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[T0minator]

There's times throughout the year I like to make videos for specific games just to practice video editing in my free time.

Making a Horizon Burning Shores video this morning and I was blown away by how crisp, detailed and smooth the entire game has been so far. Will it take the top spot for Best Technical Achievement/Graphics of the year?

I can see potentially Spider-Man 2, RE4 Remake, maybe Forza(?) Getting nominations or wins but Burning Shores has been incredible so far, surpassing the original release in many areas.

Here a video I made as a reference of what time talking about. I'm really enjoying my time with it. What do you all think, graphics of the year?

 

[Edmund]

What about Starfield????!!!

 

[Skifi28]

It looked great, but I don't think there was much if any tangible improvement from the base game and being just a DLC in a year with so many big releases, I find it very unlikely.

 

[farmerboy]

It does look spectacular. Great achievement from Guerilla.

 

[Pedro Motta]

It should, but I know it's going to be Cyberpunk Overdrive, knowing how those minds work at DF.

 

[ChiefDada]

There's times throughout the year I like to make videos for specific games just to practice video editing in my free time.

Making a Horizon Burning Shores video this morning and I was blown away by how crisp, detailed and smooth the entire game has been so far. Will it take the top spot for Best Technical Achievement/Graphics of the year?

I can see potentially Spider-Man 2, RE4 Remake, maybe Forza(?) Getting nominations or wins but Burning Shores has been incredible so far, surpassing the original release in many areas.

Here a video I made as a reference of what time talking about. I'm really enjoying my time with it. What do you all think, graphics of the year?

No, It will be SM2. GG deserves credit for pushing the gen/tech forward very early, but theres too much bugginess in Burning Shores to claim graphics award

 

[Imtjnotu]

What about Starfield????!!!

 

[solidus12]

What about Starfield????!!!

It will win ultimate game of the generation

 

[Xtib81]

On consoles, it depends on what Avatar has in store. But it looks very good besides the bad Lod transitions. Cp2077 looks quite good too.

 

[Arsic]

Nah. Likely go to phantom liberty or Spider-Man 2.

 

[midnightAI]

No, It will be SM2. GG deserves credit for pushing the gen/tech forward very early, but theres too much bugginess in Burning Shores to claim graphics award

Bugginess? Hardly, if we are talking purely graphics it could possibly be between the two, which is impressive in itself seeing as how both are open world.

SM2 hasn't released yet so hold your horses on which looks best.

 

[Gudji]

What about Starfield????!!!

 

[existensmaximum]

We'll see but from what I've seen of Spider-Man 2, it looks far more impressive to me.

 

[ChiefDada]

What about Starfield????!!!

It should win for ugliest current gen graphics. It's actually very offensive how fugly it can get like goddamn.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

Nice video you made. Burning Shores looks amazing, it’s certainly the frontrunner at the moment.

But I do think people will be surprised at the praise Spider-Man 2 gets in this regard as well, so we’ll see.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Nah even though it should be in the final running I just want another game to win since it won last year

 

[analog_future]

Only on GAF can you have more comments about Starfield than Horizon Burning Shores in a thread about Horizon Burning Shores.


It's like Todd Howard fucked all their moms or something

 

[M1987]

Yes it will/should

 

[Kokoloko85]

It looked great, but I don't think there was much if any tangible improvement from the base game and being just a DLC in a year with so many big releases, I find it very unlikely.

The last boss was pretty impressive. Not sure the base game can do the same

 

[midnightAI]

On consoles, it depends on what Avatar has in store. But it looks very good besides the bad Lod transitions. Cp2077 looks quite good too.

Avatar didn't look that impressive at the last State of Play

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Spider-Man 2 looks super impressive with the latest footage

 

[T0minator]

Only on GAF can you have more comments about Starfield than Horizon Burning Shores in a thread about Horizon Burning Shores.


It's like Todd Howard fucked all their moms or something

It's across all of gaming forums though, not just GAF. Starfield has become a bit of a parody/joke unfortunately. The amounts of hype before launch to see how it turned out to be an average game. It's a good game still, I'm playing through it along side Burning Shores and it's made Horizon very impressive in comparison.

But back on topic, I completely forgot about Cyberpunk 2077 DLC. I can see it getting the nod or even win. Spider-Man 2 in person may impress me more than what I've seen from compressed YouTube videos

 

[vivftp]

Burning Shores and Spider-Man 2 will be the two main competitors. Each will excel in their own ways, but I'm gonna guess that Spider-Man 2 will edge it out when all is said and done.

 

[Black_Stride]

If expansions and updates are allowed then Phantom Liberty with Overdrive.
If Alan Wake 2 has a raytracing implementation thats better than Controls, then both in the fight.
Performance issues be damned the character rendering in Callisto Protocol is on another level.
Speaking of, Dead Space Remake had some gorgeous areas.
Portal RTX also counts as a 2023 title and that shit is bonkers.

Honorable mention to Mortal Kombat 1 (no im not joking).

It certainly not a one horse race and certainly not a given.



P.S Horizon still has the best NPCs in any game ever though, almost every single one is hero quality.

 

[SlimySnake]

It will be between starfield, avatar, cyberpunk and ff16. Horizon’s dlc isn’t big enough to be under consideration. Especially since it won last year for the same tech. Maybe it will get an honorary mention for clouds.

 

[blastprocessor]

Burning Shores could be top but it does have pop-in and lighting transition flaws so who knows?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

It will be between starfield, avatar, cyberpunk and ff16. Horizon’s dlc isn’t big enough to be under consideration. Especially since it won last year for the same tech. Maybe it will get an honorary mention for clouds.

