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[DrSlek]

snow blowing in your face, bone-chilling winds, reduced visibility, apartment that won't quite get warm, dreary monochromatic landscapes

as a scandinavian i already get enough of this shit, i play games to escape it

pls devs the pain is too real, keep it out of your games

I live in Australia. Do you know how many times I've seen real snow?

Spoiler

Not once in 30 years of life

 

[tilomite!]

Too much snow in the Steep Beta.

 

[Rellik]

I live in Australia. Do you know how many times I've seen real snow?

Spoiler

Not once in 30 years of life

How do you feel about Mad Max?

 

[Dec]

I don't remember much about Rift, the MMO but for some reason I remember this one zone where you couldn't see shiiit. Thought it was neat.

 

[AyzOn]

I love snow in games.

Borderlands 2 first couple levels coupled with kyd´s (?) soundtrack had a cool vibe to it.

Idk why but snow in games make those level always seem more "mystical" and interesting.
Also I get kinda nostalgic because they make me think of Banjo kazooies/mario64 snow levels.

 

[EmSeta]

DKC best levels were the snow levels

Loved this level. So dramatic in all it's simplicity!

 

[Jay Sosa]

As someone who just played the snow 'section' in TLOU I can only disagree. Maybe it's because we hardly get any snow around these parts anymore.

They do tend suck on LCD/LED screens though, thanks to DSE. That's hardly the games fault though.

 

[Juraash]

I don't think we get enough of them honestly. I want more Skyrim-esque "this entire thing is in the snow" games.

Even when I lived in an area where it snowed, and hated it, still wanted more snow levels. I'll accept gloomy and rainy as a substitute though.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Yoshi's Island has really good ones. Skiing, pushing snowballs downhill that grow in size and flatten enemies, it's bliss.

 

[Sande]

I love the aesthetic, hate the cold weather. So games are perfect for it.

 

[BGBW]

Best Nes Remix 2 challenge!

 

[Tohsaka]

Snow levels are the best, though.

 

[Dex815]

The Long Dark is great.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

As someone who just played the snow 'section' in TLOU I can only disagree. Maybe it's because we hardly get any snow around these parts anymore.

They do tend suck on LCD/LED screens though, thanks to DSE. That's hardly the games fault though.

what is dse and why does it affect the look of snow areas

i have an lcd

 

[pseudocaesar]

I live in Australia. Do you know how many times I've seen real snow?

Spoiler

Not once in 30 years of life

I also live in Australia. Well...southern Tasmania. You're missing out.. I love snow days.
My front yard the last time I got a decent snow:

 

[The Dear Leader]

I really thought Assassins Creed III did snow good.

 

[Piers]

Snowy Valak from Xenoblade was enjoyable, especially at night:

And absolutely the best music at night.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

I like them

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Dark Souls 2 Frigid Outskirts is GOAT

 

[Galdius]

I love snow levels in games and I wish there were more of them. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Earthbound's Winter yet. It has an amazing atmosphere and great music.

 

[Teeth]

Dark Souls 2 Frigid Outskirts is GOAT

Me, on my run to work every day.

What's up frigid Northern Canada.

 

[Fleshfeast]

Dead Space 3 Snow level is awesome fer me...

I've been feeling like replaying this game lately, and this makes me want to even more. The environments are actually pretty great in that game, both the space stuff and the snow stuff. It's too bad about the story. And the human enemies. And the enemy placement/spawning.

 

[BKatastrophe]

Everything about ice/snow levels is amazing

Except the gimmicks. Bad traction, low visibility, frozen status, frostbite, limited mobility...it's like they are the goldmine of gimmicks, hazards, and status effects next to swamp levels.

Even then the gimmicks can make those levels fun. Unique puzzles and whatnot

 

[cm1j]

Nooooooooo best

 

[Jay Sosa]

what is dse and why does it affect the look of snow areas

i have an lcd

If you have never noticed it, be glad and ignore what I said.

 

[T-Rex.]

