When I gaze out of the big windows beside me I see building works and grey skies. Oh February. Oh England. What I wouldn’t give to be padding through the warm sands of a beach somewhere else, somewhere hot – somewhere I can splosh in and out of the water all day, drying lazily in the sun.
Thank goodness for games that can whisk us away. They can take us to untouched beaches with pearly white sands and turquoise seas. Or they can take us farther, to different worlds and the impossible beaches of fantasy. So dry off, sit back, and let’s get away for a moment or two. Let’s explore the best beaches in games.
Sega’s renowned for its big, beautiful blue skies, and of course those things are often paired with equally magnificent beaches. There’s a roll-call of them throughout Sega’s most iconic games, whether it’s Jeffry’s stage in Virtua Fighter 3, the azure coast of the first OutRun or Sonic Adventure’s opening level. Which is all well and good, but what about the time that Sega made a game