Best levels/location in a game?

[Richter Belmount]

Mine happen to be
1.Final fantasy 5 / water tower ( i just thought it was real cool..)
2.Gunstar heroes/ subway level
3.sonic 3 level 2 aqua zone
4.Terranigma the underworld moon
5.final fantasy 6/ the ghost train

[calthaer]

Unreal - the Sunspire + the floating island level (so much imagination, man)
Myst - Channelwood (just haunting for me)
Thief - Constantine's Mansion (shooting the rope up & grabbing the sword in midair...awesome)
System Shock 2 - the Body of the Many (squishy footsteps - way better than the Jabu Jabu place from OOT remember hearing the grinding noise...?)
Half Life - the alien world (and that crazy baby alien brain thing)
Beyond Good & Evil - pretty much the whole thing, actually...

I guess nothing from the consoles has ever really gripped me in the same way that the PC stuff has. I'm looking through all of my favorite console games and trying to come up with areas in games where I've been like "wow," or "whoah" or whatever, but as I scan the boxes / carts / CDs I just keep thinking "nope...nah...not really." Not like the ones I've listed there. Some have been sort of interesting, maybe memorable, but not really...compelling or riveting.

[Lintmunkey]

1. FF7 / The Crater
2. Super Mario World / Secret Star Path
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee / Hyrule Castle
4. Devil May Cry / Underwater Level (Sunken Ship - 23 or 24??)
5. Battletoads Doubledragon / Level 2

[Funkenstein]

Me likey:

1. Final stage as Protoss - Starcraft
2. Ratbreath stage - Sewer Shark
3. Anytime you play as Snake - MGS2
4. Chop Chop level - Parappa the Rapper
5. Star Light Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog (specifically for it having one of the best songs in midi history)

[DigitalSpace]

5. Star Light Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog (specifically for it having one of the best songs in midi history)

I dig the Star Light Zone theme.

Here's my favorite levels and locations:

Ocean Beach/Washington Beach - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Casino Night Zone - Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Flying Battery Zone - Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Level 7-1 - Super Mario Bros. 2
World 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3
World 6 - Super Mario Bros. 3
Level 7-9 pipe maze - Super Mario Bros. 3
Donut Plains - Super Mario World
Chocolate Island - Super Mario World
Special Zone - Super Mario World
Hazy Maze Cave - Super Mario 64
Tall, Tall Mountain - Super Mario 64
Mission 2 - Spy Hunter (PS2)
Mission 6 - Spy Hunter (PS2)
Brinstar - Super Metroid
Norfair - Super Metroid
Japan - Claymates
San Francisco - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Mushroom Kingdom (SMB1) - Super Smash Bros. Melee
Yoshi's Island (Super Mario World) - Super Smash Bros. Melee
Zone E - Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers
Zone I - Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers
Death Mountain - Zelda: A Link To The Past
Dodongo's Cavern - Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Goron City - Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

[dreamcaster]

Katina - Lylat Wars (N64)
Statue Park - GoldenEye 007 (N64)
Hyrule Field - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Deep Sea - Perfect Dark (N64)
World 3 - Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Jungle Hijinxs - Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Altered Genos - Panzer Dragoon Orta (XB)
Halo - Halo (XB)


...and probably some others I haven't thought of.

[chrisbid]

Chemical Plant Zone - Sonic 2
Guitar Battle - Space Channel 5 part 2
Ruins - Phantasy Star Online
Enemy Fleet - Panzer Dragoon Orta
Challenging Stage - Galaga
Brinstar - Metroid
Minus World - Super Mario Bros.
Lunar Core - Final Fantasy II