What amazed me most with Horizon Forbidden West, was the difference you could see in the materials that make up the character's clothing. You can really see the difference between leather, cloth, metal, plastic, rubber, etc the face paint as well, some have gloss, some are matte, and some look like chalk. Aloy's hair is still a bit wonky sometimes but Kathallo looked almost like a real person, there were moments where it felt like it was beyond a video game, I'm just at the beginning of the burning shores, so I'll see just how much better it looks. Cyberpunk also has some amazing clothing and material textures and I like the way Cyberpunk's cut scenes are, where you're fully in control and in the moment, like you're actually living it, I played it on Xbox One when it was fully of bugs and jank, but when I upgraded to Series X it truly was like a brand new game.
I think The Finals is severely underrated in terms of its visual presentation from graphics to animation to performance, because it’s a free to play fps game it gets written off by the larger gaming community. I truly think it has some of the best looking maps in FPS game history and the animation and effects are also top of the industry, and this is coming from a new, relatively small studio.
@gunnarragnarsson9563 i highly disagree that it looks plastic and shiny, at least in the sense that you’re describing it. if anything, that adds to the visual appeal. but it’s really the lighting of the finals that is the standout, anyway. and it also does have realtime lighting, and it’s especially applicable with the destruction. it also has day/night/fog/sunset/other weather conditions that capitalize on its lighting technology. so I think it’s absolutely comparable. and also, the maps aren’t even that small. they’re bigger than you might realize. another overlooked thing about the maps is how good the backdrops look. if you take a moment to look and appreciate how good the backdrops are, you’ll start to really see the visual quality of the maps in the game.
@@samhyatt4863 I agree but the execution of the destructible environments is really flawed. Not even flawed just had crazy potential. It’s just not as spontaneous or easy to execute as advertised. Sure it had its moments and it’s better than most shooters out there now it wont be that groundbreaking due to its high system requirements and small selection of maps. Really hope embark studios picks up the slack, If they do it would undeniably be the shooter of the decade.
The only thing I would have added to Jusant was a scope so that you could look back on traversed path and take in the vistas. It was a surprisingly good looking game, really capturing that feeling you get when you hike up a mountain.
Avatar was a visually stunning game, well deserving of the number 1 spot on this list. Typically with open world games, I don't like playing the game during in-game nights. But how the flora lit up in bioluminescence it was so captivating to explore. Ubisoft gets a lot of flack, but if there's one thing they consistently do right, it's realistic and believable environments.
Just finished it a few days ago and it is hands down the most incredible looking game I've ever seen - and has a great gameplay loop as steal raiding bases is huge fun.
I took a change with Horizon and it has paid of in so many ways. I'm not one to spend time looking in places for things you wouldn't normally see but I should. IMO, one of the best game series of all time. It will be very hard to beat.
I was liking the first one a lot playing on the hardest difficulty until I noticed how every monster has a limit to where they can follow you (kinda small area tbh) that broke the immersion and difficulty, how fast they reappear after just beating them and finally the way their attacks didn't matched with the animations (something really annoying at max difficulty), I hope all that changed in the second game.
@@DarckAngel11 Also the combat felt very repetitive and the machines were just sponges if you didn't have the best gears, hopefully that's fixed as well
We all know that Ubisoft's openworld games are so huge and tons of things to collect, which we can be tiring or tedious. However, there is no denying that their games are breath taking and its very true. One of the games that you just stop and take time appreciate the view. Their photo realism is top notch.
I’d like to give Hi-Fi Rush some love for its beautiful world and art direction. It seriously had no bugs, the art was awesome, and it ran like butter. I’ve never seen a studio get cell shading so right. Love that game.
The "Delicated Weapon" performance by Lizzy Wizzy / Grimes in Phantom Liberty is one of the most immersive moments I had in all videogames I've played, I was in awe of how beautiful it was and how it integrated so nicelly into the game, it's pure art.
Horizon should have definitely been further up the list, especially ahead of Metroid. Both 1 and 2 are gaming masterpieces. Falcon never gives Horizon enough love on these lists.
Ive been playing Metroid Prime 2 for the GameCube on my Wii this past week with a HDMI adapter! Really surprised me at how well a game from 2004 was holding up on my smart tv!
