Board 8 > Best final area for a game?

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azuarc
10/07/22 10:57:45 AM
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It's the final stage! Where does it take place?










If the final boss takes place elsewhere, you are welcome to decide if this is the boss arena or the area preceding it.

Some final areas might be open to interpretation. A man-made dungeon might be cave system or medieval structure. A science lab might be industrial/urban or scifi.

"Alien, arcane, or sci-fi" refers to areas that are distinctly alien in nature (Contra, Majora's Mask), are created by magic or filled with arcana, or are extremely tech-y in a way that wouldn't apply to industrial/urban. If it's more "weird" than it is anything else it might be, put it here.

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Leonhart4
10/07/22 10:59:10 AM
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I tend to like ancient ruins as a final area because there's often a lot of accompanying lore for it.

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NFUN
10/07/22 11:00:06 AM
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5 6 7 together

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paperwarior
10/07/22 11:08:49 AM
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Something with significance to the characters, possibly a psychic space, or a tangible one that has played a role in their past.

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masterplum
10/07/22 11:09:38 AM
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The best final stage I can think of was FFXVs because the world suddenly darker and more interesting.

Which turned out to really be a microcosm of FFXV in general as it was an extremely interesting idea that was terribly executed because of poor explanation and pacing

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paperwarior
10/07/22 11:13:56 AM
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An example of a tangible one is that ever-significant urban superstructure, the Millennium Tower.

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Johnbobb
10/07/22 11:43:57 AM
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Voted Cliffs/Mountaintop because there's definitely a some metaphor going on there about reaching the culmination of the journey

See: Celeste, Journey, God of War III

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BetrayedTangy
10/07/22 11:55:45 AM
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Voted Alien, Arcane, Sci Fi

But in general I like when the end of the game is a complete change in tone and genre.

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hylianknight3
10/07/22 12:06:41 PM
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Im a sucker for a good castle.

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andylt
10/07/22 12:54:04 PM
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hylianknight3 posted...
Im a sucker for a good castle.


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MZero
10/07/22 12:56:01 PM
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Call me old-fashioned but give me the castle

I also like a normal area transformed by the forces of evil, especially if it is also a castle (Ocarina of Time for example)

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Snake5555555555
10/07/22 12:57:12 PM
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paperwarior posted...
Something with significance to the characters, possibly a psychic space, or a tangible one that has played a role in their past.


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Isquen
10/07/22 12:58:48 PM
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MZero posted...
Call me old-fashioned but give me the castle

I also like a normal area transformed by the forces of evil, especially if it is also a castle (Ocarina of Time for example)

That, but Breath of the Wild.

Heaven or hell is overdone, I feel.

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SeabassDebeste
10/07/22 1:09:29 PM
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"overdone" is a tough word to use to describe something when you're saying that you prefer a castle...!

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Emeraldegg
10/07/22 1:10:57 PM
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A tower

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UF8
10/07/22 1:13:31 PM
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does a fight on the moon strictly count as sci-fi if it's not fighting an alien
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FoolFantastic
10/07/22 1:14:20 PM
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Emeraldegg posted...
A tower

This was my thought as I opened the topic

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Isquen
10/07/22 5:21:22 PM
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SeabassDebeste posted...
"overdone" is a tough word to use to describe something when you're saying that you prefer a castle...!

While I did mention Breath of the Wild, I voted for Alien/Arcane/etc.

Except the final zone in Half-Life. That place sucked.

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azuarc
10/07/22 5:23:49 PM
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I would think "a tower" would fall under castle, unless it's a wizard's tower and everything's super magicky.

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LeonhartFour
10/07/22 6:27:48 PM
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I think towers and castles tend to be different structurally in terms of dungeon layout, even if they're in the same genre.

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Big_Bob
10/07/22 6:31:08 PM
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Top of the Millennium Tower.

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colliding
10/08/22 10:48:08 AM
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It's hollow bastion. it's a castle/ruin/underground lake all at once!

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hombad46
10/08/22 10:53:08 AM
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Unfortunately Hollow Bastion is not the final area of KH1

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Leonhart4
10/08/22 11:10:17 AM
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Yeah, KH1's actual final area isn't great.

I love The World That Never Was in KH2 though

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foolm0r0n
10/08/22 1:08:15 PM
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afterlife > indsutrial (definitely thinking TWTNW) > transport (Halo)

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