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[IbizaPocholo]

Game graphics can often age poorly. Here are some examples of games from the 2000s that still manage to look decent today in 2019.

Thanks mods for the title change

 

[Cattlyst]

Hmm. I was expecting games from the 2000s but most of these are from the 2010s and only a generation ago. a well made video of course, but I was expecting stuff like N64 Perfect Dark, Wave Race, GC Rogue Squadron, Dreamcast Ecco and MGS 2 etc. Nice nod to Resident Evil on GC though. Game looked mindblowing at the time. Thanks OP.

 

[TexMex]

Bioshock, REmake and Uncharted 2 were my picks before hitting play, glad they're all there.

Would also include Metroid Prime. Art design really helped keep that one timeless, still looks great.

 

[The Brooklyn Brawler]

Every dreamcast game ever

 

[DragoonKain]

Dammit, I saw that and now all I can think of is Half Life 3 or a Half Life 2 remake. Fuck you, Valve. Seriously. You create arguably the greatest game ever made and hit the road. Everyone fucking wants it, just give it to us.

As for games that hold up, anything cell shaded or hand drawn graphically.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Half-Life 2's visuals only aged well because they were so dull in the first place. Not much luster to lose.

 

[Cattlyst]

Every dreamcast game ever

Even Army Men Sarge's Heroes?

 

[The Brooklyn Brawler]

Even Army Men Sarge's Heroes?

ESPECIALLY that

 

[Naibel]

Just played Rallisport Challenge 2 on the original Xbox. With the OSSC, the right component cables and a softmoded PAL machine displaying 480p, it looks insanely good for a 15 year-old game ! Soul Calibur 2 also looks gorgeous in 720p, so that would count as well.

Oh, and there's also Ninja Gaiden, Panzer Dragoon Orta, DOA 3, Outrun 2, Splinter Cell CT (showed in the video), they still look fantastic. God bless the original, ugly, fatass Xbox !

Games with strong art direction also age very well : TF2 as showed in the vid, but also Zelda Wind Waker, SMT : Nocturne or Jet Set Radio. I now cringe at my young self for not liking cell-shading at the time.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

MGS4 has timeless graphics. I don't know how it still looks so good.

 

[RobRSG]

For MGS4. I couldn't disagree more.
Game is low res, low frame rate, would definitely benefit from a remaster or a PC version.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[EightBit Man]

There are great examples given in the 2000s video. People may or may not agree, but I think that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway also aged gracefully.

 

[JimboJones]

Every dreamcast game ever

He said 2000's not the 1990's granpa!

So many stylized games from that era that hold up much better than the games on that list, apart from Team Fortress and Bioshock the rest are bit meh.

 

[ULTROS!]

I dunno but FFXIII still looks great.

 

[JimboJones]

I dunno but FFXIII still looks great.

Honestly I think a lot of games do especially with a resolution bump and doubly so if the original art style was stylized and not "realistic"

 

[Spukc]

I think half life 2 episode 2 was a pretty good looking game

 

[GrayChild]

Obligatory Silent Hill 2/Silent Hill 3 mention. Especially when it comes to texturing and character models.

 

[IbizaPocholo]