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What is the best looking game that YOU have ever seen?
- Thread starter The Infectious Paradox
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Venom Snake
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There are probably a thousand reasons why my choice is objectively wrong, but since we're talking about our personal experiences..
Putonahappyface
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Horizon Forbidden West.
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I still think Ratchet & Clank for consistency. HFW at its best probably looks as good as Ratchet at its best, but it's such a mixed bag. Most vistas are covered in ugly fog, for a start, and the narrow FOV really bothers me. I constantly feel the need to pan the camera around just to get a feel for the graphics.
I was also way more impressed by the RE4 demo than I was expecting, it really looks great to me.
Finally, I think the following are almost certainly underrated, although I haven't got round to playing them yet so it's just from YouTube footage:
Dead Space
Callisto Protocol
GOW Ragnarok
I think Ragnarok looks roughly on a par with HFW tbh, but it suffers from being a smaller jump from the first game.
I was also way more impressed by the RE4 demo than I was expecting, it really looks great to me.
Finally, I think the following are almost certainly underrated, although I haven't got round to playing them yet so it's just from YouTube footage:
Dead Space
Callisto Protocol
GOW Ragnarok
I think Ragnarok looks roughly on a par with HFW tbh, but it suffers from being a smaller jump from the first game.
KZ Mercenary was the last time my mind was blown by how good a game looked given what I was playing it on.
The first times I played Gears of War and MGS2 are up there as well.
Nowadays there's so many great looking games that nothing really sticks out to me anymore as being notable.
The first times I played Gears of War and MGS2 are up there as well.
Nowadays there's so many great looking games that nothing really sticks out to me anymore as being notable.
If you care about graphics don't play at 30fps, it's a fucking slideshow and ugly as sin.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Someone put a LOL emoji on my post saying that these graphics look good.
Lets see if this post gets deleted
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Next level clouds!
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
Is there Hate for flight sim? I don't get it. It's pretty shocking a game can look this good. I need to download it.
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
That's a better question. When did you see graphics and think they would be almost impossible to beat.
Because Sword of Sodan was it for me. Having a spectrum 48k this was otherworldly lifelike graphics to me.
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6502
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Loads of examples of being impressed when tech was making leaps between generations.
But I remember absolutely hating Wind Waker graphics until I saw it running in Dixons. The bit with the sail dropping down drew gasps. In the days of magazines and dailup modem, it was a revelation.
But I remember absolutely hating Wind Waker graphics until I saw it running in Dixons. The bit with the sail dropping down drew gasps. In the days of magazines and dailup modem, it was a revelation.
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Elder Legend
Banned
God of War Ragnarok doesn't look that much different visually to be honest.
Yes, you won't see a true gen PS5/Series X game till the end of the cycle. TLOU 2 came out same year as the PS5 and was the perfect send of.
Josemayuste
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Red Dead Redemption 2
The Last of Us Part I & 2
Demon's Souls
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Valheim
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
And the list goes on..
Oh, I MUST add Resident Evil 4 Remake and Bloodborne, of course, art style plays a huge role for me.
The Last of Us Part I & 2
Demon's Souls
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Valheim
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
And the list goes on..
Oh, I MUST add Resident Evil 4 Remake and Bloodborne, of course, art style plays a huge role for me.
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Holammer
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Souldiers blew my mind with the best pixel art ever. Better than peak Capcom art from the 16-32bit eras (ReShade CRT filter added).
This early section in Ori almost made me cry because it was so beautiful. Modern technology and art, but the way they used traditional parallax layers makes it feel authentically old school. Used to incredible effect at the entrance to the Ginso tree.
BotW was kinda mindblowing too. If you play it with CEMU + all sorts of hacks like 300% shadows, better LOD, tree/foliage draw distance and RTGI via ReShade.
SkyHighTrees
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wit dat ground textures I say hell nah to flight sim
xpresstuning
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Wen i was heavily into PC gaming, i was obsessed with modding and i unleashed that obsession on Crysis. My eyes had an orgasm in 2010 wen i finally settled on what i believed was the absolute best graphics i have ever seen. There's nothing really that impressed me as much as that. Console games never impressed me as much compared to whatever i could mod on my PC.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Yeah, i got my first gaming pc earlier this year and cyberpunk still blows my fucking mindCyberpunk 2077 Maxed out. The game looks soo good that i didn't even play the missions lol, instead im just walking and looking around. Can't wait for the Overdrive mode (to destroy my GPU lol).
