DS2 and BW do have some very catchy treats for the eye, no doubt, and there are even a few (mind you, a few) places where you can get that sort of far-viewing thing going on (but as you say, mostly inaccessible). One example is featured in the Snowbrook Valley Falls screenie I uploaded. Another is the cliffs above Eastern Greilyn Beach (and some of what you can see from up there is accessible, but not much --- same goes for Arinth's Gorge, though visibility is not so good there).
I'll upload one from the cliffs over Eastern Greilyn Beach that shows some accessible territory below, albeit with fog/haze. Contrast that with what you can see from the heights of the Mesa Desert or Iliarth Divide, Iliarth Canyon, Quillrabe Canyons, etc, even with fog.
DS2 and BW do have some very catchy treats for the eye, no doubt, and there are even a few (mind you, a few) places where you can get that sort of far-viewing thing going on (but as you say, mostly inaccessible). One example is featured in the Snowbrook Valley Falls screenie I uploaded. Another is the cliffs above Eastern Greilyn Beach (and some of what you can see from up there is accessible, but not much --- same goes for Arinth's Gorge, though visibility is not so good there).
I'll upload one from the cliffs over Eastern Greilyn Beach that shows some accessible territory below, albeit with fog/haze. Contrast that with what you can see from the heights of the Mesa Desert or Iliarth Divide, Iliarth Canyon, Quillrabe Canyons, etc, even with fog.