Chris_Rivera
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Amazing looking and playing game, artistically reminds me a bit of PS3 era games. It could use some clarity/res bump, and less homogeneous assets in the world.
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Ghost of Tsushima is the best looking game this gen
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MiguelItUp
Member
Definitely the best in the style it uses. It's a fucking beautiful game. It does some things better than others.
RDR2
Death Stranding
GoT
These three contain some of the most beautiful looking environments I have ever seen.
RDR2
Death Stranding
GoT
These three contain some of the most beautiful looking environments I have ever seen.
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Silent Viper
Banned
Yeah art design and use of colors makes it beautiful looking game. But its nowhere near impressive as RDR2.
RDR2 is still technically most impressive open world game out there.
EDMIX
Member
Agreed. Ghost looks amazing in terms of the world itself, but the character models are not on par with something like The Last Of Us 2 or Red Dead 2. Red Dead 2 gets the nod because it looks amazing everywhere, not simply just the world itself.
Silent Viper
Banned
I find those little things more impressive in RDR2
There are Series of videos showing insane details on YT . No game out there can match RDR 2 in terms of level realism in open world
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Team Andromeda
Member
Exactly, the water effects used on the sea in the 1st stage are embarrassing. I'm not a fan of the game but Death Standing looks far better for startersJust because it has colorful trees and skies doesn't mean it looks the BEST.
LITERALLY within the first 5 minutes of playing the game the technical incompetence at sucker-punch on DISPLAY:
"technical incompetence"? Really? It may not be the best visuals there is in an open-world game but claiming technical incompetence is just rediculous.Just because it has colorful trees and skies doesn't mean it looks the BEST.
LITERALLY within the first 5 minutes of playing the game the technical incompetence at sucker-punch on DISPLAY:
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Self
Member
Not just the art style but vegation physics, weather physics, fight animations etc. It's a beautiful looking game, no doubt.
But the overall animations, polygon models and overall texture quality in HZD and Uncharted are leaps ahead, that's true.
nowhat
Member
So for the record, GoT was my GOTY last year. It's a joy to play. Imagine that, a video game that you actually enjoy playing? Such a novel concept, at least many games seem to forget this little detail.
But one thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is the lack of inverse kinematics. It's been a while since I played Second Son/Last Light, but didn't those feature somewhat realistic feet movement WRT to the ground? That absolutely is not the case here, watch people going up stairs/hills and what happens with the feet. It's not pretty, and it can be quite immersion-breaking if you really pay attention to it.
kiphalfton
Member
High Contrast: The Game
I quite liked what they showed during game reveal but final product was so downgraded in comparation that it looks almost generation apart.
Despite being very colorfull and contrasty it kinda lacks some depth. Its just looking flat.
Best looking game this gen?...I wouldnt put it even in TOP 30
Despite being very colorfull and contrasty it kinda lacks some depth. Its just looking flat.
Best looking game this gen?...I wouldnt put it even in TOP 30
GymWolf
Gold Member
yeah the wind moving the vegetation in that way is pretty unique to look at it (it doesn't really have dynamic non-scripted vegetation physics, it's more of a well done precanned pattern but the effect is nevertheless impressive especially on a fucking jaguar cpu).
i gave you the fight animations like when jin attacks and the various stance, those are well done (still far from the level of something like dmc5 combat animations) but i never gonna praise a game with enemies precanned death animations and no ragdoll in late 2020...seeing an enemy falling down in the same way for a billion times or seeing an enemy dying close to a ledge or roof and and not falling down because it glue on the terrain (even if half of his body is already out of the ledge) kinda disgust me in a realistic looking game with realistic looking combat (it disgust me in any occasion to be honest, it kills my immersion), and just to be clear i hate the combat against humans in horizon for the same reason, and that one is my current gotg...
Weather in general is not really more impressive than the weather system in days gone or rdr2 (unless you are still talking about the wind system), probably the opposite.
Also the shitty water and lack of mud\snow deformation after seeing games like rdr2 or horizon or the latest ac games is very noticeable.
it is a really beatiful looking game overall, but not the best.
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Hyphen
Member
or is it last gen? you know what i'm talking about, anyway let's take a look at this beauty, and i dare anyone to name a game more beautiful than GoT (fight me)
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it's even more beautiful in action:
Fair enough OP. That's your pick. Nothing wrong with that.
I think it can look beautiful at times, but as others have mentioned, there are moments when it doesn't shine so bright.
I thought Red Dead Redemption 2 looked absolutely stunning most of the time. The Last of Us 2 Part II had some insane attention to detail. However, of all the games I played, I'd personally have to say that I think the best looking game from last-gen was Death Stranding.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
What generation is Flight Simulator 2020?
Battlefield V on pure texture quality in many many areas.
Battlefront II
Battlefield V finding high quality texture easter eggs that maybe 1% of the community will ever see:
Battlefield V on pure texture quality in many many areas.
