Best game Skyboxes?

Post pics of what you think are the most awesome skyboxes from any game you want. Could be 2D or 3D etc.

The Halo games have always had some nice skyboxes:



And my personal favorite skies, from Unreal:


Mass Effect


Homeworld 2


Metro 2033

and of course, this

half life 2 episode 3

Always loved how most of the Skyboxes/Large-scale scenery in Halo games are paintings instead of doctored photos

I don’t know the limit of the term skybox but the weather effects and the sky itself looks really cool in Call of Pripyat. Especially with the AtmosFear mod.

https://atmosfear.crommcruac.com/call-of-pripyat/screenshots.php

The halo planet background in the original Halo looks really cool.

I think what makes the Halo 3 and Reach skyboxes is that they just map huge amounts of terrain in low detail, just to show off. Plus the skies themselves often look very nice.

I love Skyrim’s skybox from what I’ve seen of it. I see a lot of mods around for it, and I’m not sure I would try any, because the default is so good :stuck_out_tongue:

Also, the clouds in Crackdown looked very nice, IMO.

Halo games.

Hands down I’m afraid.

I don’t think you people quite know what skybox means. Unless you just mean the sky, in which case why not call it that?

Any way, probably Hengsha in HR.

It was sad that they ran out of time and the rest of the vistas were pictures.

I agree with the Halo ppl ofc^

Plus, they’re not dynamic or fancy or special technically… but I fucking love Rage’s skyboxes. They’re just so nice looking.

Not sure if this is what it means, but Mirror’s Edge’s are pretty cool I think


I love how stylized it is, like the whole game.

Ever since the technique behind skies in games kinda changed drastically, the names have become ambiguous.

The Halo series is really the only one that actually stands out, to me. Halo’s are very hard to miss, while most others are just there to be there.

I played a TFC map recently which had a really awesome skybox. Like, really awesome.

The skybox was nearby Earth, with its horizon in all directions. The map itself was set on top of an incredibly high tower, essentially in space. I didn’t know skyboxes could be so clear and convincing.

Gotta agree with Mirror’s Edge. Dark and murky is fine if that’s your style, but there’s a reason people go on vacation to sunny, bright places where the light reflects off everything - they are a real joy to look at.

I almost forgot about UT99

face’s spinning skybox was pretty cool

Skyrim, Sovngarde. So epic and beautiful :smiley:


Halo Reach continues to sex it up.

Bungie: Gods of the heavens.

I’ve gotta agree. So mind blowing, especially on high detail and resolution. Also, not really what it means but ME was still awesome. :stuck_out_tongue:

oh god

I loved the night skybox in Pyschonauts. It wasn’t incredibly detailed but I loved the faces in it

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