Your favorite fantasy RPG/fiction setting?

Steampunk is always nice. The Wild ARMs series had this type of world, as did Animes like Trigun and Desert Punk.

Final Fantasy VII mixed scenic and industrial well-enough, and that was enjoyable.

Final Fantasy X had a diverse world. Advanced-looking cities, ancient-looking temples, and the more fantasy-like terrains, such as fields and mountains.

Medieval is fine, too, if not a little overplayed. But it's nice to see at times, like in the Elder Scrolls.

I've always enjoyed forest-like settings, similar to what you'd find in The Legend of Zelda or Chrono Trigger. Forests always feel fantasy-like, even in real life.

Despite the title implying 'fantasy', I'd like to add, a science-fiction world that I really enjoy, is from the Alien series.

 

I do like steampunk.

Honestly I like a setting that is well developed enough to seem real, and unique enough to not seem like every other game out there. I also like settings based of folklore and mythology.

 

I like steampunk and those types of classical fantasy that deviate from the common Medieval pseudo-European setting (Guild Wars 2 springs to mind).

I do write fantasy myself and I do try to spice up my setting without making it completely original - mostly by adding elements of different mythologies from all over the world and giving a spin of my own on traditional fantasy cliches.

 

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Shame there aren't a lot of good steampunk games.

Another setting I enjoy in addition to what Crazycat said is the modern fantasy setting. Basically where it takes place in a modern setting with fantasy elements, sometimes with a secret society thing going on. Settings that spring to mind are World of Darkness and The Secret War. It's a shame The Secret War is such a terrible game because the setting is really amazing, but I find the game to be unplayable.

 

Steampunk, Medieval Times, and anywhere with snow.

 

Steampunk mixed with a sci-fi city atmosphere. Like Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children's Edge but more steam punk. Or Callisto from Cowboy Bebop but more steampunk.

 

I think the setting you're thinking about is Dieselpunk.

 

There is such a genre?

 

I don't know if it's exacly what you're thinking, but Dieselpunk is a thing. So is Atompunk, but it's not nearly as popular as the other two.

 

Dieselpunk is basically '20s-'50s type combustion aesthetics (think chrome grills and exhaust pipes on everything) but with advanced tech that maybe works with vacuum tubes. I think it's pretty cool.

My favorite setting has got to be Mass Effect's because it's not only fantastical, but very believable in how well it is explained and, where possible, based on real science. Aside from the Reaper threat it is not overly fatalistic, and is a setting where most people not caught up in the corruption and violence have good standards of living.

A close tie for second exists between Elder Scrolls' Tamriel (around Morrowind's timeline) and Star Wars' Republic era.

 

Steampunk!
YaY

 

I really like the ME setting too. There's a lot of pseudo-science that makes it really good.

 

My favorite imagined fantasy world in a game was Ni no Kuni. The beauty, whimsy, depth and mystery of it all was staggering.

Generally my favorite kinds of settings involve a world which is post apocalyptic, and has experienced so much time lapse/culture change/plot fuckery since then that people don't even realize the true significance of the radical events which happened in their past. A lot of my favorite video games take place in worlds like these—Wind Waker, Mother 3, and Pikmin series. As a writer this is also just the way I love designing fantasy worlds.

 

Oh, and the Wild West, if that counts.

 

There's nothing saying that Tuchanka is still viable in the long term. I chalk it up to Krogans being the toughest sons of guns in known space and surviving on a combination of imports, looting, and scavenging. But even then it's safe to assume the radiation hasn't permeated very far under the surface, so cave dwellers and the like are probably still alright.