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For every one of these threads my answer will be Okami for the PS2, even though I like the PS3 HD remake because the ink lines look a little more crisp. The original did show us the more photo-realistic concept (that would've been used if they had the budget at the time) as an un-lockable and it has not aged as well, so creative art direction/style FTW.
Skip to 2:09 if you just wanna see the HD and PS2 graphics in an easy to compare format.
LoZ: Wind Waker can be added as well. I don't think it needed an HD remake, but its not like its hurting for it.
Skip to 2:09 if you just wanna see the HD and PS2 graphics in an easy to compare format.
LoZ: Wind Waker can be added as well. I don't think it needed an HD remake, but its not like its hurting for it.
Team Fortress 2 has kept itself pretty because of its (sistematically ruined) style. 3D games are very dependent on the style used. Say, for example, a game like Battlefield 4 has reasons to look good graphically, since it tries to emulate reality somewhat. But having a game like Banjo Kazooie being remade with realistic graphics and CryEngine3/Frostbite 3 might not be the best idea.
Also, pretty much every 2D game keeps itself looking good throughout time. The ones that look bad may be because they used a 3D render turned into a sprite and even then, it's not as jarring a comparison as is comparing 2000s graphics with 2005s graphics.
Also, pretty much every 2D game keeps itself looking good throughout time. The ones that look bad may be because they used a 3D render turned into a sprite and even then, it's not as jarring a comparison as is comparing 2000s graphics with 2005s graphics.
I still think the original Wind Waker looks better than most games coming out, even if it is over ten years old:
Also, Super Mario Sunshine still manages to look good regardless of being about as old as Wind Waker:
Yeah, Super Mario Sunshine looks more dated than Wind Waker, but I still think it looks really good.
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Also, Super Mario Sunshine still manages to look good regardless of being about as old as Wind Waker:
Yeah, Super Mario Sunshine looks more dated than Wind Waker, but I still think it looks really good.
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The original Wind Waker still...Dammit Mystic Slayer!
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From about Pokemon Yellow on, I like the way older Pokemon titles look. I can't say they've stood up to the test of time since even game boy color games are basically just hyper-advanced dot-matrices but I think from Yellow on, Pokemon is just fine today.
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The Resident Evil remake on the Gamecube still kind of blows my mind when it comes to graphics.
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From about Pokemon Yellow on, I like the way older Pokemon titles look. I can't say they've stood up to the test of time since even game boy color games are basically just hyper-advanced dot-matrices but I think from Yellow on, Pokemon is just fine today.
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The Resident Evil remake on the Gamecube still kind of blows my mind when it comes to graphics.
Yeah, that was the game that immediately came to my mind as well. It still holds up really well graphically. It's just an amazingly atmospheric game thanks in no small part to the graphics. Which they used to maximum effect creating these little details in the environment that really gave the mansion that 'haunted' feel. I hope the Evil Within captures some of its spirit.Shoggoth2588 said:
I also agree about Wind Waker. The cartoony style has a timeless charm to it. And I think sprite based games in general have aged really well. Games like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, A Link to the Past still have a distinct retro charm that make them appealing even today.
Believe it or not I think every Silent Hill has aged well (with the exception of the very first game). I know there're HD remakes of SH2 and SH3, but I always found both games to age graciously. Same with ICO and Shadow of the Colossus - both games look and feel spectacular. The HD releases filed off some issues, but I think they've aged wonderfully. And of course Okami. It has a very peculiar art style that can easily mask the coarseness around the edges (like the foggy environs of SH2, if you will).
Halo Combat Evolved has aged better than its sequels. It's art design more than the graphics are what keep it fresh for me today. Nothing has been able to top the landscapes and ships of Halo CE
I still love the look of all those Infinity Engine games, Baldur's Gate 2 and Icewind Dale 2 in particular stand out as exceptional looking at times, with lush and vibrant high quality artwork and some nifty visual effects to add some life to an otherwise still screen.
Makes me so happy to see that isometric perspective making a comeback in rpgs with the likes of Project Eternity, Torment: Tides of Numenera and the like.
Makes me so happy to see that isometric perspective making a comeback in rpgs with the likes of Project Eternity, Torment: Tides of Numenera and the like.
