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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Gravity Rush 2 the thread

 

[iHaunter]

Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet and Clank RR, Demon's Souls RE are currently the best looking games graphically for their genres.

 

[Yoshi97]

In terms of breathtaking artstyle I gotta go with breath of the wild.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

I go back and forth with this topic. I still think TLoU: Part II hasn’t been surpassed in certain aspects, but overall presentation I’d have to give it to Forbidden West.

Then again, Rift Apart looks like it has the best visuals ever in some levels, while looking less impressive in others.

It’s a debatable question.

 

[Balducci30]

Just visual appeal and not technically only? Elden ring, LOU2, RDR2 and half life Alyx

 

[Hayabusabruh]

Some of the clips in that latest Atomic Heart trailer. Wtf

 

[rofif]

Still uncharted 4

 

[Rendered Tangent]

GoW Ragnarok, GT7, RDR2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Cyberpunk, TLOU Part 1 and 2, all look phenomenal.

 

[Mess]

OP choice is interesting... Strive looks so good in screenshots and so bad in motion.

On topic : Demon's Souls remake. Can't wait to see a PC port of it running on a 4090!

 

[CashPrizes]

Surprised by lack of Ghost of Tsushima mentions. There are some definitely bad NPC character models here and there, but the art design and landscapes are breathtaking, running on PS5 locked 60fps at 4k with HDR on an OLED it is probably the best looking game I have ever seen.

Horizon FW probably wins flat out, but I would give GoT the edge aesthetically. Cyberpunk probably is the real answer since you can run it on a High Refresh rate monitor with a 4090. Hopefully Guerilla ports H:FW to PC soon and we can just mod and crank that puppy.

I agree Strive is a little underwhelming. When Guilty Gear Xrd first came out that was probably the best looking game ever, and while Strive has improved their graphic techniques over 6 years or whatever, it isn't nearly as impressive as Xrd was.

 

[Dr.brain64]

Project X Zone 2

 

[Vick]

do you know the reason for why they downgraded the shit out of the game (rdr2) in the subsequent versions?

makes no sense to me, game had better LOD, less pop-in, a little better lightning and even IQ..

I would also like to know this

Same reason R* usually downgrades their single player games.. their damn Multiplayer modes.
It's the most infuriating shit ever, especially when downgrades get later ported on more powerful machines.

SkyHighTrees Add draw distance and AO to the list, massive difference for both.

AO difference is absolutely awful for characters especially:

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But in general game had a unique pre-rendered quality thanks to it which is not there anymore.

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And what's worse to me is draw distance, as you said LOD management was jaw dropping in 1.00 with practically non-existent pop-in, when any version after display tons of missing trees/shadows all over the place.

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I mean look behind the characters, it's insane:

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[mrmustard]

All on Pc of course:
Red Dead Redemption 2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Control
Hitman 3
AC: Odyssey
The Witcher 3
Forza Horizon 5

 

[hybrid_birth]

The new Stalker and Atomic Heart look amazing graphically.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

The answer is still Returnal. Can't wait to see it running on a beefy PC.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Demon's Souls remake
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Ring

 

[GymWolf]

It's clearly grezzo 2

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[GogolPoe]

Atomic Heart for this month, most recently before this, Scorn has amazing surreal and memorable landscapes, especially the end cityscape.

if you need me to give you a PS5 game, it would be Demon Souls Remake.

 

[ZehDon]

The Calllisto Protocol on a proper gaming rig has some of the best lighting and material work ever made. Say what you will about the gameplay, the visual presentation really is industry leading. It's RT implementation is extensive, too. Looks utterly terrific maxed out.
Runner up is Cyberpunk 2077, on PC too, of course. The scope and scale mixed with the sheer detail on offer is simply unmatched. Nothing comes close to Night City. This isn't walking through corridors with little happening and pre-baked lighting; Cyberpunk goes fucking hard.
Third place is Read Dead Redemption 2, on PC or on console. Rockstar proves they're still the best in the business at getting consoles to sing. Real time GI, volumetric fog and clouds, and the sheer interactive detail; RDR2 is really special.

 

[Utherellus]

In terms of what? Art design? Photorealism?

If you referring to photorealism, without any doubt it's Flight Sim 2020

 

[Kikorin]

Wrong post, no idea how I did it.

 

[geary]

Terraria

 

[iHaunter]

Demon's Souls Remake

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

Horizon Forbidden West

 

[Magic Carpet]

PC- Cyberpunk 2077
PS- Uncharted 4/Horizon Forbidden West
Nintendo- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xbox- Forza Horizon 5 (I had to think about xbox, I really can't name many graphical stunners only art styles)

 

[EverydayBeast]

Graphics today are freakish good.

