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What makes a game atmospheric /v/?
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Multiple game elements all conveying the same thing.
>>341529716
Why is he holding the gun so far to the right?
>>341529716
Is that pic mostly made with mods from nonslavs?
>>341528876
The lighting
Panty shots.
>>341528876
Uh, atmosphere? Stuff like fog and rain and mist. You know what atmosphere is in real life? That's what it means
>>341528876
What game is this?
>>341529927
All Slavmods m8
>>341528876
atmosphere.
>>341529928
This.
>>341530072
Is this bait
>>341529928
When did Minecraft get guns?
>>341530631
It's DooM
Lighting, ambiance, level design, sound effects, music. Shit like that.
>>341530230
what game?
>>341530802
Actually its just rain and fog
>>341530460
No shit.
>>341530230
You know.
>>341528876
Sound design is probably the most important. After that, minimal user interface and/or interruptions of gameplay. Lighting is also likely key, but no more important than graphics in general- of all graphical components, though, it's probably the most important of the bunch.
Look at The Long Dark- its art style is very simple, its graphics likewise rough, but the lighting and sound do plenty to draw you in.
>>341531095
nice diaper
Lighting is absolutely everything. You can have a rock with millions of polygons but if that rock has shit lighting it's not going to feel real. I don't understand these devs that think polygons are everything
>>341528876
Rain basically
>>341531195
Kokoro is a special girl.
I notice whenever people discuss atmosphere in games it's usually spooky stuff.
Early TF2 used to be very atmospheric with it's "Secret Spy Base in New Mexico" maps.
IRL stuff.
>>341530526
He's certainly creating the atmosphere of shitposting in this thread.
>>341528876
>>341530230
>>341531029
what game?
>>341530382
Mods please fellow stalker.
>>341528876
cohesive art design
everything looking like it fits together in the world and nothing rally stands out
lighting, modeling, level design, music, and sound design are some of the biggest factors al well as the game having a theme with no weird outliers (sci-fi, western, ect)
>>341531376
Pre-hat TF2 was absolutely dripping with atmosphere, though it was kind of muddled by how over the top the characters were.
>>341531376
AssCreed games have the best atmospheres.
>>341528876
an empty, beautiful environment that feels lived in or once was lived in but it now desolate
>>341531926
What game??
>>341528876
>What makes a game atmospheric /v/?
>Weather
>soft lighting
>music
>customizing things
>small things to do in the game
Either
a)
>stark difference between unpleasant areas and nice areas
or
b)
>no stressful things.
>>341531824
This, and a story behind the setting helps.
Bioshock is a case of good atmosphere, mostly because the game is more about the city than the character (that is why when the character becomes the main point, the story nosedives)
Anybody gonna tell us what game is the OP
>>341532096
Real life
>>341532124
Truly majestic
>>341532096
Call of duty: the halo wars
>>341532280
What game is that? Never heard of it.
>>341532224
Dayz probably.
Adventure games do this best
Good sound design and aesthetics.
Sotc had a great sense of atmosphere imo
>>341532596
No its not but it does look like some gay survival sim shit
setting, OST, camera angles
idk
>>341529716
>le epic slav meme xD
Fuck off
WHAT THE FUCK IS THE GAME CALLED HOLY SHIT
>>341532096
Did you forget how beautiful the real world can be, anon?
>>341528876
Fog
>>341532717
breaty sure it's left4dead or something made in source
>>341532096
nature shot I took from /wg/
I have tons
There's no formula, but there are things that help
>sound design
>consistency in design
>smaller, controlled spaces instead of expansive, complicated ones
>no intrusive elements (e.g. button prompts)
>design that doesn't feel contrived (i.e. this looks like it's here because the devs put it here)
>>341529716
is that modded stalker?
>>341528876
What is this?
>>341531621
>>341530221
Miscreated. It's actually the best survival game out right now.
>>341532887...........Yes
SOMEONE NAME THE GAME!
The atmosphere is supposed
>Weather
>Fog
>Setting (villages, forests, swamps, etc)
>>341533210ded gaem
>>341533210
Thanks
>>341531376
What other games have that early Bond spy movie feel that early TF2 has
All I can think of is Evil Genius
>>341529716
WHAT MODS>>341533015
yea
>>341533542
wut game
Atmosphere isn't just setting, weather, lighting.
