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[Kerotan]

Forbidden West, Ratchet, Ragnarok and GT7 at 4k 90fps with VRR is stunning but the real winner here is the Horizon expansion burning shores which is PS5 only and you can tell.

An open world sandbox where you can seemlessly ride a bird high into the sky and the most realistic cloud tech in an open world game before plunging into the ocean and swimming through rich coral reefs.

Not to mention how stunning the lava and vegetation is. To top it all off (spoiler's ahead) the final fight against the giant octopus robot is next level. Truly stunning.

I hope GOW gets a ps5 only expansion.

 

[Edgelord79]

Flight Simulator and Red Dead Redemption 2.

 

[Raonak]

Its a three-way tie between demons souls, ratchet and horizon.

 

[TheRedRiders]

HFW is still my favourite - but man Demon's Souls is a dam good looking game too, pushing large amounts of geometry, everything is so well crafted, no funny bugs or glitches, and a rock solid 60 FPS mode day and date. The studio doesn't get enough credit.

 

[ThaMonkeyClaw]

 

[pasterpl]

Flight Sim hands down. Never mind a plot of land or many maps in a game. It covers the globe.

And there is no discussion.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Don't understand the praise the matrix gets. It's like 720p and 30 fps and extremely limited. It's neat, sure, but once you include that it's less impressive

 

[Kakax11]

 

[RoadHazard]

Ghost of Tsushima Directors cut, the art direction of that game is gold at 4k.

Yep:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-most-impressive-patched-ps4-game-ive-played-on-ps5-is-got.1620239/

(The original thread title didn't include "patched PS4", some mod had to ruin it for whatever reason.)

 

[RoadHazard]

An UE game looking better than another UE game, fascinating! There has to be a definite answer for this question, the guys at UE should know the answer.

None of the Sony games people are bringing up are UE. Actually almost no games mentioned in this thread are.

But yeah, the Matrix demo does look mind-blowing.

 

[Represent.]

Don't understand the praise the matrix gets. It's like 720p and 30 fps and extremely limited. It's neat, sure, but once you include that it's less impressive

Because it looks like this:

The game could run at 5fps, look like that, and still be the best looking game. Higher framerate does not mean your game looks better. In fact, it means it will look worse.

 

[GrouchyGamer]

HFW and FFXVI

 

[Trogdor1123]

Because it looks like this:

The game could run at 5fps, look like that, and still be the best looking game. Higher framerate does not mean your game looks better. In fact, it means it will look worse.

I disagree. Graphics are not a single screen at a time. It's the overall package. Resolution and fps are part of the deal

Again, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't impressive. Just that it's not as mind blowing as some say to each their own though

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

I would say Dead Space.

I don't think dead space looks all that great. It's fine.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Xbox Series X
Microsoft Flight Simulator

PS5
Spider-Man
Horizon Forbidden West
Rachet & Clank
The Last Of Us 1 Remastered
God Of War: Ragnarok
Ghost of Tsushima
Demon's Souls Remastered
Cyberfunk
Metro Exodus
The Witcher 3

 

[Riky]

Flight Simulator, nothing else is in the same league.

 

[Brigandier]

Consoles it's Forbidden West and it's not even close.

 

[DryvBy]

Cyberpunk 2077 looks gorgeous. I'm glad I experienced this in vanilla buggy mode and now get to play the real game with a new expansion. This game is night and day different looking.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Xbox Series X
Microsoft Flight Simulator

PS5
Spider-Man
Horizon Forbidden West
Rachet & Clank
The Last Of Us 1 Remastered
God Of War: Ragnarok
Ghost of Tsushima
Demon's Souls Remastered
Cyberfunk
Metro Exodus
The Witcher 3

Witcher 3 isn't in the same class as any of the listed. You can obviously see how aged it it at this point. Beautiful game, but the tech isn't up to par with new releases.

 

[Freeman76]

Flight sim, that game is on another level to anything else. I think the only people who can suggest other games havent played it. I get its not a game for everyone but god damn, its unmatchable atm

 

[T0minator]

Horizon Forbidden West. The detail in-game, zooming in on any character model looks incredible, the environments are varied and dense anything thing you see you can reach. All at a solid 60fps or higher.

Guerillas fully next gen game is going to be unbelievable

 

[MidGenRefresh]

From what I've played:

PS5: Horizon Forbidden West
Xbox: Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

[Little Chicken]

Forza Horizon 5 or Cyberpunk.

 

[GymWolf]

Forbidden west and horizon 5.

 

[Midn1ght]

I didn't play lot of current games but Death Stranding was really impressive to me on PC.

From what I saw online, Horizon Forbidden West and Cyberpunk 2077 on PC with Path Tracing are the 2 best looking games so far with Ratchet coming close.

 

[kruis]

Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok, and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut easily.

And all of these games were crossgen ...

