Video Game Cities that are Visually Satisfying

Skillleague September 7, 2012 Comments Off on Video Game Cities that are Visually Satisfying

It is always interesting to implement a city in a game. Whether these cities serve as environments that are under siege, hub-areas or prime areas for loot, seeing a well-crafted and well-explored city is a delightful sight to any gamer. Here are some cities that are visually satisfying in games.

Rathir in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Rathir is considered as among the iconic places in Amalur as it is the home of Mages Guild as well as the Orbocant, an anonymous government which is housed on the city’s highest tier, the traders and travelers to the ground level, while the criminals and the outcasts below ground. It has a clear hierarchy and it has an imposing design even from afar.

San Andreas in GTA: San Andreas

The controversial GTA series provides you with vibrant places line San Andreas where you will see the contrast between the house of the rich at Los Santos and the ghettos. This game is packed with side missions and missions as the vibrant and varied environments kept the video game enjoyable and fresh.

Illium in Mass Effect 2 and Coruscant in the Star Wars Series

These two cities bear remarkable resemblance to each other. Both of the cities entirely cover the planet’s surface, contain urbanized areas and skyscrapers at every point. Illium is among the galaxy’s economic centers, while the Coruscant is the Jedi temple’s location and serves as the galaxy’s political hub.

Venice in Assassin’s Creed II

This critically-acclaimed video game did many things like improving over the prequel and scope expansion. These improvements are best noticeable in the waterborne and prospering city: Venice. It is immense with canals and rooftops present and available for exploration. The video game also introduced the ability to row gondolas and to swim which will help you traverse the canals in order to get to the target.

Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Imperial City is located at the center of the map of Oblivion and Cyrodiil’s capital that have several districts which are packed of rafters with trade, NPCs and loot options. Seven districts compose the Imperial City. One is located at the center where Imperial Palace is located and six other districts that surround it.

Gran Soren in Dragon’s Dogma

Gra Soren is large and contains a pleasing and uncommon verticality. The rooftops are accessible and you can go to secret areas using the rooftops. After you have completed the original quest, the entire dynamic of Gran Soren changes and your sanctuary will also change.

Rockport in Need For Speed: Most Wanted

In Most Wanted, you will be able to utilize the roads, golf course, highways, slip and sport stadia. The game made a great job in countering the limitations of a free-exploring driving video game by allowing gamers to explore bigger locations such as American football, golf courses and baseball stadiums as well as alleys.

San Vanelona in Skate and Skate II

This city contains all the things that a skater would surely love such as slopes, park benches and railings where you can do incredible innovations and technical combos. The city’s different districts provide different possibilities for skating.