It's a combination of sound design, mechanics and how it all goes along within the context of the world. Like how the brutality of Stalker's Zone helps the atmosphere etc.. etc.. You get my point.
>>341533542
oh shit is dat dragon's dogma with an enb?
looks hot
>>341533665
what mods PLEASE
>>341528876
That is an atmospheric screenshot, my man. What game is that?
>>341533210
So is the game actually good or is it a bugfest?
>>341533919
Miscreated. I just posted it like 3 minutes ago. It's a good CryEngine-based survival game.
>>341533676
It's just everything listed in the starter guide for COP
Atmosfear 3
Absolute Nature and Structures
Original Weapons Renewal or Arse Overhaul
>>341533742
Dragon's Dogma with an ENB
>>341533840
It's pretty nice.
>>341533987
>Dime a Dozen Survival game
>Good
Pick one.
>>341533956
Compared to DayZ/Ark or even H1Z1 its really polished. Its just lacking certain content things right now atm.
>>341534167
Sure, it's a dime a dozen but are we really going to pretend that execution and core gameplay mechanics are irrelevant? Day-Z would have been good if they executed it well. Miscreated does exactly that.
>This dream again?
>>341533846I don't remember.
Lighting
>>341534309
>>341534327
So is it zombie survival or something?
Because the Jews got me on DayZ, H1Z1, and 7DtD cuz enough faggots on /v/ said they were good.
>>341534338
having both booting up the game to spawn in and new game plus being story elements was genius
Skyrim is atmospheric as fuck if you add in the correct mods. Dark Fantasy overhaul + Opethfeldt ENB + lighting and texture mods
>>341528876
Artstyle, lighting, music and attention to detail without too much clutter. Get at least two of those right and you get a decent atmosphere like pic related, do all of them and it's a masterpiece.
>>341534586
Zombie survival but you can disable the zombies and it basically becomes post apocalyptic survival simulator with beautiful forests and atmosphere
>>341528876
It's always been lighting.
>>341530912
I want to say that's an Assassin's Creed game, but I don't recognize the area. Is it from Unity's DLC or something?
>>341534821
You got it.
I should go back and mod New Vegas now that I don't have a toaster.
>>341534758
I smell Jews behind this.
Don't tell me, its Early Access too.
Or in other words, meet the minimum requirements under the EA agreement, then stop supporting updates to the game and run away with all the shekels.
>>341534586
Mutants but yeah they're basically the same thing. But what I read is that they want to implement other type of enemies in the future.
Sound design. The Thief (and System Shock) games are perfect examples of how good sound design can make good atmosphere when the game visuals are super dated.
Fuck it then I'll just dump my entire screenshot folder here
>playing stalker clear sky
>mfw the night time is LITERALLY NIGHT TIME, SUPER FUCKING DARK
>>341528876
Lighting, that's why ENB is so popular.
>>341534965
Well yeah, the game has been in early access since the end of 2014 or something. But its still getting regular big updates.
>>341528876
A lot of things. But where as some people would proclaim graphics and lighting/post processing are vital I say bullshit.
I find Gothic and Gothic 2 to be some of the most atmospheric games I've ever played. Sometimes it's about the mechanics and the world and the density or attention to detail. Hell I loved Metal Gear Solid 1 more than most games because a lot of time went in to making its atmosphere work. Some Metroid games and early Resident Evil do this too. T
hey put so much attention towards details and letting the player get around enemies without ever fighting adds a sense of immersion that would be somewhat feasible if you were really stuck in a horrifying place like that with very little ammo to work with.
>>341535203
Wait.
You can fucking ride around in trucks and shit?
>>341534063
youre a good guy
so thats CoP or CoC?
>sound design
>lighting
>weather
>interactivity with the environment
>immersion
>>341532614
My African brother. Just finished replaying both Syberia earlier this yera.
>>341534887
Damn, I forgot it looked that good.
Unity might have been amazing if they'd worked harder on historical accuracy and waited until it actually worked to release it.
>>341535514
Yeah, if you can fix one up.
>>341535807
Fuck, the Jews win.
If its on sale next week on the summer sale.
>>341535529
CoP
>>341531902
Just Black Flag in my opinion. Most of the other cities in ACs felt generic
>>341532651
Is this a bad pic or did SotC really look this rough?
