Most beautiful game you've played?
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Here's what comes to mind.
Journey
Uncharted
Red dead redemption
Shadow of the colossus
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head.
Journey
Uncharted
Red dead redemption
Shadow of the colossus
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head.
Going into this without reading the thread because I bet nobody's mentioned this one, and I'm going to leave out bigger names in favor of this one. It's a simple flash game you can play for free on Kongregate, called Flur. [http://www.kongregate.com/games/ninjakiwi/flur]
Simple, yet beautiful and oh so soothing.
Simple, yet beautiful and oh so soothing.
Thomas was alone, love the lighting effects and art style despite it being a very "simple" game in design.
Dear Esther, some of the locations look fantastic, whether you like the gameplay or not.
Okami, enough has been said about it already.
Terraria, I just love the lighting effects in the game, especially with the new update's lighting.
Kentucky Route Zero, looks so beautifully-eerie. It really gives you that feeling you get when you're driving down some long stretch of peaceful road at night.
Grim Fandango, especially Rubacava. The game's graphics haven't aged that well, but it still gives you that amazing feeling of beauty, swing and hep cats.
Special nods to some of the FF games, PoP 2008, LIMBO (beautifully grim) and Fez
Dear Esther, some of the locations look fantastic, whether you like the gameplay or not.
Okami, enough has been said about it already.
Terraria, I just love the lighting effects in the game, especially with the new update's lighting.
Kentucky Route Zero, looks so beautifully-eerie. It really gives you that feeling you get when you're driving down some long stretch of peaceful road at night.
Grim Fandango, especially Rubacava. The game's graphics haven't aged that well, but it still gives you that amazing feeling of beauty, swing and hep cats.
Special nods to some of the FF games, PoP 2008, LIMBO (beautifully grim) and Fez
In terms of pure aesthetics, I've been playing Muramasa: Rebirth lately and man that game is gorgeous. The color schemes and the quality and quantity of the animation is astounding. Here's a screenshot I took today:
I really have a thing for bright, contrasting and discordant solid colors.
Other similar styles I like include Super Meat Boy and Bastion.
http://i.imgur.com/zZNY0OU.jpg
I really have a thing for bright, contrasting and discordant solid colors.
Other similar styles I like include Super Meat Boy and Bastion.
I'll bite on this thread.
Fallout 3: The very first time you walk out of the vault and adjust your eye's to D.C. = Awesome
Dark Souls: Rough graphic environment is pretty awesome, plus the cut-scene to Anor Londo makes me want to grant wishes.
Diablo 1: Remember that shit.
Beauty in games is a secondary for me, but I will never ignore it.
Fallout 3: The very first time you walk out of the vault and adjust your eye's to D.C. = Awesome
Dark Souls: Rough graphic environment is pretty awesome, plus the cut-scene to Anor Londo makes me want to grant wishes.
Diablo 1: Remember that shit.
Beauty in games is a secondary for me, but I will never ignore it.
The most beautiful game I ever played was dark souls. The focus of that game was overcoming challenges, everything else was built around that central idea. Every location is different, yet every location is sad, it is a world of desolation and despair. And you're entire journey through Lodran is like that. Even the beautiful city of Anor Londo is just a forsaken city abandoned in rays of sunlight. But throughout it all you have the multiplayer aspect which always shows that you're not alone, you're alone in your world, but you always know that there are others just like you, trying to make their way through as well. Step by Step, leaving helpful advice or tricking you into your demise, you always feel part of something greater when in that game. The gameplay is always the same, but the tactics you need to use to overcome each section is not.
After getting a 3D monitor and glasses, I orgasm'd playing through that game again in 1080P 3D.
After getting a 3D monitor and glasses, I orgasm'd playing through that game again in 1080P 3D.
To me Knights of The Old Republic 1,Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim are beautiful games because there's much depth in the exploration,combat,map design,characters,lore and story to the three games listed above.