Great choices. They were all terrific in their own way. The only game that was missing in my opinion was Hogwarts. Even if you did not like the game (which I did) the visuals are absolutely stunning and the castle was brought to life with incredible detail.
@@haleemjouda9720 Yeah Spiderman 2 is a good call. I am on the fence about Jedi Survivor because it STILL doesn't run well on the PC but it is a good looking game no doubt.
I'd like to stand up for The Invincible. I don't think it was on anyone's bucket list last year but there were many moments in the game where I stopped just to look at stuff because it is as close to being on an alien world as I'm ever going to get.
I just finished Avatar at around 84 hours put in and I definitely have my issues with it and by the end it felt kind of like a chore (well it’s Ubisoft sooo), BUT damn I haven’t screen capped that many images and short video clips in a long time. The environments are really a marvel. It always felt new every time I hopped on the Ikran
You forgot Rise of Kong. A graphical masterpiece, scratch that, a masterpiece overall. Best game humanity has ever had the ability to come in contact with. I truly became a holy believer after playing Rise of Kong. I was just so impressed by the crispy unreal engine 5 graphics, logical physics Isaac Newton himself would approve of, the amazing storytelling of kong konging everything on kong island. I truly pray to this game every night knowing I would not be able to make another day without playing Rise of Kong, the truly most magnificent game of all fucking time!!
Forbidden west is by far the most beautiful game ive ever played. I originally played it on ps4 pro and thought that. But when Burning shores came out i had a ps5 and i was just in awe everytime i booted it up until the moment i was finished with it. In fact i had the platinum. But i went and min maxed my kit and did some stufff i skipped and spent abother 20 to 25 hours in the world which is much longer than the axtual dlc.and i already had well over 100 hours into it.
I played it on the PS5 from the get go, but I still found the Burning Shores to me a massive visual upgrade on the main game. The cloud systems alone were amazing, and the entire new region felt really cool to explore.
@@paulharper4196 yeah but more so guerilla games because developers have had plenty time to make beautiful games and the best graphics I've seen are probably ff16 and 7 rebirth. Nothing compares to and runs as smoothly as forbidden West.
@@Sctn187 yeah sadly I'll probably never play burning shores as I found forbidden west so boring I couldn't carry on playing. I adored zero dawn but forbidden west just felt like more of the same, didn't have the charm or originality of zero dawn.
I watch your videos at night before I go to sleep... do me a favor and invert your splash screen/logo colors for the countdown cards? lol. Nothing worse than a bright white flash in my face every couple minutes when I'm trying to wind down :P
I was personally pretty impressed with Jedi survivor. Idk if it was just me finally getting a series x and it being my first next gen game but i thought it looked really well with my son constantly saying how great everything looked lol
Thanks for recognizing Jusant. Jusant just exudes artistic style. Of course eye of the beholder and all that guff. Even technically it may seem to many that not much is going on, but there really is lighting and geometry tech going on. Jusant really shows what basic vertex shading can really accomplish.
is it really that different from the original ARK? i played it maybe an hour i didnt really compare graphics side by side.. into Allan wake 2 right now and its exciting to think that games will start looking this good going forward hopefully bethesda can get this level of detail into some of their next released but the load fest that star whatever was makes me skeptical
@@danielcluistra4484 yeah i think theres a sour taste in everyones mouth because they closed the servers on the original when they released it.. trying to force everyone to repurchase
hahahaa i was just thinking about writing this comment...im getting a feeling ''someone'' got paid to do a good review and praise the game...im not saying it is so, but its a bit strange...
Playing Avatar right now and it blow my mind how beautiful it looks at times. Very fun game and a bit of a surprise. And if you are an Avatar fan, it absolutely feels like a true extension of the story from the movies.
I’ve really been enjoying the Talos Principle 2, it’s hard and half the time I need a bit of help but it’s super fun. It’s interesting that I had to print the maps because it does not have a real good map function. I am sure that’s what they intended.
