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[Kerotan]

I've played huge hours on Death Stranding and always through the mountain range was by far the most impressive in any game. And it might be. But playing RDR2 again this game's Mountains are incredible also.

Both games are vast, super detailed, snow is incredible and the physics superb. Does anything else come close?

 

[rodrigolfp]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Definitely Death Stranding

DS2 looks even more wild

 

[Magic Carpet]

Call of the Mountain VR? See that mountain? You’re gonna climb it.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I doubt I can come up with better "best realized," examples, but I will say, post 90's, there aren't enough new versions of Death Mountain. I know there are some, but like....

That was MY SHIT as a child. The LTTP version, the OOT version, especially. That floating ring of smoke and cloud floating above the crater is so fucking iconic. Make that. Someone. If they made an open world OOT reimagining, I'd weep.

 

[clintar]

Should I just link to Bust-a-Must thread?

 

[consoul]

Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

[March Climber]

I'll tell you in a year or two.

 

[Kerotan]

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Can you traverse it on foot? If not you might aswell say the Himalayas on Google Earth.

 

[MayauMiao]

To me the best mountain range are the ones I can actually get my game character traverse to the top.

 

[nkarafo]

 

[Quantum253]

I enjoyed my time in Far Cry 4s mountains

 

[The Cockatrice]

A more recent example would be Talos Principle 2

 

[bender]

I explored most of Breath of the Wild prior to Revali's Gale so the satisfaction of getting to the peaks of that mounts in that world gave a great since of accomplishment.

 

[GymWolf]

 

[RoadHazard]

I doubt I can come up with better "best realized," examples, but I will say, post 90's, there aren't enough new versions of Death Mountain. I know there are some, but like....

That was MY SHIT as a child. The LTTP version, the OOT version, especially. That floating ring of smoke and cloud floating above the crater is so fucking iconic. Make that. Someone. If they made an open world OOT reimagining, I'd weep.

Death Mountain in BOTW/TOTK is pretty awesome IMO. It's the only realization of it that feels like an actual mountain, and actually making it there feels like a dangerous journey (at least it did in BOTW).

 

[Gojiira]

I've played huge hours on Death Stranding and always through the mountain range was by far the most impressive in any game. And it might be. But playing RDR2 again this game's Mountains are incredible also.

Both games are vast, super detailed, snow is incredible and the physics superb. Does anything else come close?

Was literally gonna say the Mountains in Death Stranding, they look almost photorealistic and with the amazing volumetric fog etc they really do look incredible.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I'm playing and was thinking Death Stranding reading the title before clicking in. Definitely gives a sense of scale. Horizon is also good.

 

[hybrid_birth]

The mountain of dog shit I saw in my backyard while playing Flight Simulator was pretty impressive.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Can you traverse it on foot? If not you might aswell say the Himalayas on Google Earth.

On plane foot, yes.

 

[belmarduk]

Gotta go with the Gerudo Highlands in Breath of the Wild. Its totally interactive rather than borders you can't pass.

 

[adamsapple]

Throat of the World in Skyrim.

They really make you climb the 7000 steps.

 

[ReBurn]

 

[poppabk]

First thought was Flight Sim, glad to see it was also the first post.

 

[Katajx]

Twin Peaks

 

[Kerotan]

I forgot about horizon. Very impressive!

 

[Paltheos]

Throat of the World in Skyrim.

They really make you climb the 7000 steps.

... steps?

 

[Humdinger]

Skyrim's mountains are the only ones I remember, so I'll have to give it to Skyrim. The other examples posted here are certainly visually more impressive, though.

 

[Holammer]

That one mountain in BotW where you climb a mountain split in the middle into two peaks. I thought it looked cool and it was a joy to explore.
(google) ... It's called Dueling peaks.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

All the above are inferior mountain ranges.

 

[Crayon]

See that mountain over there?

 

[KuraiShidosha]

I have no love for Death Stranding, but the trailer for 2 was immensely impressive from a visual and scale perspective. If you can really navigate those entire maps, it'll be something insane never done before.

 

[MAtgS]

 

[sendit]

Throat of the World in Skyrim.

They really make you climb the 7000 steps.

I believe you’re the first person to turn an open world experience into a linear one.

 

[Kerotan]

This is only a small section of death Stranding mountain range.

 

[RoadHazard]

Gotta go with the Gerudo Highlands in Breath of the Wild. Its totally interactive rather than borders you can't pass.

Except for that one peak or plateau that's clearly within the game world's borders but still cannot be stood upon. It's odd.

 

[Bartski]

Horizon: Call of the Mountain.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Off the top of my head (in no particular order):

• Death Stranding
• RDR 2
• Skyrim
• Horizon Forbidden West

 

[SABRE220]

Throat of the World in Skyrim.

They really make you climb the 7000 steps.

Not if you jump on a horse and climb it straight up at 80 degrees the real elder scrolls way lol.

 

[TwiztidElf]

Some great picks already. Zelda, Skyrim, Horizon, Flight Sim.
I'll also add Cyberpunk 2077. I don't know why, but I always thought it looked really good.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Jusant

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

For something a little different

 

[SJRB]

 

[RaduN]

The mountains in Death Stranding are ridiculously challenging.

 

[kyussman]

It has to be Death Stranding......the fact it's not just for show too,the gameplay elements around it are great,first climbing and later building zip line networks across it.....wonderful stuff!

 

[crackajack]

I enjoyed my time in the semireal mountains of Steep. Naturally it is not just one location among other flat ones, but the mountains are the playground for the entire game.