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[Portugeezer]

What was the first game which impressed you with its water? For me it was Mario Sunshine, followed by Halo 3. Amazing water for the time.



Shoutout Wii U water guy

 

[RJMacready73]

For me it was Crysis that truly nailed it

 

[Buggy Loop]

That opening from John

 

[amigastar]

Morrowind is the answer

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

The first time I can remember being impressed by water was waverace64 for sure.

 

[diffusionx]

I didn't watch the video yet, but Waverace 64 was revolutionary in terms of water and physics. Half-Life 2 was a big step forward too IIRC although these days it looks a bit off.

 

[Kenpachii]

Freaking loved reflections and water in games when i grew up, morrowind was amazing in this after that what impressed me was half life 2.

 

[Mr Wonderstuff]

Morrowind is the answer

Was going to post this. Amazing quality.

 

[adamsapple]

Bioshock's water was a real watershed moment (pun intended)

 

[TxKnight7]

For me it was Crysis that truly nailed it

Same!
15 years ago

 

[solidus12]

The music that plays during the 23 minute mark, I’m pretty sure it’s from Tekken 4 or 5, but I can’t remember.

Can someone help me find it?

There’s no mention of Tekken at the end of the video.

 

[Team Andromeda]

For me the 1st time I was blown away by a Water Effect was in Revenge Of Shinobi on the Waterfall stage. In terms of 3D Panzer Dragon series on the Saturn just blew me away with each entry in the series, the world wind-water effect in Saga in particular was incredible

 

[Skifi28]

Wait, is this a new video or a reupload? I could have sworn they already did a video on water rendering.

 

[kruis]

Wait, is this a new video or a reupload? I could have sworn they already did a video on water rendering.

You're not going crazy. It's an older multi part video that's now presented as a single video.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Wait, is this a new video or a reupload? I could have sworn they already did a video on water rendering.

DF are reuploading older videos that have been remastered in 4K.

 

[dummydecoy]

 

[Killer8]

Few games to this day have had more convincing underwater effects than Metal Gear Solid 2:

 

[Buggy Loop]

How far we've come. And Sea of Thieves is "old", but jaw dropping when playing and it's also has water as a main focus on the gameplay (duh).

 

[analog_future]

First one that really left an impact on me? Probably Wave Race 64:

Best today? Sea of Thieves still holds that crown:

 

[DGrayson]

No nintendo water meme? SMH

 

[Business]

The first game with really stand out water has to be Wave Race 64.

 

[drotahorror]

How far we've come. And Sea of Thieves is "old", but jaw dropping when playing and it's also has water as a main focus on the gameplay (duh).

It really looks that good?

 

[BigLee74]

Lots of decent water came before it, but Half Life 2 blew my mind!

 

[Dacvak]

I still don’t think I’ve seen water as impressive as Mario Sunshine ever since. I’m not talking about large bodies of water (that’s been done to death and with incredible realism); I’m talking about the water gun mechanics. Not only are the physics awesome, but the visual effects it produces still astound me to this day for a game released in 2002. Shooting the Fludd directly into the camera absolutely never gets old for me.

 

[TVexperto]

First one that really left an impact on me? Probably Wave Race 64:

Best today? Sea of Thieves still holds that crown:

I remember when MIcrosoft was buillshitting us and saying things like this:

PUBG: Microsoft will have the water of Sea of Thieves and better support for pad

During this past Gamescom Microsoft announced surprise will be the Publisher of Xbox One version of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds , the incredible phenomenon of the moment who has recently passed the 10 million copies sold in Early Access on Steam and passing by the number of users logged on...

www.mondoxbox.com

 

[Dacvak]

No nintendo water meme? SMH

I officially give this thread a score of:

7.8

 

[Buggy Loop]

It really looks that good?

Yea

 

[intbal]

Completely pointless
Makes no difference to gameplay
Not featured anywhere else in the game

But this was damned impressive in 2002

 

[rofif]

It's an old video. Nothing new in there.

