Good uses of water in games - can be locations, characters, graphics, anything.

[Sirank]

Astro Bot has a bunch of cleaver things it does with water for platforming. Cooling down metal, making lava rock, growing plants, cleaning stuff. Probably has the best underwater music in a game too.



Assasins Creed Odyssey has real nice looking water, screen space reflections, wave simulations etc. and it was fun to dive down and see a ship you just sunk or explore an underwater temple and what not. I really liked diving down and exploring sunken ships and castles in Witcher 3 too.

Water-based powers in Divinity: Original Sin 2 have many uses. The only limit is your imagination, really...

It's one of the few games where the ability to make it rain completely changes the game.

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That's a great one I didn't really think of. Water has so much utility in Divinity: Original Sin 2 and is so important in so many situations.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

I really liked the shipyard level in Uncharted 3. I think it's one of the best levels in an Uncharted game.

 

[Aokiji]

so none of you COWARDS are gonna post it huh? guess it's up to me

 

[zoodoo]

That sinking ship in Uncharted 3 is still one of the most spectacular set-pieces ever created.
And the ship graveyard section was amazing with all it's possibilities.

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I have phobia of deep water and big cargo ships. That level was a horror scenario for me but I loved it.

 

[chrisPjelly]

That sinking ship in Uncharted 3 is still one of the most spectacular set-pieces ever created.
And the ship graveyard section was amazing with all it's possibilities.

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It doesn't get enough credit among fans. Running away from the water is peak Uncharted.Too bad the entire pirate(?) segment seems to have come out of nowhere in the story.

 

[Valdega]

For the time Hydrophobia looked awesome with the physics.

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I'd say this wins simply because they made water a core gameplay system. You used it for traversal, puzzle-solving and combat. The end result was pretty clunky but I give them credit for ambition.

 

[Laughing Banana]

REALLY.

4 pages in and NO ONE mentions Bloodborne in how it uses Water as a theme in its eldritch imagery?

 

[Evil Lucario]

Super Mario Sunshine.

Still holds up wonderfully.

 

[Aters]

Ever17. You are trapped under the sea.

 

[Roygbiv95]

 

[Zarzolaon]

-Ancient Cistern in Skyward Sword was a good water-themed dungeon.
-I recall there being a good amount of water in Bayonetta 2 and liking it.
-Escaping from the Ginzo Tree in Ori.
-The water effects in Kingdom Hearts III.

 

[Deleted member 43077]

Best game to do water.

Sea of Thieves.

 

[Deleted member 43077]

Oof the illusion went sway when he jumped in and the ocean was barren

Im not expecting reefs or anything but seaweed and stuff

Anyway yeay thats not gonna get beaten

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the game has that but where that gif takes place is essentially the deep ocean where you wont see much unless there is a sunken ship, meg etc.

 

[gcwy]

The Zelda games have always used water in the dungeons in clever ways, regardless of how frustrating it may be to try and solve the puzzles the first time. My personal favourite is Angler's Tunnel from Link's Awakening.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Sea of Thieves nails it

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Sweet Jesus, that is gorgeous. I want this game just to park my ship on water like this and watch it while I sip coffee and relax.

 

[The_R3medy]

so none of you COWARDS are gonna post it huh? guess it's up to me

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How do I report a post for trying to trigger my PTSD? /s