Most visually appealing game? *Art style, not technical*(56k warning)

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[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]and not one mention of SoTCTAKE_IT_BACK

I think someone did, but I just got sick of mentioning it myself to be honest. Definatly falls under the "special" category. Notice that most of these games are action/adventure? I wonder why.

Thats because so many adventure games have wide, beautiful worlds. 

No that's not what I meant, I mean why is it developers choose this form? You could do the same thing with an FPS (Mirror's Edge. That's FPP if you wan't to be picky.), easily with an RPG (It often is. Say Eternal Sonata.), stratedgy game (Valkryia Chronicles mabye? Pushing it a bit) or mabye even a fighting game (Not impossible seeing that martial arts, is, well, a form of art.). There is something about action aventure titles that just makes them convienent. Mabye it's because it offers the epic scale of an RPG, while leaving room for intresting gameplay mechanics in true Zelda style? Or mabye it's something else.

Odin Sphere .  PS2

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I think someone did, but I just got sick of mentioning it myself to be honest. Definatly falls under the "special" category. Notice that most of these games are action/adventure? I wonder why.

WasntAvailable

Thats because so many adventure games have wide, beautiful worlds. 

No that's not what I meant, I mean why is it developers choose this form? You could do the same thing with an FPS (Mirror's Edge. That's FPP if you wan't to be picky.), easily with an RPG (It often is. Say Eternal Sonata.), stratedgy game (Valkryia Chronicles mabye? Pushing it a bit) or mabye even a fighting game (Not impossible seeing that martial arts, is, well, a form of art.). There is something about action aventure titles that just makes them convienent. Mabye it's because it offers the epic scale of an RPG, while leaving room for intresting gameplay mechanics in true Zelda style? Or mabye it's something else.

I see what you're saying. 

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Jet set radio future baby!

TAKE_IT_BACK

I always hear great things about Jet Set Radio, what sort of game is it?

Guess it's a rollerformer. And come along children. Now we're gonna have a little music. Like old times. Like old times. Look, now I'll start the melody on the organ. SHUT UP AND EAT! TOO BAD NO BON APPETIT!! I felt like a bulldozer. Wild and wild and... Trying to catch a butterfly. Wild and wonderful. Monster. That's just plain....poppycock.

Gears of War 2
Team Fortress 2
Fable 2
Banjo
Prince of Persia
Madworld
Fallout 3

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Jet set radio future baby!

 

InsaneBasura

I always hear great things about Jet Set Radio, what sort of game is it?

Guess it's a rollerformer. And come along children. Now we're gonna have a little music. Like old times. Like old times. Look, now I'll start the melody on the organ. SHUT UP AND EAT! TOO BAD NO BON APPETIT!! I felt like a bulldozer. Wild and wild and... Trying to catch a butterfly. Wild and wonderful. Monster. That's just plain....poppycock.

SPANK THEM BOTTOMS! (my new official war cry)

 Simple, yet lovely. 

[QUOTE="IIJuggaNottII"]Ummm, Gears 2. :D0bscurity

How :? ?

Okami or Shadows of the Colossus for me.

because it's his opinion?

Shadow of the Colossus:

Okami, Eternal Sonata, World of Goo, Mirror's Edge, Jet Grind Radio, Super Mario Galaxy, StarCraft II, the inside of the alien ship in Crysis, Fable 2, Kameo, the new Prince of Persia, and Valkyria Chronicles.

EDIT: Forgot Oboro Muramasa Youtoden, Patapon, and Darwinia. 

Braid

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-Okami
-Super Mario Galaxy
-Wind Waker
-Paper Mario 2

^ all of the above couldn't have looked any better.

Loved No More Heroes. The art style wouldn't really work with any other game, but it matched the game's "too cool for you" attitude like a glove.

Lost Winds was another good **** It was otherwordly and yet very familiar all at the same time.

I know I won't have too many people agreeing wiith me, but I've always enjoyed the European ****of animation, so Professor Layton really appealed to me:

And yes it's goofy as hell but Order Up was pretty amusing:

And since they were already mentioned I won't repost pics from Okami, Galaxy, and de Blob. That's one big reason why I like the Wii so much. It can't come near the graphics of the HD systems, so talented developers know how to compensate and come up wiith some really amazing art stile. That's in fact something missing from the HD systems. Very few games have really outlandish designs. LBP and Viva Pinata are the only ones that come to mind off the top of my head.

how could you guyz forget ES

No love for Grim Fandango?

Loco Roco was pretty funky too.

You forgot Psychonauts.Lord__Darkstorn

 

I know I won't have too many people agreeing wiith me, but I've always enjoyed the European ****of animation, so Professor Layton really appealed to me:

 

Robio_basic

I really liked Professor Layton's art s tyle too, now that you mention it. It fit the atmosphere very well. 

Shadow of the Colossus:

Wanderer5

what else even touches this game?

Okami easily destroys everything in it's path...Giancar

[QUOTE="Giancar"]Okami easily destroys everything in it's path...nervmeister

well to be honest I forgot about Grim Fandango, and one of my all time favourites games SOTC :D

what else even touches this game? Heydanbud92

Team fortress 2

i pretty much ended the thread.jaisimar_chelse

TF2 is nice but Okami utterly destroys it IMO. 

i pretty much ended the thread.jaisimar_chelse

nah, there are much better games out there (speaking of artstyle)

Team fortress 2

jaisimar_chelse

Earthbound

Zack & Wiki

Animal Crossing

Nightshade

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Team fortress 2

nervmeister

lul wut ?

 

Zack & Wiki

ArisShadows

Nice to see Zack & Wiki getting some recognition i think the game looks fantastic.

Jet Set Radio/Future

Rez

Riven:the sequel to Myst- my absolute favorite game art ever I love every single damn screen from it other than Riven(and the rest of CYAN's Myst games of course, UbiSoftMontreal and Presto did good, but they just lack the art genius CYAN has)

Neverhood- you just can't beat three tons of clay

Curse of Monkey Island- Still my favorite hand-drawn 2D graphics. Bill Tiller is a genius

Homeworld series- it looks like colorful rocks are swiming inside pool of colorful paint leaving wild spaggettis behind them

ICO

Syberia series- there was something incredibly sad and nostalgic about those abaddoned lonely places.

IMO

SHADOW OF THE COLLOSSUS IS Still The best looking game EVER!!!! How can you disagree?

NWN2 is something I like to mention too cause it only gets bashing for its graphics. I on the other hand like the soft visuals.

Disgaea is really pretty and is imo the most beautiful game ever made,

also mirrors edge is pretty cool =)

Final Fantasy 9 just beautifull-