Generally games with a unique graphical style still look great later on. Wind Waker, Okami, and Dragon Quest 8 all come to mind. Games that go for realism tend to age worse.
Honestly, nearly anything that focuses on aesthetic rather than graphical fidelity ages really well. Games that try to look realistic at their time tend to end up looking pretty bad a few years later. The big one exception for me is Half Life 2 (and episodes). Those still look pretty darn good to me.
It doesn't hurt to have a cartoonier look, e.g. Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts, Legend of Zelda, etc.
And games like Shadow of the Colossus and Okami will always look nice. Style counts for a lot.
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I think the Silent Hill series holds up too. Even SH1 had some good cutscene animation if you can look past the characters looking like Lego the rest of the time.Johnny Novgorod said:
And games like Shadow of the Colossus and Okami will always look nice. Style counts for a lot.
Lovely.
Broken Sword looks great even though it came out in 96 as do Curse of Monkey Island (97), Grim Fandango (98), Syberia (2002) and Syberia 2 (2004). Another game I think looks great is Psychonauts. None of these games were graphical powerhouses but they're still great looking games even a decade later. Whereas games like Longest Journey and Escape from Monkey Island look hideous nowadays because of their decision to go with polygons when 3d was in its fugly stage.
Yeah, this is the long and short of it.Rariow said:
Games that went for realism and fancy graphics which once managed to blow me away look like shite these days, while games that went for an interesting or charming aesthetic are almost always as fresh as the day they were released.
Over time, graphics improve so games that relied on them get left behind.
AAA games from 2002+ still look good to me. They have enough graphical fidelity to me that even games that attempt to look realistic aren't particularly shocking to me. Games from 1960 to 1996 also look great to me. Sprite-based shooters and such and 2D games age well to me because they were never meant to look realistic, and so they can't really age. That's why retro-styled games from today are still fine. And yes, I do include games like Civilization, I include Atari 2600 games and Ultima I-VI.
The games that don't look quite right anymore are from that awkward, plastic era where we wanted to make realistic-looking games but weren't quite there in tech IMO. These are Half-Life, Deux Ex, Daikatana, and many other games that I can't think of off the top of my head that aren't necessarily FPSes.
I'm just wondering how long it takes before we start to recoil away from Crysis or The Last of Us because those are too plastic-y looking.
The games that don't look quite right anymore are from that awkward, plastic era where we wanted to make realistic-looking games but weren't quite there in tech IMO. These are Half-Life, Deux Ex, Daikatana, and many other games that I can't think of off the top of my head that aren't necessarily FPSes.
I'm just wondering how long it takes before we start to recoil away from Crysis or The Last of Us because those are too plastic-y looking.
Cell shaded games will always look up to date graphically, because they look like cartoons and cartoons never really go outdated.MysticSlayer said:
If Borderlands 2 came out next gen rather than current gen and used the same graphics nobody would have complained it looked old.
Unreal Championship 2
I popped this game in a while ago and it just looks... insane for its age. Even some 360 games can't top how good this game looks.
In order to understand why this is, I'm gonna give you a little history lesson. Midway paired up with Epic Games to make this and while Midway designed the game content, Epic was responsible for all things graphix. And it shows. They practically made a new version of the Unreal Engine and dubbed it Unreal Engine 2X because it was developed to work with and take FULL ADVANTAGE of the Xbox's powerful graphics at the time. The result is a game that has so far stood the test of time in terms of graphics. And it was released in 2005!
On a side note, the gameplay is really good too.
Runner Up: Halo 3
Runs smooth, looks smooth, great lighting. But that's still a little recent so that's why I just counted it as a runner up.
I popped this game in a while ago and it just looks... insane for its age. Even some 360 games can't top how good this game looks.
In order to understand why this is, I'm gonna give you a little history lesson. Midway paired up with Epic Games to make this and while Midway designed the game content, Epic was responsible for all things graphix. And it shows. They practically made a new version of the Unreal Engine and dubbed it Unreal Engine 2X because it was developed to work with and take FULL ADVANTAGE of the Xbox's powerful graphics at the time. The result is a game that has so far stood the test of time in terms of graphics. And it was released in 2005!
On a side note, the gameplay is really good too.
Runner Up: Halo 3
Runs smooth, looks smooth, great lighting. But that's still a little recent so that's why I just counted it as a runner up.