This is the correct answer for sprite based games. Suikoden has maybe the most beautiful sprites ever made. The sheer variety and number of animations in the sprites is astounding. Some amazing artwork in that game.
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What was the PS1 game with the overall best graphics?
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This is the correct answer for sprite based games. Suikoden has maybe the most beautiful sprites ever made. The sheer variety and number of animations in the sprites is astounding. Some amazing artwork in that game.
Might have been the first game that used motion capture:
1997, people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6srN0wooc
Yes, Tobal is quite good.
Man where the hell is Wipeout Ps4 with VR support????
i agree with you two
Acquiescence
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Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy IX
Crash Bandicoot 3
Fear Effect 2
Chrono Cross
Spyro the Dragon 3
WipEout 3
Broken Sword 2
You should play the Fear Effect games if you like to expose yourself to all manner of fucked up shit.
Final Fantasy IX
Crash Bandicoot 3
Fear Effect 2
Chrono Cross
Spyro the Dragon 3
WipEout 3
Broken Sword 2
You should play the Fear Effect games if you like to expose yourself to all manner of fucked up shit.
Holy crap - looks almost as good as halo combat evolved and that was a 2001 launch title for xbox.
I wouldn't say it's the best of all, but Threads of Fate is extremely clean looking and avoids most of the PSX's graininess and aliasing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3oKvdvd-MQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3oKvdvd-MQ
Indeed, it was the first 3D game to make me feel like I was playing an interactive cartoon.
I think what floored me the most was the ice reflections in the snow levels.
RealityCheque
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Always thought Wipeout 2097 was a beautiful thing.
what's with all the insane hyperbole that shows up in these threads?
The titles that stand out to me the most are:
3D:
Tobal 2- This was absolutely insane in 1997. The high resolution and silky-smooth 60 FPS made this game look and animated so much better than all the other 3D fighters out at the time. A lot of people are going to cite Tekken 3, but this was a way more impressive game. Shame it never came Stateside.
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters- This cel-shaded 2.5D fighting game had some awesome character design and a fun dance game-like finishing mechanic. Looked really good at the time.
Vagrant Story- I didn't play this very much -wasn't for me- but it was an absolute head-turner when it first came out
Bust-A-Move(Groove) Dance And Rhythm Action: Probably not the best of screen-shots, but this motion-captured dance battle game was amazing when it came out. I couldn't get enough of it and its sequel.
Ridge Racer Type 4: A lot of people might go for Gran Turismo over this, but the night stages in this game were really awesome.
Metal Gear Solid: Had absolutely stunning presentation at the time.
2D:
Street Fighter Alpha 3: This was the first time that Capcom ported a new fighting game to the PS1 only and not to the Saturn as well. Of course, that would change later -the game made it to the Dreamcast and then the Saturn after a period of exclusivity- but this port, while certainly not perfect, was such a step up from previous ports that I didn't really miss the near-arcade perfection on the Saturn. They also added some extra effects.
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind: This was a PS1-exclusive 'upgrade' to Real Bout Special. SNK changed the game up, ditching the line-sway system, which in turn allowed for more animation in the sprites and added animation in the backgrounds, not found in the original Neo-Geo version.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: This game had pretty much static backgrounds, but was still pretty impressive and was the PS1's only CPS3 port. Like SFA3, it had extra effects not found in the arcade version, IIRC.
Castlevania Symphony Of The Night: This game re-uses assets from the 16-bit Rondo Of Blood, but the huge stage areas and amounts of enemies in them were pretty impressive at the time.
3D:
Tobal 2- This was absolutely insane in 1997. The high resolution and silky-smooth 60 FPS made this game look and animated so much better than all the other 3D fighters out at the time. A lot of people are going to cite Tekken 3, but this was a way more impressive game. Shame it never came Stateside.
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters- This cel-shaded 2.5D fighting game had some awesome character design and a fun dance game-like finishing mechanic. Looked really good at the time.
Vagrant Story- I didn't play this very much -wasn't for me- but it was an absolute head-turner when it first came out
Bust-A-Move(Groove) Dance And Rhythm Action: Probably not the best of screen-shots, but this motion-captured dance battle game was amazing when it came out. I couldn't get enough of it and its sequel.
Ridge Racer Type 4: A lot of people might go for Gran Turismo over this, but the night stages in this game were really awesome.
Metal Gear Solid: Had absolutely stunning presentation at the time.