How was Spiderman 2 not on this list? Or did I miss it? I guess I'll have to watch the video more thoroughly when I'm not working... Spiderman 2 had pretty insane graphics (especially in the cutscenes). So much so that I was very upset that I couldn't replay the game and watch the cutscenes with all the costumes unlocked in New game plus 😢
I just started Alan Wake 2 and I can't agree more. It is absolutely breathtaking. Too bad I have to take a lot breaks because I'm too scared LOL And my honorable mention would be Jedi: Survivor. The game still tears and stutters but when it works, it's amazing. Especially that entire dessert mecha boss sequence--it'd be cool to see a 10 Best Recent Action Sequences in Video Games list hahahaha.
cyberpunk if you got the pc for it , with path tracing and ray reconstruction alongside modded lighting looks actually photorealistic. just look it up if you never seen it before
Great list! I want to say graphics aren't everything - I really enjoyed Zelda TotK. But, damn if I didn't also enjoy Alan Wake 2, Jusant, & the Dead Space Remake. They're great examples of how graphics can really elevate the mood & atmospherics of a game.
Yeah but CP77 looks IMO still better than the DS remake.. like ingame human models are way more detailed and have far better facial animations in CP77 than those in the DS remake, even more impressive when CP77 is a open-world RPG with tons of characters to meet and DS is a more linear, shorter horror-action game with only few characters
@@wes8723 I agree with you about the overall complexity and detail of CP2077, but the Dead Space Remake is far less demanding for how good it looks and feels, even after it was turned into a fully redone and seamless sandbox with overhauled set-pieces. As for linearity, it's more metroidvania now, rather than segmented chapters and sections of the ship you can't backtrack through.
For Cyberpunk, it's important to note the actors only gave their voice and appearance. Every mimic, facial expression you're seeing is NOT relying on the actors. Idris Elba cleared that out in a video.
The mission where you get your ikran in AFOP was one of my favorite moments in gaming last year. The game itself was very enjoyable but that specific mission was just amazing.
havent played it yet but i seen a couple of videos on it and i found the buildings looked really flat and bland, alot of jagged edges that didnt fit on the ground too.. like the road paint is really rough they tried to go for a worn look but its just a messy pattern with abrupt changes, the scenes i seen indoors looked really good but it seems the city is kind of lacking the minute of footage from avatar here looked stunning, and im halfway through Allan wake 2 and its a level of graphics i havent played before
I am impressed with Metroid Prime Remake but that should be an honorable mention at best. I am also shocked that Nintendo didn't credit the original crew and the game is remade 1 for 1.
I'm way more impressed with how Tears of the Kingdom handles the transitions between three massive maps. It's a good looking game with a huge world that runs pretty amazing considering its on a Switch.
Hey Gameranx, the petition to give "Days Gone" a sequel has been gaining traction and recently just hit another milestone, if you guys enjoyed the game enough to want to see a sequel, would u give it a shout out to draw attention to the growing petition? Maybe we could kick off enough interest other might follow and Sony might actually listen
The thing with Ray Tracing is that it is overdoing things at this point. I have never seen such darkness in shadows, or such bright neon lights, or the sky having such detail, OR the whole world reflecting on car door. They tried to take video game graphics closer to real life, but they have gone way to far in a new fantasy world. At this point i find myself preferring the non ray traced subtle reflections in older games, rather than the ones in new games.
Horizon is the GOAT game for me. my absolute favorite game. the gameplay, the lore, the world, everything about it, I fell in love from the very beginning of the first one.
havent played it or seen much footage, but im halfway through allan wake 2 and if it has a leg up on that then it really cant get much better, hoping all games thrive for these graphics going forward
You guys didn't think Spider-Man 2 looked stunning?! I'm really shocked by it not being on this list, it was the best game of this year. Burning Shores should have been higher on this list also as it's one of the greatest DLC's of all time Forbidden West is the greatest game of all time for me personally. But Avatar does look great, I'm a little let down by the mission set up though which sucks because I was expecting a more action based game and more story drive aspect of Avatar not just go to things and scan and then fight RDA, kind of was a little bit of a let down. I give Avatar a 7 over all though.
