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Best Looking Trees In Gaming
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Aaron Strife
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Do any games take place in Michigan? I hear the trees are the right height there.
Tripolygon
Banned
best looking track side vegetation.
Wood.
ND's AA solution in UC3 and TLoU is odd. It's dynamic and either seems to be on and does a really nice job or shuts off completely. UC3 it was alright most of the time but it was off a lot in TLoU.
Ineligible for this thread due to not actually being a tree. Please replace with a real tree Pokemon:
Warm Machine
Member
They can adjust sliders in Speed Tree like no one else!
Not the best quality since it was taken with the share function of the PS4, but KZ:SF trees look great.
The best part about the trees in the game is the movement. The movement independence of the leaves is really impressive. They don't move at a leaf-by-leaf basis, of course, but in VERY small clumps so it still looks fantastic.
The best part about the trees in the game is the movement. The movement independence of the leaves is really impressive. They don't move at a leaf-by-leaf basis, of course, but in VERY small clumps so it still looks fantastic.
Pjsprojects
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Deminishing returns may show that the Uncharted trees don't get much better.
I'm new be nice
Member
Game doesn't look like much now but I remember being seriously impressed with the vegetation in this screen shot. Instantly wanted to explore it.
Can't fucking wait for the VR enabled ES6
oblivion for those wondering. come on names people. Like what the hell is that racing one.
Hooligaani
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Spazznid
Member
Looks like Drive Club or PCars but I'm probably wrong.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Arma 3 lighting combined with the fullest looking trees/bushes really is pretty.
Whelp, that just made it on my wishlist, so thanks for that!
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
This thread just reminded me that I own and still have not touched uncharted 3.
Probably second best, but Rallisport Challenge 2 had some of the best looking trees I'd seen. Still smokes even current racing games, never mind that it was on the original Xbox:
B_Spooky13
Member
Surprised that no one posted this yet
Made the tree cry... Good going guys
cormack12
Gold Member
I thought the trees in the new Tomb Raider were good, for a weather beaten island. Can't find too many good screenshots though.
I remember being impressed by Dead Islands trees too, but not the game. I suspect the 'vivid' colours helped.
Also playing through TLoU. The start of Pittsburgh and trees dotted about looks really cool. A nice compliment on the brick backdrop. Just got to Autumn again and the scene before Tommys Dam in the forest. Also looks quite nice.
I remember being impressed by Dead Islands trees too, but not the game. I suspect the 'vivid' colours helped.
Also playing through TLoU. The start of Pittsburgh and trees dotted about looks really cool. A nice compliment on the brick backdrop. Just got to Autumn again and the scene before Tommys Dam in the forest. Also looks quite nice.
I think that any of us who played Uncharted 3 knows that the game does not contain this level of fidelity 99% of the time during actual gameplay, so it's no wonder no one seems to remember the game looking like this, but once in a while there is this 1% of a frame where everything come together (usually there is a motion blur involved) and all the flaws of the IQ are missing, that pic is this 1% 
watI think that any of us who played Uncharted 3 knows that the game does not contain this level of fidelity 99% of the time during actual gameplay, so it's no wonder no one seems to remember the game looking like this, but once in a while there is this 1% of a frame where everything come together (usually there is a motion blur involved) and all the flaws of the IQ are missing, that pic is this 1%
Auto-Reply
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I guess these are modded to hell and back or fakes... i wonder if i can play Crysis with my new pc and have it looking anywhere near that?
Surprised that no one posted this yet
Made the tree cry... Good going guys
I'm sorry tree! ;_;
Sorry but as anyone said, most of the game doesn't look as good as those screens, it's still looking amazing and one of the best on consoles, but not on the same level of fidelity as that screen, not all textures look as good, the IQ is not as clean, and so on, are you really in shock by this statement!?
Cannon Goose
Member
I guess these are modded to hell and back or fakes... i wonder if i can play Crysis with my new pc and have it looking anywhere near that?
Hah, I think that one is a photo with the Crysis HUD on it.
Yea, that seems quite obvious, since if the whole game looked like that, it would blow away every next-gen game as well.I think that any of us who played Uncharted 3 knows that the game does not contain this level of fidelity 99% of the time during actual gameplay, so it's no wonder no one seems to remember the game looking like this, but once in a while there is this 1% of a frame where everything come together (usually there is a motion blur involved) and all the flaws of the IQ are missing, that pic is this 1%
The Ryse shots are incredible. That seems to be the best overall plantlife I've ever seen. So much variety, all consistently amazing looking.
And while the trees individually maybe aren't the greatest I've seen, their use, and the general plantlife in this area of The Witcher 2, make for one hell of a gorgeous area:
Gormless Noodle
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All those fake Fatality codes...
ichtyander
Member
These gifs tend to make everything look just a bit better, especially if they have a high framerate or high speed. Still, the preview did look pretty nice.
Apparently PC only.
Here's a screenshot with some nice foliage:
Also, obligatory Skyrim ENB screenshots (Confidence Man's ENB settings):
E-Cat
Member
Jesus. Those trees look fucking orgasmic.Also, obligatory Skyrim ENB screenshots (Confidence Man's ENB settings):
that's not how it works.
astroturfing
Member
goddamn that Uncharted tree. doubted myself for a while there. looks INCREDIBLY good for PS3.
yay! i was hoping someone else would remember. that was the first time i gawked in awe at a tree in a videogame. i just pranced around it for a long time and tried to look at it from all possible camera angles heh.
couldn't find a better picture:
iirc, the lighting on the leaves changed as they moved, which looked really neat back then.
also, as mentioned in the thread: Alan Wake (really spooky forests, beautifully animated as well, moving with the wind and all) and Flotsam forest area from The Witcher 2. magical stuff.
yay! i was hoping someone else would remember. that was the first time i gawked in awe at a tree in a videogame. i just pranced around it for a long time and tried to look at it from all possible camera angles heh.
couldn't find a better picture:
iirc, the lighting on the leaves changed as they moved, which looked really neat back then.
also, as mentioned in the thread: Alan Wake (really spooky forests, beautifully animated as well, moving with the wind and all) and Flotsam forest area from The Witcher 2. magical stuff.
E-Cat
Member
MM had such a nice art style. Those vibrant colors combined with the stark hues and contrast. It's the way Zelda should ideally look, IMO. Also, Zelda needs more trees.
has MM seriously not been posted yet? D:
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
For it's time the tree in ICO was amazing! Remember threads being made just for that tree. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
edit: lol just looked two posts up.
edit: lol just looked two posts up.
I'm sure it looks great, but its not all going to be up to the measure of that tree shot. There's an obvious reason why people who have played the game don't remember it looking as good as that. If it looked that good consistently, it would look just as good, if not better, than anything on next-gen or on PC. And I don't think anybody is going to reasonably try and make that argument.
