Show me graphics punching above their hardware Another World (Mega Drive) Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch) Resident Evil Revelations (3DS) Silent Hill 3 (PS2) - ThreadSky

bloops.uk•93 days ago

It think it shows that it's an NES game, but it has so much more happening than you'd expect from any other NES game.
https://youtu.be/7wIWlYlhY8k?si=OaR3tElL7gFQixUo&t=535

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bloops.uk•93 days ago

Also literally everything made by TT for the Genesis. I love these videos so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt-AxAqlrOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehwV2K60r8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKs1ZSgMic

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science-pack.bsky.social•93 days ago

Silent Hill 3 managed to flex on its previous entries by replacing its pre-rendered cutscenes with in-engine animation. The facial animation quality still surprises me to this day.

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sonicsean34.bsky.social•93 days ago

They are of same quality range but I do kinda miss Sato’s style with his FMVs even tho I love the work in 3.

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science-pack.bsky.social•93 days ago

Oh I agree, I just meant from a purely technical perspective. I adore SH2's cinematic style, the way they'd bask a character's face in shadow lent so much of itself to the more unnerving moments.

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sonicsean34.bsky.social•93 days ago

Yeah I get ya, also avoids the awkward real-time, FMV close-up, real-time back and forth a few SH2 scenes had

I had to rephrase my previous post a few times so it didn’t sound like I disliked the SH3 scenes.

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apesnake3.bsky.social•92 days ago

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver on PS1

Amazing graphics, and the lighting in this game is just fantastic.

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pigeongogaming.bsky.social•93 days ago

Tekken 3 (PS1) 1997.
Final Fantasy X (PS2) 2001.
Halo 2 (Xbox) 2004.
Crysis 3 (PS3 / 360) 2013.

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metroidfreak21.bsky.social•93 days ago

I truly think Metroid Prime Remastered is visually better than Luigi's Mansion 3. Like both are excellent don't get me wrong... I love both very much 😅

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rocketwithapocket.bsky.social•93 days ago

any gba game with polygonal 3D models. still blows my mind whenever I see it even if it looks like a powerpoint

that dude porting mario 64 to the thing is a goddamn wizard

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gungfuduck.bsky.social•92 days ago

Also, Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo (GBA)

https://youtu.be/DYrXX1ZRipY?si=GYoFjcYn-h-vXiOA

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gungfuduck.bsky.social•92 days ago

Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn)
Outrun 2006 (PSP)
Vagrant Story (PSX)
Star Fox Adventures (GC)

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risu64.bsky.social•93 days ago

Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) is pure wizardry. The tech used to create the colossi was probably insane for the era.

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transmorpherdds.bsky.social•92 days ago

I think the big, empty world really helped that, but instead of feeling like a copout it all felt so deliberate. All the processing power was expertly focused on where it needed to be, and the limitations were reworked into strengths.

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tompedalino.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's astonishing to me that game exists on PS2.

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

No loading screens either

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risu64.bsky.social•93 days ago

Right? And with a frankly insane view distance! The scale of the main bridge is still absolutely bonkers. It takes so damn long to cross on foot lmao.

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untimelycheeps.bsky.social•93 days ago

Many people are familiar with Sunsoft's Batman, but fewer people know that there was a semi-direct sequel with monstrously big sprites for NES. Basically an 8-bit game trying its damndest to look like a 16-bit game (funnily enough it was later ported to Genesis by some jobbers and looks way worse)

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kutiekatelyn.bsky.social•93 days ago

The fight with Green in Gunstar Heroes is such a visual spectacle. Unbelievable it was on Genesis.

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axelsaurus.bsky.social•93 days ago

It may sound banal, but I think it's actually food for thought how you never look at a game for a beefy, modern high spec console and think "this is really pushing the limits", while for old (sigh) consoles and handhelds there's always a variety of examples.

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scottcal.bsky.social•92 days ago

I always thought Halo 2 on the Xbox looked impressive

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louisthrift.bsky.social•92 days ago

Could make a case for the original Metroid Prime as well.

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casval-rem-deikun.bsky.social•92 days ago

Want a Mega Drive game that punched way above it's hardware?

Here's The Misadventures of Flink

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sylamp.bsky.social•93 days ago

Ranger X on Genesis
Would recommend looking at a video of the game, screenshots alone don't do justice to some of the effects that game has, it's nuts

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delzethin.bsky.social•92 days ago

For all the game's faults, the summon animations in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn are some of most impressive visuals I ever saw on the DS.

...There wasn't a single available GIF of the game, so you'll have to take my word for it.

