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Side Quest, Episode 35: The 10 Best Video Game Settings, Worlds, and/or Universes (Patreon)

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The 10 Best Video Game Settings, Worlds, and/or Universes -- CLS Side Quest

Sometimes, a video game comes along that staggers you not only with its gameplay, or its graphics, or its characters, but with the very world or universe said game takes place in. Today's video celebrates 10 so-called "Video Game Worlds" (or "Universes") that stand the test of time. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS interview podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS retro podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Still imagery via a licensed Shutterstock account, using works from the following artists an photographers: emodpk, George Dolgikh, George. W. Bailey, Inked Pixels, robtek, speedimaging, and v74. Brief portions of the following videos were used in this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SpC-Wq_no- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T88DViR2Al4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMtEBT4WSBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1SP8NAyYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJ0JTaMxUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyDjmiz3o8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36D3LsAVPHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjpS0lENGrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82cC12ATQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9_9PGI7bY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43rb3QOWkhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOTUVXrAOE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjokbDUlLug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtZfFuHhq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVH9CJ2aBI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDq0FQS15o&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4iWUPnRBD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFoTpyuJAXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V3GeDfd-dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYaJCmJgb9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_fWOkrCO70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmieUOa9P1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62TfQbwKLA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r7x396bbHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmw3X-oIY4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfHxklxMhA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gltOzrSed1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKgSiPqi39w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UyQBBhJ4mg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpB2RkrelQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnImYYAwjD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpB3Lr9HFTQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH66Ft4Tcgw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i59p7qLPws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgr1zoSB9dM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGx1PRx0-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ8Yuq8qpbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfZznXbOJ-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJlPKw4uc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwN9N6X8U6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQWD5W3fpPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhecXYcvF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlGhXNLN7G8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzCNsa0kCss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvfqfGTar4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvwkMId8BkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9vXzCV4g4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viv8e9_-kHo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VE0VPnNMqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNiIeKMHyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYkj0glnqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gltOzrSed1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r7x396bbHY

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Brett Medlock

Just finished. That TEASE! God I’m so hyped. How soon!? 😝

Leo Maniscalchi

All amazing, memorable worlds that I couldn't agree more with, especially Rapture! Also that tease at the end has me extremely excited for the future of CLS!

Justin Matkowski

GREAT List! Certainly got me thinking of my personal top 5 (in no particular order): The Witcher 3 (One of the richest fantasy worlds in any medium) The Last Of Us (Had to Agree There!) Dark Souls (Tough Choice between this and Bloodborne!) FF VI - (AGREED! Fantasy meets Tech has never been done better, before or since) Skyrim (The first time I played it I felt the same as I did playing A Link to The Past when I was 7 years old). Also loved the teaser at the end. The king is coming back for his throne!

CTE

BioShock games stand head and shoulder above for me. I've never felt so engrossed in another world when playing a video game. I was so bummed when they dissolved that studio. It's so incredibly hard to build a good game and also a whole world that is interesting within that game. These kinds of efforts take many years and it's pretty easy to be cynical about the future of this kind of game in the face of Fortnite and that ilk.

LastStandMedia
>>13530388

Both BioShock's and Infinite's (especially Infinite's) production was tortuous, so it's not a surprise that they decided to blow it up. They came out with two stellar games, but at what cost to the team and to the publisher? I spoke to Ken for like 90 minutes a few months ago over Skype, and I'm very excited to see more of what he and his team are toiling away on. =D

Anonymous

This is a great list. I felt very drawn into the worlds of Fable, Jade Empire and Kotor. Some of my favorite RPGs.

Dav9834

I called almost every game/series you brought up ahead of time xD. I have to admit it still feels weird, like the pacing is off in the videos without some kind of intro/outro audio... Like it abruptly ends.... That teaser though... >< ahhg! What will it be!

LastStandMedia
>>13532944

Thank you for your feedback! We're still massaging it. That's actually the first episode of Side Quest not edited by me, and so it has a different feel, for sure.

strawhatninja

Surprisingly besides Mass Effect and Last of Us, I don't have experience with a lot of these worlds. I was expecting to see some Isle Delfino love lol.

