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 bill138
Location: philly/bensalem, pa
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 140 on 10/28/2009 8:21 PM >
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Commodore 64.
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Isnt that the original atari ,lol?
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willskith
   
Location: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 141 on 10/28/2009 8:56 PM >
|  | | | Why is this thread only about abandonments in video games? "UE" does not only equal abandoned buildings. I think the most fun game that captured the essence of "UE" for me is Assassins Creed, and it had no derelict buildings in it whatsoever. I spent hours in that game climbing around on buildings, exploring the cities and reaching every single vantage point.
Mirrors Edge also reminded me of exploring in that you spend lots of time navigating off-limits areas and running from the authorities.
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micro
  
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
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<Reply # 142 on 10/28/2009 9:13 PM >
| | | | GTA IV is also pretty urbexy.
And has anyone mentioned SimCity yet? That game probably has more to do with urban exploration than most of the ones mentioned so far that happen to include a haunted or alien infested hospital.
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Adv.Pack
Location: Connecticut
Adventure Pack
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<Reply # 144 on 10/29/2009 1:58 AM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
Myst was not only on the 3DO... it was for PC and I had it on Mac back in the day. Its the first "exploring" game that I can remember.
KChung!!! KChung!!! KChung!!! goes the elevator tree
Though I must admit, I would not have gotten anywhere in that game without the strategy guide.
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Have You played RIVEN (the sequel to MYST)?
If you haven't (and this goes for anyone on this site) GO FIND IT!
Its really hard for a videogame to give a feeling of loneliness and still be amazing. MYST and especially RIVEN are the only two games i've ever played that give the same solitary, creepy, isolated feeling that we all love here.
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Brind
 
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 145 on 10/29/2009 5:07 AM >
| | | | The Saw game is entirely in an abandoned asylum. It's actually not too bad of a game, but the PC port has god-awful controls.
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bandi
 