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villomaru.bsky.social•92 days ago

i gotchu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNquV5JlVQU

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goldensunart.bsky.social•92 days ago

The issue was how they composed these beautiful (and sometimes overly long) animations, but they were designed for the two screens of the DS, so one third of the image is simply not seen. The middle third.
If only Camelot could have released the originals, just so we could appreciate them...

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michirin.bsky.social•92 days ago

Iridion II (Game Boy Advance)
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire (PC Engine CD + Arcade Card)
Gundam Wing Endless Duel (Super Nintendo)
K-ON Houkago Live (PSP)

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ifrit101.bsky.social•92 days ago

Final Fantasy IX (PS1)

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ifrit101.bsky.social•92 days ago

Bluesky needs to fix how gifs work on this damn app. 😭

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plasmacat.bsky.social•93 days ago

Soulcalibur 1 for Dreamcast which was better than the arcade melted my brain back then.

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knicksrip.bsky.social•92 days ago

On VGA, it STILL looks great.

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caolan114.bsky.social•93 days ago

Alone In the dark for PS1 usee prerendered backgrounds but as a result the models are very high quality
not to mention the lighting from the torch

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xscythemata21.bsky.social•93 days ago

Man, Next Level Games sure know how to make good games with graphics, like, it's ridiculous

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segaracer.bsky.social•93 days ago

I’ve always loved what Shin’en did with FAST Racing League on Wiiware. https://youtu.be/zfjyIwExG18?si=elizfzWpOJcpW4eG

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

40mb game

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segaracer.bsky.social•93 days ago

And that just feels insane! lol

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datalphalion.bsky.social•93 days ago

Metroid Prime (2002)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Conker: Live and Reloaded (2005)

Sonic Unleashed HD (2008)

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datalphalion.bsky.social•93 days ago

Gameplay screenshots for reference:

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

All these years on I think you can respectfully call Unleashed the best looking Sonic game. Shadow's the only real argument to that

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datalphalion.bsky.social•93 days ago

It’s so ahead of its time that hardware had to catch up to *it* (Xbox Series X)

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alexartshere.bsky.social•93 days ago

Not really a game close to my heart, but surprised to be the first one to shoutout DKC. It looks phenomenal on CRT, but still impresses on LCD with the amount of colours it seems to be pushing. (Images courtesy of @crtpixels.bsky.social)

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alexartshere.bsky.social•93 days ago

Oh, just remembered a game that IS close to my heart - Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy looks SUBLIME on original hardware! I can only assume the backgrounds are cleverly billboarded sprites, but even the character models look like the promotional art come to life.

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koren-lesthe.itch.io•93 days ago

I just love how Super Turrican 2 (SNES) looks.

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kano01.bsky.social•93 days ago

Asterix & Obelix XXL on the GBA

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kano01.bsky.social•93 days ago

Also by the same devs, COP The Recruit on DS

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theazih.bsky.social•93 days ago

Agree with all of these except Luigi's Mansion 3 haha

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theazih.bsky.social•93 days ago

Prime 2 and Ninja Gaiden

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thelonelygoomba.bsky.social•93 days ago

Looks better in motion so I guess look it up. Had a very good fake 3d effect

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jumpoe.bsky.social•93 days ago

The enemy models in king's field (any of the first 3 but especially 3) look really good for ps1

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tubazef.com•92 days ago

A few Nintendo DS ones:

Dragon Ball Origins
Blood of Bahamut
Fighting Fantasy
Dementium II

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super-metr0ld.bsky.social•93 days ago

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daroachie.bsky.social•92 days ago

maybe not totally punching above but SSX 3 on the ps2 still looks crazy good for a game from 2003 i think

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xiphosgamingyt.bsky.social•93 days ago

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)

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13thstory.bsky.social•93 days ago

Pretty much every Xenoblade game punches above it's hardware

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xiphosgamingyt.bsky.social•93 days ago

True, I just think Xenoblade X is the best representation :D

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13thstory.bsky.social•93 days ago

You're not wrong!

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thoma5nator.bsky.social•92 days ago

Definitely. I mean, you can also feel that the games are stretching that hardware, 30fps lock on all of them is so noticeable, and X has some EXTREMELY muddy textures especially in Primordia, but then you get to Noctilum and the art direction takes over and you're inflicted with Stun in real life.

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urinefetus.bsky.social•93 days ago

Persona 5 gets high praise for its visuals to this day. but I think people forget this is a PS3 game

screenshot by Gematsu

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bluetestament.bsky.social•93 days ago

It helps that the art style makes it age really well, even though it’s nearing 10 years old.

