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[hello505]

Early on in last generation, there weren't too many mind-blowing games outside of Killzone and Ryse. It was only by the end of 2016 that we finally got:

Killzone SF
Ryse
Uncharted 4
Star Wars Battlefront
The Order 1886
Gears of War 4
Quantum Break
DriveClub
Forza Horizon 3
The Witcher 3
Infamous Second Son
Assassin's Creed Unity
Batman Arkham knight
Alien Isolation

among others

Although they were obviously surpassed by games released in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. What did you think was the best looking game of this early gen period?

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Red Dead Redemption 2

 

[hello505]

Red Dead Redemption 2

That came out in 2018

 

[NeonGhost]

That came out in 2018

Did you mean Batman Arkham knight not asylum?

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

That came out in 2018

Hmmmmm


The Witcher 3
Gravity Rush 2

 

[tusharngf]

gears of war 4 and quantum break

 

[Banjo64]

Has to be Star Wars Battlefront. That game was genuinely a generation apart. ‘Old’ Dice was probably the best technical studio IMO, or at least on par with ND.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Early on in last generation, there weren't too many mind-blowing games outside of Killzone and Ryse. It was only by the end of 2016 that we finally got:

Killzone SF
Ryse
Uncharted 4
Star Wars Battlefront
The Order 1886
Gears of War 4
Quantum Break
DriveClub
Forza Horizon 3
The Witcher 3
Infamous Second Son
Assassin's Creed Unity
Batman Arkham knight
Alien Isolation

among others

Although they were obviously surpassed by games released in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. What did you think was the best looking game of this early gen period?

Nehhh.


Gravity Rush 1 and 2 are the answer.

 

[Thabass]

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

At the time, it was one of the best-looking games to hit the market. Also, GTA V is in there too.

 

[March Climber]

The Order 1886 had multiple moments that made me question how much extra power the consoles actually had that gen.

The Order 1886's graphics and presentation gave me the very same feeling as seeing and playing Killzone 2 for the first time.

 

[CaptainSlayAHo]

Witcher 3 and gta 5 off the top of my head

 

[GooseMan69]

Uncharted 4

 

[Bartski]

The Order 1886 is the correct answer

 

[GooseMan69]

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

At the time, it was one of the best-looking games to hit the market. Also, GTA V is in there too.

It’s crazy that they got Phantom Pain to run at a locked 60 fps on consoles. I’m struggling to think of another open world game that ran at 60 frames during that gen. Great lighting, weather effects, and animations too. Game was a technical masterpiece.

 

[TxKnight7]

Ryse and Crysis 3 : before the release of next gen consoles for Crysis

Winning over killzone shadow fall and infamous

And Crysis was released on PS3 / Xbox 360
with The Last of Us

digital foundry - 2013
Crysis 3 on PC effectively offers a "next-gen now" experience - a preview of the level of technical prowess we should expect in the years to come from the new wave of consoles".

Where Crysis 3 really shines is on the PC, in which we are presented with a huge leap in graphical quality that gives us a tantalising glimpse of visual accomplishment on next-gen hardware "

2021"
It seems from the consoles versions namely playstation 3 and xbox 360, which we will be comparing with today (switch remaster) but you know before we go into all of the details again i just have to stress how good crysis 3 still looks today i mean this was released before the last generation of consoles i think it still holds up, looks like a Ps4 and xbox one generation title in a way that kind of shocking"

 

[I Master l]

The Order 1886 still has the best use of PBR materials to date

 

[Black_Stride]

The Order.
Crysis 3 - On PC.

 

[Von Hugh]

Assassins's Creed Unity.

 

[Fredrik]

Going by memory alone here.
The Order 1886 was the first game that truly wowed me. Art and graphics.
Ryse looked nice too but not as nice as The Order imo.
Then I thought Ori and the Blind Forest looked absolutely amazing too, but in a different way. In the end I think I have to go with Uncharted 4, that blew me away.

