What game had the BEST graphics of 2008?

[jboking]

In a non-pc competition MGS4 or LBP.

If pc is included, Crysis: Warhead easily wins.

 

[clarinetJWD]

What?

Yeah, I don't get that either...
Another vote for Crysis: Warhead. As spectacular as the screen shots are, in motion, it's absolutely breathtaking.

As far as art style goes, I am absolutely in love with Mirror's Edge (Actually, I just picked up the PC version, and the physics takes it over the top)

 

[gigastrike]

Indigo is saying that you're taking the best screen shot and saying the whole game is like that.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Metal Gear Solid 4. Didn't see anything display better on a big screen last year.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Eggo speaks the truth Crysis has hit the point where screenshots no longer do the game justice everything is just soo dynamic in the game shadows/lighting/volumetric smoke and fog effects/god rays above and below water/water reflections

 

[gigastrike]

Indigo is saying that you're taking the best screen shot and saying the whole game is like that.

But that's the thing: these screenshots aren't not even the best of what is offered by the game.

Hey, don't tell me. Tell Indigo.

 

[MalthusX]

I'm going to have to go with Fallout 3, as it seems we are also rating graphics by artistic merit as well as technical. The graphics in Fallout 3, I think, succeeded in evoking the feelings that they were supposed to, and the game also had the technixal prowess to pull it off for the most part.

 

[wgreer25]

I can't belive no one's mentioned Dead Space yet, that game was just incredible looking. Technically outstanding with terrifyingly immersive art design, even if it got a little repetitive at points.

Thank you. I'm glad someone said it. Dead space was beautiful, in a bloody/limb ripping kinda way. So for me it is Dead Space, with Gears 2 and Fallout 3 close behind.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Actually I should have note that my screenshots were in the Dx9 API and not the better looking Dx10 not much difference I know but still not showing it at maximum and it still kicks ass.
Only bad point is crysis almost killed me in terms of that it was really hard to play another game and not struggle with the fact it didn't look anywhere near as good

 

[clarinetJWD]

Indigo is saying that you're taking the best screen shot and saying the whole game is like that.

No, I'm saying that counting Crysis in a discussion about game graphics at this point smacks me as being a bit unfair - like professional game designers becoming getting into an amateur design competition, if you can follow my meaning.

So what you're saying is that because something is so far better than the competition, it shouldn't count? That makes no sense at all!

Edit: To add to Eggo's statement, Crysis was $22 million, GTA4 was $100 million.

 

[PirateKing]

I would go with MGS4. Good balance between realism and stylism. There was no uncanny valley effect.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Except these games are all comparable; hell some of the other games had bigger budgets, dev teams, and resources than Crytek did.

Don't forget that Crysis was also only the second game made by Crytek the first obviously being Farcry

 

[Riicek]

Yet console fans still like to talk about their graphical superiority.

They do?

And yeah, Crysis takes the cake for best graphics. I wish I had a computer capable of running it so I could gaze at it's glory.

 

[KSarty]

I definitely say Crysis: Warhead, but what I think Indigo is saying is that Warhead winning any graphics competition is a foregone conclusion, so lets talk about what was best after Warhead.

 

[jamesworkshop]

I definitely say Crysis: Warhead, but what I think Indigo is saying is that Warhead winning any graphics competition is a foregone conclusion, so lets talk about what was best after Warhead.

I really liked the PC port of Devil May Cry 4 graphics wise but I would put my money on Race driver grid for the best graphics