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[cormack12]

Got to be honest, it's up there with a shout for me. In the Valhalla OT, Exentryk has been doing the lord's work and posting some excellent screenshots. Probably Tsushima comes close for me but leans heavily on its art style for it whereas Valhalla is going for the ultra realistic look. Warlords of New York blew me away as well (just the city).

 

[Lancelot]

Awesome shots!

 

[TriSuit666]

Been playing SOTR, and despite the utterly boring story, the visuals with raytracing has absolutely blown me away.

Try the St Juan crypt level to see what I mean (no pics, as it's a bit spoilery if you've not played the game).

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Currently playing it on the XSX and it can be beautiful at times. At other times, it looks somewhat bland though. That's the issue with dynamic time of day open world games. Raytracing would really help.

 

[hybrid_birth]

I can't wait until I can't tell whether im looking out a window or my TV screen with a video game.

 

[Gediminas]

miles behind of Ghost of Tsushima. platinum both, searched every corner, saw everything. not even a competition.

 

[EDMIX]

Got to be honest, it's up there with a shout for me. In the Valhalla OT, Exentryk has been doing the lord's work and posting some excellent screenshots. Probably Tsushima comes close for me but leans heavily on its art style for it whereas Valhalla is going for the ultra realistic look. Warlords of New York blew me away as well (just the city).

They both use realism to seek a certain look but it will simply come down to personal taste. "Most Beautiful" is simply subjective. Would be like saying who has the most beautiful wife or husband or something disregarding that individual people will find different people attractive.

They both are amazing looking games that use many of the same concepts to drive home the main idea of their worlds. Sir, its not like lighting, texture, composition, placement, form etc exist in 1 game and not the other or something. They have different settings, but they are using the same technique for the same reasons, simply for different settings... If you asked Ubisoft to make a game set in Japan or Suckerpunch to make a game set in England or Norway, you might get very similar results. They both have amazing environmental artist and imho some of the best in the business.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Bugs/AI and last gen aside, Cyberpunk 2077 is the most beautiful.

 

[Null Persp]

No it's Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[IDappa]

Obviously red dead.

 

[UnNamed]

Toussaint.

 

[ripeavocado]

Absolutely not, RDR2 is 10x better

 

[turtlepowa]

miles behind of Ghost of Tsushima. platinum both, searched every corner, saw everything. not even a competition.

We got an extra thread for GoT: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/why-...t-of-tsushima-looks-in-certain-areas.1556922/
In my opinion AC looks much better, at least on my XSX.

 

[Spukc]

nope

 

[cireza]

nope

Is that the Switch version ?

 

[kretos]

Looks good but for me Tsushima wins

Ghost of Tsushima is the best looking game this gen

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 ) more: it's even more beautiful in action:

www.neogaf.com

 

[Spukc]

Is that the Switch version ?

nah man it's called valheim!
and everything you basically see can be destroyed or altered build on etc,

absolute beautiful game
the game is also only like 560MB big.

 

[Rikku-X]

nope

That looks like the 360 version of oblivion went wrong.

 

[SJRB]

It's Cyberpunk for me.

First time a game has shown me a certain asthetic I've never seen before, whereas Valhalla [as nice as it can be at certain moments] definately has a "same old, same old" vibe for me.

 

[Rheon]

Valhalla is a beautiful game at times.

It looks like what TW3 was meant to look like in those bullshot trailers CDPR released back then.

 

[Roufianos]

It can look amazing in certain places (on PS5) but looks very bland most of the time.

I was much more blown away by RDR2 and GoT, despite them being a generation behind.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

That looks like the 360 version of oblivion went wrong.

Just for reference, this is what Oblivion on the 360 looks like:

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

The new Assassin's Creeds are all beautiful.

 

[Roberts]

Not all the areas look the greatest, but western England at certain times of the day are second to none when it comes to visuals. Obviously, it is all subjective, but no game in recent times has made me stop and just look around so much.

 

[buenoblue]

Origins and odyssey looked just as good if not better maxed on a high end pc. Dat 60fps makes all the difference imo. Playing valhalla on ps5 at the minute. Got it on ps5 cause needed something to play on it but I kinda wish I'd gone pc. Though good looking I miss the impeccable picture pc can give. The water on ps5 for example has some weird jaggy dithering effect and I notice far more pop in than I did on odyssey on pc.

One thing I do love is the location. Having lived in the Northamptoshire in the midlands in the uk I can pretty much pinpoint where my small town should be. In 40 years of gaming I've never played a game set where I live. Awesome!

