When will we see another game as visually groundbreaking as Half Life 2/ Crysis?

Would you consider Metro 2033 to be such a game? I think Metro 2033 is amazing, but I don't think it is quite as visually groundbreaking as Half Life 2 or Crysis. Half Life 2 broke new ground in 2004, then, almost exactly 3 years later, Crysis came along and blew us away all over again. It has been almost 5 years since Crysis and (in my opinion) we have yet to see another game as visally grounbreaking.

Will there ever be another game as graphically groundbreaking as Half Life 2 and Crysis? Star Wars 1313 perhaps? Discuss!

I think Metro 2033 met that mark. It's just so damn good.

Half Life 2 was meh. Doom 3 was better.

I think Metro 2033 met that mark. It's just so damn good.

Half Life 2 was meh. Doom 3 was better.

ChubbyGuy40

I don't think Metro 2033 is that much better looking than Crysis. Some aspects of it certainly look better though. Battlefield 3 looks great, but I'm not sure if it looks that great...

We are at the point of diminishing returns. Nothing will look so much better than all the other games before it like doom3/hl2 or crysis ever again.

Witcher 2

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Unless you want to hang screenshots on your walls photorealistic isn't really as good as it sounds.

Skyrim for me has probably been the most visually impressive game since crysis*

*may require ini tweaking & mods.

I don't think Metro 2033 is that much better looking than Crysis. Some aspects of it certainly look better though. Battlefield 3 looks great, but I'm not sure if it looks that great...

KHAndAnime

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Recently the Witcher 2 has to get it. That game was just wow. Shogun 2 looks amazing, with thousands of units on screen.

Recently the Witcher 2 has to get it. That game was just wow. Shogun 2 looks amazing, with thousands of units on screen.

James161324

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Recently the Witcher 2 has to get it. That game was just wow. Shogun 2 looks amazing, with thousands of units on screen.

Toxic-Seahorse

I can't think of a better looking game then The Witcher 2.

Would you consider Metro 2033 to be such a game? I think Metro 2033 is amazing, but I don't think it is quite as visually groundbreaking as Half Life 2 or Crysis. Half Life 2 broke new ground in 2004, then, almost exactly 3 years later, Crysis came along and blew us away all over again. It has been almost 5 years since Crysis and (in my opinion) we have yet to see another game as visally grounbreaking.

Will there ever be another game as graphically groundbreaking as Half Life 2 and Crysis? Star Wars 1313 perhaps? Discuss!

4-Legged-Shark

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Would you consider Metro 2033 to be such a game? I think Metro 2033 is amazing, but I don't think it is quite as visually groundbreaking as Half Life 2 or Crysis. Half Life 2 broke new ground in 2004, then, almost exactly 3 years later, Crysis came along and blew us away all over again. It has been almost 5 years since Crysis and (in my opinion) we have yet to see another game as visally grounbreaking.

Will there ever be another game as graphically groundbreaking as Half Life 2 and Crysis? Star Wars 1313 perhaps? Discuss!

JC_AEK4ever

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Recently the Witcher 2 has to get it. That game was just wow. Shogun 2 looks amazing, with thousands of units on screen.

JangoWuzHere

I can't think of a better looking game then The Witcher 2.

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Recently the Witcher 2 has to get it. That game was just wow. Shogun 2 looks amazing, with thousands of units on screen.

JangoWuzHere

I can't think of a better looking game then The Witcher 2.

It's not groundbreaking, do you even know what that means?

I think we'll soon be at a point where everything can be made to look realistic, if it fits the theme of the game.

IMO, with future games it's going to be more and more about immersive gameplay.

Creating more realistic animations, sound design, better ways to convey emotions. Battlefield 3 isn't perfect but definitely a step

in the right direction. The Watch Dogs gameplay trailer looked very promising. I'd like to see more of that

in the future.

Crysis was just light years ahead of anything at that time, 5 years later it still looks good (better than any console game). And if you're talking about modded Crysis, it looks better than any game out there except modded Crysis 2 with the DX11 patch.

I think Watch Dogs is the only game that could have the potential to be comparable to how groundbreaking Crysis was in 2007, and if there's a community around it, there's going to be some great graphic mods to keep it alive for years just like how Crysis is.

Crysis was just light years ahead of anything at that time, 5 years later it still looks good (better than any console game). And if you're talking about modded Crysis, it looks better than any game out there except modded Crysis 2 with the DX11 patch.

I think Watch Dogs is the only game that could have the potential to be comparable to how groundbreaking Crysis was in 2007, and if there's a community around it, there's going to be some great graphic mods to keep it alive for years just like how Crysis is.

Lucianu

I wouldn't say Watch Dogs looks as ground breaking as Crysis did. There's something about 3rd person games that gives them a cheap look compared to FP games; all the character and object models just look miniaturized or something.

