Ever had a case of graphics awe?

[cheese_wizington]

Uncharted 2, especially the urban level not too far into the game with the helicopter. Literally mesmerizing.

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

Like some people have said Oblivion just blew me away.
Also some of the levels of StarCraft 2 are awesome.

 

[smudgey]

WindWaker. It felt like you were playing through a cartoon.

 

[minarri]

The new Pokemon games wowed me--so much attention to detail has been added. The Pokemon really seem to come to life.

Also the views from atop high structures in Fallout 3 tended to take my breath away.

 

[ilikepie59]

I was blown away when I first got the ps3 and played resistance 2. Such an amazing game

I have only just started it, but...
The first time you come out of SRPA III and look up to see the sky full of alien ships...
epic-gasm

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Ahh. I should crush it then, my specs will be very close to yours. My processor may be a bit better then yours, you'll have more RAM and my VC is a 470 GTX. So yeah, 5-6k would make me a very happy lady. <3

Wish I was a happy lady ;.;

Barring personal sexual insecurities aside ... NO WAY! You're telling me my skeletonised and ramshackle contraption is outdone by someone ;P

Just be forewarned ... whilst the benchmark for FFXIV is decent, I've heard complaints (whether valid or not I can't say) that the benchmark jumps around widely a bit despite people having similiar systems, or sometimes better. But for 90% of comments its sounds like it's a pretty good fit for determing whether you can run it or not.

Point is if you have specs near mine and I can score high, even if the benchmark tells you otherwise I wouldn't worry. By the sounds of some people average systems it should be a cakewalk.

Last thing SE wants to do is both compete with WoW and create a game in which only half the interested audience can play semi decently.

 

[Ldude893]

-Stepping out of Vault 101 in Fallout 3
-The Airboat ride in Half Life 2 and the forest sections of Episode 2.
-Everything in Mirror's Edge

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Modern Warfare 2

I know it's hypocritical of me considering all the hatred of mainstream FPS's I have pent up.
but while I was playing MW2 the Sheer outstanding-ness of the graphics combined with glorious visuials,

Spoiler

like hanging off an ice wall, or battling through nuked Washington DC, or getting washed up on shore and stumbling around a helicopter wreck to get in a knife fight whit an evil general, only to have to pull the fucking knife out of my chest and throw it back at him in order to save the fucking day.

just blew my fucking mind

it made me completely forget that I had only started playing 6 hours ago

I agree with this.
But nothing can top the feeling of awe, joy and just stunning visuals that was the moment I stepped out of Vault 101 in Fallout 3.

were you playing on the PC version?
I can only Imagine how much better it would be than the console version.

I have played both Fallout 3 and MW2 on max settings on a friends comp.
My reaction was something like "...Oh shit, that looks gorgeous!"

 

[s0m3th1ng]

-Everything in Mirror's Edge

Ninjaed! Although not as advanced as it's contemporaries, the environment's were flat out gorgeous in a clean, perfect kind of way.

First time playing Battlefield 1943, just had never played an FPS on that scale before.

First time seeing those Source development videos.

Oh And Tribes, another large-scale fps. (Which Reach is totally ripping off now)

 

[deus-ex-machina]

When I first got my N64 and played Turok, I thought it was the future. Since then, I haven't really been in awe of graphic improvements. Assassin's Creed was impressive and I was also impressed with the Wind Waker graphics which I really wasn't expecting to work as well as they did.

 

[Feneture]

After playing the God of war 1 & 2 collection and getting to used to the graphics, when I completed those and started to play God of war 3 I was like "Woah..!"

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

If I recall correctly, when I saw Mario N64 for the first time I was speechless.

When I tried the Freelancer demo way back when, I was in awe.

Recently the most impressive graphics I saw was from Crysis.

 

[Jonluw]

Oblivion. I drooled over those screenshots for months before the game was released.

 

[TimeLord]

First time I played my first game on my shiny new PS3 all those years ago.

Resistance: Fall of Man in HD blew my mind!

 

[comadorcrack]

Uncharted 2, especially the urban level not too far into the game with the helicopter. Literally mesmerizing.

Spoiler: You are correct sir!

Spoiler: but then again, I must not forget about...

 

[Fellwarden]

I was awed by the graphics in both Mass Effects. Fallout 3 was also quite impressive when I got out of the vault. These are the only games I can remember that was really impressive. Final Fantasy XIII also has great graphics, but it didn't quite give me that "holy shit, that looks good" feeling. The Mass Effect games are probably my favorite games, ever, including its graphic style and quality. I've been mindblown several times when looking at the backdrops for various scenes.

 

[Jazoni89]

I was graphically awed by:

The train scene in Uncharted 2
Just cause 2's Draw distance
overlooking Red dead redemption's cactus fields
Stepping out of the vault in fallout 3
the shivering isles night sky in oblivion
Boss fights in god of war 3
Metro 2033's creepy tunnels
All of mirror's edge
All of heavy rain - I seriously don't know why anyone has mentioned this yet.

 

[T-Bone24]

Several times in Mass Effect 2 I stopped and didn't want to leave with how good it all looked.

Complete agreement, especially in the Overlord DLC.

And if you've played Lair of the Shadow Broker, you know exactly which part I'm referring to.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

When I first got my PS3 and played God of War 3, I was absolutelty stunned by the first level.
I still feel a little giddy when playing it.

I was also amazed in Metro 2033 when I first stepped outside of the Metro station and into Post-Apocalyptic Moscow

EDIT: Almost forgot the train scene from Uncharted 2

 

[The Great Zegrool]

Man, I've been spoiled. A combination of me making game design as a hobby, and that monster Crysis has made me all but immune to graphical beauties this gen.