What are the best looking games on the PC but not demanding?

I'm running Crysis at 1080p at High settings and it's a bit frustrating since FPS dips too much when it comes to intense battles, it still looks good but very demanding. What are other PC games that are visually good but not demanding? I've heard Metro 2033 is amazing (graphics wise) but is it demanding like Crysis?

What are your pc specs? To improve performance you should try some custom configs i highly recommend ccc 2.21 its will improve your performance and give you higher graphical quality then stock settings make sure to install the TOD mods and don't bother with the difficulty mods as they mess with your power regen level 4 of the mod is what you should install seeing as your having trouble on high settings. I use lvl 5 with my 5770 + i7 920.

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As for games that look great and don't reguire high specs Highly Recommend Mirrors edge which is on sale on steam right now for $5. Also Devil May cry 4 my old 8800gts 320mb could handle it at highest settings with out no AA at 1920x1200 and maintain 60fps and looked great. Also Batman AA looks fantastic as for Metro 2033 isn't very demanding in dx9 my current pc handles it just fine with the framerate staying above and around mid 40's most of the time at high settings and the game looks stunning one of the best looking most detialed games i've played. Textures are the best i've seen in a game and lighthing is amazing. trying to run the game in dx11 at high or very high with tessalation and deph of field on is where it takes alot of gpu muscle and really the visuals trade offs aren't worth it but if you have the hardware to run it at those settings more power to you.

What are your pc specs? To improve performance you should try some custom configs i highly recommend ccc 2.21 its will improve your performance and give you higher graphical quality then stock settings make sure to install the TOD mods and don't bother with the difficulty mods as they mess with your power regen level 4 of the mod is what you should install seeing as your having trouble on high settings. I use lvl 5 with my 5770 + i7 920.

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DJ_Headshot

Just Cause 2, FarCry 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games with their respective "complete" mod, FEAR 2, any CoD games (though BOs runs horrible on some PCs), Left4Dead 2, Mass Effect 2... that's all I got off the top of my head.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]Metro 2033 is even more demanding from my personal experience. Ubisoft games like Assassin's Creed series looks great and don't kill your PC. The Prince of Persia games. But why play games only for looks? If a game sucks, it doesn't matter how pretty it is. But okay.. Just Cause 2 looks great and it isn't too demanding either. Far Cry 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Resident Evil 5, Need for Speed Shift.[/QUOTE]

bbc2 is demanding

Metro 2033 is even more demanding from my personal experience. Ubisoft games like Assassin's Creed series looks great and don't kill your PC. The Prince of Persia games. But why play games only for looks? If a game sucks, it doesn't matter how pretty it is. But okay.. Just Cause 2 looks great and it isn't too demanding either. Far Cry 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Resident Evil 5, Need for Speed Shift.Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]Metro 2033 is even more demanding from my personal experience. Ubisoft games like Assassin's Creed series looks great and don't kill your PC. The Prince of Persia games. But why play games only for looks? If a game sucks, it doesn't matter how pretty it is. But okay.. Just Cause 2 looks great and it isn't too demanding either. Far Cry 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Resident Evil 5, Need for Speed Shift.[/QUOTE]

bbc2 is demanding

daredevil56

Wait! I'm playing the Crysis 1 btw not Warhead.NerubianWeaver

if you are simply going by graphical quality i would go for:

bad company 2

assassins creed 1 and 2

half life 2

[QUOTE="TheBigBadGRIM"]Starcraft 2 World of Warcraftchris4355

Deadspace

Assassin's Creed 1 and 2

Starcraft 2

Company of Heroes

Medal of Honor

Call of Duty Black Ops

Team Fortress 2

Unreal Tournament 3

Batman Arkham Asylum

Mass Effect 2

Mirror's Edge

Just Cause 2, FarCry 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games with their respective "complete" mod, FEAR 2, any CoD games (though BOs runs horrible on some PCs), Left4Dead 2, Mass Effect 2... that's all I got off the top of my head.

arto1223

As for games that look great and don't reguire high specs Highly Recommend Mirrors edge which is on sale on steam right now for $5. Also Devil May cry 4 my old 8800gts 320mb could handle it at highest settings with out no AA at 1920x1200 and maintain 60fps and looked great. Also Batman AA looks fantastic as for Metro 2033 isn't very demanding in dx9 my current pc handles it just fine with the framerate staying above and around mid 40's most of the time at high settings and the game looks stunning one of the best looking most detialed games i've played. Textures are the best i've seen in a game and lighthing is amazing. trying to run the game in dx11 at high or very high with tessalation and deph of field on is where it takes alot of gpu muscle and really the visuals trade offs aren't worth it but if you have the hardware to run it at those settings more power to you.

DJ_Headshot

[QUOTE="chris4355"][QUOTE="TheBigBadGRIM"]Starcraft 2 World of Warcraftferret-gamer

DiRT 2

I agree with Batman Arkham Asylum, Dead Space and Just Cause 2.

Unreal Tournament 3

Prince of Persia 2008

Assassin's Creed 2

Mass Effect 2

Mafia 2

Wings of prey is absolutely beautiful and i run it max at 1080p locked to 60fps.

mass effect classic

sniper: ghost warrior

gears of war

starcraft classic

C&C red alert 3

need for speed: most wanted

Bioshock!

How could no one say Bioshock?!?

Im going to agree with some of the other's on dirt 2, that game runs very smoothly, i can run it at average of 63 fps with 8xaa all maxed @ 1080p so your gtx 470 would tear through it. Batman AA as mentioned runs great as well maxed with AA, bc2 also seems to be well optimized although havent gone into the mp yet

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[QUOTE="chris4355"] lol i hope you are jokingDanielDust

Beautiful but not demanding? That's easy:

• Trine
• Braid
• Machinarium
• Aquaria
• Osmos
• World of Goo
• Torchlight
• Zen Bound 2
• Sacrifice
• Disciples II
• RUSH
• Shatter

What's that? Oh, fine, fine, here are some more "advanced" titles:

• Darksiders
• Just Cause 2
• Bioshock
• Section 8
• Batman Arkham Asylum
• Dead Space
• Assassin's Creed
• Prey

Hope that helps. :)