This is hard because not only is art direction important, visual storytelling is also a huge factor. For example, most people would say that visuals are one of KOTOR II's weak points, but I find that the game looking like a darker, dirtier version of the first game is thematically appropriate; the game almost looks like it's had all the life and color sucked from it. If you've played it you know why that makes sense.
This is why games like Dark Souls and Fallout have appealing aesthetics; ugliness is appropriate given their atmosphere. So I'm not really sure I can answer that question. The Witcher 2 is a beautiful game, certainly better looking than my above examples, but The Witcher 2 is beautiful simply for the sake of being beautiful, which ironically leaves less of an impact than the purposeful grime of Dark Souls.
This is why games like Dark Souls and Fallout have appealing aesthetics; ugliness is appropriate given their atmosphere. So I'm not really sure I can answer that question. The Witcher 2 is a beautiful game, certainly better looking than my above examples, but The Witcher 2 is beautiful simply for the sake of being beautiful, which ironically leaves less of an impact than the purposeful grime of Dark Souls.
I'm actually gonna have to put down Dead Space 3 as my most recently beloved game for it's sheer gorgeousness. Say what you will about the game, on a large flat screen tv in a dark room at night in HD the space stages were jawdropping.
I'll give a nod to Rage too, it was very pretty... if the textures decided to load.
I'll give a nod to Rage too, it was very pretty... if the textures decided to load.
I'd do that in Monteriggioni. Park my character on the battlements, listen to the music and look out over the town and the countryside. Amazing game.putowtin said:
I'll have to go by genre. For first person shooters...obviously Crysis 1/Warhead, followed closely by Crysis 3. It surprises me how those games have hardly been mentioned so far. Either people's computers aren't up to par and can barely get Crysis games working, or they have somehow managed to miss-out on some of the most beautiful games to date. These days a midrange PC can run it on max settings, plus Crysis+Warhead costs around $5-10.
Games like Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite and Far Cry 3 are quite pretty, but come on...this is Crysis. CRYSIS. People have trouble picking up their jaws off the ground when the game truly opens-up in later levels, I think I lost track of time as I simply went running around the tropical/jungle setting. There are some areas where it's sometimes difficult to tell the game apart from real life.
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As for RPG/Adventure, Journey obviously. I don't think I even need to post screenshots
For MMORPG's, I'll have to say Guild Wars 2 hands-down. That game has an absolutely spectacular art direction, color palette, draw distances, etc and the environments literally breathe with life. The game has been commended with having some of the most immersive environments ever in an MMO. The capital cities and forest/waterfall zones especially are nothing short of incredible, the visuals are worth exploring - it's an explorer's game!
[http://i.imgur.com/N5BRX2a.jpg]
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Platformers next, I'll have to go with Trine 2. Shouldn't really have to explain too much, I mean look at this...
[http://i.imgur.com/xYwZKga.jpg]
[http://i.imgur.com/DVOf3Ys.jpg]
Games like Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite and Far Cry 3 are quite pretty, but come on...this is Crysis. CRYSIS. People have trouble picking up their jaws off the ground when the game truly opens-up in later levels, I think I lost track of time as I simply went running around the tropical/jungle setting. There are some areas where it's sometimes difficult to tell the game apart from real life.
As for RPG/Adventure, Journey obviously. I don't think I even need to post screenshots
For MMORPG's, I'll have to say Guild Wars 2 hands-down. That game has an absolutely spectacular art direction, color palette, draw distances, etc and the environments literally breathe with life. The game has been commended with having some of the most immersive environments ever in an MMO. The capital cities and forest/waterfall zones especially are nothing short of incredible, the visuals are worth exploring - it's an explorer's game!
Platformers next, I'll have to go with Trine 2. Shouldn't really have to explain too much, I mean look at this...
In the distant past of my gaming memory, Secret of Mana stands alone as one of the most beautiful games I have ever played.
In recent memory, however, that distinction goes to Persona 4: Golden and Final fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn.
In recent memory, however, that distinction goes to Persona 4: Golden and Final fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn.
