Best Computer Games for Making Memory Palaces

General Memory Chat
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Actually you can imagine stuff easier if you use third person.
It is a byproduct of being gamers.

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Left 4 dead 2 is very good, big maps, detailed, added horror emotion effect, 25+ journeys

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The game ‘Stanley Parable’ seems like a good one for this. It’s not too large, but has many options. It’s very ‘realistic’, is very similar to the real world in the design, at least for me. Just watching a couple videos of it and I can imagine tons of places from it. Games that have that same look and feel are good for memory palaces.

Note: See my related post, Video Game Memory Palaces

Bateman

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If you have ever played Monkey Island (or if, like me, you have finished the first three episodes half a dozen times), I think they are the perfect game to make a memory journey out of.

Actually, when I was a boy and I got bored during long journeys in the car, I used to play the game in my head. That is, I used to start from the beginning, and recall every interactions in the game until the end. I never tried to “study” it by rote, mind you, but it naturally stuck in my mind, because the images are really vivid, and the interactions are logical and absurd, which makes them easy to remember.

There are probably more than a thousand interactions in the first three games, and as I pointed out, I find that they are very easy to build a memory palace out of because :

  • they logically follow one another
  • they are colorful and funny
  • the pictures are beautiful and full of potential loci
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I will second the Half-Life, Call of Duty, and Elder Scrolls games as useful for Memory palaces or journeys. Also, I’ve heard that a couple of the Harry Potter games have great recreations of Hogwarts Castle, especially the Goblet of Fire and the Order of the Phoenix.

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Outlast! the game its just a huge madhouse with different floors with lots of things where you can use for the palace of memory. And also the game is memorable, specially when the game end.

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[This post originally recommended Transistor and Monument Valley.]

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Here are some comparison maps of the sizes of various popular video games. This might help some folks who are trying to decide on using games for journeys or palaces.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/aperturesilence/blog/a-relative-size-comparison-of-game-world-maps-fasc/49712/

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there are several aspects of maps which are important in order to make good palaces IMHO:

  1. we need to be able to move around in the map without getting attacked by enemies. Thus, ideally there would be a private match mode or theater mode.
  2. there needs to be rooms we can go inside rather than roaming outdoors
  3. the rooms need to be distinctive and have a theme, ie. dining hall, library, stadium, ship…

I have made memory palaces with Black Ops 2 Zombies, and it worked very well. I can tell you the Call of Duty Series (multiplayer private match mode) meet all of the above criteria. I doubt I’ll ever run out of palaces just using the Call of Duty series. GTA5 is good too. Still though I’d like to find more cool palaces. anybody ever tried Harry Potter? the theme seems interesting and novel to me.

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Simcity for android or Pc,megapolis for android.we can build our own city for infinite loci.Easy to remember and fun to play

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Assassin’s Creed. It’s great. And my 3rd favorite after Minecraft (the android version I got from apknite)

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Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is a really good one.

Also a mod. approving this post: did you see my msg. about problem w/forums? Can’t make topics.

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Yes, I replied in the other thread.

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Assassins creed That’s a good shout

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Witcher 3 or heavy rain lots of rooms and huts or houses

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Fortnite creators mode

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How about games like World of Warcraft of League of Legends?

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Has anyone tried using isometric-style games like Baldur’s Gate?

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I’ll second the Assassin’s Creed games. Actually, you can get the educational “Discovery” version of both AC: Origins, and AC: Odyssey, and it strips out the goals, fighting, etc. and just leaves you to wander around discovering. Excellent for creating memory palaces (the pyramids, the lighthouses, the temples, the Parthenon, etc.)

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Escape from Tarkov is a great game for constructing memory palaces. The maps are huge, and due to the degree of observation you need to play it, you can’t help but memorize them.

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