I'm compiling a list of video game worlds that are absolutely beautiful, but would be extremely terrible to live in. The ones that made the list stuck with me the most because of either lore or just the fact it would be amazing to explore if not for all the dangers.
My list so far:
- The Witcher 3
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- FFXIV
- Skyrim
- RDR2
- The Last of Us
- FFXVI
Here's a link to the list including the descriptions of why they would be terrible if anyone's interested: https://infinitebacklog.net/users/adilya/lists/5875
Which game worlds would you add to the list? I know almost every single game world would give you a bad time if you aren't the protagonist, but which of those do you think is the most beautiful?
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Death Stranding
Subnautica on anything but Creative Mode. Creative Mode is like a SCUBA vacation though.
Elden Ring
I dunno. I’d live in feudal Japan or the Wild West in 1899.
Would fallout 4 count as beautiful but terrible? Add Forbidden West to that too.
Silent Hill
Cyberpunk 2077, though living in the bay area parts of it don’t feel that far off at this point.
Night City from Cyberpunk. Beautiful, but it would suck to live there.
Every single Sonic world would be hell for the average person to traverse
Some parts of Witcher 3 are chill areas. I’d love to live in Skellige or Toussaint.
Isn’t it all of them? Never played any open world game where I didn’t die multiple times
Anything 2D because I would be crushed.
I’m partial to post-apocalypses. I just love the aesthetic of a city that’s been mostly or entirely abandoned by humanity for such a long time that nature has moved back in and begun to reclaim the ruins of our civilization.
But, obviously, not the kind of place I would want to live.
Tyria of Guild Wars series, it’s damn apocalypse everytime
How is Diablo not on this list.??. It is hands down the worse universe/world to live in.
Shadow of the Collosus. Absolutely beautiful world, no taverns or restaurants.
Red Dead Redemption, Horizon
Dishonoured. Love those games and the overall creepy vibes of the cities but I don’t want to live in a rat-infested plague town.
So your writing some shitty article for some clickbait website? It sucks this sub is constantly flooded with these type of posts.
Nier automatas earth
Skyrim
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Dishonored franchise
Most of these worlds aren’t that dangerous unless you’re the MC.
They’re not idyllic, but not places to hate living. Especially considering how much of this generation wants out of the corporate grind.
Warhammer 40K, so any game set in it is one step away from total annihilation in one way or another. Hell no, do I not want to live there.
Warhammer 40k.
As a regular civilian you’d wish you were dead, as a soldier you will likely die in hours of your first deployment, as an elite of whatever Imperial organization you will know nothing but fighting and as a deviant you would likely be killed at birth.
And that’s before we get to places like death worlds.
99.9% of video game worlds. Literally any game where you are fighting to survive would be horrible to live in. Dragons, evil wizards, magical Pokémon that can change the weather and cause a blizzard when they sneeze.
Basically any game besides animal crossing.
Pandora from Borderlands. Beautiful pretty much everywhere. Literally everything is trying to kill you in gruesome ways, though.
Most game worlds would be horrifying to live in when you think about it.
All the xenoblades
Outward
Fallout in general. Fun to play for a while but depressing as hell to live in.
Assassins Creed Valhalla
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Nobody said Bloodborne? alright well BLOODBORNE! ✊🏻
Elden Ring
FFXIV because of limsa lominsas constant ERP.
mirror’s edge is this spotless stylized city where you are ruled by corporate conglomerates that actively conspire to strip the last bits of a person’s autonomy until they do nothing but watch ads and work
The Olympic Peninsula of Pacific Drive. Just look out for the giant whirling blades and the radiation.
Hallownest
Dragon’s Dogma. Both of them.
Beautiful scenery but also I don’t fancy my chances as a non-Arisen.
Elden Ring. Giant golden horse-riding spearman as the literal first enemy you see when you go outside? Fuck this place. But damn is that tree pretty.
Bioshock 2