Ever had a case of graphics awe?

[illas]

Shadow of the Colossus / Ico.
Average texture work and animations, but dear god the bloom lighting and architecture were beautiful.

 

[Jory]

The first time I entered Grizzly Hills, with the awesome music too.

Yes WoW has pretty poor graphics but it's just such a nice place.

 

[illas]

When I first walked into Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime. 8 years on and it still looks beautiful, gotta love Retro Studios' art department.

This, too. There were so many tiny effects in Metroid Prime that impressed. Phendrana Drifts' snow and overall layout was amazing.

 

[silver wolf009]

Hello escapist, Pegghead here if your left eye is focused on a game of crysis in the corner of the room.

Recently I've been playing through Halo Reach

I had the same thing looking down in the space combat level.

 

[Pegghead]

Hello escapist, Pegghead here if your left eye is focused on a game of crysis in the corner of the room.

Recently I've been playing through Halo Reach

I had the same thing looking down in the space combat level.

Damn right, if there's one area games excel graphics-wise it's in depictions of outer space.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Halo Reach
Assassins Creed Series (Landscape, mostly)
Fallout 3
Oblivion, especially the Shivering Isles
Final Fantasy XIII (Let's all just admit here, it sucked as a game, but fucking owned as a movie/cutscene behemoth)
Mass Effect Series, especially the Citadel when you first get to that cutscene approaching it, and the various planets groundside in ME2. Fucking beauties.