What was the first game that impressed you graphically?

The first one I remember anyway was Super Mario RPG for SNES. RPGs simply didn't look that good back then. I believe there is a separate chip in the cart that helps the SNES make the game look that good IIRC.

I said Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast in 1999, but the experience is even better with a CRT Monitor and VGA, which I could only get later.

yeah, same. When you came over the hill in the beginning on the little hut and saw the sunrise...I was like "Wow, now we are cookin' with gas".

Games have always been improving visually, and I have been impressed before, and I had been gaming for a long time prior to Crysis. But when that game came out it was just mind blowing.

7th Guest. Up until that time I've played mostly various 2D point-and-click games, but the game blew me away with it's visuals. Great 3D-environments and live-action video. It was mostly just a glorifed puzzle-game, but the visuals were stunning.

Chrono Trigger. Back then, that game caught me by surprise with how outstanding the graphics look.

The original Assassins Creed. Really hammered home the generational shift for me.

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Hmm I think it was an MMO called Clone Wars Adventures, it was awesome.

The first time I saw Super Mario World when the SNES just came out.

Then later it was Final Fantasy VII

Then it was Gears Of Wars

God of War 2. I played it on a tube tv that had 16:9 ratio and it had higher resolution than any other tvs during that time.

- FFX

- Metal Gear Solid 2

- Shenmue on Dreamcast

@johndmgs: MLB14 The Show, looked like a real game broadcast!!

I think it was Twisted Metal on PS1.

Yeah, that was one that really amazed me too. I can remember watching the E3 2007 gameplay demo with my cousin, and being blown away by how detailed everything looked.

I can remember two specific instances where I really was blown away by the visuals.

1. Quake 3 Arena - We had just gotten a brand new Pentium III with a Voodoo 3000. The game ran like a dream, and look the part. One of my most vivid memory, in term of visual awe.

2. Metal Gear Solid 2 - I can remember the general reaction of people after the reveal. This game looked way ahead of everything else being release on the platform at the time.

A lot of games impressed me, in term of visuals, but never as much as these two games originally did, back then.

Crysis, then Shadow of Mordor