Verticality in non-platformer 3D games

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Verticality in non-platformer 3D games Anonymous 12/25/17 (Mon) 23:26:13 ed528d No.14045474

I love games with extensive use of vertical level design. What other games are there with this philosophy? I'm asking specifically for non-platformer games because it's harder to find verticality outside of that genre

Anonymous 12/25/17 (Mon) 23:58:01 4db551 No.14045615

Morrowind has a few dungeons that leverage this

Anonymous 12/25/17 (Mon) 23:58:38 e1cb7d No.14045621

>styx

>allows you to climb onto shit

>guards can't look up

shit game tbh. it only has the barebones elements to be considered a stealth game and nothing more. furthermore you have to play each level twice, the second time just with more guards. also the ending is absolutely atrocious.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:14:45 3e3d1f No.14046603

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I'd say Thief but it's really a mixed bag. You either have crazy open and multi leveled areas (Bonehoard, mage towers) or really crammed close quarters (police station, thieves guild).

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:24:41 21c706 No.14046629

>>14045615

You mean Bethesda at some point was skilled enough to code ladders?

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:26:27 965f1b No.14046634

>>14046629

pfffhahaha

nah, just lazy levitation spell usage

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:32:16 af87b1 No.14046657

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If you can stand sjw shit then Dishonered. It's basically a more vertical modern deus ex game. The levels always have an underground or above route to sneak. The first level in dishonored 2 is great. Styx 1 was awful, 2 is an improvement but still the levels feel synthetic and boxlike only leading in 1 direction with no sneaky detours in an alley or down some mineshaft.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:33:56 f3f836 No.14046667

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 comes to mind. The majority of the campaign, from Nar Shadaa to Ruusan, is very, very vertical.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 03:49:30 3f4e05 No.14046727

in the JRPG category:

Brave Fencer Musashi actually had a fair amount of verticality throughout

>>14046704

daggerfall lacked ladders but had actual wall climbing (though it was buggy as hell)

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 05:31:35 3e3d1f No.14047100

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>>14046657

>Discuck great

>Styx is shit

I don't even like styx, but dishonored's extremely broken blink ability and level design made the game basically unplayable for me

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 05:38:36 1568f1 No.14047118

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Only titles to come to mind. I would have thrown Mirror's Edge in there, but it's also a platformer.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 05:45:59 69a137 No.14047191

de_nuke

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 06:59:50 b2c825 No.14047491

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The singleplayer isn't bad at all. Won't give you the same rush as multiplayer and you can tell the grappling hook has more uses elsewhere but still it's worth at least a play.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 07:06:10 ced752 No.14047512

>>14047118

you're kidding, right

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 07:14:42 126319 No.14047536

>>14047512

He is, especially with Doom.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 07:41:28 c45fc7 No.14047593

>>14046603

There are plenty of Thief FMs that focus mostly on vertical climbing.

Anonymous 12/26/17 (Tue) 07:46:41 1568f1 No.14047599

>>14047536

>He is, especially with Doom.