Best console game graphics?

[TwatDetective]

What's the console game with the best graphics, in your opinion.

Uncharted seems to be far above the competition from what I've played.

Uncharted 2 looks even better in the previews.

 

[Legzman]

Gears 2 for 360 has great graphics.

I still say best graphics ever were the God of War series on PS2. Those were next gen graphics on a last gen console!

 

[lachemo]

Killzone2 cant be touched,not even by Crysis.The engine they developed for it,the rendering,physics,presentation,Framerate,audio and just the total visual package cant be touched right now.God of War 3 might be the first to dethrone it but thats a different style game.

I play uncharted 2 with the closed beta key I got for preordering infamous and I'll have to say I'm not impressed by the visuals at all.I know its a beta and I understand what that means as far as how long they are into dev time but killzone2,gears and both newer call of dutys look better than that game as for right now. It looks nothing like what they showed in that press conf. demo at E3. I dont care though Uncharted 1 was a great game and uncharted 2 is gonna be great too.

 

[TwatDetective]

I disagree with you on Killzone 2's graphics. They're top of the line but not the greatest IMO.

Art style may have something to do with it too. The enviroments in FPS all look the same.

Killzone 2 definitely has the best FPS graphics of this generation though.

 

[RoadRage76]

Heavenly Sword is a beautiful game.

 

[lachemo]

I disagree with you on Killzone 2's graphics. They're top of the line but not the greatest IMO.

Art style may have something to do with it too. The enviroments in FPS all look the same.

Killzone 2 definitely has the best FPS graphics of this generation though.

I respect your opinion about killzone however strongly disagree that FPS enviroments all look the same. Call of duty:WAwar, Resistance 1 n 2,killzone2,Prey,Perfect Dark all have unique art styles.

In your opinion what is the greatest to you? curious.

 

[Boobinator]

If you play Crysis or Crysis Warhead with proper specs, it's the most beautiful game still.

It's kinda irritating they ruined that game by making it so demanding though, and the AI sucks balls. It's a great multiplayer game.

 

[TwatDetective]

I specifically said console because if you cound PC then it's definitely Crysis.

You need a super computer to run it though.

 

[lachemo]

If you play Crysis or Crysis Warhead with proper specs, it's the most beautiful game still.

It's kinda irritating they ruined that game by making it so demanding though, and the AI sucks balls. It's a great multiplayer game.

I dont even count crysis cause only 50% of the gaming community has ever seen the game in its "what its supposed to look like" state due to the machine it needs. I also heard that the gameplay and physics arent that great,is it just backdrops and explosion-effects eye candy on a disc?

 

[lachemo]

I specifically said console because if you cound PC then it's definitely Crysis.

You need a super computer to run it though.

Ok than,what specific CONSOLE game do you think is the best looking?

 

[Boobinator]

I dont even count crysis cause only 50% of the gaming community has ever seen the game in its "what its supposed to look like" state due to the machine it needs. I also heard that the gameplay and physics arent that great,is it just backdrops and explosion-effects eye candy on a disc?

I bought my computer a year ago, and even then it wasn't top of the line. No quad-core, a pretty old GFX and 4gb RAM. I can play Crysis on high settings at around 25 fps stable. So Crysis being super-demanding is just a myth. BUT at its release it was true, not today though.

Gameplay is nice I think. The control scheme is standard fps with cool possibilities and definitely more exciting than COD4 (which is basically just another Counter-Strike clone) if you play it multiplayer. There are tons of ways to play, like strangling people or tossing barrels at them. Graphics and physical effects are still stunning.
Single-player is crap though. The AI is just horrible so there's no real challenge and a lot of bug abusing.

Anyway, I missed the 'console' part of the title, sorry

Killzone 2 probably then. Most well-made console games look the same anyway, and even old games like Halo 3 look very similar to new ones IMO. COD4 looks very nice too.

Best graphics for its time has to be Shadow of the Colossus though. When it was released it was pure eye-candy and barely ran on the PS2. Half-life 2 was ahead of its time too, but not as demanding as it could've been.

 

[shayd]

Killzone 2 probably then. Most well-made console games look the same anyway, and even old games like Halo 3 look very similar to new ones IMO. COD4 looks very nice too.