>>341534994
Is there gonna be any endgame, or is it just loot the kill players with it
>>341536515
a bit of both.
>>341532117
what game?
>>341535905
It goes on sale for like $4 I highly recommend it
>>341536990
Worse Souls.
>>341537008
$4?!
I'll buy 5!
>>341537064
DS3?
>>341531374
>revering the cock
good girl
>>341528876
A good hud/UI.
>>341533846
Looks like atmosphere3, absolute nature/structures, and arsenal weapons.
Big stalker fan
>>341528876
Cute girls
Cute japanese schoolgirls getting embarrassed.
Dragons
Mountains that you can climb
Crafting
Dubstep
Going fast
DLC
Microtransactions
Data-mining threads
Always online DRM
the darker the better for me
Good sound design primarily
>>341531179
>atmospheric
>the long dark
Mah nigga
posting.
for anyone interested look up Skyrim The Journey (slavs put together huge list of mods, shits easy to set up. complete overhaul of the game itself and they set up english instructions.
>>341539240
spess engine
Lighting/music/sfx/ambiance/world design just to name a few, but it's really a culmination of all of that stuff + more.
>>341533797
>Atrocious controls and very specific gold rewards build atmosphere.
Oh.
>>341528876
Night time settings, ala Afraid of Monsters, FEAR, Deus Ex, VtMB
Run down/abandoned settings, ala Condemned, STALKER
Moody/comfy forest and mountain settings, ala Alan Wake, modded Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma
Immersive ambient sounds, ala Half Life 2
Overall environmental detail, signs that care has been taken crafting the world and the maps to be believable locations that you can easily immerse yourself in. As seen in most of the above.
>>341529928
>Unloved
My nigglet, the house hub is surprisingly comfy, even if a bit melancholic.
>>341540203
Damn space, you scary
>>341528876
The understanding that just because your game can be a perfect playground with strategically placed palette doesn't mean it would automatically be blessed with atmosphere; quite the opposite, in fact.
Maybe that mossy tower needs to remain just that. Maybe that doorway need not be so wide and maybe the room need not be pitch black to be scary.
>>341534076
Gran Turismo's comfiness is highly underrated
Depth does it for me
Deep yet intuitive mechanics and the ability to do things you feel like you should be able to (if that makes sense) really give me that sense of atmosphere and immersion
>>341539841
I think it's strongest point is sound design. I love how you can hear your own breathing, the rustling of your clothing (and the movement of any other equipment you might have on you, like the tapping of a hatchet against your leg or the rattling and clanking of a storm lantern), really any of the sounds entailed in tool usage and outside ambience.
>>341528876
I seriously don't get this atmosphere meme. Am I jaded? I just can't experience whatever the anons here describe as "truly atmospheric, immersive sensation".
Someone explain this to me.
>>341533326
Even though Irithyll was gorgeous, I found Painted World to be more atmospheric since the whole world felt so melancholic and isolated from the problems of the real world, plus the level design was great.
>>341531376
TF2 had potential but they muddied the engine so bad.
I still cannot fathom why TF2 runs so fucking bad.
Even Garry's mod runs better and it has way more "cosmetic" shit in t. You can even play Doom in Garry's mod for fucks sake.
>>341541969
>rocks looks literally like elephant/rhino skin
BlackDesert is dead-on-arrival just as it deserved.
>>341541019
racing games can be pretty comfy sometimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gPbPAVs4bk
>>341542204
>How to tell someone has never seen an elephant/rhino
>>341541159
Its sound design is really nice, but you can't discount the tight mechanics as well for inducing immersion
>you can take shelter behind objects to keep the wind off you
>walking into the wind slows you down
>can build campfires on the lee side of objects during storms to stay warm while the storm rages around you
Truly the comfiest game with some of the best survival mechanics
name one game with TECHNOLOGY that doesnt have atmosphere
theres your answer
volumetric fog, DOF, high quality lightning effects with bloom, 2K textures, dense grass and glorious 18 fps. Skyrim is as atmospheric as it gets
Please, /v/. I need an easily attainable atmospheric game to play that I can either emulate or play on PC. Help me /v/, you're my only hope.
