The beach house in the epilogue of Uncharted 4. I really felt that i was ending more than a videogame when i walked around in it as Nathan's daughter. And then to find the stuff in the closet, bringing me back to all of the previous games. Emotional moments 'sniff sniff'
I absolutely agree. So many game series struggle to find that ending that really satisfies the player, but uncharted pulled it off perfectly. Probably the best ending in video game history.
That was so awesome playing that epilogue. It made me wish they’d make another Uncharted where Cassie grows up to be a treasure hunter just like Nathan.
Rapture from Bioshock, Arkham Asylum from Batman: Arkham Asylum and the entirety of 1899 West America from Red Dead Redemption 2 and some of the most atmospheric, influential, immersive and outright brilliant places as far as video game environments go.
Corvo Blanco Vineyard in Toussiant. The "we've made it" place. I've unequipped Geralt's weapons and armour, put him in a more casual set and just left him there, stood next to Yen. I sometimes load up the game to check in on him, play some cards, wander around the estate, etc, but I always leave him in unequipped in shot next to Yen
This is a really interesting topic for me because I just love homes in video games, video games used to be so linear to me so the idea of a protagonist can return to a safe and sound home is still so unique to me - I wouldn't finish a session of Mass Effect, or Assassin's Creed, or whatever, without returning the protagonist to their base or their ship. Just imagine how long the Assassins would have to travel each time I returned them home! (Likewise for the Dragonborn's family, who'd always have to travel to the nearest home to wherever my journey was taking him.)
I'm the same. I'm currently playing Kindoms of Amalur for the first time and am delighted you can own actual houses in this game. I'm returning 'home' after every other quest.
Literally the only thing I've done in Skyrim for the past few years is visit my homes: walk around them, drop off "groceries", imagine the warmth of the fire as it's raining or snowing outside... Breezehome is my go-to place to get out of my head for half an hour.
For me Olympus heights in BioShock 1 is what gets me. The whole "Rapture before the war" feel and when Tanenbaum says "you wouldn't believe but this place used to be so beautiful" that feeling of of being in a once beautiful place and now desolate and broken and drowned just makes the atmosphere perfect
You've outdone yourself with the writing on this video Rob, it's some of your best work yet. Great job! FF7 - Midgar/The Golden Saucer FF8 - Balamb Garden GoW - Freya's house and surrounding area Horizon Zero dawn - The whole post apocalyptic world was a vibe
Croft manor from basically any Tomb Rider game, it always invokes the feelings of melancholy and nostalgia. It is Lara's home filled with all the artifacts she and her father collected, it gives so much personality to Lara, there's just something about it. It's like recalling a memory that isn't your own but you somehow still know it. It is safe, there's no enemies, you can walk around in it, practice your acrobatic skills, swim in the pool for no good reason, discover all of it's many secrets etc. But there is also some sort of sadness about it. It also emphasizes all the things Lara has lost, she's alone here aside from her trusty butler (that you can lock in a giant fridge). Essentially it is another ruin for Lara to unearth, but this time it is that of memories.
@@mimmikibilly You're welcome. Blood Ties DLC for Rise of the Tomb Rider does an amazing job of emphasizing this, there's so many ester eggs and references to the past games in it (including butler in the fridge!).
The Jackdaw, from Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. If I ever need to relax, Ill just sail around the Caribbean on the Jackdaw and let my worries just be washed away by the sound of the sea and those unbelievably catchy shanties.
@Mike Strawson Couldn't get into it either but loved Oblivion before that. Doesn't break my heart though, it's just a bit annoying considering all the issues Skyrim has (like bland world and quests)
Armaan world is far from bland... oblivion has the most bland world of all the modern es games and it’s not even close. The one thing Skyrim does great is the exploration
@@jt2749 I disagree. I found Skyrim to be mostly just grey drabness (even areas like forests and such) and the villages and towns felt lifeless. Oblivion's landscapes might have been repetitive but I found it charming and atmospheric all the way through.
For me it's Firelink Shrine Coming back to it after what feels like forever and feeling lost, the iconic tune starts playing and I knew I could relax for a while Also the melancholic tune that reminds you that even firelink shrine isn't exactly safe... Loved the vid Rob
I was waiting for a Soulsborne comment! There are so many places throughout the games that make you stop and go: “whoa”. I love the gothic beauty of Bloodborne that makes you think of danger around every dark corner and the ominous music that’s straight out of a horror movie. Firelink Shrine to me was a safe haven in Ds1 and 3. A place to take a breather from all the craziness of the world that you could return to and cry in peace.
