Favorite type of stage/level/area/environment

What are your favorite types of game area? Be they stages, levels, sections, worlds, nebulas, etc etc anything you like.

Personally mine are trains, any level set on or around trains i'll be there like a shot, they absolutely make games for me, imo Time Crisis II, Goldeneye and Wario Land wouldnt be half the games they are without their moving train levels :D

I also enjoy rocky beach sections, and industrial style stages on old 2d platformer/action style games.

Hows about you guys?

Box factories.

I know right. A level constructed completely around boxes and box construction would be beast. Some one needs to make it happen so it can move from my dreams to (virtual) reality.

Seriously though I would like to mention Shadow Moses. Kind of specific rather then a kind of level so I hope that flies. But the entire setting of MGS was amazing and I spent a lot of time playing that game learning every section of that game. And the cameo it made in MGS4 was a treat.

" Box factories. "

Really? I wanted to play that game to see what it was like but none of my local haunts had it available to rent, which obviously require me to buy it but I didnt really think it was worth the money. Tis a shame.

Inside a very tall building

That reminds me of the train level in Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. It was awesome climbing along and underneath it sneaking around.

ON a snowy ailen world

Natural places such as forests and springs.

Warehouses...and lava settings...hmm, warehouses that store lava!  Insert a mine car and I think you've got a dream level.

Actually, I like real world settings which are everyday places you might visit in real life.  Casinos, amusement parks, malls and supermarkets are always fun because in real life you could never go though the stores with a chainsaw and a machine gun.

My real dream game would be a FPS or TPS set in Disney World.  Running and gunning through the park, jumping around the rides, traveling underneath through the tunnels; it'd be sweet.  Gimme Itchy & Scratchy World gone haywire in a game.

As much as I didn't like Dead Rising@PenguinDust said:

" Warehouses...and lava settings...hmm, warehouses that store lava!  Insert a mine car and I think you've got a dream level.Actually, I like real world settings which are everyday places you might visit in real life.  Casinos, amusement parks, malls and supermarkets are always fun because in real life you could never go though the stores with a chainsaw and a machine gun. My real dream game would be a FPS or TPS set in Disney World.  Running and gunning through the park, jumping around the rides, traveling underneath through the tunnels; it'd be sweet.  Gimme Itchy & Scratchy World gone haywire in a game. "

Industry levels, RE does these kinda levels very well. I also like forests in RPG's.

Something like Hyrule...very natural.

Alien vessels, etc.

This includes stuff liek forerunner stuff in halo.  Basically, stuff that would be considered paranormal.
I also like snow environements.  None have really captured it being cold well though.  Snowy, yes, not cold though.  All they need to do is add the sound effect of when you walk on snow and the crack it makes and then it'd be complete. 

The forrest level from the beginning of Halo 3.

"@SmugDarkLoser: There are a couple that do this, can't remember most of them though I do know the one I thought was really effective was the beginning of Penumbra (the first episode) where you have to walk through the snow and break open the hatch, you've got the wind as the loudest sound effect playing, and the crunching underfoot and while the environment itself isn't particularly special, it really made me feel cold. "

Elevated areas, like the final boss stage in Wind Waker, or the first duel with Virgil in DMC3.

I also enjoy war-torn city stages, cause looking at a well put together, ruined urban environment is always fun.

Destroyed cities are always fun.

Any level that challenges the established reality of the game world I've been playing in. See the Point Lookout Quick Look to understand what I'm talking about.

I like snow levels, and levels that are bright. I hate really dark levels, like Half Life 2 has, even though I enjoy those games o.O

I like beautiful open environments with nice lighting. Like a rainforest, beach, desert or tundra, kinda like the levels in Halo 3. However I find I can appreciate any type of level design as long as it is done well.

Islands.  Notably the island(s?) from the original Far Cry.


EDIT: Holy shit, the big 1000 :P

EDIT AGAIN: Editing apparently adds a post count?!

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" Islands.  Notably the island(s?) from the original Far Cry.EDIT: Holy shit, the big 1000 :PEDIT AGAIN: Editing apparently adds a post count?! "

I love levels full of ice and snow, specifically those levels that are actively snowing and have overcast or are dark.

I always enjoy the suburb style areas in shooters. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had one, but it was rather...linear, and kinda lacked the feel I like. I forget which, but one Hitman game had a nice suburbs assassination area that I found vastly amusing.

i kinda like labs and levels with really good contrast. i also love sky levels like in killzone 2 when you have to shoot down the planes man that looked amazing

" @kmdrkul said:

" Islands.  Notably the island(s?) from the original Far Cry.EDIT: Holy shit, the big 1000 :PEDIT AGAIN: Editing apparently adds a post count?! "

No editing doesn't add a post count, it's just when you post you have to refresh the page first before seeing the post you just made in your post count so your last post you probably actually had 1000. "