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shutupneff.bsky.social•92 days ago

As an American Nintendo kid who frequently forgets which was the Mega Drive and which the Master System, my mind spent about 15 seconds being as blown away as it has ever been.

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lemonadecafe.bsky.social•92 days ago

Honestly my two favorite choices are just Earth Seekers and Yo-kai Watch 3.

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bloodsugarzx.bsky.social•93 days ago

Metal Slug 3 on Neo Geo

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toilet-chungus.bsky.social•92 days ago

Revelations and silent 3 are both pure black magic

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drrad38.bsky.social•92 days ago

Solaris (Atari 2600)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)
Road Rash (Master System)
Wacky Races (Game Boy Color)

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sushipop.bsky.social•92 days ago

Metroid prime remastered is a great example

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seregioslens.bsky.social•92 days ago

Escape from Butcher Bay, imo, still unmatched on OG Xbox.

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vexace.bsky.social•92 days ago

Transformers Armada (Otherwise known as Transformers 2004) is a definite technical marvel for the PS2.

It has large scale environments featuring dense foilage, huge draw distances, ragdoll physics, etc. all seemingly at 60fps.

It's also just a pretty solid & polished action game.

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jordanhj.bsky.social•92 days ago

I remember playing the demo for this and thinking it was amazing! That's a memory I had forgotten about, and I've still yet to play the full game

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twonatic.bsky.social•93 days ago

I might not have the proper perspective on hardware, but Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 has always stood out to me as being VERY impressive-looking for a DS game.

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bretthotep.bsky.social•89 days ago

Resident Evil 4 on GameCube.

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halentenne.bsky.social•93 days ago

Personally I have always thought Halo 4 looked amazing for a 360 game.

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thelonelygoomba.bsky.social•93 days ago

Yup. It's the best looking 360 game, almost looked next gen at the time.

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crusty783.bsky.social•93 days ago

deadass id even argue halo 4 was a better looking game than 5

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

In the early PS4 days nothing really came close for quite a few years apart from maybe Killzone Shadowfall?

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joph000.bsky.social•92 days ago

100% agree. That game still looks spectacular.

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thatgalrichenda.bsky.social•93 days ago

I still think Summer Carnival '92 Recca looks amazing for a Famicom game

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goronamber.bsky.social•92 days ago

Axelay for the SNES always gets me- it uses mode 7 to create the illusion of orbiting the planet. Kinda hard to get the full impact of it just looking at a screenshot.

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marcdachamp.bsky.social•93 days ago

The Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country should not look and play as well as it does.

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ilhui03.bsky.social•92 days ago

It's still amazing how good Revelaitons looks on the 3DS.

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rambleprism.bsky.social•93 days ago

Rayman 3 (GameCube/Xbox/PS2) is still a fantastic looking game, its style has aged beautifully imo! They didn't even need to change anything for the HD port, just upping the resolution was enough

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rambleprism.bsky.social•93 days ago

Some more of my favorite screenshots 😊

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nitrorad.bsky.social•93 days ago

Rayman 3 truly is a timeless looking game

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rambleprism.bsky.social•93 days ago

It really is! It's impressive the game turned out the way it did, given its weird development, haha

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cyanamespace.bsky.social•93 days ago

it still amazes me how good luigi’s mansion 3 looked. i really have to go back and finish it

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tompedalino.bsky.social•93 days ago

Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 are great examples! They look so good!

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sonicsean34.bsky.social•93 days ago

Respect for using a playable section of SH3 and not the Douglas cutscene screen shoot (even tho it’s still impressive to me, it wasn’t the only impressive thing in that game lol )

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bakakuma.tv•93 days ago

basically every Pokémon 3DS game, Doom for GBA, Gran Turismo for PSP :3

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thatcubegamer.bsky.social•92 days ago

xenosaga 3 my beloved

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cm30.bsky.social•93 days ago

Does this count? The fact they got a full 3D platformer running on the GBA is just crazy to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0pknb4ghUA

Same goes with that Mario 64 remake for the same system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mUsgJ-HiDM

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ryansilberman.bsky.social•93 days ago

Was looking to post about this one!

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kercal.bsky.social•93 days ago

Resi 4 GC. Notging on Wii or Wii U ever hit that height for me....

