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What are some of the best levels that mess with the players mind with a bizarre layout or unusual effects. A good example is Constantine's Castle in Thief 1 or the nightmare from Max Payne

>> No.8807258
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>>8807249
Moonside in Earthbound

>> No.8807276

>>8807249
wow a rotated hallway I've never seen that one before

>> No.8807285

>>8807276
kek i couldn't find a decent screenshot of the other parts of the level

>> No.8807301

>>8807249
I had a good time with Realm of Impossibility when I was a lad -- fight monsters and grab treasure in a 2d M.C. Escher maze.
I seem to recall there are some rooms with fucked-up impossible geometry in Marathon, as well.

>> No.8807303

>>8807258
I'm pretty sure that area is the reason Yume Nikki exists

>> No.8807321
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>>8807249
Arsenal Gear in MGS2. The map layout may not be bizarre on its own, but the atmosphere and sound effects combined with the absurd codec calls make it stand out. The whole situation is a mindfuck - no gear, naked, shivering, sneezing and surrounded by weird cybernetic ninja commandos. I need scissors! 61!

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>> No.8807356

>>8807321
For me, it’s the arena where you fight the Metal Gears.

>> No.8807357
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>>8807352
have the webm version

>> No.8807368

>>8807321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfWeqzbwUSs

>> No.8807372

>>8807368
Gives me chills every time.

>> No.8807373
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>>8807249
You mean, the Forest Temple hallway?

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>>8807249

>> No.8807454
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>>8807357
forgot how bad this game runs on real hardware, nintendo should be embarrassed lol

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>>8807249
Good topic

>> No.8807503

>>8807454
what game is this?

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>>8807503
gaunetlet dark legacy

>> No.8807510

that one level in Jedi Knight with the giant space air ducts

Lunatic Fringe and Tier Drops in Duke Nukem 3D

>> No.8807520

>>8807506
>open the chest
>you got the green novelty sunglasses!
wat

>> No.8807529

>>8807352
how many polygons does this hallway realistically take

>> No.8807564
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>>8807249
The Sword's mission is peak Looking Glass immersion and storytelling. Put some good headphones on and dive in Constantine Castle. As wackier as the level gets, at some point you'll feel as distressed as Garrett when perusing the whole place for valuables

>> No.8807572

>>8807352
>>8807357
>>8807373
I always wondered how it was done at a technical level. Is your character really rotating around along the twisted hallway or is the entire level rotating with link moving straight ahead. Also when the hallways change from straight to twisted is the environment actually twisting or did the game teleport you to an identical temple

>> No.8807596

>>8807564
>HD mod

>> No.8807618

>>8807321
Fission Mailed

>> No.8807620

Ziggurat Vertigo

>> No.8807884
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I thought I was losing my mind the first time I played Lunatic Fringe level in Duke Nukem 3D

>> No.8807972

>>8807572
The room's rotation is locked to your X position (or whatever axis he's running along in that instance). The hall itself is just a twisted model that rotates under you.

>> No.8808105

>>8807506
Games only really fun if you have friends. But when you have friends it's really really fun.

>> No.8808132

>>8807572
>I always wondered how it was done at a technical level.

here dear anon.
https://youtu.be/HUgE9L7V4oY?t=1415
https://youtu.be/xFdgkMpVzLo?t=946

>> No.8808218

>>8807972
>>8808132
neat

>> No.8808412
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>>8807249
>>8807373
you mean the Descent hallway?

>> No.8808471

>>8807249
The final "Nowhere" area in Silent Hill was pretty good. Doors would lead to places that they shouldn't and you no longer had a map to keep track of everything.

>> No.8808516

>>8807506
why has this not been ported to PC yet

>> No.8808548

>>8807276
Pretend it's 1998, asshat

>> No.8808557

>>8807520
Power ups are all over the place in this game, the glasses let you look inside chests to know which contain bombs before you spend a key on them.

>> No.8808564

While I personally would love this for the nostalgia factor, the gameplay is pretty repetitive. We got Gauntlet 2014, though.

>> No.8808853

>>8807356
>>8807321
I miss all the "MGS2 is VR" theories before sequels happened.
When you look at these areas there's a really weird unreality to it all.

>> No.8808889

>>8808548
Okay okay let me put my 1998 cap on....

Here we go

wow a rotated hallway I've never seen that one before

>> No.8809267

>>8808471
Came here to say this. It also happens quite early in the first game, on the Elementary School iirc. First time that it happened to me I got really puzzled then creeped out.

>> No.8810383

>>8808853
I just disregard everything after 2. MGS3 was a disappointment to me and I dislike almost every character in it. 4 put the final nail in the coffin with it's horrid characters and nanomachine nonsense.

>> No.8810416
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This level creeped me the fuck out.
I appreciate the fact that the game isn't afraid to leave you completely alone in a quiet environment.

>> No.8810487

>>8807476
this wasn't a mindfuck, just an annoying maze

>> No.8810545

>>8808516
Because Warner hates anything made by Midway that isn't Mortal Kombat. Also the 2014 reboot.

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>>8808548
>

>> No.8811141

>>8808471
>>8809267
Shout outs to both the teleporting bathroom in the school and the floor 4 of the hospital just appearing

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>> No.8811481

>>8810416
Man, Arx is just great. I remember just how creeped out I was when I went down into the crypts.

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And when you get done with the intestine maze, you get to do a gameshow quiz.

>> No.8811570

>>8807301
I remember that one too. Classic.

>> No.8811579
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>>8808105
>tfw no friends but own the game

>> No.8811735

>>8810416
>Arx Fatalis
Amazing atmosphere. Did a playthrough in 2020 and was really surprised at just how well the game holds up.

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>>8811579

>> No.8811760

>>8811570
Realm of Impossibility is great fun if you do the two-player co-op, BTW.

>> No.8811789

>>8811579
it's fun without friends but gets boring after a couple of stages in a row. You can burn through the earlier levels quickly but the later ones become very long.

>> No.8812857

>>8811789
Gauntlet fucking sucks. Always has. Complete brainlet game, gets boring in 1 hour.

>> No.8812883

>>8811141
Hell yeah, those were also good. First time leaving the bathroom got me standing there a few seconds WTF'ing.

>> No.8812906

>>8807884
I love this kind of shit. I wish more games, or at least retro throwback fps, would do that.

>> No.8812992

>>8808412
This game was so fucking good for the time bros

>> No.8813746

>>8807249
Many levels from Quake 1's Elder World.
It utilizes simple tricky design choices, but it is effective precisely because of it.

>> No.8815110

>>8808853
hindsight is 2022 but back then might as well be
>>8811746
remember to never meet your heroes

>> No.8815713

>>8815110
that's not a real quote. the image only links back to ifunny or whatever.

>> No.8816790

Bump because this topic is too good to die so fast

>> No.8816802

>>8815713
Y-you mean Ryan Gosling doesn't actually hate me? Thank God, the day is saved.

>> No.8817085

>>8816802
He loves you like a father loves his children, anon.

>> No.8817091

>>8811735
Same— easily the best game I played during the lockdown.

>> No.8817397

>>8810487
Don't mindfuck visuals count?

>> No.8817417

>>8807884
Solid choice. Hilarious multiplayer map.

>> No.8818058

>>8817085
well just like my father, I've never seen him either

>> No.8818084
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What if the entire game is a mindfuck?

>> No.8818214

>>8807884
this level was fucking awful