 

[Riky]

Ryse, it still looks amazing today.

 

[Yoboman]

Its Uncharted 4. Still holds up today

 

[Lupin25]

Uncharted 4 or The Order 1886

 

[winjer]

Crysis 3 and Ryse Son of Rome, on PC.

 

[Topher]

The Order followed by Uncharted 4

Why no poll?

 

[Sosokrates]

Uncharted 4

This.

 

[Fahdis]

The Order 1886
Uncharted 4
DriveClub

In that order. All are Sony exclusives. Wtf.

 

[cormack12]

I remember Arkham Knight looking great tbh

 

[The Fartist]

The Last of Us


edit: Early on in last generation

Whoops, reading, and stuff

 

[solidus12]

The Order 1886.

 

[Elios83]

The Order and Assassin's Creed Unity looked amazing.

 

[killatopak]

I heard great things about AC Unity. I haven't played or sure that it came out between that time though.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Has to be Star Wars Battlefront. That game was genuinely a generation apart. ‘Old’ Dice was probably the best technical studio IMO, or at least on par with ND.

The Order 1886 had multiple moments that made me question how much extra power the consoles actually had that gen.

The Order 1886's graphics and presentation gave me the very same feeling as seeing and playing Killzone 2 for the first time.

These still look incredible--the issue for em would be resolution and framerates on their original hardware, otherwise they hold up 100% (someone tell me why I'm wrong).

Two questions, both loaded: 1) Did we plateau back in 2013/2015, with the limiting factor of graphics not being know-how, but budget? And 2) 'member the 90s-early 00s when every year you saw something new that blew you away graphically?

 

[Ellery]

Gotta agree with the general sentiment here.

The Order 1886, Driveclub and Uncharted 4 all look crazy good. Initial impression of The Order 1886 and Driveclub are static jaw droppers, but in depth they can't keep up with Uncharted 4.

In general though I was pretty happy with graphics since the PS4 generation and many of those games you listed look great to me.

 

[marjo]

AC: Unity looked insane on a high end (for the time) PC. In some ways, it looked better than the more modern AC games.

 

[Edgelord79]

Of the ones I played:

1. Ryse
2. Witcher 3
3. Star Wars Battlefront
4. Order 1886 (as impressive as it was I feel it would be easier to get those visuals due to the type of gameplay).

 

[Shifty1897]

On PC - Witcher 3
On Console: The Order 1886

 

[tommib]

The Order, by far.

 

[Umbasaborne]

The first battlefront remake, its sequel didnt even look as good as that first one did

 

[Umbasaborne]

AC: Unity looked insane on a high end (for the time) PC. In some ways, it looked better than the more modern AC games.

Ac unity is still mond bogglingly impressive. The dense detailed crowds, the amount of high detail interiors, its honestly still pretty insane. None of the newer games managed to impress like unity did

 

[Fuz]

Not Quantum Break.

 

[Turk1993]

All the games in that list looked incredible, but there is a big one you forgot. Crysis 3 on pc was something else and still is one of the best looking game out there.

 

[nkarafo]

GTA V still looks pretty great.

 

[CatLady]

Tomb Raider Definitive
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Ryse Son of Rome
Gears 4
Quantum Break
The Order 1886

 

[Benniewise de Clown]

Best looking?

The Order 1886 hands down.

 

[Alan Wake]

Graphics: The Order 1886
Art style: The Witcher III

 

[Denton]

The Order 1886

Still looks insane.

As for open worlds, Witcher 3.
I want Order 1886 PC version and RPGish sequel :/

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

The Order 1886 & Batman Arkham Knight.

 

[ZywyPL]

On consoles : The Order 1886
On PC: Crysis 3

 

[Hoddi]

Toss up between The Order and AC Unity. I played through Unity last month and it's bloody gorgeous at 4k.

 

[Captain Toad]

Infamous Second Son with it's neon effects was awesome eye candy early PS4 generation.