Some of the most epic, most visually beautiful games ever made (no 56k)

Wheres MEtroid Prime?web966

Riddick represents! Even if the cutscenes are ugly as sin.SpruceCaboose

Wheres Ninja Gaiden?, wheres Oblivion?, wheres Kotor? etc.Led_poison

why is there more of zelda pics? not that it matters, you need to get some metroid prime pics.reyad-u

good looking games!

the wii has crap graphics, get over it. the system was not intended to have good graphics so blame nintendo. you can have great hardware and great artistry as well, watch when the sequel to shadow of the colosses comes out on ps3 and i think we will all be blown away, supposedly they might show it at e3.

the wii has crap graphics, get over it. the system was not intended to have good graphics so blame nintendo. you can have great hardware and great artistry as well, watch when the sequel to shadow of the colosses comes out on ps3 and i think we will all be blown away, supposedly they might show it at e3.

Chris-Hansen

the wii has crap graphics, get over it. the system was not intended to have good graphics so blame nintendo. you can have great hardware and great artistry as well, watch when the sequel to shadow of the colosses comes out on ps3 and i think we will all be blown away, supposedly they might show it at e3.

Chris-Hansen

yet lair, with all its brass and mile long leviathons, does not fell nearly as epic or beautiful as SOTC.

[QUOTE="Chris-Hansen"]

the wii has crap graphics, get over it. the system was not intended to have good graphics so blame nintendo. you can have great hardware and great artistry as well, watch when the sequel to shadow of the colosses comes out on ps3 and i think we will all be blown away, supposedly they might show it at e3.

magus-21

Those games were certainly great, but why not see some more?

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

Stick Ico in there also:

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

qead

nintendo is trying to bring graphic advancement to a HALTGears360

Nintendos wii games look better than gamecube games.

I don't get it.  In order to disprove the claims that the Wii has last gen graphics, you:

A) make a thread that shows how comparable Wii graphics are to last gen games; and

B) Defend the Wii using a game that IS a last gen game and was made for the GC.

I have a Wii and fully support it and think it's a blast, but I don't think you have proven what you THINK you've proven.

nintendo is trying to bring graphic advancement to a HALTGears360

Super Metroid

OK, its not 3D, but it was a great looking game for its time.

V me playing the final boss V 

I don't get it.  In order to disprove the claims that the Wii has last gen graphics, you:

A) make a thread that shows how comparable Wii graphics are to last gen games; and

B) Defend the Wii using a game that IS a last gen game and was made for the GC.

I have a Wii and fully support it and think it's a blast, but I don't think you have proven what you THINK you've proven.

Rosencrantz

Thats not what he is trying to proove. He is trying to prove that graphics on the Wii and last-gen systems can be beautiful.

I don't get it. In order to disprove the claims that the Wii has last gen graphics, you:

A) make a thread that shows how comparable Wii graphics are to last gen games; and

B) Defend the Wii using a game that IS a last gen game and was made for the GC.

I have a Wii and fully support it and think it's a blast, but I don't think you have proven what you THINK you've proven.

Rosencrantz

[QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

To counter that argument I would say, neither SOTC or TP or Ico would have been possible on the PS1 or N64, the new hardware is needed. And although the new gen has shown awesome technical graphics the art design has been lacking somewhat.

But when the artistic games come along and they sure will they will look unbelievably gorgeous, something I'm afraid the Wii probably wouldn't be able to do. These gorgeous you seem to point at are due to the extra hardware capabilities.

Even the SNES had artistically great looking games and still do look good, but the hardware can't produce SOTC level graphics, do you see what I'm saying. 

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I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

[QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

Hoobinator

To counter that argument I would say, neither SOTC or TP or Ico would have been possible on the PS1 or N64, the new hardware is needed. And although the new gen has shown awesome technical graphics the art design has been lacking somewhat.

But when the artistic games come along and they sure will they will look unbelievably gorgeous, something I'm afraid the Wii probably wouldn't be able to do. These gorgeous you seem to point at are due to the extra hardware capabilities.

Ico was one of my all time favorites. It was a beautiful game.

[QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

jack244

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

[QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

[QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

First off, whether or not sotc looks better then oblivion or not is pure opinion. Secondly, advancement in technology isn't all about graphics, you think the number of characters on screen with Dead rising would work on a ps2 even with the polygons and texture resolution reduced? Or how about the realistic AI seen in F.E.A.R.? Or the incredibly massive environments in Oblivion? As for artestry... we have every reason to belive that Artestry in games will only see more opertunities on superior hardware

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[QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

jack244

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

[QUOTE="jack244"][QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

 These projections don't change the fact that I have an HDTV so I need HD games. Second, I'm sitting 8 feet away from my HDTV which is the perfect distance for my 40 inch 1080p TV. It looks great for TV and 360 at this distance. I'm not gonna rearrange my room too sit farther back just so I can fool myself into thinking there are less jaggies on a PS2 game. The fact is PS2 games are the worst offenders for jaggies and not only are the edges of objects jagged edges but the textures themselves are super jaggy and shimmer and sparkle.

