Best looking game relative to release date?

SuperTronNarwhal · 5 Nov 2011 at 10:54

I looks Supa Realistic!

PapaLazaru · 5 Nov 2011 at 10:55

FarCry is well up there. I just love that game.

One game that really stands out for me and one that just blew me away when it came out was Gran Turismo on the PS1. The visuals of the cars on the replays was nothing short of mind blowing at the time. Nothing came anywhere near as close.

perox · 5 Nov 2011 at 10:57

Crysis, considering it came out 4 years ago and still looks better than most games it has to be up there.

panyan · 5 Nov 2011 at 11:02

for me it was GTA vice city - i know it wasnt that good, but it was the proper game i really played and i couldnt believe the graphics - i was used to stuff like tetris

RoboSprog · 5 Nov 2011 at 11:05

Halo (IMO, looked fantastic)
Half Life 2
Crysis
Minecraft

Guest2 · 5 Nov 2011 at 11:34

Doom
Unreal
Farcry

wnb · 5 Nov 2011 at 11:56

At the time I thought Tomb Raider looked good especialy on my new 3dfx card, also a thubs up for Forsaken and Unreal.

Sir Random · 5 Nov 2011 at 20:01

Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001)
One of the first games with dynamic shadows and physics, and the best melee combat system of any game. Very atmospheric, and it still looks good today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysXRKtKijc

Quake 3
great architecture, and curved arches!!

Far Cry
Just gorgeous.

robgmun · 5 Nov 2011 at 20:38

Samueltastic said:
Looks kinda Homeworldy, Been looking at this for a while does it work similar to home world?

I'm a Homeworld fanboy and tried Nexsus because i wanted a space-RTS fix but i just couldn't get into it, others seem to love it but i didn't

arc@css · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:03

Unreal.

Poll?

bigjimmyauk · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:05

i always thought mechwarrior 3 looked gr8 came out 1999 iirc

CaptainRAVE · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:24

This can only be decided with a poll of all titles already mentioned

Gashman · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:29

my vote goes to Far Cry and Crysis. Crytek are always top trumps when it comes to pushing the boundries in my opinion.

though for consoles Metal Gear Solid II, was a massive enormous leap from the first game and Killzone II, what the? a PS3 game that stamps all over most PC games, how is this possible?! :eek:

Vegeta · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:33

Motorhead 1998

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwIfZUHt7qU

KNiVES · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:42

Crysis, 4 years on and it's still arguably the best looking game out.

4 years is an unbelievably long time for any PC game to last, seeing as new generations of hardware typically come out every year or so...

Indy500 · 5 Nov 2011 at 21:52

Quake 3, Unreal and an honourable mention to Half-Life (when I had a 3D card powerful enough to run it in hardware, as opposed to software on a P166 MMX and S3 Virge PCI).

Hedge · 5 Nov 2011 at 22:18

For me I think of..

Half Life 2
Farcry
Metal Gear Solid
Magic Carpet
Starwing
Goldeneye
Gran Turismo
Crysis
Gears of War
Unreal
ICO

JimAroo · 5 Nov 2011 at 22:27

Prey looks ahead of it's time imo.

Semiskimmed · 5 Nov 2011 at 23:24

really surprised to see no mention of F.E.A.R yet, i remember cranking that game up to max settings my rig would run and my jaw dropped.

LizardKing · 6 Nov 2011 at 00:34

The original NFS - 1994

Compared to NASCAR from the same year

Worlds apart. (Though saying that Nascar spawned one of the best racing games! GPL!)