@@jakehouse6651 Absolutely agreed about Bloodbourne. Some of the places in are so incredibly uninviting and hostile they don't feel like typical _levels_ ... you actually start to question if you should even be there at all! Amazing design and incredibly memorable
In Final Fantasy X, shortly after leaving Besaid for the first time, you transition into the cliffside area. Before this, the game had been a futuristic city, dark ruins, and an underwater experience. It is in this moment, when the cliffsides come into view, a waterfall in the distance providing burbling sounds, the grass waving in the breeze, and the emotional music wafting through the scene that the desperate beauty of Spira comes into full view. That moment, just after the Playstation 2 release when I first experienced it was pure bliss and I have yet to experience the same ever since. I can start up that game at any time and sit on that screen for hours.
For me I get to say firelink shrine. It is there to calm you down and act as a hub for the npcs and it really feels like the center of the Dark souls world becouse of the interconnectivity culminating there
The camp in Red Dead Redemption 2 Chloe's room in Life is Strange The Normandy in the Mass Effect Trilogy The asylum in Batman Arkham Asylum Great video, Rob speaks about video games with such an amazing passion. Thank you!
Yaughton from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. I still go there now and just plop down in various places and make little stories about the characters there.
I'd agree but to narrow it down a little I'd say the church. It's so... England. I don't know if you're English or not but that walk up to that church watching the end of the story is still a perfectly captured micro view of safe, quiet little England and the emotion of the scene inside and the brilliance of the star vista when you leave showing just how alien it is to how this place should be is just... Emotional
The village of Yaughton in Everybody’s gone to the rapture. Designed in such a way so it was perfectly and eerily ordinary. Making the event so much more impactful. Such a beautiful game by the way!
Not going to lie. I clicked on this because of that brilliant cover photo of Rob. Haha. Love these videos and your channel guys! Thanks for what you do.
The house from What Remains of Edith Finch. No, not the main house, the first house. The one you can see offshore when the tide is low. That terrible ghost of a tragic past, looming in the distance, not quite drowned by the sea.
Yeah I loved the sight of it just looming back in the distance, seemingly there to always remind the unfortunate Finches that their past would haunt them forever. Finally a game that got me so attached to the story that I completed it without ever putting the controller down.
I just finished ff x ysterday what do you think about ffx-2 I heard it's very bad with sucky side mission and a different yuna personality J-pop to be accurate , so what do you think?
@@thomasdelaney4898 I played the first half hour and oh boy it was cringe worthy I'm not sure if the game is in the same universe lol I'm not sure if that is the same quiet lovable yuna that we are talking about anyways I'm thinking of skipping the game what do you think?
@@OmarHDGamer Yeah haha, the intro is very, very cringe worthy. Just wait until you read about X-2.5 and stuff, it gets even worse... It's your call - if you've got another game you want to play, play that instead. FF12 was rereleased recently on Switch and Xbox, so play that if you've never played it before as it's one of the best in the series. You won't miss anything if you skip 10-2 though.
@@thomasdelaney4898 I have ffxv waiting for me did you play it and what do you think about it . ff x was my first final fantasy and I could say it's a masterpiece except some side quests >< Anyways I'm interested in getting ffix after I finish ffxv is there a better ff than that I should get instead?, sorry for wasting your time. :
I was thinking about the Normandy from Mass Effect, more specifically the SR2 when he mentioned giving a place meaning I was like the Normandy SR2 is like home whenever I play it
I know this is a PlayStation channel but, I guess I’ll be the first one to mention it. Hyrule from the Legend of Zelda. One of the best places in all of video games. I also got to give a shoutout to anything from the Uncharted series. Love those places. Great video Rob, you always brighten everybody’s Friday’s with you’re amazing Friday Features.
Funny, Markarth is my LEAST favorite place in Skyrim. My favorite place in Skyrim is actually Falkreath - it always rains there, it's where I met my only true love in Skyrim, Talsgar the Wanderer, and I actually got lost when I first started playing (before I noticed the compass at the top of the screen) and kept circling back to it. Oh, when I found out the Hearthfire DLC would let me live in Falkreath, let me tell you, I was psyched as hell. Markarth, meanwhile, is a horrible place, where slaves do labor, natives are treated as savages, a horrible Daedra forces you to torture a guy to death twice with a rusty mace, and you're immediately shoved into a quest that REQUIRES you be arrested for a murder you didn't even commit, the murder of a soon-to-be-father at that. I hate it all. Literally the first thing that happens the first time you enter Markarth is, some girl gets murdered right in front of you; that sums up Markarth in a nutshell. To be completely fair, I'd say Skyrim as a WHOLE is one of the most important places in all of gaming, picking out one of the holds and neglecting the others isn't really fair.
