A lot of good ones have been mentioned, but I haven't seen Shadowrun Returns or Dragonfall mentioned. They are fresh in my mind from playing recently, and I think their world was well realized.
Another vote for Morrowind. Skyrim was okay and all, and it's probably nostalgia talking, but I don't think Bethesda has yet to re-reach the level of immersion present in Morrowind. It's the little things that make it for me: the completely hand-crafted world, names for every single NPC, fragments of miscellaneous lore scattered about the world. The game did a fantastic job of making you feel like a small part of a bigger universe, even in spite of your grand and lofty quest. Again, nostalgia is likely making me forget the flaws in the game, and granted the superb fan-mods contribute to much of my love, yet still I feel that Morrowind is the closest thing to a "perfect" immersive experience.
Obviously Morrowind but super glad to see people championing Dishonored. I love the way that game handles it's world building. Alien Isolation also is amazingly crafted. It feels very lived in
it has to be gta5 that game looks alive.I can get lost for several hours just walking and looking at stuff. If this game starts supporting oculus that will me the most submerging experience we ever had.
Also funny disclaimer warning in the gta5 manual on ps4, (it warns you for stereo graphic 3d)
A lot of good ones have been mentioned, but I haven't seen Shadowrun Returns or Dragonfall mentioned. They are fresh in my mind from playing recently, and I think their world was well realized.
Well yeah, because Shadowrun as a tabletop game has been around for decades.
I don't think that should discount the games being a well realized video game world, it helps that they have a rich back story from tabletop, but the creators did a really good job of translating the tabletop world into a digital world. Also many of the games mentioned in this thread have 10+ years of history, I don't think that should discount them because they've had other games in their history and past games in the series to help them realize the game world.
I know we are talking "best" here, but can I just note how poorly realized Mordor is in Shadow of Mordor? I'm I the only one who thought that games world was incredibly bland?
I sure as hell agree with you on that one. Terrible game world which made everything else pointless for me. I was too uninspired in that bland setting to care much for the "nemesis system". Story was stupid as well.
Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Suikoden I & II, Super Metroid, Demon/Dark Souls, Valkyrie Profile, The Longest Journey/Dreamfall, The Witcher series
lets go with Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, Persona 4, Mass effect 2, Jade Empire, basically any of Rockstar's and Bethesda's open world games, Witcher 2, Bastion, Bioshock and Bioshock infinite. Deus Ex, (and human revolution), and the Arkham games.
The Witcher series is extremely dense in terms of lore and storytelling. The political struggles of Temeria in The Witcher are almost nearly identical to that of Westeros but I feel the addition of all the monsters and how the story solely focuses on Geralt's plight through all the madness makes it a bit more approachable than the 15+ POV characters in GOT. Also, the world of Mass Effect is basically infinite as it not only includes the Reaper cycle with Shepard, but all the previous ones, along with the one that created the Reapers which could provide countless other stories.
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