Time for a somewhat vague topic.

While surfing the Sunken City in Journey I couldn't help but feel like somehow this is the closest feeling to snowboarding I ever witnessed in a game or any other medium for that matter. It even beats actual snowboard games in my opinion! So free, solitary, such awe and such one-ness with the environment, so good!

Tell me about moments in gaming that almost creepily resembled a real life experience, be it either abstract or sim-like. I am curious