My favs are ff XV, XVI, Uncharted4, the last guardian and recentl;y stellar blade had cool water.

 

[bender]

We need a Blue Storm remaster, Nintendo!

 

[Yonyx]

It is a re-upload.

The best is still Wave Race 64, especially because of its physics.

Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 in Japan, not in 1995 how it says in the video.

 

[DGrayson]

 

[Hudo]

I remember that guy. I legitimately trust that dude's opinion more than DF.

 

[Futaleufu]

From Dust has water.

Honestly, I've never found this subject too interesting because gains in fidelity have come and gone over decades.

 

[Buggy Loop]

No nintendo water meme? SMH

It's in the OP, you don't see it?

 

[CGNoire]

Few games to this day have had more convincing underwater effects than Metal Gear Solid 2:

yep even later on when trying to swim through the flooded strut area you feel like you may just drown. the animations, the effects...everything so well crafted.

 

[Chiggs]

The opening of this video is fucking cringe.

 

[CGNoire]

yeah Sea of Thieves seems to be the Clear winner here.

 

[CamHostage]

I remember the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games being one of the first where it was just fun to play with the water effect.

 

[The Stig]

We need a Blue Storm remaster, Nintendo!

I dont care who makes it. i want a wave race game.

 

[diffusionx]

It is a re-upload.

The best is still Wave Race 64, especially because of its physics.

Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 in Japan, not in 1995 how it says in the video.

Blue Storm does everything 64 does water-wise, but way better. Which really shouldn't be a surprise considering it's much more powerful hardware.

As with so many things, though, it seems that we haven't advanced much beyond graphically since. That's a 2001 game.

 

[Alexios]

Sigh, this is one thing Saturn has many great examples of in 3D games yet all they show is the first Panzer Dragoon which was the crudest of the series and Tomb Raider on Saturn. Zwei and Saga have even better and more varied water effects and stuff like Powerslave do water at least as good as Quake they show on PC, especially the underwater lighting/caustics. Edit: ok so they do show more Saturn stuff like this, I thought they weren't gonna go backwards in time again after the intro skips them all and goes to later more modern stuff. My bad.

 

[DaciaJC]

For me, it was probably Far Cry 3.

It's nothing special nowadays, but back then, I thought FC3 had the prettiest water and beaches and grass dunes I had ever seen in a game.

 

[jufonuk]

The first time I can remember being impressed by water was waverace64 for sure.

This for me too

 

[MujkicHaris]

Half-Life 2

 

[Hunnybun]

I think the first game to impress me must've been Mario 64, but I can't say it made that vivid an impression, really. At the time Wave Race was the one everyone talked about, but for me it was always more just technically impressive rather than actually beautiful.

I think the first game where the water was actually positively beautiful rather than just technically impressive was probably Mario Sunshine, though. It just looked gorgeous in some of those areas.

 

[Three]

Crysis was the first time I was seriously impressed with water.

Video was poor, it spent way too much time with HL and Fear and didn’t cover much the great looking water in Sea of thieves, Horizon FW, and didn't do the ship level for UC3 because he "didn't have a save file"? Really?

 

[Yonyx]

Blue Storm does everything 64 does water-wise, but way better. Which really shouldn't be a surprise considering it's much more powerful hardware.

As with so many things, though, it seems that we haven't advanced much beyond graphically since. That's a 2001 game.

I've played a lot of both games and I prefer the physics of WR64 and how they interact with the jet ski controls. However, the sad part is that those two games have not been clearly surpassed in terms of water physics.

 

[Fart Knight]

Blue Storm does everything 64 does water-wise, but way better. Which really shouldn't be a surprise considering it's much more powerful hardware.

As with so many things, though, it seems that we haven't advanced much beyond graphically since. That's a 2001 game.

Nah, the water in BS is ugly.

 

[SlimySnake]

Pretty sure Brothers remake has fluid simulations.