2D:
Street Fighter Alpha 3: This was the first time that Capcom ported a new fighting game to the PS1 only and not to the Saturn as well. Of course, that would change later -the game made it to the Dreamcast and then the Saturn after a period of exclusivity- but this port, while certainly not perfect, was such a step up from previous ports that I didn't really miss the near-arcade perfection on the Saturn. They also added some extra effects.
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind: This was a PS1-exclusive 'upgrade' to Real Bout Special. SNK changed the game up, ditching the line-sway system, which in turn allowed for more animation in the sprites and added animation in the backgrounds, not found in the original Neo-Geo version.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: This game had pretty much static backgrounds, but was still pretty impressive and was the PS1's only CPS3 port. Like SFA3, it had extra effects not found in the arcade version, IIRC.
Castlevania Symphony Of The Night: This game re-uses assets from the 16-bit Rondo Of Blood, but the huge stage areas and amounts of enemies in them were pretty impressive at the time.
Morrigan Stark
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Maybe if you pretend Breath of Fire III didn't exist...
Fennec
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What?!?
Obscuritas
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FFIX without any doubts. It could be confused for an early PS2 game.
Dino Crisis 2 was pretty outstanding too.
Dino Crisis 2 was pretty outstanding too.
Maybe if you pretend Breath of Fire III didn't exist...
You mean IV.
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Green Yoshi
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Rayman 2.
Jimnymebob
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Castlevania Symphony Of The Night: This game re-uses assets from the 16-bit Rondo Of Blood, but the huge stage areas and amounts of enemies in them were pretty impressive at the time.
Oh yeah, this is a good one.
Spiritwalker
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FFIX, Chrono Cross and Legend of Mana looked amazing.
Digital-Hero
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Tobal 2 was even slightly better.
Sub_Level
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I wouldn't go that far lol but yeah the acid sprays looked good.
Yeah, I'd say it's easily the #1 pick for best graphics on the system. I remember it came out at the same time as the Japanese Starfox 64. At the shop I worked at, people came for import Starfox copies and then stopped and stared at Tobal 2...and were shocked that this was on the Playstation and not the N64. It looked so much sharper and cleaner than any N64 game out at the time, and that framerate...holy shit it was just so awesome, lol.
Bog
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Yep. The stills don't do it justice. It was so damn smooth in motion.
superNESjoe
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It looks pretty good but uh, yeah no.
Not to nitpick, but there's no way you could mistake it for an early PS2 game. The 3d models and battle maps are a dead giveaway.
Sure, the backgrounds were great, but many PSX games has nice prerendered backgrounds.
Coolsambob
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I always loved Jade Cocoon's look.
malboroking
Banned
Not even close.
GKSilKamina
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Legend of Mana gets my vote. Still looks beautiful to this day.
Trogdor1123
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Did tobal 2 have the story version that the first one did? I remember playing it and living it even though I sucked. Can't remember the goal.
CamHostage
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Nice pull! Terracon was amazing end-of-the-generation technology (from a team fronted by the guys who did Die Hard PSX, it's a shame their PS2 projects didn't pan out,) wish it had come to PSN globally as it was easy to miss.
The 60fps game Invasion From Beyond is also little-mentioned and looked weirdly captivating to me (though the draw distance admittedly sucks.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-h8DLe2TC4
Psygnosis' 2D/3D hybrid Attack of the Saucermen is also something people should look at for PSX experimentation. Probably didn't fit in totally with the "overall best graphics", but after you see Tobal 2, you've got to have something else to talk about...
Soldiussnaku
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Some damn good choices in this thread.
Here's my personal list:
FF9
Tekken 3
Vagrant story
RR type 4
Grand Turismo 2
Quake 2
Wipeout 3
Crash bandicoot 2, but 3 takes the cake visually, imho.
Soul reaver
Omega boost
Here's my personal list:
FF9
Tekken 3
Vagrant story
RR type 4
Grand Turismo 2
Quake 2
Wipeout 3
Crash bandicoot 2, but 3 takes the cake visually, imho.
Soul reaver
Omega boost
Shadax the wizard
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For me it was Soul Reaver. Not only did it look great at the time, but you could instantly switch between two worlds. That blew my mind back then. There was no other game on PS1 that matched this feeling.
Gif is probably from the dreamcast version, but you get the idea.
This along with FFVIII and FFIX was the high point that I remember. Man, that world shifting really was something special.
SmellyHoundRedux
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I remember Tekken 3 having individual fingers on the hand and this blowing me away.
Manmademan
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Suikoden looks like a snes game. Not impressive at all. Saga frontier 2 murders it.