 

[Killjoy-NL]

- Horizon Forbidden West/Burning Shores
- Ratchet & Clank


Also, I think Fortnite deserves a mention. It just looks clean as fuck on UE5.1

 

[Senua]

And all of these games were crossgen ...

Forbidden West yes but Raganarok hell no, the PS4 roots are very evident

 

[Dice]

Eh, I don't know how to put this but Forbidden West looks like how I think modders ruin some PC games. Over-textured, over-lit, over-cluttered, over-sharpened... it just comes off garish and somehow they have made the mocap animations look overdone as well. There is a lot to be technically impressed by there, don't get me wrong, but the aesthetic is not for me at all. TLOU2 and Spiderman 2 are much more sensible. For XSX, Gears 5 is also very impressive. I agree with Rift Apart being my personal fav. Insomniac has a great sense of balancing all elements of visuals.

 

[mrMUR_96]

Ghost of Tsushima Directors cut, the art direction of that game is gold at 4k.

Ah man yeah, that game is just pure art to look at. So beautiful.

 

[mrMUR_96]

Eh, I don't know how to put this but Forbidden West looks like how I think modders ruin some PC games. Over-textured, over-lit, over-cluttered, over-sharpened... it just comes off garish and somehow they have made the mocap animations look overdone as well. There is a lot to be technically impressed by there, don't get me wrong, but the aesthetic is not for me at all. TLOU2 and Spiderman 2 are much more sensible. For XSX, Gears 5 is also very impressive. I agree with Rift Apart being my personal fav. Insomniac has a great sense of balancing all elements of visuals.

Yeah I can't quite put my finger on it, but I have to agree. It's very inconsistent as well, noticeable lod/pop-in issues and the interior lighting is awful.

 

[Roufianos]

I don't think dead space looks all that great. It's fine.

I think in terms of fidelity and lighting, it absolutely wowed me. Obviously something like Horizon is prettier when you factor in scope.

 

[T_T]

Horizon Forbidden West + Burning Shores at 60fps

 

[Games Bookstore]

If I feel any game that has truly struck me as next gen graphically, Returnal would have to get that nod, obvious mentions include HFW and R&C

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Because it looks like this:

The game could run at 5fps, look like that, and still be the best looking game. Higher framerate does not mean your game looks better. In fact, it means it will look worse.

It is absolutely remarkable, sadly sets an unachievable standard (for games that are fun to play), this gen at least.

I assume climate change will have killed us all before actual games look like this on consoles.

 

[proandrad]

It is absolutely remarkable, sadly sets an unachievable standard (for games that are fun to play), this gen at least.

I assume climate change will have killed us all before actual games look like this on consoles.

We might as well start posting movie screenshots. Avatar 2 technically plays on a PS5.

 

[Gojiira]

Demons Souls, Forbidden West and Rift apart are without a doubt at the very top.
Forbidden West no doubt at the very top.

I cant wait to see Death Stranding 2 in action, I think that will blow everyone away.

 

[Topher]

And there is no discussion.

Yes there is. You posted in it.

 

[Jibran#one]

Tbh technically it's flight sim , the YouTube videos dnt justify that game
When u fly over a city with full photogrammetry there is nothing like it .

 

[Jibran#one]

Xbox Series X
Microsoft Flight Simulator

PS5
Spider-Man
Horizon Forbidden West
Rachet & Clank
The Last Of Us 1 Remastered
God Of War: Ragnarok
Ghost of Tsushima
Demon's Souls Remastered
Cyberfunk
Metro Exodus
The Witcher 3

Forza horizon wants to have a word with u

 

[SpokkX]

Horizon forbidden west
Demons souls
Ratchet
Cyberpunk looks amazing in the 2.0 update even on console now too

 

[Matsuchezz]

Final Fantasy XVI looks stellar, some of the fights among the eikons are fucking incredible. I haven't been impressed in a while. I need to play Horizon FW it seems

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

I think in terms of fidelity and lighting, it absolutely wowed me. Obviously something like Horizon is prettier when you factor in scope.

I'm not sure why it didn't wow me. I mean, it looks clean. I played on PS5, fidelity mode.
I can't wait for another playthrough, that being said.

 

[ThaMonkeyClaw]

In all seriousness though, here are my picks:

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

I appreciate the scale and complexity of what FS does - but it takes a ton of of cherry picking to make it look nice, let alone pretty. Now granted - flight sims were traditionally ugly about 90% of the time even dating back 20 years, but still.

No it doesn't. You a PS fanboy or what? The sheer size along with all the details make this a technological achievement. And it looks fantastic.

Stop nitpicking. The bias is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo obvious, it's almost insulting.

 

[Jboemios]

Flight Simulator hands down

 

[Robb]

On Ps5 I'd go with Forbidden West, on Series X I'd go with Flight Simulator.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Forza horizon wants to have a word with u

I dont play racing game! that why i didnt put GT7.

 

[adamsapple]

Flight Sim. The one case where 'the power of the cloud' actually comes through with the real time city data.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Demon's Souls Remake on PS5.