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[shinobi602]

NFS: Most Wanted (original) on 360. Blew me away the first time I turned it on in 2005.

 

[SMT]

It was Genji: Days of Blade PS3. 720p

 

[Reiko]

xbox and ps2 could output in HD? what?

mmm DoA4, i believe for me.

Yep. PS2 did 1080i for Gran Turismo 4 and Tourist Trophy.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

This is tough as I've only had a HD monitor for a couple of years but...but probably Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time. It was sooooo worth it.

 

[coldfoot]

Yep. PS2 did 1080i for Gran Turismo 4 and Tourist Trophy.

Yeah but HD should really mean native rendering resolution of 1280x720 or above...
Was there any Xbox game that rendered at that resolution? I'm pretty sure no PS2 game renders at that res.

 

[GANGSTERKILLER]

Yep. PS2 did 1080i for Gran Turismo 4 and Tourist Trophy.

But only the NTSC versions.

 

[AstroNut325]

PC: Quake 2 (yes, that far back)
Console: Metal Gear Solid 4

 

[Muffdraul]

I got my Bravia in early 2008, blew my Xmas bonus on it. I don't remember anything major coming out around that time. I vaguely remember taking note of how different the Assassin's Creed 1 HUD looked in HD, I bet that was the first thing I played after getting the TV. Probably the newest game I had at the time. PS3 version.

EDIT: Oh wait, we're counting PC too? Uh... Tron 2.0 I guess. Goddamn that game looked tits in 2003 at 1600x1200 or whatever the max was. If only I had a nice flat LCD monitor back then. Fuckin' medieval dark ages.

EDIT2: Figures... an hour after making this post, I go home to find my Bravia dead. Only five years old. This was the first weekend I went without any TV in... I dunno, many years. To add insult to injury, I was planning on upgrading to something bigger with 3D, but alas- the best I can afford right now is to replace what I had with the exact same model... five years newer, slimmer, lighter, and with fewer inputs. Sony, you suck.

 

[Reiko]

Yeah but HD should really mean native rendering resolution of 1280x720 or above...
Was there any Xbox game that rendered at that resolution? I'm pretty sure no PS2 game renders at that res.

Enter the Matrix rendered in native 720p and 1080i.

Hulk Ultimate Destruction was also native 720p

 

[Shion]

PGR3

Loved every second of it.

 

[jbug617]

NBA 2k6 on 360

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Valkyria Chronicles PS3, so around 2008 if I remember correctly.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

GT4 for PS2 @ 1080i (officially)
I did have PS2's Silent Hill 3 running at a hacked 720p before that though.

 

[Lion Heart]

I want to say Fifa Street for the OG Xbox but it might have been another game.

I still remember looking up this one site with all the supported HD games on the Xbox and renting them for that reason. I was definitely impressed.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Dead Rising. I was in awe the first time I experienced this, then I realized that the component cables I was using were still switched to SDTV. I sorted that out and I had to pick my jaw from the floor.

 

[Oddduck]

Bioshock on the Xbox 360.

 

[Jason Frost]

My first HD gaming experience was Grand Theft Auto IV and it was on PS3 in the summer of 2008.

 

[Currygan]

COD 2 and PGR3 at 360's launch. Both were great fun, expecially Gotham online

 

[Scott32020]

GTA4 and MGS4 on PS3 tie I think

CoD4 a few weeks later.

 

[kunonabi]

Valkyria Chronicles for me as well. In all honesty I don't think any HD title as really made me go wow though.

 

[Chemo]

Actually, Dead Rising.

(My initial pre-edit answer was flOw, but I forgot that I owned a 360 for a little while before it DRE'd constantly and I got rid of it forever.)

 

[Napalm_Frank]

MGS4. It was glorious and it really did feel like ''next gen''.

 

[Bread]

Perfect Dark Zero, and it was beautiful.

 

[exmachina64]

Mass Effect

 

[StriKeVillain]

I'm pretty sure I played a demo of CoD2 on a 360 right before launch. Think it was at Sears or some other forgettable store.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Out of consoles it would be CoD2 in 2005.

PC it would be Counter-Strike in 2000.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Heavenly Sword I think.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Soul Calibur on Dreamcast, hooked up to a PC monitor- does that count?

The other one was COD2 on 360- that game blew me away.

 

[Seven Force]

True Crime on the OG Xbox.

For the HD generation proper, I think it was Street Fighter IV.

 

[ToD_]

Soul Calibur on Dreamcast, hooked up to a PC monitor- does that count?

The other one was COD2 on 360- that game blew me away.

Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast rendered at 480p using a PC monitor, so I guess it does not count.

Mine was the Lost Planet demo on the 360 (if we're not counting PC games, of course). A friend brought his 360 over to hook up to my cheap Philips HD CRT.

 

[Netto-kun]

Tales of Vesperia (PS3). Played the game for 90ish hours before I realized that I didn't buy a HDMI cable.

 

[Stitch]

On Console I think it was Dead Rising. On PC I have no idea. I guess stuff like Quake 3, UT, CS, SOF, GTA,...

 

[Vaati]

Batman: Arkham Asylum.

I got my PS3 around 2 summers ago and until that point I had only owned a Wii. It was amazing seeing what HD consoles were capable of.

 

[GeoramA]

Oblivion

 

[Vinsanity.]

Kameo

 

[-Stranger-]

I think it was Forza Motorsport 2 on the 360 around launch.
On my brothers HD TV as i didn't have one at the time.

 

[disappeared]

Good question.

Playing Fable in 480p on my uncle's big screen back in 2004.

If that doesn't count, then I think it was Kameo at the 360 launch.

 

[Chuck Norris]

Bioshock on 360. Bought a 20 inch monitor that could do 720p and a 360 and launched it up and was blown away

 

[Kukuk]

When I first bought my PS3, I didn't have any games for it, for the first week or so I just played demos, and the first demo I played was Uncharted. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

 

[Alo81]

I had no idea that the OG Xbox could push 720p. That's awesome.

I got a 360 on launch day and played Kameo and was AMAZED. Same with Perfect Dark Zero.

Looking back on Perfect Dark, holy shit euurghh.

 

[GitarooMan]

Kameo at 360 launch. When you get to that green field after the tutorial that was definitely a wow moment.

 

[killbox]

bloodrayne 2 on Xbox at 720p

 

[superpickleman]

Gears of War.

Blew my mind the fuck away at the time.

 

[out0v0rder]

the only console games i have that actually renders in the full 720p not upscaled is like a pixeljunk game.

 

[revolverjgw]

Freedom Fighters on Xbox

 

[JB1981]

Call of Duty 2, Kameo, Perfect Dark. The HD was AMAZING

 

[Bending_Unit_22]

On a console that I've owned, none so far (though I've been gaming in "HD" on PC since 2002 or so). Will be whatever Wii U game I decide to play first.

EDIT: Was Black on the Xbox in 720p? I thought I've heard that but I can't find anything at the moment. If it was then that would be the first console HD game I played.

 

[Chamber]

On 360 launch day, I picked up Madden 06, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo. The latter two blew me away at the time.

 

[thegriefer]

console- resistance
pc- probably like 15 years ago

 

[ScreenSplitter]

Halo 3. Wasn't even a Halo fan. Just came free with a controller.