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
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<Reply # 146 on 10/29/2009 1:04 PM >
| | | | I dunno if it's been mentioned yet, but Duke Nukem 3D... there's even a part where you have to demolish an abandoned building.
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pNINJAz
Location: St. Paul MN
Gender: Male
Momento Mori
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<Reply # 147 on 10/30/2009 5:37 AM >
| | | | Posted by Adv.Pack
Have You played RIVEN (the sequel to MYST)?
If you haven't (and this goes for anyone on this site) GO FIND IT!
Its really hard for a videogame to give a feeling of loneliness and still be amazing. MYST and especially RIVEN are the only two games i've ever played that give the same solitary, creepy, isolated feeling that we all love here.
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in my opinion all of the myst games are amazing. ive only beaten the 1st and third, but theyre definitely worth it (even if you used the guide the whole time). the ending to 3 really got to me.
they released myst for just about every system imagineable. myst and riven were ported to the psone, exile and uru were ported to ps2 and xbox. the original myst was also made for pc, mac, nintendo DS ipod touch and i suspect they released it for sega dreamcast as well.
but for anyone interested in playing it, you can pick up the pc/mac version at most local used software places for like 99 cents.They usually have like 8 copies.
what about the Zork series or montezumas revenge for the apple IIe?
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bandi
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
| | | Re: Video Games featuring abandonments
<Reply # 148 on 10/30/2009 12:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
GTA IV is also pretty urbexy.
And has anyone mentioned SimCity yet? That game probably has more to do with urban exploration than most of the ones mentioned so far that happen to include a haunted or alien infested hospital.
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Someone's avatar on here a while ago was a screen shot of an abandoned building on Sim City 2000. I thought that was pretty clever.
Maybe that's where my fascination with UE started, I've been playing Sim City since I was 8 or 9.
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 149 on 10/30/2009 1:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
And has anyone mentioned SimCity yet? That game probably has more to do with urban exploration than most of the ones mentioned so far that happen to include a haunted or alien infested hospital.
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*smacks forehead*
SimCity is a sizeable part of why I became an planner at first.
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TacDical
Location: Anywhere Everywhere
Who know's what's below
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<Reply # 150 on 11/5/2009 2:32 AM >
| | | | did anyone mention zelda: ocarina of time i know there defiantly abandonment's in that game
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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained we must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.
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Louie
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<Reply # 151 on 11/5/2009 5:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by bandi
Someone's avatar on here a while ago was a screen shot of an abandoned building on Sim City 2000.
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I crack up every time I see it... Keti. though her avatar changes randomly.
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Louie
| | | Re: Video Games featuring abandonments
<Reply # 152 on 11/5/2009 5:17 AM >
| | | | Posted by willskith
Why is this thread only about abandonments in video games? "UE" does not only equal abandoned buildings.
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Yes, but the thread is entitled "Video Games featuring abandonments"
That being said I love and would recommend you check out the Hitman series (Ive played all of them) because its based on social engineering. You have to infiltrate buildings, avoid security, sneak around, choke people out, travel through sewers, steal people's outfits, go "behind the scenes," climb to find sniper positions, etc. to take out your assigned target. Or you can just shoot the guy. It's what a James Bond video game would be like if Bond was grounded in some form of reality
Posted by willskith
Mirrors Edge also reminded me of exploring in that you spend lots of time navigating off-limits areas and running from the authorities.
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Mirror's Edge is tight. Ive heard of people throwing up from playing it. If they could incorporate that kind of gameplay into a free-roaming world instead of preset courses... well shit, my brain asplode.
Posted by Adv.Pack
MYST and especially RIVEN are the only two games i've ever played that give the same solitary, creepy, isolated feeling that we all love here.
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Myst certainly did, it was like being on another planet. I played Riven back when it came out but I didn't like it. I'll have to give it another go.
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gr8fzy1
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
Fewer and Fewer...
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<Reply # 153 on 11/5/2009 6:22 AM >
| | | | Posted by urbexkeith
TOMB RAIDER!!1.
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FINALLY! I was thinking NO-ONE was gonna mention Lara!
I myself have never played the older games, So I was going to bring up Tomb Raider Legend, specifically the England level...
http://www.youtube...atch?v=u4yYC-frrw4
Softly creeping through
Empty hallways decades old,
glimpsing history. |
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Louie
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<Reply # 154 on 11/5/2009 7:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by SourDiesel
did anyone mention zelda: ocarina of time i know there defiantly abandonment's in that game
SD
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I would ride the horse. And ride the horse. And.... ride the horse
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pNINJAz
Location: St. Paul MN
Gender: Male
Momento Mori
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<Reply # 155 on 11/5/2009 7:29 AM >
| | | | Shadow of the colossus isnt really URBAN exploration, but it definitely embodies exploration.It does have some abandonments though. I think i had more fun lizard/nut hunting than i did fighting the colossus. Though finding ruins where the colossi hide was also a great treat. Definitely worth playing in my opinion, if you like exploring.
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gr8fzy1
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
Fewer and Fewer...
| | | | Re: Video Games featuring abandonments
<Reply # 156 on 11/5/2009 3:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by pNINJAz
Shadow of the colossus isnt really URBAN exploration, but it definitely embodies exploration.It does have some abandonments though. I think i had more fun lizard/nut hunting than i did fighting the colossus. Though finding ruins where the colossi hide was also a great treat. Definitely worth playing in my opinion, if you like exploring.
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If your gonna bring up Shadow of the Colossus, why not mention the game that came before it: Ico? That game STILL has the best looking and moving trees I have yet seen. Plus the realtime water reflections and underwater distortions are great as well.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=RVvWYiJpOCU
The windmill, my favorite area. Notice both the reflections and hi legs distorting under the water at 36 seconds.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=Go-lRC7sR9Q
And the trees I mentioned before, good shot at 33 seconds. Look real, move real in the breeze, and reflect the sunlight!
http://www.youtube...atch?v=ow14zFGV5B4
and secrete weapons that lead to funny videos about how to get the secrete weapons. America got a mace...
http://www.youtube...atch?v=v8xVB3o9Wdw
and Europe got a light saber...damn them.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=Vc9Jw2huFrg
with a curious glitch.
Softly creeping through
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Duffy
Location: Northeast
Gender: Male
Time for your radioactive oatmeal! Nom Nom Nom
| | | Re: Video Games featuring abandonments
<Reply # 157 on 11/6/2009 1:58 AM >
| | | | Posted by gr8fzy1
If your gonna bring up Shadow of the Colossus, why not mention the game that came before it: Ico?
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The last of the trilogy titled The Last Guardian is coming for the PS3 and it looks great. Exploring ancient ruins with a griffin/dog. Epic
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E3 preview:
http://www.youtube...atch?v=T4E0e-ZCn14
Wiki:
http://en.wikipedi.../The_Last_Guardian
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We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. ~ T.S Eliot |
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Ansion
Location: BC, Canada
Gender: Male
The same, except different.
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<Reply # 158 on 11/6/2009 3:26 AM >
| | | | Oh wow - can't wait for that one! ICO was one of my fave games ever!
"Explore thyself." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"...and abandoned stuff & things that look neat." ~ Ansion |
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gr8fzy1
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
Fewer and Fewer...
| | | | Re: Video Games featuring abandonments
<Reply # 159 on 11/6/2009 7:55 PM >
| | | | Posted by Duffy
The last of the trilogy titled The Last Guardian is coming for the PS3 and it looks great. Exploring ancient ruins with a griffin/dog. Epic
http://www.youtube...atch?v=T4E0e-ZCn14
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Oh god...I've never wanted a PS3 so badly! That poor doggy, his wings are torn off! And he's covered with spears...
Softly creeping through
Empty hallways decades old,
glimpsing history. |
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