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[Tommyspa]

The Imperial City from Oblivion or Kirkwall (oddly enough.)

[PaulSX]

It has to be Athkatla in Baldur's Gate 2. totally feel lost when first get out from Irenicus Dungeon

[Wentletrap]

Zaxares wrote...

Seagloom wrote...

Kuldahar from the Icewind Dale games. I liked its serene, rural appearance. It also featured one of the greatest town themes I ever heard. It always pleasant to revisit it after every dungeon crashing adventure.

That reminds me of the time when Belhifet's army attacks Kuldahar the second(?) time you return to it. You get the usual starting music, everything seems calm and happy... And then the music turns all combat-ish as the first orogs appear and charge towards you and you're going, "WTF?!" Really sneaky way to spring a surprise on the player. XD

off topic a bit:  Ending narration of Icewind Dale = one my favorite all-time twists in a game, ever.

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

Possibly Tristram in Diablo 1, it had the perfect atmopshere of dread and doom. That haunting tune just made it even better.

[Seagloom]

Zaxares wrote...

That reminds me of the time when Belhifet's army attacks Kuldahar the second(?) time you return to it. You get the usual starting music, everything seems calm and happy... And then the music turns all combat-ish as the first orogs appear and charge towards you and you're going, "WTF?!" Really sneaky way to spring a surprise on the player. XD

Oddly, it didn't catch me by surprise. Given it's a region as barbarous as Icewind Dale, I didn't think the odd raid on a settlement was unusual. I was more surprised after running into "Arundel".

[J0HNL3I]

bruma from oblivion, all snowy and stuff

[naughty99]

Markarth from Skyrim. Gorgeously designed. A massive amount of content in the town and it is a sort of vertical city carved into the face of a stone canyon.

[Blastback]

Baldur's Gate and Athkatla probably take the top spots for me.

[RamirezWolfen]

Numara from Lost Odyssey

[TheElderWand]

AllThatJazz wrote...

DC in Fallout 3. So vast that I'd kind of forgotten it was all one city. Main storyline of F3 was a bit pants I thought, but the atmosphere was bloody marvellous. Places like Germantown (the nurses tents) and that house (in the Pennsylvania area?) with the Mr Handy that read bedtime poetry to long dead children - ahh, real shivers down the spine stuff there.

How was fallout 3's story pants?

[Magnum Opus]

Seagloom wrote...

Kuldahar from the Icewind Dale games. I liked its serene, rural appearance. It also featured one of the greatest town themes I ever heard. It always pleasant to revisit it after every dungeon crashing adventure.

That's the one for me, too.  The great tree was a defining feature with the houses built in amongst the roots, the music was exceptional, and it had enough going on to make it feel "alive"... in that rustic, rural sort of way that it was supposed to.

What seals the deal for me regarding Kuldahar, though, is that it spans more than one game.  IWD2 features Kuldahar as well, but while it's still recognizable as Kuldahar -- even with respect to the placement of buildings -- it's a Kuldahar that makes sense as being 30 years older than the one we were introduced to in IWD1.  It's changed, but its all plausible; there are more buildings, some of the old ones have been destroyed, there are familiar faces walking around in amongst the new (just 30 years older, and 30 years more forgetful in some cases ), and the events of the new game are reflected in the scenery as well with many of the roots hacked off due to the Yuan-Ti attacks.

It's probably the best example I can think of where a setting becomes as much a character in the game as an NPC.  It's new and recognizable at the same time.  In IWD2, I couldn't help but remember the way it was in IWD1 as well, and since I [i]liked[i] the way it was in IWD1, that gave the events in the second game a little more ooomph.  I took the Yaun-Ti attacks on Kuldahar in IWD2 a lot more personally than I ever would have, had the setting not been so wonderfully consistent.