Images from Lodoss
NeverYouMind
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This unreleased mod of GTA V is the best I have seen:
FatallyYours
Member
Very subjective...but a few off the top of my head
The opening of Mario Galaxy, running about in the heart of the magic kingdom, colorful, nostalgic, fun...blew me away at the time. The kid living in my brain just wanted to explore this colorful, living, happy area, greet every little toad dude
For similar reasons, LoZ: Windwaker! Interesting choice, colorful, fun. I enjoyed that games graphics more than other mainline LoZ of the time (and therfor had a fun tike playing in that world), even if the other games were technically "better"
"Whisky Hotel" mission from CoD MW2. Walking out into the night, fighting, flames, radio chatter, explosions all around me. I remember being amazed at it when I first saw it. In fact, I may redownload MW1/2 just to run through the campaign again now I'm thinking of it
RdR2 for obvious reasons that others have gone into
The opening of Mario Galaxy, running about in the heart of the magic kingdom, colorful, nostalgic, fun...blew me away at the time. The kid living in my brain just wanted to explore this colorful, living, happy area, greet every little toad dude
For similar reasons, LoZ: Windwaker! Interesting choice, colorful, fun. I enjoyed that games graphics more than other mainline LoZ of the time (and therfor had a fun tike playing in that world), even if the other games were technically "better"
"Whisky Hotel" mission from CoD MW2. Walking out into the night, fighting, flames, radio chatter, explosions all around me. I remember being amazed at it when I first saw it. In fact, I may redownload MW1/2 just to run through the campaign again now I'm thinking of it
RdR2 for obvious reasons that others have gone into
The Infectious Paradox
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Now THAT is pretty amazing in 1st person. I never finished gta V. Didn't care for the characters or story. But that looks reminiscent of GTA IV. I would love to go back to SA with those graphics and a grittier story.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
This is way too hard to decide. I’m leaning towards Red Dead Redemption 2 and Metro Exodus.
If we’re talking straight up main characters than The Last of Us. Tess is probably the most impressive I’ve ever seen with her detail and facial expressions.
If we’re talking straight up main characters than The Last of Us. Tess is probably the most impressive I’ve ever seen with her detail and facial expressions.
NightmareFarm
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Guilty Gear Strive
Grildon Tundy
Member
Wow! The overcast scenes look like filmed footage of a city. My eyes haven't been tricked by real-time graphics like this in a while.
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Regarding the topic, my personal, subjective most-blown-away moment was Bioshock; it was the first game I played for that gen and first game I played on an HDTV. Totally immersed.
Recently, it's Demon's Souls remake.
Eiknarf
Banned
Jeez! That's impressive!
Drizzlehell
Banned
Honestly, I'm still amazed with how detailed and natural the visuals are in The Division. There are just so many locations in that game that always give me a pause and I will stop to look around, which is incredible for a game that came out in early 2016.
I'm also a sucker for space games and there are a few contenders there that also amazed me with their visuals, among them being: Homeworld series, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen...
I'm also a sucker for space games and there are a few contenders there that also amazed me with their visuals, among them being: Homeworld series, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen...
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NeoIkaruGAF
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3liteDragon
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Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, nothing else has come close for me yet.
drotahorror
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Yeah I'll never forget when that water busted through the door. I always loved water graphics and even to this day that part still looks good.
ToTTenTranz
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Dzab
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Megaman X4 looks great. What am I missing?
Ulysses 31
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Oops! Meant to post this in most beautiful moments thread...
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Uncharted games are games you need to play for the graphics alone, a lot of work was put into those games. Plus the pirates, discovering treasure etc. it looks good even today.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
The shift in artstyle from X3 to X4 was really jarring to me. It can get seriously ugly in some instances, and it’s bland most of the time.
nightmare-slain
Member
1. TLOU2 - it's really damn amazing and consistent. Haven't play Part 1 remake so don't know about that.
2. Cyberpunk 2077 - with RTX Overdrive on it's the most advanced and demanding game out right now but you could easily enjoy it without RTX.
3. RDR2 - only played it on base PS4 and on PC for like an hour. It had no right looking that good on PS4. Not sure if it holds up.
4. Flight Sim - it's a great looking game but it is a flight sim... so you're staring at a plane, clouds, sky, water, or not so great 3D models and ground textures (if you're taking off/landing).
2. Cyberpunk 2077 - with RTX Overdrive on it's the most advanced and demanding game out right now but you could easily enjoy it without RTX.
3. RDR2 - only played it on base PS4 and on PC for like an hour. It had no right looking that good on PS4. Not sure if it holds up.
4. Flight Sim - it's a great looking game but it is a flight sim... so you're staring at a plane, clouds, sky, water, or not so great 3D models and ground textures (if you're taking off/landing).
Laptop1991
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Far Cry and Crysis back then, more recently the recent Assassin's Creed's, especially Odyssey on PC and Cyberpunk 2077
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Hobbygaming
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A lot of people will be reminded this Wednesday how amazing it looks when Burning Shores dropsHorizon Forbidden West on PS5, nothing else has come close for me yet.