[QUOTE="Chris-Hansen"]

the wii has crap graphics, get over it. the system was not intended to have good graphics so blame nintendo. you can have great hardware and great artistry as well, watch when the sequel to shadow of the colosses comes out on ps3 and i think we will all be blown away, supposedly they might show it at e3.

samusarmada

yet lair, with all its brass and mile long leviathons, does not fell nearly as epic or beautiful as SOTC.

To be fare, barely any game is nearly as epic as SOTC, at least out of the ones I've played. 

[QUOTE="Hoobinator"][QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

To counter that argument I would say, neither SOTC or TP or Ico would have been possible on the PS1 or N64, the new hardware is needed. And although the new gen has shown awesome technical graphics the art design has been lacking somewhat.

But when the artistic games come along and they sure will they will look unbelievably gorgeous, something I'm afraid the Wii probably wouldn't be able to do. These gorgeous you seem to point at are due to the extra hardware capabilities.

I'm going to have to disagree with you thinking PS2 levels are the saturation point, and anything from there on is only minute steps. I believe we still have a long way to go yet.

Remember it is not just the actual graphics that matter in games, but the capabilities of realising the game world also. You can have good graphics but usually at the expense of crippling the game world around you, where's the interactivity, the physics, this is what next gen allows.

If you wanted just nice graphics then I would argue that the PS1 was the saturation point where a tree looked like a tree and a man looked like a man. But for you to pick the PS2 is quite arbritrary.

And that's where the Wii is going to lack in the coming generation, not in the lush artistic graphics, anything can be artistic, but in the game world which goes along in realising those graohics and turning them into a Game, rather than a series of still images. 

[QUOTE="jack244"][QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

Chris-Hansen

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

I'm not going to far here. I never said they looked bad either. They look amazing for PS2 games but compared to 360 games, they just arent as good looking. I use the HD code all the time, it does NOT get rid of the jaggies stop lying dude.

[QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

qead

First off, whether or not sotc looks better then oblivion or not is pure opinion. Secondly, advancement in technology isn't all about graphics, you think the number of characters on screen with Dead rising would work on a ps2 even with the polygons and texture resolution reduced? Or how about the realistic AI seen in F.E.A.R.? Or the incredibly massive environments in Oblivion? As for artestry... we have every reason to belive that Artestry in games will only see more opertunities on superior hardware

[QUOTE="Chris-Hansen"][QUOTE="jack244"][QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

jack244

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

I'm not going to far here. I never said they looked bad either. They look amazing for PS2 games but compared to 360 games, they just arent as good looking. I use the HD code all the time, it does NOT get rid of the jaggies stop lying dude.

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

This game had some beautiful cut-scenes, excellent in game graphics, and an amazing and meaningful storyline.  Really rare game, however, so it's hard to find good pics.

I'm going to have to disagree with you thinking PS2 levels are the saturation point, and anything from there on is only minute steps. I believe we still have a long way to go yet.Hoobinator

Remember it is not just the actual graphics that matter in games, but the capabilities of realising the game world also. You can have good graphics but usually at the expense of crippling the game world around you, where's the interactivity, the physics, this is what next gen allows.Hoobinator

If you wanted just nice graphics then I would argue that the PS1 was the saturation point where a tree looked like a tree and a man looked like a man. But for you to pick the PS2 is quite arbritrary.Hoobinator

[QUOTE="jack244"][QUOTE="Chris-Hansen"][QUOTE="jack244"][QUOTE="magus-21"][QUOTE="qead"]

I don't understand the point you're trying to make... last gen graphics were good, current gen graphics are even better.

magus-21

Look dude I love both SOTC and GOW 2, I own both of them but when compared to 360 or PS3 graphics? hell no.

Sure they have great art styles but playing them at 480p widescreen on my 1080p TV exposes just how inferior last gen's graphics were. SOTC has great looking collosus with cool looking software effects and animations but the game has SERIOUSLY terrible jaggies and shimmering textures, low res textures, fake overdone HDR, not many objects on screen, blurry jaggy draw distances and a terrible framerate.

GOW 2 also has an awesome art style with sick animations but again bad textures, jaggies.

It's funny that you say Oblivion has bad faces, just zoom in on the main characters face in SOTC and see how terrible it actually looks compared to oblivion's faces.

I'm not going to far here. I never said they looked bad either. They look amazing for PS2 games but compared to 360 games, they just arent as good looking. I use the HD code all the time, it does NOT get rid of the jaggies stop lying dude.

They WERE good enough but not anymore. Even in SD, PS2 is still hella jaggy with blurry textures, less objects on screen, less physics. Just wait until God Of War 3 or the next game by the ICO team makes a game for PS3. They will use the art style you seem to really love mixed with the superior shaders, resolution, Anti-Aliasing lighting, geometry, physics, A.I and textures. I bet you will retract your statement about the saturation point after you see em.