Nope on Starfield.

Maybe on Avatar.

Nope on FF16

You're sleeping on SM2

 

[Wunray]

Didn't Cp2077 launch path tracing this year?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

The fanboy in me says Spiderman 2, but the realist in me says Spiderman 2

 

[Black_Stride]

Didn't Cp2077 launch path tracing this year?

Yup and Phantom Liberty is bring even more enhancements.

And Portal RTX is some loopy shit, seeing light pass through the portals is such a "simple" effect but it adds so much.

 

[SlimySnake]

Nope on Starfield.

Maybe on Avatar.

Nope on FF16

You're sleeping on SM2

Nah all I’ve done is sm2 comparisons the last few days. It is virtually identical to the first two games. I just did a character model comparison and most people couldn’t tell which game it was from. They already got their props back in the day for rt. Its just not doing enough new things to warrant another inclusion. Maybe top five if someone like digital foundry does a list.

Especially when other games are doing next gen only things like the ff16 titan battles and near cg quality cutscenes, and starfield’s interiors and physics.

I do feel like I’m getting dejavu. Feel like we have discussed this once or twice before. I guess we will find out at the end of the year. Feel free to bookmark this post.

Edit: i forgot about Alan wake 2 so maybe not even top five.

It will probably be something like this:
Avatar
Cyberpunk
Alan wake 2
Starfield
Ff16

But i understand visual fidelity is subjective so Spider-Man might sneak in above ff16 and starfield. Horizon has no chance though. At least Spider-Man is a brand new game instead of just a short 6 hour dlc with one area.

 

[Represent.]

Yes. And it should.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Nah all I’ve done is sm2 comparisons the last few days. It is virtually identical to the first two games.

You clearly haven't looked at the lighting and improvement in city detail / density at all

 

[adamsapple]

On a sheer technical scale, little to nothing this year will come close to 2077's overdrive path tracing.

 

[Three]

Technically it won the GDC award last year for the base game and while it's pluasable for the DLC to win again this year because there were not that many releases between then and now that beat Burning Shores I personally think it should go to Phantom Liberty.

 

[SlimySnake]

You clearly haven't looked at the lighting and improvement in city detail / density at all

Lighting is marginally improved but buildings are mostly the same. The slightly enhanced lighting isn’t going to win any awards though since there are games that are doing much more with the ps5 hardware.

We will see.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

since there are games that are doing much more with the ps5 hardware.

Which games would those be?

 

[analog_future]

It's across all of gaming forums though, not just GAF. Starfield has become a bit of a parody/joke unfortunately. The amounts of hype before launch to see how it turned out to be an average game. It's a good game still, I'm playing through it along side Burning Shores and it's made Horizon very impressive in comparison.

But back on topic, I completely forgot about Cyberpunk 2077 DLC. I can see it getting the nod or even win. Spider-Man 2 in person may impress me more than what I've seen from compressed YouTube videos

It really hasn't. GAF disproportionately hates on the game largely due to childish tribalism and console warring.

 

[SlimySnake]

Which games would those be?

Read above. Avatar, ff16, Alan wake 2, phantom Liberty.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Yes, the most? I dunno...

 

[ChiefDada]

It really hasn't. GAF disproportionately hates on the game largely due to childish tribalism and console warring.

Lol, no. I believe it's a very good game based on overall consensus but the areas where it gets hate is well deserved and you know it. In a graphics-oriented thread, you should come in expecting Starfield to get rightfully shat on.

 

[skit_data]

Some of these pictures are straight up nightmare fuel, imagine having that face staring at you from the foot of the bed when waking up in the middle of the night

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Read above. Avatar, ff16, Alan wake 2, phantom Liberty.

Disagree with all of the above.

FF16 looks good in cutscenes, but it's not as impressive in-game. Alan Wake 2 is highly confined linear title. Impressive in its own right, but SM2 is doing it on a much larger scale.

Cyberpunk on console is not more impressive than SM2. It's not really an impressive game at all. Avatar still is a question mark.

 

[VN1X]

The hype for Burning Shores is GROWING!

 

[analog_future]

Lol, no. I believe it's a very good game based on overall consensus but the areas where it gets hate is well deserved and you know it. In a graphics-oriented thread, you should come in expecting Starfield to get rightfully shat on.

Why?

Bethesda has never been known for top-tier visuals and this is undoubtedly the best looking game they've ever made. The game is inconsistent visually but can and does frequently look incredible.


We didn't see Elden Ring get this type of vitriol despite it running and looking like shit on a technical level.



It's all rooted in an embarrassing amount of console warrior cringe.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

It's not just about the graphics the performance should matter as well Forza might get a nod if they improve on the final product, Avatar definitely, Spider-Man 2 for sure, Alan Wake 2 and Starfield PC will all get nods DF might skip Horizon because it's DLC. This year has been pretty amazing to me from a graphics standpoint and don't forget Lord's of the Fallen if it can improve upon release.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

We didn't see Elden Ring get this type of vitriol despite it running and looking like shit on a technical level.

Lol yes it fucking it

 

[analog_future]

Lol yes it fucking it

No it fucking didn't.


It got backlash, as any game does, but you didn't see this constant over-the-top, brigading other unrelated threads just to troll type shit that you see all over these boards.

 

[midnightAI]

Wait, people are saying Starfield unironically?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

No it fucking didn't.


It got backlash, as any game does, but you didn't see this constant over-the-top, brigading other unrelated threads just to troll type shit that you see all over these boards.

Are you daft? It's a graphics thread. Of course it's going to get brought up