Anyway, the orientation and music is all great, but the fact that it transcends one single game (and that it does so consistently) is what makes it the best town/city in my book.  Makes it far more "real".  Neverwinter in NWN2 was a good town, too, but it didn't have the same weight of history behind it.  It was entirely new compared to the Neverwinter I found in the NWN1 OC.

Kuldahar, IMO.  Liked the previosuly mentioned Shapeir, though, too, because I like the Arabian Nights kind of settings.

[Captain Crash]

Melee Island.


Full of swashbuckling pirates and awesome memories of my childhood. :happy:  Loved that game and the countless hours I was in the small village there.  


<3

[Rockworm503]

naughty99 wrote...

Markarth from Skyrim. Gorgeously designed. A massive amount of content in the town and it is a sort of vertical city carved into the face of a stone canyon.

This.  I came upon this City earlier today and haven't left yet.  It is really well done (hell everywhere I go has been great in Skyrim)
Feels like a maze and it actually reminds me of the 4th place in Zelda:  Majora's Mask.  The dwarven architecture and the conspiracy surrounding the place is awe inspiring.

[HoonDing]

1. Vizima
2. Ferdok
3. Anachronox

[FDrage]

Skara Brae ... for old times sake and good memories. Less for graphical brilliance.

[Anoleis]

Dont have a favorite but a couple that I enjoyed, Lut Gholein in D2 and Oakvale in Fable 1 mainly because of the music played while I was there..

Modifié par Anoleis, 14 novembre 2011 - 09:46 .

[Warheadz]

Eh, I got no absolute favorite.

But what I like are:

Game               I      Village/Town
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Tomba              I      Dwarf Village
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TES: Skyrim     I      Riverwood
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DA:O                  I      Lothering
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Metro 2033       I     The second outpost/town
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AC 2                   I     Florence
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Mass Effect 1   I    The Citadel
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Torchlight         I    Well, the town obviously.
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FFX                    I   Kilika
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Fallout 3            I   Megaton
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Persona 3        I   The town (I think it was Gekkoukan).
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GTA SA              I   The starting island/town.
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DA:O                  I    Denerim
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RDR                   I   Armadillo, Thieves landing and Blackwater.


And lots more.

Modifié par Warheadz, 14 novembre 2011 - 10:10 .

[Krusty84]

Vizima/Kuldahar

[Fidget6]

 Tough one, but I'd probably have to go with Clock Town in Majora's Mask. Oh, and of course Silent Hill.

Modifié par Fidget6, 14 novembre 2011 - 11:03 .

[happy_daiz]

Markarth from Skyrim is gorgeous. I actually ran upstairs to make my husband come downstairs to look at it with me after I got there, because I thought it was so beautiful. He is also playing Skyrim, so he'll get there eventually, but I couldn't help myself.

The Dwemer ruins below the city are amazing as well. I spent quite a while in Mzulft (another ruin) during one of the College of Winterhold quests.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 14 novembre 2011 - 02:44 .

[Seagloom]

@Magnum Opus

That was an interesting analysis. I phoned it in with my post, but I agree with a lot of what you wrote.

[Skypezee]

Fidget6 wrote...

 Tough one, but I'd probably have to go with Clock Town in Majora's Mask. Oh, and of course Silent Hill.

I forgot to list Clock Town in my own list but I agree :3 I liked Clock Town a lot.
And while others would say Hyrule is their favorite town, I usually go for the other smaller towns in the surrounding area such as Kakariko Village.

[Rockworm503]

Yeah.... isn't Hyrule a whole country?

[VanguardOfDestruction]

I would go with the DC area in Fallout 3. that place was so crazy... Going in the musem, capital building... clearing out the trenches in the Mall area. Good times... and of course the Underworld ghoul hideout in the Histroy Museum i think. Lots of cool people in there.. and the quest in F3 got you very familiar with the area.

I just loved its design and the accuracy with landmarks and stuff... it was possibly my first "jaw-drop" moment in a videogame.. for sure.

[Rockworm503]

I'd agree with the DC ruins myself but the repetitive subway system ruined it for me.