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"Liminal" Sci-fi landscapes in 90’s early 2000 video games

Not sure how to put words on this.

There is a whole aesthethic in sci fi landscape during the 90's , early 2000 that is so special to me.

I am currently playing KOTOR 2, and this saga is so special in its atmosphere. The Star Wars universe helps a lot of course, but there is something in those landscape. To me they feel comfortable, nostalgic and kinda strange. In Dantooine KOTOR, the mix of the minimalistic natural landscape, with some sci fi details such as a speeder that is parked around a tree, a farmhouse with grass on its top, the flying stringray above the landscape…. It just give me this "wow" feeling.

I say "nostalgic" but I never played those game when they were released. I dont have any particular connection to them. Yet, thats how they make me feel.

Other games that makes me feel the same way : Final Fantasy X and especially the Besaid easthethic. The Wipeout series and especially the tracks that are set in nature :

I am craving for games like those. Maybe there is some modern equivalent, but I think AAA graphics are not compatible with this feeling. Maybe in some indie titles ?

I am sorry if this is very vague, I am bad at puting words on my feelings. I hope you will still understand what I am trying to describe here.

Thank you for reading 🙂

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