 

[mrmustard]

PC- Cyberpunk 2077
PS- Uncharted 4/Horizon Forbidden West
Nintendo- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xbox- Forza Horizon 5 (I had to think about xbox, I really can't name many graphical stunners only art styles)

Gears 5 Hivebusters on Series X looks sick and of course Fligh Sim too. But that's it with eye-candy.

 

[AJUMP23]

I still don't think RDR2 has been surpassed.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I still don't think RDR2 has been surpassed.

I think RDR2 has the most going on as a living world, stuff living and breathing and working and moving. It makes CP77 look like a sterile operating room with one cleanup guy. But graphically? hmmmm

 

[DynamiteToadie]

Oh another of these threads. We gets these once a few months. Alright...lemme pull of some screenshots I took on steam, slow internets be warned

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Any way I could ask you for a quick list of those games? There are a few I don't recognize.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Any way I could ask you for a quick list of those games? There are a few I don't recognize.

A Plague Tale Requiem
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Prey
Metro Exodus
Dying Light
Cyberpunk 2077
Ori and the will of the wisps
Days Gone
Dishonored 2
Dues Ex Mankind Divided
Alien Isolation

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Oh another of these threads. We gets these once a few months. Alright...lemme pull of some screenshots I took on steam, slow internets be warned

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Whats this?

 

[DynamiteToadie]

A Plague Tale Requiem
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Prey
Metro Exodus
Dying Light
Cyberpunk 2077
Ori and the will of the wisps
Days Gone
Dishonored 2
Dues Ex Mankind Divided
Alien Isolation

Awesome, thanks! I know all those games but I guess I just didn't recognize some of the scenes. It's amazing how good some of them still look, especially Alien Isolation.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Whats this?

Prey 2017

 

[Maverick074]

Batman: Arkham Knight still looks really impressive for a game that's almost eight years old
Hell, it looks better than a lot of AAA games getting released today

 

[cireza]

Story of Thor 2 comes to mind. Gorgeous pixel-art, rendered in 240p on a CRT. Pure bliss.

I also love pixel-art on MegaDrive, some games look incredible considering that it is only 4x16 colors from a 512 palette. Lunar Eternal Blue is a good example.

The last picture is from an in-game video. Absolutely timeless. Not a single artifact or defect, these were coded with the hardware in mind. Superior to anything we've got on 32 bits. There are many others, such as the Shining Force games.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Whats this?

One of the best games ever made, Prey 2017. It's not for everybody tho but if immersive sim is what you're after, this is the best modern one yet. I am a sucker for amazing level design and Prey nails it.

 

[Games of Today]

You're not beating The Last of Us: Part 2. Sorry.

Even not being the biggest fan of the game, I can't deny that Naughty Dog is the best in the business.

Horizon Forbidden West and Ghost of Tsushima are a very high bar and compete with The Last of Us: Part 2 respectively with certain graphical aspects.

But Naughty Dog will always be ahead of the competition. And one of the biggest reasons for this is water physics.

They seem to be the only company that understands how water actually flows through an environment. With each iteration of their engine it becomes more and more lifelike.

The water in Part 2 is truly mind blowing and a borderline liquid simulation, though I know it's actually more of a visual trick with graphics shaders in most places.

Couple that with their overall physics implementation including melee animations and glass physically breaking in random patterns under stress and they simply can't be beat.

I can't wait to see a native PS5 title from them.

 

[diffusionx]

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Batman: Arkham Knight still looks really impressive for a game that's almost eight years old
Hell, it looks better than a lot of AAA games getting released today

Obviously you can play it on PC now but it really deserved a Pro patch on console. 1080p/30fps is not good enough for that game.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

One of the best games ever made, Prey 2017. It's not for everybody tho but if immersive sim is what you're after, this is the best modern one yet. I am a sucker for amazing level design and Prey nails it.

It's the best immersive sim, period. No need to add modern.

Also, amazing art style. It looks better than Redfall.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Oh another of these threads. We gets these once a few months. Alright...lemme pull of some screenshots I took on steam, slow internets be warned

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Heres some more stuff

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[Musilla]

GT7 in replays

Forbidden West for gameplay.

 

[jezhumphrey75]

halo infinite

 

[JLB]

Easily MS Flight Simulator for me.

 

[JLB]

Top Banana.




THE best looking video game of all time. You can't convince me otherwise.

Also the best soundtrack.

 

[Shakka43]

You see that wall over there, yup that's something I do now, I stare at the walls.

 

[rofif]

More on my uncharted 4 claim:

 

[Josemayuste]

Whats this?

Heh.. that's Arkane's PREY (2017) the GOAT

 

[MiguelItUp]

Demon's Souls Remake
Red Dead Redemption 2
Dead Space Remake
Elden Ring
Resident Evil 2 Remake
GoW: Ragnarok

 

[vodka-bull]

Still RDR2 for me

You talking about PC, right?

 

[The Stig]

Top Banana.




THE best looking video game of all time. You can't convince me otherwise.

argh!

seriously, that made my headache worse!