The 9 Best Skies In Gaming
The debate happens constantly on if games are art, and it's a bit of a silly question. Art is incredibly wide, designed to make you feel something, to have something of creative input. And of course games achieve this, and in more ways than one. But an oft-forgotten one is how much a gaming sky can make you feel.
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History has assigned so much meaning to the sky and the stars, be they guides or stories or gods of a bygone age. It's that great expanse that the whole world sees and realizes we're all connected. The lines might be thin, but they're there. A sky can evoke so many emotions, and give a world a true sense of union.
True joy in life can be to simply stare up at the night sky and contemplate, gazing at long-dead stars shining their brightest right by the end, and putting the minute scale of life into perspective. But in a world overrun by industry, it can be even harder to get that clear view, and Red Dead Redemption plays on that knowledge.
The world of Red Dead is one that is constantly on the verge of mass industrialization. The final vestiges of the American wild being demolished for factories and smoke; a life in unison with nature exchanged for fire and metal. So when you roam the wilds, day or night, and you see that clear sky, it's a reminder that it too is coming to an end.
When Destiny is talked about, it's usually some new piece of content Bungie is releasing, a big new lore revelation, or maybe Telesto is just broken again. And though people do indeed praise the wonderful design of Destiny's worlds, one of the less acknowledged elements of all these are its skies.
No matter where you are, the sky tells a story. For example, you're in the Cosmodrome. The
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