Team Fortress 2. Love the character design, love the maps (especially 2Fort, Turbine, Gravelpit and poor, maligned Hydro), it's a well put-together game.
Games that will always look good to you
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Easy, my vote goes to Killer7, like Okami it has a unique/distinctive artstyle to it. This time it's the simplicity, making use of low poly counts and yet managing to make it quiet gorgious.
I have to agree with WW, it never needed a HD rerelease. Yet I disagree with your oppinion on Twilight Princess, it's still a beautifull looking game.Adamantium93 said:
Anything going for a unique art style will find refuge in its aesthetic of choice. This happens a lot in cel shaded games, for instance (a lot of people are mentioning Okami and Killer7). Or the deliberately toony games like TimeSplitters. "Realism" is a harsh mistress though, and its definition changes pretty quickly. Any game trying to be photorrealistic is bound to look old by the same standards sooner or later.
BloodRayne and American McGee's Alice. Especeially the latter. Actually the whole jagged and old look makes Alice look creepier than the one from the 2011 game as well the overall aesthetic of the buidlings and landscape.
Isometric games like BG, Arcanum and Icewind dale age very well while a lot of games that did 3D around that time look like ass.
Games that are cartoony tend to age well too but generally I don't like that sort of look.
Games that are cartoony tend to age well too but generally I don't like that sort of look.
It seem to do facial expressions and lip sycning better than a lot of more modern games (though I've not played it in a while so I could be imagining things). It helps that it has awesome music to add to the atmosphere too. I was actually listening to one of their end credit songs as I read this.Daystar Clarion said:
Banjo-Tooie, every pokemon third gen and later, and the great monarch of pretty games, Metroid Prime.
I'm incredibly surprised nobody has mentioned any Indie games? Or do they not count?
If I had to choose one, then without a doubt it would be Binding of Isaac
The strong colors and beautiful palette combined with one of the most impressive soundtracks I've heard in a game. I don't think this game would ever age for me. The difficulty never seems to grow stale either.
That said, I'm incredibly concerned over the graphical adjustments to the second Binding of Isaac.
If I had to choose one, then without a doubt it would be Binding of Isaac
The strong colors and beautiful palette combined with one of the most impressive soundtracks I've heard in a game. I don't think this game would ever age for me. The difficulty never seems to grow stale either.
That said, I'm incredibly concerned over the graphical adjustments to the second Binding of Isaac.
A lot of the older isometric games 2-d or 3-d environs with 2-d sprites still look (and play) great. Not so much with many of the fully 3-d games (esp ones that went for a realistic aesthetic as opposed to stylized) For this reason I except to still be playing Baldur's Gate and Breath of Fire III for a long time to come, but not so much some of the newer games.
The first thing that popped to my mind is Shadow Man. Demo was really hard, but after playing the full game on PC it has become one of those games that I still haven't got tired of, even after finishing its very long story. It has amazing environments, plot, atmosphere and open world that is lacking in most modern games. Granted I am picking a high-res 3D title, but as it is a very old game I thought it could suffice.
Perfect dark 64: the Xbox live edition didn't really add anything that wasn't already there, and what was there was a futuristic looking game that looks good today compared to other sci fi shooters
Sega worldwide soccer 98 (sega Saturn). Still one of my favorite sports games of all time, and I don't even like soccer. The graphics were great in my opinion, but the commentary made the pixels come alive
Smugglers run (ps2). The car models and open world still hold up today, and this was a ps2 launch title.
Nights into dreams (sega Saturn). The characters were in pseudo 2d and everything was jagged, but no other game I be played sans geometry wars made me feel just generally happy due to its bright style and presentation. Speaking of geometry wars....
Geometry wars (360). This was the one game that sold me on going next gen and getting an Xbox 360 and also later on getting an HDTV. If you haven't played it, put down gta v and do so now
Sega worldwide soccer 98 (sega Saturn). Still one of my favorite sports games of all time, and I don't even like soccer. The graphics were great in my opinion, but the commentary made the pixels come alive
Smugglers run (ps2). The car models and open world still hold up today, and this was a ps2 launch title.
Nights into dreams (sega Saturn). The characters were in pseudo 2d and everything was jagged, but no other game I be played sans geometry wars made me feel just generally happy due to its bright style and presentation. Speaking of geometry wars....
Geometry wars (360). This was the one game that sold me on going next gen and getting an Xbox 360 and also later on getting an HDTV. If you haven't played it, put down gta v and do so now
Kid Icarus Uprising. The mix of nicely varied environments, cartoony enemies and an absolutely lovely style makes it all fit into a sweet package that I adore <3
Underground 2 was by far my favorite Need For Speed title. Nice open city, sexy neon skyline aesthetic, and more customization and tuning than you could ever ask for. Except for Snoop Dog remixing Riders on the Storm. Who thought Snoop Dog and The Doors would be a good mix?2HF said:
My contribution is Tie Fighter: Collector's Edition. It remains my favorite flight sim to this day thanks to the awesome visual style.
Early 90s Lucasarts: they still look better than anything and everything produced to this day, while not being limited to one particular graphic style.
