Ever had a case of graphics awe?

[Deathlord665]

yes, yes and yes, you my friend speak the words that are on many minds(mostly mine lol)

 

[Pegghead]

Graphical awe is being taken in different opinions by most people.

That being said, my moment of awe was in Crysis, Not because of its fantastic graphics but how they were used.

It's there mission were you just jacked a tank and were speeding down a mountain slope at high speeds shooting at others, when suddenly the MASSIVE cliff in front of you explodes and starts raining down, it was so tense it just made that moment fantastic for me

Too me, Graphical Awe is graphics used correctly with the style the game was in and the setting at the time. Take FF13 for example, it had fantastic graphics yeah, but it rarely used them to help a scene work. Uh, i'm probably not making much sense, sorry...

Good point, I mean you wouldn't have a highly detailed, dark and gritty environment for the next Mario game would you?

 

[illas]

Shadow of the Colossus / Ico.
Average texture work and animations, but dear god the bloom lighting and architecture were beautiful.

 

[Jory]

The first time I entered Grizzly Hills, with the awesome music too.

Yes WoW has pretty poor graphics but it's just such a nice place.

 

[illas]

When I first walked into Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime. 8 years on and it still looks beautiful, gotta love Retro Studios' art department.

This, too. There were so many tiny effects in Metroid Prime that impressed. Phendrana Drifts' snow and overall layout was amazing.

 

[silver wolf009]

Hello escapist, Pegghead here if your left eye is focused on a game of crysis in the corner of the room.

Recently I've been playing through Halo Reach

I had the same thing looking down in the space combat level.

 

[Pegghead]

Hello escapist, Pegghead here if your left eye is focused on a game of crysis in the corner of the room.

Recently I've been playing through Halo Reach

I had the same thing looking down in the space combat level.

Damn right, if there's one area games excel graphics-wise it's in depictions of outer space.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Halo Reach
Assassins Creed Series (Landscape, mostly)
Fallout 3
Oblivion, especially the Shivering Isles
Final Fantasy XIII (Let's all just admit here, it sucked as a game, but fucking owned as a movie/cutscene behemoth)
Mass Effect Series, especially the Citadel when you first get to that cutscene approaching it, and the various planets groundside in ME2. Fucking beauties.