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When I wrote this title I was thinking of a RPGs , so if you have some of those throw them out. However GTA V. This world looks like it is a really lived in more then I think almost any other game.

Cyberpunk 2077 launch version on last gen

OSRS.

https://youtu.be/paExDoWOM0Q?t=130

Oldschool runescape

Tree gnome village is amazing

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/4/5/AAZsuhAADlrJ.png

Rapture has the most immersive atmosphere I've experienced so maybe that.

Driver 3 on the ps2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Always something new, even after hundreds of hours. Just follow a random NPC and see them live their lives

Maybe something like Assassin's Creed Black Flag?

Majoras Mask

Etna posted...

Red Dead Redemption 2

Always something new, even after hundreds of hours. Just follow a random NPC and see them live their lives

yea, what I came in to say.

Depends on how you want to view "alive" but CrossCode is probably the most realistic depiction of a real life society.

Etna posted...

Red Dead Redemption 2

Always something new, even after hundreds of hours. Just follow a random NPC and see them live their lives

Yeah i want towns and cities to be huge and filled with life most games they are dead

Dwarf Fortress

Elden Ring really nailed the idea of a living breathing game world incorporating popular visual indie elements, a little Nintendo magic, a lot of D&D/LotR stuff, a careful mix of anime vibes with Disney vibes, and etc.

It almost reminds me of a Minecraft world, you know? Kind of a hodgepodge of all this great familiar stuff unified under a "new" style. Very tongue-in-cheek, but also very advanced as far as game design goes. You can travel to almost any location you see in game, real time. As far as certain video game styles and conventions goes, Elden Ring gets it. Somewhere between Journey and Shadow of the Colossus, I think you can find that same spirit here, plus some.

I don't think it's hard to see the G.R.R. Martin in it. The Breath of the Wild. The Okami. The King's Field. The Ghibli. Etc. My enjoyment from this might have come from bouncing off the idea that Sekrio: Shadows Die Twice was just a big ice level lol, so when I play Elden Ring I see like the polar opposite of that genius, maybe leaning in a bit on the idea of Dark Souls III being "faded beauty" and to the extent I explored Dracin which definitely plays with the idea of creating a beautiful western anime world rooted in hues of haunting nature intertwined with dry scholarship. So, I also feel as though I kinda "get" it which definitely increases my appreciation for and perception of Elden Ring being a "living" world.

but anyway

You can go pick all the plants, and enter most of the buildings, there's huge fallen blocks everywhere XD It might not be as animated or as functional as some other games, but a lot of thought and understanding went into creating the world of Elden Ring. That's on top of the interlaced online system which constantly creates new events, the updated NPC/quest mechanics they created for Elden Ring (like chasing phantom footprints around, and being able to find more random puzzles due to the freedom of open world maps coming in from Souls which is more restrictive to quality over quantity, and so on and so forth) ~ all makes for a top notch experience. Thus far could be said it's to be seen that Elden Ring is the peak Souls experience, as far as it being a genre or whatever. What's more living and breathing than that?

Many games have tried, even Dark Souls, but Elden Ring really has a great sequence where a large monster like a dragon can swoop in on you out of nowhere and just demolish the small building complex that your character was exploring. You might find yourself on horseback all of a sudden weaving and jumping through falling bricks and debris as some dragon or staff-wielding mad giant birdman tears apart the houses and roads around you. Peak video gaming. Totally destructable environment, via boss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrUJJgppMn4

Man i just went to look it up again and it still blows me away. I really hope we get another RDR game with this level of detail.

g0ldie posted...

yea, what I came in to say.

Yo tambien

pokemon yellow

Some edgy dark cinematic game most people over 25 can't stand, probably

lol

Mario. Hills, klouds, trees, tornadoes, mushrooms, the sun etc... Everything's alive. Everything's watching.

Rimworld with mods

From what Ive played Id say Red Dead Redemption 2

My mind went right to the Tales of series. They do a good job of making the towns feel alive. In most cases anyway.

It would have to be GTAV or RDR2

Oblivion was very impressive for its time with citizen behaviour and the overworld environment

Trails in the Sky

there something really soulful about every single NPC in the game getting new dialogue after each story event

RDR2 is probably the most "alive" open world game I ever played. Not the best mind you.

Crusader Kings 3

Subnautica
There are very few games like that where I can just relax and enjoy the view, where I can do everything at my own pace and where everthing just looks really and feels really nice.

Monster Hunter World

It wasn't great as a monster hunter game, but damn did it have an immersive world that really felt like a monster inhabited wilderness

ZoE2 works really well as a playable anime. Bonus points? It was/is a PS2 game.

Interactive cartoon perfection + AAA gameplay + PS2 + Kojima = ???

Believable.

Gulman 2

Gwynevere posted...

Monster Hunter World

It wasn't great as a monster hunter game, but damn did it have an immersive world that really felt like a monster inhabited wilderness

Oh yeah good call. Amazing visuals for the environments

Pong

Fallout New Vegas - Each location had excellent placement and realism

Stardew valley

Grandia did really well for a PSX game