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[Myoclonic Jerk]

Edited title for Zilch


Metroid Prime 2

Baten Kaitos

Starfox Adventures

F-Zero GX

Tales of Symphonia

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles

Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

The Legend of Zelda

Resident Evil 4

Did I forget anything ?

 

[cvxfreak]

You forgot RE0.

 

[Malakhov]

I especially agree with star fox adventures, to this day I'm still amazed by it.

 

[AniHawk]

Paper Mario 2.

100 Bullets.

 

[Zilch]

Those look more like the best-looking Gamecube games, rather than the best Gamecube-looking games, IMO.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

BK and ToS look so pretty

 

[neptunes]

while I don't see BK as graphically impressive

I love it's artstyle...makes me wanna play it now!

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Those BK screens are ugly.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Those BK screens are ugly.

post some good ones

 

[Musashi Wins!]

I don't have any. They just look fugly next to the other beauties. I'm not critiquing your selection.

 

[jarrod]

BK is ugly period.

Where Pikmin 1-2? Or Luigi's Mansion? Both were great looking imo.

 

[sc0la]

I still think SMS looks good.

 

[Spiritreaver]

I still think SMS looks good.

You know, I had not bothered to play SMS for a long time, quite a few months and was udner the impression the graphics were horrid. I decided to pop it back in the other day out of boredom and was just blown away. So funny.

Anyways, I think LoZ E3, FF:CC (The water is just awesome), RE4, and Rogue Leader (lots of stuff going on) as my favorites.

 

[metsallica]

I love SMS on every possible level. Favorite platformer this generation by far:

 

[Error Macro]

IGN's screen caps are awful. They really don't do Starfox Adventures any justice at all.

And yes, I think SMS is fantastic looking.

 

[JJConrad]

You know, I had not bothered to play SMS for a long time, quite a few months and was udner the impression the graphics were horrid. I decided to pop it back in the other day out of boredom and was just blown away. So funny.

I've found that this forum can do that to you. I was the same way. I had always like the graphics of the game, but had written them off as anything spectacular.... until I started the game over just recently. Of course, a new TV and component cables didn't hurt.

I'd add this list:

Luigi's Mansion for its excellent lighting and particle effects.
Soul Calibur 2, even though its multiplatform, its still looks great.

 

[Alcibiades]

Mario Sunshine has really awesom graphics...

now don't forget REmake as well...

 

[thorns]

I thought these kind of threads belonged on TeamXbox or other forums of similar quality (IGN)..

 

[jarrod]

I thought these kind of threads belonged on TeamXbox or other forums of similar quality (IGN)..

Funny, that's where I thought you belonged?

 

[Dagless M.D.]

I've found that this forum can do that to you. I was the same way. I had always like the graphics of the game, but had written them off as anything spectacular.... until I started the game over just recently. Of course, a new TV and component cables didn't hurt.

I think that's because the forum judges how good a game looks by the first screens. SMS came out with bad quality captures, people attacked it and decided it looked disappointing, which stuck into peoples minds. It just meant that when people got the game, they ignored the whole visual aspect of the game, because the majority of the forum disliked it

 

[thorns]

Funny, that's where I thought you belonged?

Well this same thread came up before the forum meltdown and it was said these kinds of threads do not belong on GAF, so what do I know

 

[AniHawk]

Wow, SMS DOES look nice...

Probably my favorite shot.

Man, I can't wait to see the finished product of The Legend of Zelda XII.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I think that's because the forum judges how good a game looks by the first screens. SMS came out with bad quality captures, people attacked it and decided it looked disappointing, which stuck into peoples minds. It just meant that when people got the game, they ignored the whole visual aspect of the game, because the majority of the forum disliked it

That might have to do with some of it. But the game did have some problems graphically most notably the texturing. It just made up for it with all the visual tricks it had.

 

[Error Macro]

SMS is worth it for this level alone. Not so much the level itself, but being able to look out over the ocean with that calm music playing in the background is just breathtaking.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

WoW @ SMS

 

[Ramirez]

SFA had amazing graphics,but man did it suck,lol...

The new Zelda is just unreal,a dream come true >

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

SFA had amazing graphics,but man did it suck,lol...

The new Zelda is just unreal,a dream come true >

tell me about it, I cried when it showed up in the conference .. I ain't kidding

although I loved TWW, but it just made me soo friggin happy that Zelda got "realistic" again

 

[Jonnyboy117]

F-Zero GX can't even be honored with stills. Beautiful in motion though.