Snow levels are the best levels though. TLOU, Skellige in TW3 etc.

 

[nkarafo]

I also used to love snow tracks in racing games. Because of the way foliage was covered in snow, it also covered how ugly those effects used to look. Today, foliage effects look photorealistic enough but i still like the snow more in Dirt Rally:

 

[Waddle Dee]

Ahhhh I love snow levels!

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

The music in that level is incredible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o47N-aYd08

Spoiler

I'm sorry, here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHa0D1aUJwk

 

[mlclmtckr]

The amazing indie game Skeal has the best snow level ever, ever made. So moving and evocative.

If you haven't played Skeal you should definitely try it out, it's free and takes like 5 minutes. Just make sure you go in blind; spoilers totally ruin it.

 

[jelly]

I've been feeling like replaying this game lately, and this makes me want to even more. The environments are actually pretty great in that game, both the space stuff and the snow stuff. It's too bad about the story. And the human enemies. And the enemy placement/spawning.

It's the only one I haven't played but I read so much hate for it with the micro transactions as well as what you said that I didn't bother. Still tempted....but don't want ruin my good time with the last two.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 has some amazing looking snow levels, you can even die if you don't find cover at one point. Love the wind blowing up the cold.

 

[Bronetta]

Dark Souls 3 - Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

Not fully snow covered but its still the best area in the game, has two of the toughest bosses in the game and it culminates in a finale which will make most Dark Souls fans giddy with excitement when they realize whats going on.

 

[Myriadis]

Snowy Mountain was the best level in Jak and Daxter by far. That level oozes atmosphere.

Also liked Festival Town in Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

All in all, I absolutely love snow levels. I can understand why it gets annoying of you have it for weeks or even months tho. No snow so far in middle germany

 

[Randam]

Is this opposite day?

 

[AudioEppa]

Hey developers before you listen to this guy, take my request first. Erase all jungle sections from your future games.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

The music in that level is incredible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o47N-aYd08

Spoiler

I'm sorry, here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHa0D1aUJwk

Thanks! Gives it that special winter vibe. All that's missing is Sonic's constant jumping sounds.

 

[nkarafo]

I think most people like snow levels because of the cozy, warm feeling they evoke. It also reminds us of christmas, which is everyone's favorite holiday of our childhoods.

 

[Paltheos]

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

Water levels can be great. It's just when they're wasted on 'the sewer level' and poorly designed gimmicks that they're the worst. Off the top of my head, I love AM2R's water level for its brilliant atmosphere and Tales of Zestiria's water level for being one of the only stages in the game with any semblance of challenge (the transporter gimmick is cruel but always fair, and you're forced to remember effective dead ends on your map)

 

[dtm808]

So what about the other half of people who never see or experience snow? You want to deny them that in games?

 

[Portugeezer]

OP go play Pokemon

Spoiler

sun..

.

 

[Hidden One]

Probably one of the GOAT Pokemon Route themes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8cLW0Lckhc

 

[Storm Prelude]

I always thought that snow levels were comfy af.
Dunno why, probably because all that white might be kinda relaxing to my eyes.

 

[Moonkeis]

One of my favorite zones in FFXI:

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

 

[Nerix]

Love snow levels. The absorbed sound, melancholic atmosphere...

Uncharted 2s snow was so great, the effects when walking through it

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

How about lost planet?

 

[Seibmoz]

Any Halo map in the snow.

 

[swit]

B-b-but The Fields of Ard Skellig

 

[stanis]

that snow level on shadow moses island on metal gear solid disagrees with you

 

[Head of Vengarl]

B-b-but The Fields of Ard Skellig

Ahh, my favorite piece from TW3's OST.

Dark Souls 3 - Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

Not fully snow covered but its still the best area in the game, has two of the toughest bosses in the game and it culminates in a finale which will make most Dark Souls fans giddy with excitement when they realize whats going on.

gorgeous view ahead
but be wary of monstrosity

 

[N.Grim]

What? Snow levels are the best levels