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godofmoogles.mogpile.com•92 days ago

My go-to is Sin & Punishment Star Successor. It'd look good on the friggin' Switch, but here it is running smoothly on the Wii. The water tunnel level still blows my mind to this day. https://youtu.be/cWiT-VuPgMk?si=ZgEo9-pazbPAZbqZ

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justinthird.bsky.social•93 days ago

Luigies Mansion 3... my jaw hit the floor in that first hallway with King Boo. Looked insane for the switch

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nantenjex.bsky.social•93 days ago

The go to for this question is Wizard of Oz on the Nintendo DS. Absolute wizardry to get this graphic fidelity on something weaker than a PS1.

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stottybairn.bsky.social•93 days ago

This is WILD!

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nantenjex.bsky.social•93 days ago

I know, right? It's a gorgeous looking game. The key art is also really pretty. It's a shame it didn't release in Europe :(

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stottybairn.bsky.social•93 days ago

That explains why I have never seen this game before!! Fantastic art direction, too. I gotta hit up a playthrough on YouTube tonight!

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

I've wanted to import this for years but costs haven't slowed down

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nantenjex.bsky.social•93 days ago

They're probably only going to rise as well unfortunately, as it's re-emerged recently thanks to th DS anniversary and several YouTubers making videos on it.

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watcherjoshua.bsky.social•93 days ago

I had no idea this game existed until yesterday, and now 2 people have mentioned it in one weekend. Wtf.

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mogarprime17.bsky.social•93 days ago

Debatable whether this exactly counts as punching above the 8th gen's hardware, but it is insane just how freaking spectacular Batman Arkham Knight looks, even compared to games of today.

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bakakuma.tv•93 days ago

This game is on my Steam's "4k" list of games that I wanna replay eventually on my TV when I got the time and motivation :D If only for the "death scenes" where these stupidly detailled characters tell you how stupid you are 💕

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

Unreal Engine 3 somehow too!

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mogarprime17.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's amazing how far some devs can push a game engine. Rocksteady really went all out here. Their last truly great game, sadly.

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humblemudgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

Surprised I haven't seen Shenmue in this thread yet!

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knicksrip.bsky.social•92 days ago

Excellent picks. I select

Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)
Dragon's Lair (GBC)
Star Wars Arcade (32X)
The Last Blade 2 (Neo Geo)

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ips98.bsky.social•93 days ago

Asterix & Obelix XXL (GBA)
Alan Wake 2 (PS5)

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kraftium.bsky.social•93 days ago

Vagrant Story (PS1)
Killzone Mercenary (Vita)
Sin and Punishment (N64)
Crysis (2007 PCs)

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

My man @kanaratron.bsky.social worked on the Vita Killzone

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kanaratron.bsky.social•93 days ago

I did indeed! Was a great team of folks on that one.

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bakakuma.tv•93 days ago

https://youtu.be/KlLQlTFIQ6U?t=507 whoever worked on this sequence (timestamp!) deserves several ps vita sized medals :D

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kanaratron.bsky.social•93 days ago

Ha, I actually prevised that entire sequence from scratch!

Even down to the wing suit brake system and the design of the Halls of Justice :)

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bakakuma.tv•93 days ago

Well then I'm glad to tell you that I replayed the campaign at least once a week during my PS Vita days, only to see that sequence :D

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kraftium.bsky.social•93 days ago

you all did a great job 👍
I'm not exactly a killzone fan but I had a great time with mercenaries

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thoma5nator.bsky.social•92 days ago

never gave a lick to the killzone series, but i wanted the vita and it came with mercenaries, and it was a wonderful game.

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knicksrip.bsky.social•92 days ago

KM not only super underrated as a game, but now I'm angry I didn't think of this to add to my list. The graphics are INSANE.

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haylsho.bsky.social•93 days ago

Every Pikmin game

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agsma.bsky.social•93 days ago

Spartan: Total Warrior for the PS2.
Hundreds of NPCs getting torn appart, at a buttery smooth 60FPS. I still think either @dark1x.bsky.social or @stopskeletons.bsky.social should tackle this game someday, because what Creative Assembly did here is mighty impressive.

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rony2g.bsky.social•93 days ago

I played it on the GC. To this day I swear this game is better than the first god of war 🤷🏻‍♂️

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agsma.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's a shame that this game was completely overshadowed by God of War, having come out months after the latter, because CA could've continued working on these spin-offs, had Spartan Total Warrior been a commercial hit.

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stopskeletons.bsky.social•92 days ago

That’s actually pretty incredible! I might actually have this one, but don’t think I’ve ever played it

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stopskeletons.bsky.social•92 days ago

Hey look at that, I do have it! Must’ve gotten it for a nickel a long time ago but never played it hahaha

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agsma.bsky.social•92 days ago

I also got it at a bargain price at a thrift store nearly a decade ago. Really fun stuff, and the cutscenes are pure cheese.