I didn't play a lot of Baten Kaitos at E3, but I was not very impressed by the graphics. There are some nice backgrounds, but the characters look terrible. The Resident Evil games did a much better job with that balance. Then again, I was also oddly underwhelmed by RE4's graphics, but the monitors Nintendo uses at E3 tend to bring out the worst in a game's graphics. Looking back at it now, SFA looks like an Xbox title, which is weird but fitting. It's not the best looking game up there, but you know what I mean...it has that Xbox look. Maybe it's the warm lighting. I said it back in 2002 and I'll say it now: SMS has moments where it's the most beautiful game around. It can also be ass ugly at times.

For the most all around beautiful game on the system, I'd probably go with FFCC. Unbelievable graphics on that one.

 

[Kuroyume]

Resident Evil or Resident Evil 0? I don't care if they were pre-rendered; they looked amazing, especially Resident Evil's water tank/shark area.

SSB:Melee, Luigi's Mansion, and Waverace.

 

[Gattsu25]

why is it the battle screen of BK looks so shitty? bah...they should have either gone pre-rendered all the way or all 3D...this pre-rendered on the map and 3D on the battle field thing should have died with the PSX...especially if you can't get both screens to look even 10% like eachother


SMS and WW are visually amazing...they get far too much hate from a graphical standpoint

 

[hirokazu]

why is it the battle screen of BK looks so shitty? bah...they should have either gone pre-rendered all the way or all 3D...this pre-rendered on the map and 3D on the battle field thing should have died with the PSX...especially if you can't get both screens to look even 10% like eachother

Baten Kaitos looks awesome in all the videos i've seen, dunno why it looks like shit in some screenshots though.

and yeah, though i did not like SMS's graphics all that much, there are some very nice looking bits in it, while Zelda has always looked amazing.

the realtime stuff and the pre-rendered background really stick out from each other in this shot.

 

[Gattsu25]

hirokazu, they do in the game as well...i found the 'blend' much better in REmake, though some things still stood out (like the crimson heads or whatever they were called)

 

[Wario64]

REmake was probably the first Gamecube game that caught my eye. Although it uses pre-rendered backgrounds, it still looked pretty impressive

 

[Gorgie]

Wind Waker really floored me when I first played it. Really, it nailed the animated look perfectly, and at times, you forget you're playing a game, not watching an high budget animated movie.

 

[Li Mu Bai]

REmake was, & still is, beautiful. The shark tank was unreal.

 

[Raw64life]

Damn, I forgot how good SMS and SFA looked.

 

[Rocket Punch]

These ones belongs here.

 

[reggieandTFE]

FF:CC is beautiful in places, too bad it bites ass....

SMS is a wonderful game despite its limitations, I may go play it in a bit.

 

[Gattsu25]

also...looks like the thread starter got confused mid-way through his post and included Tales of Symphonia pics (between FZ:GX and FF:CC no less)

 

[selig]

damn, baten kaitos is hot!

 

[Doom_Bringer]

GC On3nd

 

[Andy787]

GC On3nd

Those are some absolutely terrible screens. Nice "on3age," dude.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Those are some absolutely terrible screens. Nice "on3age," dude.

the screens might not look as good because I converted them to jpeg format! But those are the best looking games on PC! Far Cry is the best looking game so far!

 

[Rogerkiller]

the screens might not look as good because I converted them to jpeg format! But those are the best looking games on PC! Far Cry is the best looking game so far!

you are forgoting how much money do you need to have that graphics on the pc....... and this thread is about gamecube.....

 

[Doom_Bringer]

you are forgoting how much money do you need to have that graphics on the pc....... and this thread is about gamecube.....

very true! you want me to take em down?

 

[Rogerkiller]

very true! you want me to take em down?

not needed

 

[Scrow]

Paper Mario 2

It really is the best looking game on GC. I agree 100%

 

[Gattsu25]

With the exception of 2 of your screens (1 far cry and 1 kotor…could have been 3, but you choose a poor Thief shot) the GC pics in this thread were not “owned” by yours (counting, naturally, that you exclude the BK and ToS pics that were posted by mistake :b)…one could argue it the other way around for some of the GC games.

Still, I'm trying to find a reason for one to post mediocre~good PC game screens in a “Best Gamecube looking” thread. Possiby if you were trying to show that PC games still have a ways to go to catch up to the games being developed on out-dated hardware…if so then I agree with your point, but starting with Deus Ex, Far Cry and Thief; that should be changing soon.

 

[dark10x]

Thsoe PC games do indeed present more advanced visuals than anything you'll find on GC (though not ALL of those games do). However, those specific shots chosen are simply very poor. It has nothing to do with compression quality or anything, but rather, the actual angles used.

 

[LittleTokyo]

I love Tales of Symphonia and Paper Mario 2.