What are the 5 best looking PC games?

I'm getting a new PC in a couple of days, and I want to see what I've been missing - you see, I used to be a PC gamer, but I've been primarily gaming on consoles for the past 5 years or so, so I just wanted to know what are the top PC graphical powerhouses. (I already own Crysis 1 and Warhead, so that should be fun.)

Battlefield 3

Crysis 2

Crysis Warhead

Witcher 2

Metro 2033

Off the top of my head, it would be those. NOt counting subjective artstyle graphics like Rayman Origins.

Skyrim only game I could think of.Jd1680a

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all the above gets a +1

i also give honorable mentions to pt boats: pacific gambit. while not as visually superb as the others its game elements such as the water itself will pace things far beyond a next-gen consoles capabilities. ---- that game lags on last years better dx10 systems

The Witcher 2

Battlefield 3

Crysis 2

Modded Skyrim

Modded S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

The Witcher 2

Battlefield 3

Crysis 2

Modded Skyrim

Modded S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Lox_Cropek

This and Metro 2033, Modded crysis 1 and modded GTA IV

[QUOTE="Jd1680a"]Skyrim only game I could think of.csftar

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Thanks for the input... pretty much the same list I had in my head. Which mod is recommended to make Skyrim look best? donalbane

Thanks for the input... pretty much the same list I had in my head. Which mod is recommended to make Skyrim look best? donalbane

This one

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=11318

Looks like this (right click for full image)

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]To add to NaveedLife's list; Just Cause 2 Modded GTA IV (vanilla also looks good, need a monster PC for this sloppy port to run well, though.) Dirt 2 & 3 look pretty good, if you're into racing games.Am_Confucius

I actually think it's underrated. Nothing at all wrong with the game apart from some repetitive missions.

(The game is not story focused imo)

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"][QUOTE="C_Rule"]To add to NaveedLife's list; Just Cause 2 Modded GTA IV (vanilla also looks good, need a monster PC for this sloppy port to run well, though.) Dirt 2 & 3 look pretty good, if you're into racing games.HyperWarlock

I actually think it's underrated. Nothing at all wrong with the game apart from some repetitive missions.

(The game is not story focused imo)

IMHO Total war: Shogun 2 really needs to be on any list of best looking PC Games.Mazoch

[QUOTE="Mazoch"]IMHO Total war: Shogun 2 really needs to be on any list of best looking PC Games.True_Gamer_

Especially when you decide to speed it up.

Battlefield 3

Crysis 2

Crysis Warhead

Witcher 2

Metro 2033

Off the top of my head, it would be those. NOt counting subjective artstyle graphics like Rayman Origins.

NaveedLife

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"] There is no making GTA IV run well. I've come to accept that. The game just wants an absurd amount of VRAM that simply does not exist on the market, it doesn't benefit very well from CFX/SLI which really makes things rough, and while it is supposedly CPU heavy I've only seen about a 5 FPS difference between my i7 930 at stock clocks and 4GHz. The game simply refuses to run well under any circumstances.biggest_loser

I could run it smoothly on a gtx285,of course all things maxed out except the view distance and detail distance...It run like butter with no problems...But i have to admit i have not seen a whole of a performance increase when i updated to my gtx570...

Shogun 2 is the best looking RTS by far. Wicked animations as well.

Just Cause 2 has great graphics.

Skyrim.

Modded or vanilla Crysis.

vanilla state

1. crysis2

2. BF3

3. metro2033

4. Dirt 3 (no love for racing games?)

5. Apache/alan wake/mafia2

Moded

1. Crysis2

2. skyrim

3. GTAIV

4. Stalker: soc/clear sky

5. crysis

and soon you can add metro last light, kingdom underfire. max payne and hitman 5 to the list.

If you want some amazing water physics, then check out Cryostasis. It is a great game and has some of the best water I've seen in any game.

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"][QUOTE="C_Rule"]To add to NaveedLife's list; Just Cause 2 Modded GTA IV (vanilla also looks good, need a monster PC for this sloppy port to run well, though.) Dirt 2 & 3 look pretty good, if you're into racing games.bonafidetk

The game is just poorly optimized.

They're probably complaining because they can't fully max it and therefore it "needs a super computer to run smoothly!" biggest_loser

If you want some amazing water physics, then check out Cryostasis. It is a great game and has some of the best water I've seen in any game.

arto1223

Let me think:

• Battlefield 3
• Metro 2033
• Crysis
• ArmA II

Can't think of a last one, sorry.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"][QUOTE="C_Rule"]To add to NaveedLife's list; Just Cause 2 Modded GTA IV (vanilla also looks good, need a monster PC for this sloppy port to run well, though.) Dirt 2 & 3 look pretty good, if you're into racing games.HyperWarlock

I actually think it's underrated. Nothing at all wrong with the game apart from some repetitive missions.

(The game is not story focused imo)

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="bonafidetk"] GTA 4 with patches runs smooth as butter on a 5870. I dont know why people claim that today GTA4 still cant be run decently.gameguy6700

IMHO Total war: Shogun 2 really needs to be on any list of best looking PC Games.Mazoch

I agree with all of the games mentioned so far. Surprised no one has said Mirrors Edge, I think that game looks fantastic. Also gonna throw in Trine 2. I know you said top 5 but mentioned these anyway.

I agree with all of the games mentioned so far. Surprised no one has said Mirrors Edge, I think that game looks fantastic. Also gonna throw in Trine 2. I know you said top 5 but mentioned these anyway.

Jshoelace

I would add Alan Wake. It looks truely amazing. It have one of the best graphics I've ever seen.

btw. There are lot of games which look great but doesnt have good technology or hi-res textures. Still Im more on great design, artistic levels than games with great engine. I would say unmodded Crysis is nice example. Without any mods sometimes it looks so bad that I dont understand so much hype. With mods it loooks much better. In my opinion Farcry 2 looks better than unmodded Crysis.

I would add Alan Wake. It looks truely amazing. It have one of the best graphics I've ever seen.

btw. There are lot of games which look great but doesnt have good technology or hi-res textures. Still Im more on great design, artistic levels than games with great engine. I would say unmodded Crysis is nice example. Without any mods sometimes it looks so bad that I dont understand so much hype. With mods it loooks much better. In my opinion Farcry 2 looks better than unmodded Crysis.

TTwizardYer

I agree about alan wake and also your cyrsis statement, over half PC gamers don't have a rigs to run crysis at max setting nor they have any knowledge to access to mods, so most of them blindly took photoshoped crysis internet bull shots as their best crysis graphic reference, while the game itself and cryengine2 offer nothing of the sort.

I clocked over hundred hours in crysis, warhead, more than 100 mods, and build stuffs around in cryengine2 and SDK, all the assets and tech powerness it has to offer are really nothing compare to alot current titles.

I'd say RAGE, Crysis 2, The Witcher 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Serious Sam 3: BFE.Zubinen

RAGE????Pfff...are u drunk or something?

Team fortress 2 is freee.

I'd say RAGE, Crysis 2, The Witcher 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Serious Sam 3: BFE. Speaking of Cryostasis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9OhEubXnyI&hd=1Zubinen

RAGE is extremely easy to run, the recommend graphics card is a 5550 for crying out loud.

besides the pictures posted by a previous poster prove that it isn't exactly the prettiest game ever.