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[DyslexicAlucard]

Don't be a flake. Everyone snows that winter levels rock. I wouldn't white them out of my design sheet.

I'm really enjoying Rise of the Tomb Raider right now. The way the snow interacts with you, and how it falls down slopes etc., really looks astounding on my PC.

 

[graybot]

Loved the music in the secret of mana snow area

 

[Icyflamez96]

While we're posting gifs/pics

Spoiler

R&C

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Boo this man!

Snow levels can be great.

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[soldat7]

 

[Waddle Dee]

I live in California so snow levels are the best!

 

[Wikzo]

I am also from Scandinavia, and I love snow levels.

 

[Aces&Eights]

OP, fire up DS2 and go hang out in Majula. It will warm your soul.

 

[Putty]

No, just no...

 

[Fancy Clown]

So we're all in agreement that snow levels are the best then? Good.

 

[Valonquar]

Snow is fine, it's those goddamn water temples I am sick of.

 

[eliochip]

The hub area in Dawn of Sorrow

Replaying these games on my NEW3DS tiny edition

I miss good Konami

Also

 

[Bloodborne]

DKC best levels were the snow levels

I love snow levels. There's always a calm relaxing atmosphere about them. Donkey kong country is one of my favorites when it comes to them. I really liked the snow levels in uncharted 2.

 

[eot]

As a Scandinavian I like snow and I like snow levels in games

 

[Phoenix944]

Really like snow, IRL and in games.
On top of my mind : World of Warcraft.

 

[Toni]

The Winter chapter of The Last Of Us will redeem your faith, op.

You owe it to yourself to play that.

 

[DaciaJC]

As an Ohioan I also am asking the devs stop having drastically shifting weather within a short period of time. I get enough of that already.

As a Michigander, I concur.

 

[adamma666]

Came to post this. Already done, of course. The nostalgia...

 

[NoFoX]

 

[KillerDark]

Strongly disagree, snow levels are some of my favorites in many games . Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, FF6, a lot of racing games (DKR, MK)... could go on for awhile haha

 

[compo]

I grew up in Buffalo NY, which basically gets blizzard levels of snow every year, and I still like snow levels the best. Whenever I play an RPG with a snow area, I always choose to play as the race that come from that area.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Maybe not the most popular choice, but I loved the snow levels in Crysis. Beautiful to this day.

 

[DeadlyParasite]

The atmosphere and music of snowy Noveria in Mass Effect 1 remains one of my favourite frozen levels.

 

[Mokujin]

The majesty of Phendrana Drifts disagrees:

This so much.

 

[Falchion]

Snow levels are the absolute best and I love playing them in the winter. I'll even open up my window and get under 5 blankets when playing something like Rise of the Tomb Raider because it feels like I'm in the game.

 

[User 479360]

I generally love snowy areas in video games, so to each their own.

 

[deoee]

Try "The Division"

 

[KC-Slater]

The snow in some (all?) of the levels of Until Dawn: Rush of Blood was an interesting choice. I haven't play Until Dawn, so I'm not sure if the snow is intrinsic to that storyline, but it did somehow add to the overall creepiness of being in a (haunted) amusement park outside of the traditional season...

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Such a shame you don't like this place.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Snow levels are the best, makes me wish The Division turned out better. Heard the new DLC was good at least.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Phendrana Drifts is too good. I want to play Metroid Prime now.

 

[Brokun]

As someone who grew up in a Canadian province that has snow for half of the year and now living in a province that has none, I'm incredibly in favor of snow in video games. I miss it more than I thought I ever would.

I'm sorry OP you're on your own.

 

[VE3TRO]

But then we couldn't do this.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Well I live in Arizona, so I'm tired of desert levels.

Spoiler

I'm not.

Also, put me down as another "but Phendrana Drifts!"

 

[RoKKeR]

Nah, snow areas are the best. Especially when you are playing during the holiday season.

 

[Stromlord]

Cainhurst Castle is amazing though and Logarius is an equally amazing encounter.

Probably my favorite area in a souls game.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Snowy Valak from Xenoblade was enjoyable, especially at night:

And the music!

Snowy Valak Mountain (Night) - Xenoblade Chronicles [OST]

Xenoblade really was one of the best RPGs of last gen.

 

[Raven117]

Snow levels are my favorite levels usually.

A wish...

 

[Raven117]

Right in the feels.

 

[HMD]

OP must love The Division.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

Ahhhh I love snow levels!

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island comes to mind -- one of my first experiences of snow in a game

 

[BTHR Zero X]

90% of Lost Planet such an awesome game when it came to Snow and the harsh cold.

 

[John Kowalski]

Ys II has the Ice Ridge of Noltia. It's a bit confusing and altogether not exactly the best area in the game. The soundtrack though is really cool and one of my favorite tracks in the game.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

I'm playing through Arkham Origins right now and has a really well-done, snowy Christmas Eve atmosphere. Compared to the the half-assed snow in Arkham City, this game nails it.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Probably the only time I've ever felt like I could fall and get weird vertigo in a game because of the extreme angles.

Also very, very pretty at night.

Wow, I think I'm getting that same feeling just looking at that gif.

 

[interfreak]

Love it in GTA Online, changes the whole atmosphere of the game.

 

[Stiler]

There aren't NEARLY enough "snow/winter" areas in games imo. Most of them don't even do it justice and simply have snow be a white-texture over crap (IE Skyrim).

Only a few games have did it justice, like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed 3, and Rise of the Tomb Raider and even then there were things they left out, like how snow "sparkles" and such and isn't simply plain white.

However what really sucks is that no developer has really tried to tackle unique cold landscapes, things like Ice caverns, Tundra's, glaciers and glacial caves, fjords, etc.

 

[GazzaGSi]

I can image seeing snow day in, day out leads you to dislike it in games but for me I personally love it!

The Division setting/theme is awesome, especially when the blizzard kicks in and looks stunning.

I've just started DiRT Rally and the first stage I loaded up was a Swedish stage for the snow

And lastly, Diddy Kong Racing 64!!! Getting to the dark snow races on that looked fantastic and it always reminded me of Christmas as a kid so whenever I think of snow in games it takes me back to being a child replaying DK Racing 64 on snow world over and over again.

 

[Ryu Hayabusa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN0CxZuOirg

 

[m00h]

I absolutely love snow in games. There was one Half-Life multiplayer mod called Snow War which was one of the best snow war simulators I ever played.
There were not many people online, but I spent so many winter nights with one of my friends battling each other till the early morning hours. My friend passed away 10 years ago and since then I never played against anyone else (besides few bots) since the mod was quite unpopular and pretty old, so no one actually joined an online match ever again.