 

[Jon Neu]

RDR2 and Cyberpunk 2077 are on another level.

 

[kittoo]

It looks bloody amazing in HDR on a good high end PC and TV, thats true.
I think for me it would be tied between this and RDR2, but if forced to choose I will go with Valhalla.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Playing the game at 4K on the ps5 was certainly a visual experience.

I think Tsushima is more aesthetically pleasant but if realistic looking is your jam, Valhalla is tough to beat.

 

[Haggard]

RDR2 and CP2077 (especially if you have RT capable hardware) are clearly superior.

Valhalla has its moments but those 2 are in a different league overall.

If we forego the objective technical level and add subjective artstyle preference to the mix then GoT also becomes a strong contender for me personally.

 

[sublimit]

I think when The Witcher 3 gets its current gen patch it will look much better than that.Especially the Blood and Wine areas.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

nah man it's called valheim!
and everything you basically see can be destroyed or altered build on etc,

absolute beautiful game
the game is also only like 560MB big.

Thanks for that. Someone mentioned it at work the other day and was gushing over it. Couldn't remember the name.

 

[Magik85]

Nah....Valhalla is looking pretty good IMO, but not much better than Origins or Odyssey.
RDR2 is just on another level.

 

[JokerMM]

I may be weird in this, but BoTW is still the best looking art style ive seen in a game, a litreal playble studio ghibli film

 

[Valentino]

Been playing SOTR, and despite the utterly boring story, the visuals with raytracing has absolutely blown me away.

Try the St Juan crypt level to see what I mean (no pics, as it's a bit spoilery if you've not played the game).

I hope people know that stands for Shadow of the Tomb Raider

 

[Lux R7]

I would say it's still Origins because Egypt is hard to top

 

[Spaceman292]

nope

Yeah Fable 2 was pretty good.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Nice

 

[HaveButOneLife]

Yeah Fable 2 was pretty good.

You guys are clowning Valheim when its textures are purposely made like that and not paying any attention to the beautiful shaders it's got going on...

 

[mcz117chief]

Nah, it's Genshin Impact

 

[Umbasaborne]

Its an amazing looking game on series x. Hard to believe such a richly detailed open world runs at 60 fps as well on consoles. Too bad its boring though.

 

[TonyK]

I finished it today and I'm doing the last trophies (that damn fishing trophy, arghh) and it's really really beautiful. 130 hours on it and almost all days I had a Stendhal moment with it. I need to say I played it in PS5 in Quality mode in a LG CX, it looks outstanding.
It's a shame NPCs are not at the same level as environments.

 

[Umbasaborne]

I finished it today and I'm doing the last trophies (that damn fishing trophy, arghh) and it's really really beautiful. 130 hours on it and almost all days I had a Stendhal moment with it. I need to say I played it in PS5 in Quality mode in a LG CX, it looks outstanding.
It's a shame NPCs are not at the same level as environments.

 

[Garibaldi]

I still don't think AC Unity has been beaten. Beyond the meme bugs and bad performance, that game looked absolutely amazing. The environmental modelling, effects and crowd densities were breath taking.

 

[nkarafo]

Dunno, i personally like the way forests look in Kingdom Come. And even though the villages look a bit empty, the sense of scale seems very realistic. It's the only game where a crappy shack can look interesting.

 

[SinDelta]

Valhalla's England is amazing in its own way, though Origins being Egypt is very, very hard to top.

Along with Ghost of Tushima these are some of the most beautiful games this gen.

 

[TonyK]

Yes NPCs, and specially kids, are horrendous. It's like the difference between male Eivor and Layla (the character you control in the present time, the one that uses the Animus). They seem done by totally different studios.

 

[mxbison]

I think Ghost of Tsushima looks prettier.

Technically it's Cyberpunk on a high end PC.

 

[Shumafuk]

Yes NPCs, and specially kids, are horrendous. It's like the difference between male Eivor and Layla (the character you control in the present time, the one that uses the Animus). They seem done by totally different studios.

Many more AAA games has child NPC with wired faces (Witcher 3 for example). Or don't have children at all (KCD). It looks like technical limitations for mimics/motion capture?

 

[Rikku-X]

Yeah Fable 2 was pretty good.

Please don't insult Fable 2 with that.

 

[Sygma]

Its a toss up between RDR 2 and Warlords of New York imho. The later is sheer insanity when taking in account that its an online game, honestly I just dont understand why Ubisoft isnt using Snowdrop in everything