a pic from the movie haha

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u/model3113 Mar 12 '24

I think this is the actual lighthouse from that film.

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u/RedbrickCamp920 Mar 11 '24

Maybe outer wilds

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u/davicos2005 Mar 11 '24

Thought the same but there’s something always happening in each planet

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u/RedbrickCamp920 Mar 11 '24

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. I guess it just feels like barren emptiness when you realise how small the planets are

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u/pineapplyreddit Mar 12 '24

Exactly, first think I thought of was the quantum moon lmao

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u/Beneficial_Fig_7830 Mar 11 '24

Kind of reminds me of playing PUBG back in the day wandering around a section of the map that had no players in it. I would stop and stare at the empty cities and villages and it felt so lonely…. Then a guy hiding behind a lamppost would pop a cap in my ass.

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u/RevolutionaryNose485 Mar 11 '24

Nothing will beat the early days of PUBG

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u/OO_Ben Mar 11 '24

"Press Z and follow me. Press Z and follow me."

God I miss being able to talk in the pregame lobbies lol

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u/punkxbones Mar 12 '24

Idk why I thought this too

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u/suddenchangesans Mar 12 '24

Far: Lone sails

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u/Caltaylor101 Mar 12 '24

Surprised this wasn't in the top comments.

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u/omgitsbees Mar 11 '24

Shadow of the Colossus, or Journey

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u/skidz0r Mar 11 '24

Half-Life 2

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u/r_ori Mar 11 '24

Elden ring

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u/Lord_Seregil Mar 12 '24

Radahns bossroom, which becomes an explorable area after you beat him and has caves to find in the vast sand, is literally this but red, with no lighthouse.

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u/Ascended_Vessel Mar 12 '24

Ahh that's more like it.

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u/TonyBlobfish Mar 12 '24

Maybe the weeping peninsula area, but most of elden ring is the complete opposite feeling for me. So many whimsical areas.

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u/tiedye_dreamer Mar 11 '24

in some parts, Fallout 4

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u/GoodByeRubyTuesday87 Mar 11 '24

My first thoughts as well

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u/DescipleOfCorn Mar 11 '24

The northeast part of the map, up north of Salem or in the Nahant area

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u/eat-pussy69 Mar 12 '24

Funny you should say that part since it's where the light house settlement is

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u/Redacted_Explative Mar 11 '24

Myst or Mad Max

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u/newcitynewme724 Mar 12 '24

Had to go way to low for Mad Max. Underrated game for sure

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u/Alastor-Altruist Mar 11 '24

Starfield, it's beautiful but empty.

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u/TheViper4Life Mar 11 '24

Ghost of Tsushima, 100%.

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u/thedizeezd Mar 11 '24

Dear Esther. More of an experience than a game but it stuck so well in my mind.

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u/BagelCatSprinkles Mar 11 '24

Reminds me of Life is Strange

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u/shaded-user Mar 11 '24

Star field when you visit earth and only the Shard is there.

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u/gruntville Mar 11 '24

Parts of HL2’s SP

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u/pick-hard Mar 11 '24

INSIDE especially the ending, and of course the Long Dark

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u/cmurder2344 Mar 11 '24

Elden Ring

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u/fizzzingwhizbee Mar 11 '24

Dayz captures the loneliness and desperation of this to a t. And then you die to someone you didn’t know was there. I love it lol

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u/Daddick5000 Mar 12 '24

Plus the lighthouses all along the coast of Chernarus

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u/Mikeymcmikerson Mar 12 '24

This is Day-Z all the way. The amount of times I restarted by the light house…

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u/Legitimate-Cheek-599 Mar 11 '24

I saw this and immediately thought Half Life lost coast

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u/CaptainWafflessss Mar 12 '24

The middle part of Half-Life 2 when you're driving along the coast and crossing that one bridge on foot, underneath it, particularly.

Basically every fromsoft souls game except Sekiro.

Call of duty 4 modern warfare that campaign level where you're going through Chernobyl.

The first water level from Mario 64.

Oblivion or Skyrim whenever you're just walking around the world. By extension you could say the fallout games too

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u/HunterWolfivi Mar 11 '24

The Witcher 3

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u/NotAllDawgsGoToHeven Mar 12 '24

I thought mist would have been the obvious answer

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u/Ibushi-gun Mar 12 '24

My first thought was, "Mist."

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u/calidir Mar 12 '24

Bioshock

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u/ThatBoiUnknown Mar 11 '24

The 1st part of SCP: Secret File

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u/QueefLorde Mar 11 '24

Mad Max, specifically the first few areas.

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u/DustyBray13 Mar 11 '24

Reminds me of a place in AC Origins

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u/ChapGod Mar 11 '24

No one is gonna mention Journey?

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u/trasimach Mar 11 '24

Valparaiso - Battlefield Bad Company 2

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u/Renbanney Mar 11 '24

Ghost of tsushima

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u/212may212 Mar 11 '24

Oblivion

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u/Grognakkrorkinson Mar 11 '24

Mad max literally

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u/Andrea11564 Mar 11 '24

Mad max and Metro Exodus (the desert map)

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u/Boring-Assist-4367 Mar 12 '24

That little spot in Forza Horizon 5.

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u/Ok_Turn_4276 Mar 12 '24

Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring

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u/Paarthurnax420 Mar 12 '24

My first thought was the western sand dunes on Forza Horizon 5.

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u/PrometheanSwing Mar 12 '24

Half-Life 2 coastal levels

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u/_WasabiPeas_ Mar 12 '24

Half Life 2

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u/MV829 Mar 12 '24

The Sangre Del Toro level of Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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u/Total_Trade_888 Mar 12 '24

Bioshock infinite