The Most Amazing Snow Levels And Zones In Video Games

33 responses to “The Most Amazing Snow Levels And Zones In Video Games”

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   psychosmiley

   February 11, 2013 at 1:38 pm

   No mention of Crysis? That is some epic snow visuals especially the alien craft internals.

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      thom

      February 11, 2013 at 3:49 pm

      Yeah – but isn’t it generally agreed those levels coincide with the game becoming not very good? It’s hard for me to disassociate the two.

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   Enemy

   February 11, 2013 at 1:39 pm

   The avalanche race in NFS:the run and the snow in Crysis 1

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      Daniel D

      February 11, 2013 at 7:16 pm

      Agreed! Also I think Skyrim deserves a mention considering the game is like 80% snow.. Also DiRT3 has the best snow effects in any racing game yet

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         robotquest

         February 11, 2013 at 7:39 pm

         I… can you read? Skyrim is mentioned.

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   cj

   February 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm

   BF Bad Company 2 had a great MP snow map with a rolling blizzard would occasionally blind you.

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   banderdash

   February 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm

   Bad Company 2s downhill snow run between buildings was interesting.

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   julesliam

   February 11, 2013 at 1:49 pm

   Though not really a level, I loved the snow section of “Journey”….

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   greenius

   February 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm

   Xenoblade!

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      whitepointer

      February 11, 2013 at 11:13 pm

      Yes!

      I came into this article thinking “Well I better make a comment and mention he forgot Valek Mountain in Xenoblade”, but lo and behold it’s there! Nice one 🙂

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   distantdrop

   February 11, 2013 at 1:58 pm

   I think I really need to start playing Xenoblade -.- I got the game and everything it’s just so hard to get enthused for a JRPG that isn’t The Legend of Zelda.

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      greenius

      February 11, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      The Legend of Zelda isn’t a JRPG 😛

      Play Xeno! Plenty of TAYbies are loving it atm 🙂

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   screamface

   February 11, 2013 at 1:59 pm

   Yeah Crysis. It was such a cool juxtapositionto the tropical island having it blanketed with snow. Looked great and you had to do things like stay warming to avoid freezing. So you couldn’t be still too long while fighting your way through battles. Using fires ect.

   BC2 as well. One of the biggest complaints with BF3 is the lack of snow levels after how well they worked in that game.

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   stuman

   February 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm

   Ice Cap Zone in Sonic 3 is one of my favourite Sonic levels. The music for it is the best! 🙂

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    drquad

    February 11, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Journey !

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    Nexi

    February 11, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    Twilight Princess Snowboarding into Snowpeak Ruins
    Starfox Adventures snow region

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12. 

    awesome_jeevs

    February 11, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    Xenoblade! GREATEST GAME EVA!

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       tigerion

       February 11, 2013 at 2:59 pm

       And just like that @greenius makes a friend for life

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       greenius

       February 11, 2013 at 3:10 pm

       You, I like!

       (@tigerion)

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    rize

    February 11, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    …Skyrim?

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    mix61

    February 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    FF7 – the whole Northern Continent part of the story
    Already mentioned but plus one with the snow section of Journey

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    fruitlewp

    February 11, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    Journey’s finale? That blizzard was so moving and I felt so damn -there-. lol.

    Then there’s Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions, in particular the battle with the giant alien worm. Wasn’t fond of the sequel but the first one’s ice-planet had me feeling pretty chilled. 😛

    Killzone 3, though not perfect, still holds a place in my heart. What of the snows on Helghan there? Beautiful game, as was Crysis when shit went from tropical to ALIENSZXDSKRFNAKSFNKST – the atmosphere was pretty amazing there.

    Assassins Creed 3 was a disappointing game, but trudging through the snow (or incidentally, above the snow in the trees) could be pretty satisfying, especially when you dropped a column of redcoats in the process, falling like lumps into the drift.

    There’s the iconic Shadow Moses facility in the MGS series too. Can’t forget that. And of course, Red Dead Redemption, hunting bears in the northern zones. I already mentioned Crysis but if you could actually run those zones on high and above, it was pretty damn magnificent.

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    Mad Danny

    February 11, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    going back a fair few years the Hamalayi Mountains from LBA/Relentless/Twinsen’s Adventure

    also the desolate arctic wasteland of The Thing
    and perhaps the assault on the facility in Second Sight

    granted though the tech limitations of the time meant that they couldn’t quite manage what the ice-scapes of Lost Planet did, or Uncharted 2, or Journey for that matter

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    Wil Newton

    February 11, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Lost Planet.

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    botchy

    February 11, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    I’m pretty sure SSX has good snow levels but i can’t remember-_-

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    cayal

    February 11, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    God I hate ice and snow levels, not as bad as underwater levels but damn.

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    red_t_rex

    February 11, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    So glad you included Halo! “Assault on the control room” is one of the all time great chapters of gaming. It’s a shame they have not been able to reproduce this in any Halo title since.

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    shads

    February 11, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    FFXIII’s snow section was cool.

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22. 

    Salt

    February 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    Minecraft!

    …ok I’ll leave now.

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23. 

    cayal

    February 11, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    So…am I the only one who thinks the statue in the U2 image looks like he’s squatting for a deuce?

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    shibbles

    February 11, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    Freezeezy Peak in Banjo Kazooie? 😀

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    cheesemcboots

    February 11, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    What about the snow level in Goldeneye 64 – Severnaya Installation? Or some of the call of duties during ww2. The levels where you had to destroy the secret German missile locations.

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    klanky

    February 11, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    All of SSX!

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    sudarsan

    February 11, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    MGS 1 Sniper wolf battle

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    oldmate64

    February 11, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    I’ve gotta say some of the most memorable snow levels for me were the ones in Crash Bandicoot 2. Snow Go, anyone?

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    nestama

    February 11, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    http://i.imgur.com/avwpHjq.jpg

    Xarcabard is a pretty nifty snow “level” of sorts. While you already have to go through a glacier of sorts to actually make it to to this area (which is also a snow zone), it’s the only zone that let’s you enter FFXI’s first “final” dungeon. I’m quite certain it holds a special place in various gamers hearts.

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    jethronerdlinger

    February 11, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    Phendrana Drifts still haunt me. I could not beat that boss. He’d smack me around for literally half an hour and I couldnet take hime down. Never finished prime *shame*

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    themunga

    February 11, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    I can’t believe that Freezeezy Peak from Banjo Kazooie wasn’t mentioned, IMO it is the best snow level out of the lot.

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    shrekdog

    February 11, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    Needs more esto gaza!

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