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Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 on the Super NES.



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Soundwave said:

Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 on the Super NES.

Good answer. I liked the jungle vibes 



Shenmue 1. So chill

Play games in the arcade with is relaxing to me.

Or hang out at Tomato

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shavenferret said:
Soundwave said:

Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 on the Super NES.

Good answer. I liked the jungle vibes 

Makes me also think about the first Crash Bandicoot game. All the jungles, rivers, and the indigenous infrastructure that you went through in the first half of the game. I remember it even had monkey and elephant ambient sounds.



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Returnal
Atmosphere, Music, World Design, everything was perfect



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Hitman WoA on PSVR2.

Every destination feels like a holiday. The best is simply exploring and enjoying the atmosphere from a rural town in the US to a fashion event in Paris, murder mystery in an old English mansion, sights and sounds in Mubai to the neon lights in the rain in China.


Walking around the village in RE8 also feels so atmospheric I felt like laying down on a couch to relax with a book in one of the houses.



So cozy.


Skyrim on PSVR1 was amazing as well, walking under the Northern lights. Kayak VR lets you Kayak under the Northern lights between ice bergs and through tunnels carved in the ice.


And CyubeVR, love walking around the world while building paths and bridges.



Bloodborne and it's not even close.



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BraLoD said:

Persona 3 is a great pick.

But I think that would be Diablo.

Literally descending a church undergrounds to get closer to hell and eventually fight the lord of the demons. Not to mention Tristam and its ridiculously atmospheric OST as well.

Wait, so is Diablo a game that Christians should be ok with then?  For any other Christians, would and do you enjoy slaying the devil?

I literally had this conversation with my mother when I was 10.

- was about to play Diablo

- she comes in the room and sees the start screen, looks at a huge devil face with a flaming Diablo written on it

- Devil is written "Diabo" in Portuguese, so she immediatly start screaming at me for playing a devil game

- 10 years old me proceeds to argue with her that it's just a game, she starts getting mad

- I drop: the game is literally about me going on killing monsters until I can beat up the devil himself

- she stops, thinks a bit, relutes but can't find flaws in my logic and let me proceed to play the game

Everytime she saw the game case she would get worried and tell me that she didn't want that thing in the house and I reminded her for from that lol



Persona games, namely 3-5. The music and vibes are so amazing.
Luigi's Mansion. The atmosphere of the original game is one of the reasons why it's worth replaying despite its lack of content.
Stardew Valley. Just perfect.
Animal Crossing: Hourly music, the sound of bugs, chef's kiss.

So many others like Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy games, Super Mario Odyssey, Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.



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Resident Evil (original)
Has a creepy, unsettling atmosphere, helped by a superb soundtrack and a general sense of discovery as the story slowly unravels.

Tomb Raider (1996)
Really captures the feeling of isolation and wonder. The silence occasionally punctuated by musical cues is really effective.

Twilight Princess
I feel like there's a sense of foreboding running through this game. I dunno, the world just feels kind of bleak and unsettling to me.