My personal favorite hold will always be the idyllic Riften. Just those gorgeous Autumnal trees, the ethereal beauty of the lakes, the sense of harmony so at odds with creeping malice of the hold Capital all make a wonderful experience
I usually stay away from the Reach as much as I can, unless I have to go there for quest reasons. Most of my idle time was spent in that area between Whiterun and Falkreath, or the Rift.
Saint Denis was something special, it astounded me the first time i wandered into it on horseback. Really hit all the right Old West and Industrial Revolution notes. Beautifully crafted by Rockstar, even by their sky high standards.
Rob ,you're amazing. And when I arrived in shadow moses I cried ,put the controler down,waited until the music stops,thought about my life,and then started playing again......
Cosmo Canyon - will forever be synonymous with parentage and sacrifice for me. The beautiful orange-red stacks of rocks towering into the sky with walkways and staircases carved and built into them. The fire out front where the heroes stare into the flames and think of everything they've lost and everything they need to achieve. The slimey green caverns below - corrupted and haunted and chilling. And finally the petrified body of Seto, weeping for the love of his son. What a place.
Dude, horizon zero Dawn has one of the most beautiful worlds I've ever seen in a video game. Even better than Oblivion and Skyrim combined. Absolutely one of the greatest games ever made.
@@YuniorGamboa I was baffled how much fun i had with it. 😃 And Horizon had great scenery it was great fun. It would be awsome if they add it too all games even as a download. 😆
I really loved the first village in that game. I am an anthropologist, and I could tell straight away that there had been knowledgeable people working on it.
The Aurora in Metro Exodus... Raccoon City in Resident Evil 2... Diamond City in Fallout 4... The Trophy Cabinet on Your Profile where All Your Platinums Live...(Dave hasn't found that last one).
For me, it’s the Kennedy Town Apartment in Sleeping Dogs. The fact that it’s the last apartment you unlock in the game kind of reminds me of how far Wei Shen has come, and how much you go through to get there
My favorite video game places have to be; Goodsprings from Fallout NV, Riften from Skyrim, Isla Paradiso from the Sins 3, and Diamond City from Fallout 4.
For me, this "place" has to be Dragon Age Origins "Camp Hub". Where you can talk to your companions, initiate relationships or craft weapons and everything is enchanced by a beautiful score from Inon Zur.
Traverse town, in KH1 it was the first step into a whole new world for the characters and we the players felt the whimsical reality of discovery just being there, with its reiterations in subsequent titles it felt like going to see an old friend, probably the first “place” that ever stuck out to me in games
Another great video, thank you Rob. I watch a playstation access video each night before bed, puts me in a good mood before sleep. Big fan all the way from Colorado, USA.
Hmm so many great places over the years: I love the Saloon in Red Dead 1, the Jackdaw from Black Flag, Destiny Isles from Kingdom Hearts, St. Denis Red Dead 2, Whiterun in Skyrim
Balamb Garden holds a very special and huge part of my heart. I honestly feel at home there in the game. From the water surrounding the round about hallway and the way they made it so open to the outside (picnic tables and grass areas on the way to the dormitory),to the way the garden was always crowded with npc students. The music was some of the best Final Fantasy music in my opinion and captured exactly what they wanted you to experience and feel. Balamb gardens theme is a warm and academic sounding masterpiece that makes you feel as though this is a place of learning. The training area music,mixed with the dark jungle theme,puts you on edge. The first time you run into T-rexaur is an incredible moment. As a child, i would run my ps1 all night just to listen to Balamb Gardens theme as I went to sleep. I can see you doing the same Rob 😂
"Exploring this place is like exploring a physical manifestation of yourself, from 10 years ago..." This is one of the most beautiful quotes ...anywhere... It so succintly put into words the myriad feelings I had when I played through this, and though your features normally bring about laughs ("BROS!"), this passage ...well... I cry a little almost every time I hear it. I hope when my son is your age, he will remember me as fondly as you seem to remember your dad when you got those chaff grenades.
Balamb Garden in FFVIII. To me, it really came across how important it was to Squall. The tranquil music and the calming design both create a soothing atmosphere. Granted, playing it again as an adult was creepy when you realized it was a place where Cid and Edea were conditioning children to become mercenaries and the memories of their previous lives were washed away, but still...
I always felt home at McFarlanes Ranch and the surrounding Hennigan's Stead in the original Red Dead Redemption. There's just something about that place that just makes me want to sit under a tree there and listen to the wind and the crickets. Also I love Columbia in Bioshock: Infinite.
Twilight Town in Kingdom Hearts is very important to me because that's where we met and lost Roxas, then becoming the main hangout place for the Sea salt ice cream trio, Xion, Axel, and Roxas, a place they can just relax and laugh.
