We can't put our finger on a formula, but sometimes those talented developers manage to create a world that's so vast, nuanced and organic that it almost lives.
To me, it's a tie (for no. 1) between Dragon Age (Imo, the most beautifully and well-thought out crafted world there is) and RDR (mainly coz I loved the character in the game and played it well after the story was over.. soo much to do.. soo much to explore.. though the interacts pale in comparison when compared to DA:O)..
And for all those who know me outside of n4g, I'm sure you know about my long struggle to leave the world of WHITE KNIGHT CHRONICLES lol >.< Luckily I'm @ college from 7am-9pm, so I am not on it everyday now :D
One world I'd dare not enter: Dead Space. I'd be like "LET ME THE FUK OUTTA HERE"
I wouldn't want to leave the world of GTA. Cause mayhem, get laid, do drugs, shoot all kinds of guns, run from the law, ride around listening to music, you die and come back to life..lol
Its called LEGENDS. We have those in the real world, you know? Shambala, the lost city of gold, El Dorado
All of those are legends and myths that have been around for hundreds of years. A different "world" would be something like fallout, or something like bioshock would be something like a different reality
As much as im a fan of UC2, it doesnt have to be brought into every "best" discussion for no reason
Thank god you are done here.... I see why you have 3 bubbles. I bet GTA is not our world here too to you.... RDR? Please just go. Oh, you already have.... A legend or myth is just that. In that world, it was true. In ours, show me a fountain of youth. While you are at it, I'll take a money tree too.
Isnt rapture supposed to be att the bottom of the atlantic ocean in our world? Cant really see th difference between uncharted and bioshock in this regard. That said i wouldnt want to go to anyone of those worlds. Would like to go to the katamari world though.
Mass Effect's world? jeez how much design has gone into that world
Shenmue?
I would hate to be in the BioShock world, d@mn Splicers.
I wouldn't want to leave the world of GTA. Cause mayhem, get laid, do drugs, shoot all kinds of guns, run from the law, ride around listening to music, you die and come back to life..lol
How I would love to be an assassin...
Albion.