Most beautiful alien environments in games?

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76561199872767018 2 Jul @ 7:22am

for me it is Havarl and Halo specifically from Combat Evolved.
both sound and visual design count, but not graphics.

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Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 7:33am

It was a long wait between Black Mesa's initial release and when it was finally completed, but all the work on Xen was really worth the wait.

They should mention Black Mesa Xen in astronomy classes when talking about hypothetical alien ecosystems, much like how Carl Sagan used to talk about possible life in gas giants.

Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 7:41am

Subnautica goes without saying.

Even thalassophobes can't say it isn't gorgeous.

Final Fantasy is all about exploring beautiful worlds. NEVER use a guide; it only cheapens the experience.

FFX and X-2 are arguably the most visually beautiful, but it was around that time the series started getting more linear and the joy of exploration was lost, leading to the mess that XIII was, with little but walking down straight corridors, combined with flashy visual spectacle.

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76561197960377633 2 Jul @ 7:48am

No mans sky

kabaab 2 Jul @ 7:50am

Starfield

Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 7:52am

Metroid Zero Mission, AM2R, Super, and Prime Trilogy.

Ocelote.12 2 Jul @ 8:05am

The Dog

The beginning is dull, in near-Earth space, but after you are transferred to an alien planet, probably in another galaxy it shows its coolness.

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Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 8:06am

Minecraft with texture and shader pack. And the Aether. That's mandatory.

And Large Biomes enabled.

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Q-T_3.14.exe 2 Jul @ 8:26am

Despite it's limitations Morrowind looks good despite looking empty and soulless.
All I am saying is that the mushrooms made it look unique and carried it. Replace trees with mushrooms was a textbook creativity choice.

videogames10 2 Jul @ 8:34am

There are several and I can't remember their names. Anyway, here's one.

https://steamhost.cn/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/

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Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 9:38am

Originally posted by Q-T_3.14.exe:
Despite it's limitations Morrowind looks good despite looking empty and soulless.
All I am saying is that the mushrooms made it look unique and carried it. Replace trees with mushrooms was a textbook creativity choice.

There's visual overhauls, of course.
https://www.thegamer.com/morrowind-best-looking-graphics-mods-2022/

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salamander 2 Jul @ 4:41pm

the surreal and disturbing art of suguru tanaka depicts worlds most alien, and most wondrous

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Electric Cupcake 2 Jul @ 8:46pm

Death Stranding landscapes are stunning, though not really "alien" unless you've never been to Iceland or New Zealand or County Louth.

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primeinsurrection 2 Jul @ 8:48pm

Avatar.

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salamander 2 Jul @ 8:51pm

Originally posted by primeinsurrection:
Avatar.

actually yeah. folk clown on those films for a lot of reasons, but the visuals are genuinely beautiful.

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primeinsurrection 2 Jul @ 9:02pm

Originally posted by salamander:
Originally posted by primeinsurrection:
Avatar.

actually yeah. folk clown on those films for a lot of reasons, but the visuals are genuinely beautiful.

People are dumb blind slaves. They think their angels are women in white robes playing harps with gold rings around their head. Even the bible says they are sky beasts battling over a tree. Its the most accurate depiction of Pleiadians ever put in a story yet.

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