Best graphics game?

deus3x · 26 Feb 2010 at 22:52

Davola said:
But as the title of the thread goes, my answer is Crysis.... a mate and me must have spent at least 2 hours in awe of going underwater and out again on it just watching the water drip down the mask lol!!

haha, I remember doing this. Crysis was quality for graphics. I liked the game too :cool:

Inazuma · 26 Feb 2010 at 23:22

I can't believe I'm saying this but, the closest game to Crysis graphically... is a PS3 game - Uncharted 2.

FoxEye · 26 Feb 2010 at 23:43

I liked Crysis, but only after the aliens showed up. OK, the tank bit was fun. Aliens > North Korean clone army.

Parky · 26 Feb 2010 at 23:47

I'd have to say crysis as well, Although the new S.T.A.L.K.E.R game is wowing me at the moment. Its not consitently beautiful, but the lighting and some of the texture work is awesome.

Oh and the night time thunderstorms.... i find myself standing in awe sometimes.

My 4870 isn't liking it much tho

Kurisu Makise · 27 Feb 2010 at 00:24

Then crysis 2 comes out and it will be 4 years before any one can play that lol.

titaniumx3 · 27 Feb 2010 at 01:40

Crysis is still in it's own class tbh. Games such as Bad Company 2 are getting close to that look but they simply lack the raw amount of detail and geomety.

Will Lucky · 27 Feb 2010 at 02:01

Be interesting to see if Crysis 2 is a minor improvement, or genuinely increases the standard for graphics. But I hope it certainly does.

craptakular · 27 Feb 2010 at 02:19

DreadNiK said:
yes, but c'mon it is practically 2D!

and 2D makes bad graphics how exactly?

Teki187 · 27 Feb 2010 at 08:29

KNiVES said:
Metro 2033 is the next big thing, graphics wise.

This right here.

Crysis has amazing graphics, shame about everything else being a complete steaming pile of turd.

Oizu · 27 Feb 2010 at 08:49

DreadNiK said:
just got my new 5850 toxic, whacked it in, cranked up bc2 only to find the beta has ended prior to the release. I was sorely upset, until I looked at my steam list and realised I had completely forgotten about Crysis: Warhead being on there...and I never actually finished it (I finished Crysis)

I am currently virtually drooling with anticipation as it re-downloads...still yet to see anything that can properly claim to challenge CryEngine 2 at full whack....

You may be pleased to hear that my system runs warhead at above 30fps all maxed with 2xAA at 1680x1050

lunarwolf · 27 Feb 2010 at 11:23

Vegeta said:
So pc graphics haven't improved at all during my 2 year break? :S So what is the point of all these new graphics cards for over half a grand...

Crysis is still the reference imo. Considering games are mostly designed for consoles and then ported for PC, this explains why PC envelope has not been pushed - (if you remember Crysis did not really sell very well) since consoles still use same GPU.

point of new graphics cards is to increase your frames per second etc.., it is not necessary, but is always nice to have

- i am sure my old 8800gtx could handle any game I throw at it in 1900x1200. I gave it to my bro and he was fine with it, when it died BFG gave him a new GTX 285 as replacement - WOOOT! i was jealous

. will buy BFG cards from now on

z3r0 · 27 Feb 2010 at 11:31

lunarwolf said:
Crysis is still the reference imo. Considering games are mostly designed for consoles and then ported for PC, this explains why PC envelope has not been pushed

Here is your reason sir.

p0ss3s3d · 28 Feb 2010 at 18:55

Inazuma said:
I can't believe I'm saying this but, the closest game to Crysis graphically... is a PS3 game - Uncharted 2.

Yeah, Uncharted looks incredible. The textures are a little low res and the actual resolution is pretty low (720p?). However the shaders, lighting and general rendering of the scene is the only console game I can think of that rivals the latest PC game graphics.

Actually aside from the same problems with textures killzone 2 had very very good graphics too.

xyphox · 28 Feb 2010 at 18:56

Yeah pretty sure it's always been crysis.

uv · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:50

I'm suprised no-one's mentioned Mirror's Edge. Whilst it doesn't have the vistas and sunrises of Crysis, and it's extremely stylized, the textures and lighting are nothing short of superb.

Tefal · 28 Feb 2010 at 21:31

p0ss3s3d said:
Yeah, Uncharted looks incredible. The textures are a little low res and the actual resolution is pretty low (720p?). However the shaders, lighting and general rendering of the scene is the only console game I can think of that rivals the latest PC game graphics.

Actually aside from the same problems with textures killzone 2 had very very good graphics too.

the ress will be far below 720p.

and the fps capped at something like 30 max.

If you made a pc game with the same res/fps requirements (and optimised specifically for a small range of hardware) you could make crysis look like a polished turd

Oizu · 28 Feb 2010 at 21:33

For me the3 best looking games go

Crysis
Killzone 2
Uncharted 2

dbmzk1 · 28 Feb 2010 at 22:27

Tefal said:
the ress will be far below 720p.

and the fps capped at something like 30 max.

If you made a pc game with the same res/fps requirements (and optimised specifically for a small range of hardware) you could make crysis look like a polished turd

For the record, it's rendered at 1280x720 at a pretty much constant 30FPS using 2xAA, HDR and SSAO.

DarrenM343 · 28 Feb 2010 at 23:45

I thought FarCry 2 was quite good on the PC graphically - performed well too even without a top notch card.

James J · 28 Feb 2010 at 23:52

I've not seen a pc game with better graphics then crysis on very high everything with AA and AF on at 1920x1080. Some parts of the game look utterly believable when its in full motion. Gameplay was really nice as well giving you multiple ways of doing the game (either rambo it or stealth approach to anything)

I'd personally say the only other game where I actually thought "wow" at the graphics was deadspace due to its very good use of field of view