I think the next potentially groundbreaking game visually will be from Epics new engine benchmark game that's coming out soon and if that fails to impress, then we've probably just finally stopped improving visuals as fast as before.

As upcoming titles, Star Wars 1313, and Watch Dogs.

I think graphics can be as photorealistic as you would like but for me I think its physics that will be the new "graphics" for next gen. I mean how awesome would it be to be able to dynamically destroy your environment. I am not talking about scripted destruction but actually fully calculate physics.

As upcoming titles, Star Wars 1313, and Watch Dogs.

Lach0121

Eventually, once the new gen sets in.

ARMA3, huge game world with tons going on, the new game looks to have much better graphics and RUNS better to. The new Metro and the new Star Wars could be to.

I think the best looking games atm are The Witcher2, Crysis2, Metro, Shogun2 and ARMA2 personally.

ARMA3, huge game world with tons going on, the new game looks to have much better graphics and RUNS better to. The new Metro and the new Star Wars could be to.

I think the best looking games atm are The Witcher2, Crysis2, Metro, Shogun2 and ARMA2 personally.

kozzy1234

I think we'll soon be at a point where everything can be made to look realistic, if it fits the theme of the game.

IMO, with future games it's going to be more and more about immersive gameplay.

Creating more realistic animations, sound design, better ways to convey emotions. Battlefield 3 isn't perfect but definitely a step

in the right direction. The Watch Dogs gameplay trailer looked very promising. I'd like to see more of that

in the future.

Sturmfuehrer_

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Well Crysis 2 with the DX 11 patch and the high res textures is the technically best looking game out right now. I think even Metro 2033 beats the Witcher 2 in terms of graphics. The Wticher 2's artstyle is great though.Toxic-Seahorse

Technically, it's more advanced. However Crytek might as well have no art team at all because it's incredibly dull. No patches or APIs will fix that.

Metro 2033 and The Witcher 2 are easily the best looking games out at the moment. I'd say Max Payne 3 as well but there's still some console-level assets that bring it down imo.

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] Well Crysis 2 with the DX 11 patch and the high res textures is the technically best looking game out right now. I think even Metro 2033 beats the Witcher 2 in terms of graphics. The Wticher 2's artstyle is great though.ChubbyGuy40

Technically, it's more advanced. However Crytek might as well have no art team at all because it's incredibly dull. No patches or APIs will fix that.

Metro 2033 and The Witcher 2 are easily the best looking games out at the moment.

Well we can't judge games based on their artstryle, there's too much room for opinion, so we can only judge games technically. Toxic-Seahorse

Why waste time judging the tools instead of judging the product? You might have the best hammer ever, but it's worthless if you can't use it properly.

Don't wanna sound mainstream but i'm expecting gta V over watchdogs and all games mentioned above.

I'm fine aslong as it doesn't contain the same crappy feeling than gta IV had.

I'm not looking for the most complex graphics, just visually groundbreaking simplicity, a well represented san andreas in a polished rage engine can be breathtaking.

Can't say a bad thing about hl2 but about crysis, despite the promising way of playing and graphics, gameplay was quite mediocre and buggy.

Don't wanna sound mainstream but i'm expecting gta V over watchdogs and all games mentioned above.

I'm fine aslong as it doesn't contain the same crappy feeling than gta IV had.

I'm not looking for the most complex graphics, just visually groundbreaking simplicity, a well represented san andreas in a polished rage engine can be breathtaking.

Can't say a bad thing about hl2 but about crysis, despite the promising way of playing and graphics, gameplay was quite mediocre and buggy.

alan_carter

Battlefield 3 is the new king

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[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] How? It's not even the best looking game out. I loved The Witcher 2, but in no way was it visually groundbreaking.Toxic-Seahorse

I can't think of a better looking game then The Witcher 2.

I really dont think Metro 2033 looked that good, but thats just my opinion Chris_53

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[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] Well Crysis 2 with the DX 11 patch and the high res textures is the technically best looking game out right now. I think even Metro 2033 beats the Witcher 2 in terms of graphics. The Wticher 2's artstyle is great though.Toxic-Seahorse

Technically, it's more advanced. However Crytek might as well have no art team at all because it's incredibly dull. No patches or APIs will fix that.

Metro 2033 and The Witcher 2 are easily the best looking games out at the moment.

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Don't wanna sound mainstream but i'm expecting gta V over watchdogs and all games mentioned above.

I'm fine aslong as it doesn't contain the same crappy feeling than gta IV had.

I'm not looking for the most complex graphics, just visually groundbreaking simplicity, a well represented san andreas in a polished rage engine can be breathtaking.

Can't say a bad thing about hl2 but about crysis, despite the promising way of playing and graphics, gameplay was quite mediocre and buggy.

4-Legged-Shark