>>341542729
Vampire the Masquerade
>>341542729
Unreal World, as seen here >>341541054
Roguelike about surviving the wilderness in Iron Age Finland
Amazingly fun
>>341541983
>Painted World
Most engrossed I've ever been by a game. Though I wish the basic enemies hadn't clashed with the otherwise snowy theme the way they did.
Which part of Bloodborne would you lads say was most atmospheric?
>>341541983
I think of it as Dark Souls' christmas level
>>341540054
>Skyrim The Journey
how good is that?
what does tesgeneral think of that?
I Know that getting alot of mods isnt always the best idea
>>341543546
I loved Castle Cainhurst. Byrgenwerth was awesome, if short. Fishing hamlet was creepy, yet sad too.
>>341542397
i hope GT Sport has night racing in that new tokyo expressway track
>>341542729
Fucken Metro 2033, not redux tho
>>341543546
Probably the hunters dream honestly, especially the area for the Gehrman fight. If not that jumping into a reflection of the moon for Rom was pretty cool, or Ebreitas, or the top of the castle for Martyr Logarius
>>341542729
AoM if you like low poly
Art style and music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQkbGD6RKQ
No game has mixed clean sterility and primal fear as well as Dino Crisis did
>>341534309
yeah like players
>>341540323
Gameplay factors into it as well, to some degree. Games like The Witcher 3 are more immersive than Dear Esther or Everybody's Gone to the Rapture because you know the stuff around you matters- it's not just a pretty box to walk around in, the world affects you and you affect it in return.
how do I make my stalker SoC look good
>>341534338
game?
>>341541054
>playing games with no graphics
neo /v/ everyone
>>341543546
Personally, I'm fond of the Research Hall. All those test subjects wandering around and talking about what had happened to them, some hostile and some not, those eerie green lights- it felt like I'd wandered into a mad scientist's laboratory. Which I had, I suppose.
>>341532096
"The Sepia Effect"
Hey guys, you know what makes atmospheric games better?
You might think I'm just fucking with you, but going >>>/out/ helps a lot
Go camping, hiking, or learn to backpack
Spend time outdoors, preferably by yourself if that's what you prefer.
A weekend of solo backpacking followed by a bunch of comfy vidya is the absolute best
Lighting and sound design
>>341540054
>Skyrim The Journey
do you use that dark fanatasy with it?
>>341528876
Every single element of a game contributes to atmosphere.
It's retarded that it looks like I'm the first person saying this ITT.
50% Sound Design
30% Graphics
20% World Building
>>341547596
>A weekend of solo backpacking followed by a bunch of comfy vidya is the absolute best
That sounds pretty great. I'm going to plan for that this weekend. fuck it
any cool 2d atmospheric games?
>>341551639
Might not be at all what you're looking for as it's not 2D but playdead's INSIDE looks neat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5k17aVeY2rI
Top comfy
>>341540054
Just looked it up. Is there a non perma-death option? Not a fan of that in games that can have files hundreds of hours old.
>>341552889
game my man?
>>341553110
Legend of Grimrock 2
>>341553245
ah i thought so
appreciate it
>>341541983
I'm already nostalgiaing from it. I remember all of the other level's design so well, but you reminded me of that one. Feels like it only happened in a dream.
>>341540061
is it lsd, or is it space engine?
>>341551486
Yeah man, look up the nearest National Forest, find a trail you look interested in, call up the forest rangers to help you plan the best route and get /out/
Hope you end up doing it and having fun
Don't do something dumb and get hurt
Make sure someone knows where you'll be if something happens
>>341552889
I just finished this not too long ago, very satisfying sequel. I did my playthrough with all the bullshit turned on, and other than one or two bits it was very well balanced.
The wasps can fuck off though holy shit.
lighting.
and it really annoys me that lighting is the first things devs go to cut when downgrading for consoles.
>>341553513
Oh yeah it's one of those rare sequels that blow the original out of the water in all regards
>>341542729
Sleeping Dogs
>>341545068
Good point.
>>341540203
Space shit like black holes are my phobia. I suppose it's pretty good to have this kind of phobia since I'll literally never actually interact with one but when I was watching Interstellar I was stressed as fuck.
Thanks for subscribing to my blog.
>>341544341
Why is Redux inferior? Been thinking about reinstalling Metro lately.
