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[Screaming Meat]

yeah RDR was crazy. i can't understand how they even got it running without slowing down to 10fps or something... sometimes there's a TON of detail on screen (cactuses all over, well animated animals, houses, fairly complex terrain, beautiful dynamic skybox etc) and yet you can see for miles in every direction and it runs pretty smoothly, AND it's using Euphoria physics which i imagine is more demanding than the average physics engines in most other games (Havoc or whatever).

really damn impressive game technically.

All that plus you can be in it with 15 other people with no (to my eyes at least) descernible drop in quality. Easily my game of the generation.

 

[pr0cs]

Just Cause 2 had some pretty impressive draw distances.

 

[Coreda]

Do I have to use Google Image Search? Killzone: Shadow Fall I see.

 

[astroturfing]

All that plus you can be in it with 15 other people with no (to my eyes at least) descernible drop in quality. Easily my game of the generation.

hah oh yeah, that too. dem R* wizards. damn, i cannot wait for GTAV.. it's been too long since RDR even. 3 years! aaaargh.

 

[ezekielpacman]

AC1 made me say wow at the beginning of the generation. JC2 and Skyrim latterly, moreso because you can actually travel to what you see.

 

[Rashid]

Runescape 3!

In the current game you wouldn't be able to see past the character on the left in green. Now you can literally see from city to city in some cases.

 

[SeanNoonan]

Aye, Crackdown's draw distance was always quite impressive.

 

[Randdalf]

World of Warcraft wins everything.

Isn't that... Minecraft?

 

[Rich!]

On the N64, Banjo Tooie and Conker are impressive as hell. Same for Rogue Squadron.

 

[Tuck]

World of Warcraft wins everything.

Is this in game? How does one do that?

EDIT: Oh, is it Minecraft? Ok that makes more sense.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

A jagfest but, for PS2 transformers was pretty neat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0_ylWrOB8

 

[Screaming Meat]

hah oh yeah, that too. dem R* wizards. damn, i cannot wait for GTAV.. it's been too long since RDR even. 3 years! aaaargh.

Oh hell yeah...

 

[chickdigger802]

i'm a bit confused what the OT is looking for, when I think impressive draw distance, i think of stuff where there is barely any pop in. I walk in 1 direction, shit won't just pop in, or isn't obvious.

Can't really think of many console games that do that these days though. You'd also need a pretty beast cpu on pc to handle that too... hmmm

 

[bomblord]

Updated the op to be more concise on what "impressive draw distance" is

 

[| Praxis |]

these pictures blow my mind. im playing on pc 1080p@60fps with draw distance set to highest...

the x360 version is so bare and sparse... and full of jaggies! O.O

I was shocked to see those 360 shots too. Looks awful

 

[chickdigger802]

man... i do hope next gen systems will afford scifi games to have planetary re-entry sequences, like in that battlefront 3 leaked footage, or even in your typical sp campaign.

planetary re-entry is like the coolest shit ever.

 

[astroturfing]

Oh hell yeah...

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. i hadn't seen that yet :O what is that colorful patch down there? hmm.. a waterpark or something? hell yea i wanna go on water slides with euphoria physics pumping into obese american kids

 

[Bikram]

I hope they do an HD remake of RDR on new consoles since it is not getting a PC release at all ;_;

 

[Recall]

I hope they do an HD remake of RDR on new consoles since it is not getting a PC release at all ;_;

How can you HD remake a HD game? You mean you would like PC port?

 

[Lonestar]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. i hadn't seen that yet :O what is that colorful patch down there? hmm.. a waterpark or something? hell yea i wanna go on water slides with euphoria physics pumping into obese american kids

Probably a recreation of Salvation Mountain

 

[astroturfing]

Probably a recreation of Salvation Mountain

oh yeah i know that place, it was in a documentary or something.

i guess that's kinda cool as well.

 

[Chev]

Outerra's the winner of course, or any game that uses planetary scale rendering (Space Engine, KSP). Pop-in is the kinda easy part technically, the big technical hurdle is limited z-buffer precision, though stuff like logarithmic z-buffers makes planetary draw distances trivial.

 

[Bikram]

How can you HD remake a HD game? You mean you would like PC port?

It was a sub-HD game across both consoles. PC port would be best but R* is clearly not going to do it. RDR at 1080p, locked 30/60 fps with good AA should be orgasmic.

Back to topic, Skyrim maxed out on PC and Forza Horizon on consoles come to my mind.

 

[Randdalf]

Is this in game? How does one do that?

EDIT: Oh, is it Minecraft? Ok that makes more sense.

I don't think it's even in-game in Minecraft, it's a render of a Minecraft world in some external renderer.

 

[Sethos]

It was a sub-HD game across both consoles.

360 version was 720p, PS3 version was 640

 

[tkscz]

Conker's bad fur day had the best draw distance of it's generation with no fog or pop-in.