Battlefront II
Battlefield V finding high quality texture easter eggs that maybe 1% of the community will ever see:
amstradcpc
Member
Agree. Also best forests in gaming. And the open world with the best and smoothest movement on foot and on horse.
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Low Moral Fibre
Member
It's nice to look at but very rough technically in places.
I posted pictures in another thread about the poor material quality and texture work, awful character lighting at night, the tons of clipping, the poor NPC quality, the laughable water quality etc.
If you curate your pictures you can get beautiful shots but when actually playing its like 60% beautiful 40% really rough looking which is a problem games like TLOU2 and RDR2 dont have.
High peaks but low troughs I guess is the best way to describe it.
I posted pictures in another thread about the poor material quality and texture work, awful character lighting at night, the tons of clipping, the poor NPC quality, the laughable water quality etc.
If you curate your pictures you can get beautiful shots but when actually playing its like 60% beautiful 40% really rough looking which is a problem games like TLOU2 and RDR2 dont have.
High peaks but low troughs I guess is the best way to describe it.
Bartski
Gold Member
How stunning visual effects bring Ghost of Tsushima to life
A deep dive into the wind, weather, and interactive particles that make Jin’s journey come alive.
blog.playstation.com
amstradcpc
Member
lol yes
ripeavocado
Banned
No it's not.
It has a nice art style but it looks worse than Sucker Punch previous game, a launch title.
It has a nice art style but it looks worse than Sucker Punch previous game, a launch title.
you must have forgotten how Infamous second son looks like and going based off rose tinted glasses lol. GOT definitely looks much better than 2nd son.
GymWolf
Gold Member
They have different points of strenght, infamous does not look better overall except for particles effects and world interaction.
MasterDerico
Member
Agreed!
And don't even need to appeal for political agenda...
And don't even need to appeal for political agenda...
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Bartski
Gold Member
Same, too bad they're often ruined by LOD streaming made to run on base PS4.
The way, for example, the Akashina village changes at different times of day and weather conditions is a masterclass in ambient lighting, that, together with all particle effects and dynamic wind reacting flora does the work to a pretty amazing result. All that at the cost of physics and dynamic non-baked lights (notice how torches carried by Mongols at nighttime produce no light and no shadows for example) and many technical animation shortcomings.
Great art direction but the best looking game of the gen? Not really. Can't wait what their next move on PS5.
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Guilty_AI
Member
lol perhaps
Insane Metal
Gold Member
One of the best artistically speaking. But best overall? I don't think so. Opinions are nice tho.
NathanDiego
Member
Artistically is one of the best and probably the best open world, but technically is not even top 5 on PS4.
Ellery
Member
It is a good looking game that definitely has it moments and it is quite impressive to achieve that amount of graphical quality on the base PS4 very much like they managed to do with Horizon Zero Dawn in an open world game.
Though for me personally it is certainly not the best looking game of last gen.
Though for me personally it is certainly not the best looking game of last gen.
SupremeHoodie
Member
The foliage in all the pics look like plastic. But it’s still pretty though.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
It is not trivially made and amateurish at all technically (managing these graphics, world complexity, AI and animation, etc... at 30 FPS without huge LOD issues on a base PS4 with mechanical HDD means that they got a very good handle on things... HDR and general lighting and materials are also generally top notch), but sure they do take a lot of pragmatic shortcuts (grass and trees do not react to the character, neither does water much, they simplified IK in terms of character and environment interaction hence clipping in sloped terrain).
All in all it is an incredibly varied and engaging to explore open worlds I have played in a long while: it is incredibly fun to explore and do random errands, uncover shrines, etc... I have spent tons of hours in side quests so far.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
No, it does not. The open world is far bigger and far richer as well as more detailed.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
That’s a looker for sure. I might check that game out sometime if if the thought of playing it didn’t make me bored.
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MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
The truth has been spoken
Bo_Hazem
Banned
You will get bored as fuck. But 3 pro tips:
1-Progress beyond the first map then come back to it later.
2-Carry many blood bombs because they permanently clear areas from BT/ghosts. Also try to 1 hit 2 for efficiency.
3-Make roads as they make the game so fluid and enjoyable.
It's a unique game, 9/10 to me.
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vpance
Member
Agreed. It goes to show how far art style can carry a game.
I was compelled to take hundreds of photo mode screens in GoT but never felt that much desire to in TLoU2 or Unchy.
JeloSWE
Member
Are talking about esthetics then GoT is pretty nice looking with some major flaws of indoors lighting and mediocre HDR implementation. Are we talking from a technical standpoint then TLOU2 and many many games would probably take the top spot. But even so GoT does pull of some incredible technically impressive stuff when it comes to loading and fields of vegetation but so does most ND and Frostbite games and so on as well. It's a great looking game but there are so many that I like the look of I couldn't chose the best.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
hahaha no wayI like the it’s aesthetics but I personally like Sekiro’s visuals waaay more. To me it has much more memorable locals.
Also has much better animation