The thing that gets me about Halo 3, (besides the fact that is was hyped up beyond belief) was the sheer amount of recycled textures. Halo 2 wasn't even all that technically impressive, yet Bungie recycled somewhere in the neighborhood of 45% percent of the textures in that game.

 

[RoadRage76]

The thing that gets me about Halo 3, (besides the fact that is was hyped up beyond belief) was the sheer amount of recycled textures. Halo 2 wasn't even all that technically impressive, yet Bungie recycled somewhere in the neighborhood of 45% percent of the textures in that game.

I agree. I got an XBox 360 not too long ago and got Halo 3. People kept telling me how great it was and how great the graphics were. When I put the disc in and saw the graphics, I was like what.....

 

[lachemo]

I agree. I got an XBox 360 not too long ago and got Halo 3. People kept telling me how great it was and how great the graphics were. When I put the disc in and saw the graphics, I was like what.....

Bungie got lazy big time with Halo3. Thats the franchise that ushered xbox onto the map with the big timers and all they can do is use a juiced up halo2 engine for the game? That was ashame. Halo is old news in my opinion cause there are too many interesting and unique new ip's in all genres for the 360 and PS3.

Halo will still be a system seller franchise though you got to admit. I have about 0 interest in that HaloODST game. Like I said,Halo is old news to me and I hate spin-off games/tv shows/movies etc. We'll See if my "Halo the system seller" theory is accurate when ODST comes out and sells 10x platinum.

 

[shayd]

Bungie got lazy big time with Halo3. Thats the franchise that ushered xbox onto the map with the big timers and all they can do is use a juiced up halo2 engine for the game? That was ashame. Halo is old news in my opinion cause there are too many interesting and unique new ip's in all genres for the 360 and PS3.

Halo will still be a system seller franchise though you got to admit. I have about 0 interest in that HaloODST game. Like I said,Halo is old news to me and I hate spin-off games/tv shows/movies etc. We'll See if my "Halo the system seller" theory is accurate when ODST comes out and sells 10x platinum.

To be fair, the major reason that Halo 3 disappointed technically was because of the pressure Microsoft put on Bungie to roll out Halo 3 within two years of Halo 2. I'm not a huge Halo guy anymore, but I think the new ODST will probably be a lot more technically impressive simply because Bungie has been given the freedom to actually re-do the product without worrying about pushing out a product so soon.

 

[tftftf]

killzone has the best graphiccs, followed by halo 3 and then last but not least the darkness

 

[Dan-O]

I actually think that God Of War 2 on PS2(!) has possibly the most amazing graphics I've ever seen on any console. The entire game looks staggeringly beautiful, and keeps on adding newer, more stunning-looking bits the more you progress, gives you more visual shocks as you gape in awe at the screen, nodding your head, saying "this can't be a PS2, it just can't be".

Seriously, I hope the current gen consoles get maxed-out like the PS2 did for that game, it defines what "awesome" meant before the days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it is something else.

 

[mastagambit]

God of War 2 graphics are ok,but they cant compare to Hitman Blood Money.
That game graphics is a masterpiece.

 

[Dan-O]

^Come on, in GOW2, you're up against the Colossus of Rhodes - basically a giant, animated metal statue about a thousand times bigger than the main character - and this happens in the very first sequence. It's like Clash Of The Titans, but way way better!!!!!!!!!

The game is a stunner, it WOWs constantly, it's eye-popping, memorable, and it's all pulled off on a 9-year old system that lacks the graphical sharpness of a SEGA Dreamcast.

I mean, Hitman: Blood Money looks very nice and 'realistic' (I own it, too), but is very similar to loads of other stealthy shootery games, maybe a bit more creative than the Tom Clancy's... and is a very cool (but FRUSTRATING!) game.

That game is all about graphic detail, whereas GOW2 is all about graphic design.

Sorry, man, but I cannot be swayed on this issue. :1orglaugh

If God Of War 2 was a woman, I'd marry it, fuck it, give it seven kids, and die for it. If it was a man, I'd still have to fuck it, it's that good.

 

[monale]

uncharted is really impressive. maybe finally a game that the box couldn´t handle?