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cryptictx55.bsky.social•92 days ago

I haven't seen or thought of this game since back in the day but I'm pretty sure my cousin had this. I have the vaguest of memories of it.

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big-w.bsky.social•92 days ago

Astral Chain‼️‼️‼️‼️

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mattheww1991.bsky.social•93 days ago

Always being amazed by how good Revelations looked on the 3DS. By contrast I had Revelations 2 on Vita and... it did not look good. 😬

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stonecoldmiracle.bsky.social•93 days ago

I've said it before, but Halo 4 is still impressive to me, it looks seriously on par with most early X1/PS4 games, besides maybe Rise, Sunset Overdrive, Killzone and Infamous Second Son

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phillipgcox.bsky.social•93 days ago

Luigi’s Mansion is beyond amazing.

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retrocontext.bsky.social•93 days ago

GT4 didn’t feel possible at the time. And still looks great all these years later.

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zazerdly.bsky.social•93 days ago

Xenoblade Chronicles for the original Wii is stunning looking even looking back on it today

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akaimizu.bsky.social•93 days ago

This punched so far above its weight, it literally challenged more powerful machines, at the time. It was that impossible game that until it landed, I would not be surprised if people saw a video of it and thought it was faked.

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

It was in an era where HD RPGs pretty much across the board underdelivered on scale. The sheer scope and beauty coming from Wii was wild

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tokyogamelife.bsky.social•93 days ago

Metal Slader Glory on the Famicom

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treonsrealm.bsky.social•93 days ago

Star Wars Rogue Leader on GameCube. Developed in 9 months and a launch title and STILL one of the best looking Star Wars games even 23 years later is mind blowing, lol.

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yggdrasilsaltar.bsky.social•93 days ago

sonic rush adventure’s fully animated cutscenes while not as plentiful definitely surprised me at how they even did this at all

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totalradlad.bsky.social•93 days ago

Xenosaga Episode III (PS2)

This game looks so good that I think they should barely touch it if they ever remaster the Xenosaga games.

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plsburydoughboy.bsky.social•92 days ago

Pikmin 3 on the Wii U, and only those of us who own it + the Switch port will recognize that

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jomanuelrg.bsky.social•93 days ago

I always felt that this game had no right to look this good at the time, the water effects always blew my mind.

https://youtu.be/gkE5KQsK56k?feature=shared

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seventhforce.bsky.social•93 days ago

Kind of easy to forget given the (poor) remaster, but the original Wii version of Sonic Colors could honestly pass for an early 360 game in some places. Late Gen Wii in general had some pretty cool looking games.

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guybrush99.bsky.social•92 days ago

Spyro looks damn good for ps1, even today.

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yolipow.bsky.social•93 days ago

Every Xenoblade game

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nitrorad.bsky.social•93 days ago

You ever see the fanmade Minecraft ports to Dreamcast and GameCube?? It's absolutely wild

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turboshell.bsky.social•93 days ago

Jon that’s a screenshot of the console port right. No way resident evil revelations actually looked like that on 3ds

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jon.gvg.io•93 days ago

From the Nintendo Life screenshots in 2012!

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turboshell.bsky.social•93 days ago

That’s insane, the scree resolution does not do it Justice on real hardware

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wickbrstm.bsky.social•93 days ago

Luigi's Mansion 3 never fails to impress me

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mcdicheal.bsky.social•93 days ago

If nobody's mentioned it, Alien Soldier could've been on ps1 or saturn and still be thought of as one of the best looking games on those consoles. It's crazy to me that Treasure got this running on a genesis, though that's partially why they're such a treasure.

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nirbion.bsky.social•93 days ago

Obligatory Ristar mention

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lastyghost.bsky.social•93 days ago

All Bayonetta games (Switch)
People who say the Switch is "inferior" clearly have not played Bayonetta, especially because Nintendo consoles are her home now. (It's still a third-party, but they saved it)

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blueaizu.blue•92 days ago

Metroid Prime Remastered

How did they get a game that looks this good to run at 60 frames on the Switch?!

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scottcal.bsky.social•92 days ago

One of, if not the, best looking games on Switch. Very impressive indeed.

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thoma5nator.bsky.social•92 days ago

Another World, not so much, the rest I'll grant you.

For me:
FFXII on PS2
Ironfall Invasion on 3DS
Moon/Dementium (same engine/developer) on DS
Metroid Prime Remastered on Switch

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