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[kittens]

Damn, Wind Waker is still so gorgeous.

 

[RoboPlato]

Here you go, crysis with water color change

Holy SHIT

 

[Metal B]

The funny thing is that not only is the water in Wind Waker too simplistic, it's just a lazy shortcut to avoid creating land mass geometry. Lets just patch empty space in a blue hue so we can have this game released quicker.

Wow, so much nonsense in one post.
Yes, let's only create an game about pirates, oceans and sealing to avoid creating land. So ever game about those themes exist only, because the designers are to lazy to create flat land. Even more having an simplistic art style is also just laziness, everything has to be realistic or extremely detailed or they were not trying ...

 

[Mikey Jr.]

No offense OP, but stop making gifs.

They are all pretty bad and slowing down this thread trying to load the good ones.

 

[Bombadil]

No offense OP, but stop making gifs.

They are all pretty bad and slowing down this thread trying to load the good ones.

Yeah, I know. I'll delete all the ones I made to speed things up. Sorry folks.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Yeah, I know. I'll delete all the ones I made to speed things up. Sorry folks.

Find out whats going wrong and come back.

 

[Rickenslacker]

I was really impressed with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance's water back when it was released.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQbAaVIfNZI#t=2m40s

Though that's the Xbox version, it was identically like that on the PS2.

 

[Fantastical]

Here you go, crysis with water color change

Imma need some video of that.

 

[Bombadil]

Find out whats going wrong and come back.

I'm using a bad program that was recommended in another thread for non video game purposes (funny gifs).

 

[mysticwhip]

some crysis

edit:crysis 1

 

[watershed]

Mario Sunshine water is still impressive to this day. I seem to remember some awesome gif of the river from RRD in some other thread, that was one good looking river.

 

[Boss Man]

Wow.

The second pic (trying to do the weird underwater visual effects) looked kind of bad, but this one is just incredible. Uncharted 3 water is fantastic, but this...blows it out of the water HAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[sp3000]

Here you go, crysis with water color change

This makes Uncharted look like a PS2 game

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Tomb Raider Underworld:

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Metal Harbor in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle had oddly amazing looking water. Hard to find a good pic, though.

 

[toddhunter]

Tomb Raider Underworld:

Yep, ordinary game, but the water in that level really impressed me at the time.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Lost Planet for explosions.

MT Framework has great fire and explosions altogether

 

[rezuth]

I remember when HL2 used to have the best looking water

 

[Grayman]

some crysis 2

That looks like Crysis Warhead

 

[jett]

Stupidly ahead of its time, it still looks beautiful in its own way in motion.

 

[mysticwhip]

That looks like Crysis Warhead

my bad, crysis 1

 

[EatChildren]

I remember when HL2 used to have the best looking water

I still think HL2's water shader remains one of the nicest around. The water itself is completely static and flat, and thus looks dated in that department, but the actual reflections and refractions are excellent.

 

[Boney]

Stupidly ahead of its time, it still looks beautiful in its own way in motion.

I wish I could make gifs and show how it really feels

 

[Desty]

I'm getting a water boner!

 

[toddhunter]

Some great moments driving around.

 

[Unregistered007]

This makes Uncharted look like a PS2 game

at least that ps2 game can be playing by millions.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Stupidly ahead of its time, it still looks beautiful in its own way in motion.

It looks better than the Gamecube sequel imo.

 

[Kazerei]

Wave Race: Blue Storm in motion. And this was released 10.5 years ago.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

This makes Uncharted look like a PS2 game

What does the game do with the water, just allow you to swim in it? Any stormy sea physics complete with floating boats and platforms realistically waving up and down? A capsizing cruise ship in realtime? Oh, open system with tweakable mods as opposed to a closed, 6 year old system? Lmao.

 

[Bombadil]

What does the game do with the water, just allow you to swim in it? Any stormy sea physics complete with floating boats and platforms realistically waving up and down? A capsizing cruise ship in realtime? Oh, open system with tweakable mods as opposed to a closed, 6 year old system? Lmao.

The defense force has been awakened.

 

[bonesmccoy]

Imma need some video of that.

Agreed. That looks a lot like the 'artistic' screen shots that were banned from the high-res pc thread.

 

[Nemesis_]

MASS DEBATE material to be perfectly honest.

 

[M.W.]

I remember thinking Bloodwake had good water at the time. Maybe not so much anymore.

 

[HueyFreeman]

umm yea /thread. nothing comes close to uncharted 3 water.

Nothing on consoles comes close to UC3. That gif does nothing to illustrate the impressiveness of ND's water effects.

Here you go, crysis with water color change

Crysis Ultra PC pics

Nothing on consoles

 

[Fantastical]

Tomb Raider Underworld:

The water was disproportionately good compared to the rest of the game graphics wise. I think the developers knew this and so they started you out in a boat at the beginning of the game.

 

[Redux]

I make the water green because I piss in it.

 

[Bombadil]

Half Life 2

 

[SparkTR]

Add one to the Crysis camp, the water had me speechless when I first played it. But when it comes to dynamic, interactive water Cryostasis has to be one of the best.

 

[sp3000]

What does the game do with the water, just allow you to swim in it? Any stormy sea physics complete with floating boats and platforms realistically waving up and down? A capsizing cruise ship in realtime? Oh, open system with tweakable mods as opposed to a closed, 6 year old system? Lmao.

at least that ps2 game can be playing by millions.

the butthurt is always glorious

Perhaps I should give the water effects an 8/10 in Uncharted

 

[IdreamofHIME]

1st time playing I thought it was still a cutscene and I sat there waiting before I realized I could control the character.

 

[Yagharek]

I appreciate how technically amazing the water is in the Crysis and Just Cause 2 gifs posted here - but to me it still looks off for some reason I can't quite explain. It doesn't look 'wet' to me, if that makes sense.

Still think it lies somewhere in the uncanny valley, whilst other less realistic looking examples like Wave Race, BG&E, Mario Sunshine seem to behave more naturally.

One of the most unconvincing examples of water effects I remember seeing in a game was in Resistance 2. It looked pretty, but it also looked very very fake. Reminded me of plotting Bessel functions back in uni.

I expect that come next gen (PC) hardware, the bleeding edge power afforded to calculate water behaviour to an even more detailed level will alleviate this problem.

 

[Bombadil]

Bioshock

 

[Freezie KO]

Wave Race Blue Storm is awesome.

 

[Bombadil]

Halo Reach

 

[SparkTR]

Also, the PC version of Borderlands 2 is shaping up pretty well in the water department.

 

[mickcenary]

I find it really hard to believe, seeing how many games with explosions that I've played since, but GTAIV rendered some amazing ones and I'd happily say that they're the best I've seen.

 

[charsace]

Most of the water in this thread looks bad. Looks more like poked jelly in motion than water.

 

[Duallusion]

I remember standing here for a couple of minutes, just enjoying the view. I have a bit of a fetish for well-made water in games. And lasers.

 

[rdrr gnr]

Wish there were better .gifs of Mario Sunshine.

I've seen those Crysis images before but not in motion.

Also, not enough Killzone 3 .gifs

 

[Norml]

Wish there were better .gifs of Mario Sunshine.

I've seen those Crysis images before but not in motion.

Also, not enough Killzone 3 .gifs