 

[faridmon]

Why are we posting games that haven't been released yet? Draw distance is impressive when you play said games...

My answer is Xenoblade. Damn, you could see miles ahead which will be, at one point, you running within.

Impressive game done with such hardware, can't wait for their Next-gen version of it.

 

[Bikram]

360 version was 720p, PS3 version was 640

All right I mean I want to play it in glorious 1080p.

 

[LukasTaves]

Thank you.

 

[ScOULaris]

The first Jak & Daxter had ridiculous draw distance, especially for its time. From some of the highest points, you could see clear across the entire world.

 

[butman]

One thing is "explorable" draw distances and other very different is "beautiful mountains i will never reach"

What are we talking about?

 

[bomblord]

One thing is "explorable" draw distances and other very different is "beautiful mountains i will never reach"

What are we talking about?

Explorable or if not explorable active/interactive in some form.

 

[jordisok]

Isn't that... Minecraft?

I don't think it's even in-game in Minecraft, it's a render of a Minecraft world in some external renderer.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/04/10/see-world-of-warcraft-with-unlimited-draw-distance/

 

[DanteRavenkin]

I was really impressed with the draw distances in Xenoblade, especially considering the hardware it was on.

 

[YouEnjoyMySelf]

Is this in game? How does one do that?

EDIT: Oh, is it Minecraft? Ok that makes more sense.

I don't think it's even in-game in Minecraft, it's a render of a Minecraft world in some external renderer.

It's called WoW map viewer

http://wowmapview.sourceforge.net/

 

[lefantome]

Oh hell yeah...

If you compare that with skyrim is terrific.

Skyrim has mini mountains small valleys, you can't even move fast and it still looks like shit.

 

[Lime]

Delta Force: Land Warrior.

Bear in mind this was 13 years ago.

oh shit nostalgia overload

 

[Threi]

Xenoblade in dolphin is quite an experience.

 

[Sober]

Is this in game? How does one do that?

EDIT: Oh, is it Minecraft? Ok that makes more sense.

In game I believe you have to turn up the draw distance settings way past what the sliders allow.

That is also probably WoW and not a recreation in MineCraft because I don't think you can recreate that glowing effect for that Mt. Hyjal raid down in the bottom there.

 

[Bedlam]

Fuel has a draw distance of 24.8 miles/40km.

I always wondered whether Fuel is really as shitty as all the reviewers were saying. The idea itself intrigues me and I think I could forgive a few flaws.

 

[Jubern]

Another vote for Xenoblade. You get some mind blowing vistas thanks to the draw distance. I was very impressed by the scale of it all considering the hardware.

 

[Penguin]

I think LEGO City Undercover was pretty good with it

 

[A Serious Man]

Came to post Fuel, glad someone beat me to it.

And WoW's draw distance is pretty mediocre. It used to be really bad but they've updated it in recent years.

I always wondered whether Fuel is really as shitty as all the reviewers were saying. The idea itself intrigues me and I think I could forgive a few flaws.

It's an average racing game but it's huge world is very impressive. It still looks pretty good on PC and for only $10 on Steam, I'd recommend it. I'd play it while I listened to podcasts or music and just roam around exploring, I put nearly 130 hours into it back when it was my go-to game for that sort of thing.

 

[Aeriscloud]

I'm going to have to say Xenoblade just because of how it used the Wii hardware, and Red Dead Redemption for the HD twins.

 

[shandy706]

If you compare that with skyrim is terrific.

Skyrim has mini mountains small valleys, you can't even move fast and it still looks like shit.

Thankfully the atmosphere can make up for it at times (well..on my PC).

On subject, when it comes to hardware vs making my jaw drop, then Red Dead wins for me.

 

[Sethos]

It's called WoW map viewer

http://wowmapview.sourceforge.net/

But that has zero to do with game draw distance?

 

[rjc571]

I always wondered whether Fuel is really as shitty as all the reviewers were saying. The idea itself intrigues me and I think I could forgive a few flaws.

It's my favorite racing game this generation. To be honest, every complaint I've read about the game's racing engine has been completely full of shit. The vehicle handling is extremely solid (depending on what type of vehicle you're using and what terrain you're driving on, of course), the racing events don't all feel the same and actually have quite a bit of variety, and I never encountered the AI slowing down at the end of a race to let me win (maybe this only happens on easy difficulty?) I probably spent over 100 hours just driving around the map and taking in the game's atmosphere, in addition to the time it took me to clear all of the racing events.

 

[Karak]

project IGI
first one that popped into my head
i couldnt believe that sh*t

Crazy! That was my first thought.

 

[daveo42]

Probably not the best by any stretch, but FFXIV: ARR has some really really good draw distances and you could travel to most of the place you could see.

 

[Hrothgar]

Skyrim (see: Gamebryo) is poop if you look at it from a technical level.

Thankfully it's somewhat saved by the art.

Damn, I never realized Skyrim looks this bad on consoles. That's some Oblivion level visuals right there.