Blackreach, love that place. So much fun to explore. But my favorite place in Skyrim has to be the Vale. If we're talking base game I'm with Rob with Markarth and really any Dwemer ruin.
Man what an amazing video, I agree that a palace that you can just forget yourself into is one thing that makes vidoe games such an amazing experience, just finished paying FFXV and I just love the feeling of campaign and driving around listing to sound tracks and discovering dungeons it has such an enjoyable tone that you can play for hours.
Yes, this is my definitive most iconic place in games. The vast lonely beauty of it made an impact on me over a decade ago and I still feel it in memory from time to time.
I played it back on PS2 when I was a kid and playing it now on the PS4 is even more beautiful but still faithful to the original. Some of the lengths you go to find the hidden coins, lizard's tails and fruit trees in the game take you to some of the most breathtaking scenes where I can't help but go into photo mode and take a picture. Such captivating areas that serve no purpose, not for monsters, loot or NPCs just to exist and make the land feel even more ancient and untouched.
Excellent video. Rob has become a poetic genius, and I really look forward to his videos. As for me, Rabanastere, from Final Fantasy XII is my place. After hours or days of adventuring throughout Ivalice, facing monsters and micromanaging gods, coming back into the safe and familiar streets, with the Rabanatere theme playing, is just the best.
FFXII is my favorite Final Fantasy game hands down. And I totally agree with you regarding the atmosphere of Rabanastere. It instantly felt like home when I first started FFXII back in the day on my PS2 (which I still have). And the remaster brought all those memories rushing back in glorious detail.
On this subject.. what about a list for the best moments of quiet contemplation outside of the main hectic story scenes. Starter for ten ... the giraffe scene from the Last of Us.
Great video Rob! As always. My top 7 places: The Normandy - Mass Effect series, Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden - Kingdom Hearts, USG Ishimura - Dead Space, Yharnam - Bloodborne, The Wastelands - Jak 3, Valley of Temples - Uncharted 2, Mount Massive Asylum - Outlast.
The Ebon Hawk in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. No matter what happens in the story, that ship grounds you in a homely place in foreign worlds.
Mate this is probably the best video Ive ever watched. The way you not only described, but walked us through each place was truly phenomenal. To the point where I even had goosebumps when you we're talking about Resi:2 (and I hate horrors!). You can tell this is something that you really wanted to do each as place you retold your stories like we were there; it was told with passion and emotion. That's all you can ever ask for. Thank you Rob 💙
The keyblade graveyard from kingdom hearts. It’s one of the few places in that series that ties all the various places and people together a place that’s bleak and harsh and somewhat terrifying but that no matter what u always return to
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time ,Im so happy I decided to watch this, it made me think of the places i have great and meaningful memories of , this made me think of my all time favorite game Jak 3 the burnt part of Haven city and the stadium that is full of rubble the forest that has changed and even what the guards say .I use to play that game while my parents watched me and we all had alot of fun and loved the story of the game and what happened from Jak 2 to Jak 3 Thank you PlayStation access
My balcony on dragon age inquisition. 🙂 such a peaceful view. Also, the amusement park in nier automata. I love the fireworks and the way the music swells and ebbs depending where you are.
(Spoiler alert) the chill I actually physically felt when the machines went mad and the park was empty was one of the most understated powerful moments I've ever felt in a videogame
We really need to make this kind of video a regular thing. Every few weeks or so, make the Friday Feature about something that gives you the nostalgia and cozy feelings like in this video. Or like the one about "game feel". Just a video talking about the "little things" in gaming that we all experience and really appreciate.
Really good video (as usual!), one of my all time favourite places is in one of my all time favourite games; The Last Guardian. It's just so mysterious and hauntingly beautiful, hinting at a long dead civilization through most of the game and you're never quite sure what you're going to see next. I absolutely love it.
Superb video. Maybe one of your best ever! I definitely share some of the places you listed. I'd add Firelink Shrine (Dark Souls 1 and 3) and Saint Denis (Red Dead Redemption 2).
Rob: pays attention to details of everything. All Game Studios: Wanna be a level designer consultant for us 😁😉😂 love this and every video they make very useful and informative but also to the point and interesting. keep up the good work guys 👌🙃
Great vid Rob. Here are mine: firelink shrine or ash lake (ds1), the normandy, the usg ishimura (particularly the bridge), Saul Kada ruins (megaman legends 2), Ridoranna Cataract (ffxii), pokke village (monster hunter freedom 2) and the most haunting: kain's throne room on the dilapidated pillars (soul reaver)