Josh in Tampa

Great job Colin. I loved this video. Brought back tons of great memories. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

Phillip Guglielmo

Hmmmm, am I going to set aside the many incomplete games in my collection to replay Bioshock yet again? Yes, yes I am.

Tony Colton

TLOU is hands down my fav from this list. Another great episode and tmrw can't come soon enough!!! 🤗 Would agree with feedback above that video feels like it ends abruptly like there was something cut from it? Loving all the content and need to catch up on a lot of fireside chats and knockback stuff. Congrats on the recent positive patreon growth. The CLS future is bright #colinwasright

Anonymous

Just a quick text drop on the screen during introduction of each game would of helped a bit, I confuse easily haha. I am really excited for tomorrow now, that teaser!

Jonah Gespacho

Whew, this was so well put together. Thinking of the B-sides you would pick, is Mega Man still as interesting? I recall a pitch you spoke of where both Mega Man 2 and 3 combined. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s announcement. I’m guessing it will focus on a PlayStation podcast we are all stoked for!

Josh Squires

Glad to see Columbia get some love along with Rapture. Both of those worlds are incredible and are really important to why my love of games continued past childhood.

hugplx

Mm. Pretty much everything you said about Castlevania can be said for Bloodborne, especially the location being an integral 'character'. It actually came to my mind a lot while playing Bloodborne too.

Craig Birchmeier

Awesome video Colin. Just curious, last I remember, you never finished Infinite due to not liking the gameplay if I recall so I was surprised seeing it in the video. Did you end up finishing it? If so, did the ending redeem it for you?

infinitenat

I loved this! It made me think back on own my time in those worlds, and the rich experiences I had. :D I’d be super curious to hear your thoughts on Silent Hill, which is my #1 “the setting is a character” franchise. Thanks, Colin!

Ray Briggs

Great vid Colin. I am not familiar with the Resistance games but I agree on everything else. I think my list would include the Metroid Prime universe. It's another great example where the world/creatures are the star and all the story telling it told through scanning the environment and visiting new places.

Kenneth thomas

Colin did you ever play all the way through Bloodborne? I always found it depressing that you never played any souls games enough for them to get their hooks in you. Bloodborne is probably my favorite game of all time, and Dark Souls the original while it feels clunky at first, is really a genius game, it’s really like grown up Zelda. I implore you to go back to either of these and talk about them somewhere.

LastStandMedia
>>13540589

Thank you for your feedback! I didn't edit this one, so it's always good to get feedback on what's going right or wrong with various edits.

LastStandMedia
>>13552845

Yeah, I Platinum'd it (and BioShock 2) earlier this year on PS4. The ending (and the DLC) made it all worthwhile. As embarrassing as it is, I really didn't know (or think) that Infinite was connected to the original.

LastStandMedia
>>13558694

I didn't. I played for 50+ hours last fall, and got almost to the end, but then got sidetracked by something. As you know, it's not a game you just jump back into... especially that late in the game.

Kenneth thomas
>>13558694

Well I guess if it kept you for 50 hours you probably understand what getting bit by the souls-bug feels like. Good time to give Dark Souls remastered a try, just sayin.

Tyler

Solid choices. Dead Space was definitely a gem back in 2008. Glad Resident Evil is returning to that atmospheric horror again.

Brogan Wassell

Yeah ... Bioshock is definitely deserved. It’s just so different. Another Solid shoutout I might have thrown in there was maybe Dishonored (plague backdrop was super interesting) and I also really liked the world of Fable (that game just felt less real and more magical) I’ve always felt that Mass Effect was much weaker though generally in terms of “World Building”. Maybe it was the design aesthetic but it just felt weaker than a lot of others I’ve seen. It flys dangerously close to the Alien super-weapons trope but others I think do it better like Halo or Resistance. Resistance though lol ... the boss level fight designs were just so genius.

Brogan Wassell
>>13687544

Dude .... the first one was pretty good but I actually liked the DLC better (brigmore witches). The 2nd game though blew my mind. Especially with the sequences in the middle of the 2nd game. Don’t wanna spoil it but it had one of the best puzzle sequences I’ve ever seen.