@@sh-juno-1019 lol I’m aware it’s a personal opinion, thought I put that. Also yea it doesn’t mean they think it looks bad but there were some games on here that I didn’t think should have been for an over all perspective, Baulders Gate 3 wasn’t even on here. I understand they have a limit but some of these titles could have been removed for the clearly better looking games.
@@GAMERJEFFRO They probably just wanted throw in some deeper cuts in the list and some games where the art style shines instead of just picking more obvious choices
Great list! Metroid Prime Remastered is probably my favorite game ever made. It also looks sooo good. Especially when you emulate it at 4K on a good OLED display.
For me horizon fw are the best, i just love the cenaries and the gameplay, aloy is the most richest character in details i ever seen, that reflexes in her eye is just amazing
With Phantom Liberty as the final major patch, CYBERPUNK 2077 was roughly 1/3 of what was originally planned. The map merely teases the second third of the game.
my biggest issue with cyberpunk is, there is no freaking 3 person camera option. I spent hours to design my character, and I would like to see her. And yes I know of the mod in nexus however that is still look kinda funky. I wish some time was spent to make that (I dont care about combat camera, I am talking about the camera when you are exploring)
Justice for... Jedi survivor, atomic heart, re4, ac mirage, Forza Motorsport, modern warfare 3, remnant 2, lords of the fallen, robocop and Spiderman 2 😭
The best graphics of 2023 was Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. If we consider the limitations of the Switch, that was a tour-de-force of computer programming and game engineering. TotK pushed the Switch as far as it will ever go.
Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased his Name. It's criminal that it wasn't acknowledged on this list. It's the kind of game that will make you stop and wonder how some areas are not real shots of streets and storefronts. Facial details are second to none. Unfairly left out of even an honourable mention.
What amazed me most with Horizon Forbidden West, was the difference you could see in the materials that make up the character's clothing. You can really see the difference between leather, cloth, metal, plastic, rubber, etc the face paint as well, some have gloss, some are matte, and some look like chalk. Aloy's hair is still a bit wonky sometimes but Kathallo looked almost like a real person, there were moments where it felt like it was beyond a video game, I'm just at the beginning of the burning shores, so I'll see just how much better it looks. Cyberpunk also has some amazing clothing and material textures and I like the way Cyberpunk's cut scenes are, where you're fully in control and in the moment, like you're actually living it, I played it on Xbox One when it was fully of bugs and jank, but when I upgraded to Series X it truly was like a brand new game.
dude , is just a desk version , they fake the diferences.
In game development are ya@@cosmincoco3679
Is Burning Shores related to the main storyline?
The final hour of Burning Shores is so cool!!
It was a PS5 exclusive because the finale would've blown up a PS4!
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I think The Finals is severely underrated in terms of its visual presentation from graphics to animation to performance, because it’s a free to play fps game it gets written off by the larger gaming community. I truly think it has some of the best looking maps in FPS game history and the animation and effects are also top of the industry, and this is coming from a new, relatively small studio.
What you been smoking??
@@legacygtb5934 ????? are we playing the same game?
@gunnarragnarsson9563 i highly disagree that it looks plastic and shiny, at least in the sense that you’re describing it. if anything, that adds to the visual appeal. but it’s really the lighting of the finals that is the standout, anyway. and it also does have realtime lighting, and it’s especially applicable with the destruction. it also has day/night/fog/sunset/other weather conditions that capitalize on its lighting technology. so I think it’s absolutely comparable. and also, the maps aren’t even that small. they’re bigger than you might realize. another overlooked thing about the maps is how good the backdrops look. if you take a moment to look and appreciate how good the backdrops are, you’ll start to really see the visual quality of the maps in the game.
@@samhyatt4863 I agree but the execution of the destructible environments is really flawed. Not even flawed just had crazy potential. It’s just not as spontaneous or easy to execute as advertised. Sure it had its moments and it’s better than most shooters out there now it wont be that groundbreaking due to its high system requirements and small selection of maps. Really hope embark studios picks up the slack, If they do it would undeniably be the shooter of the decade.
Love the finals. Been having so much fun w it.
I think the graphics on PC are gorgeous
The only thing I would have added to Jusant was a scope so that you could look back on traversed path and take in the vistas. It was a surprisingly good looking game, really capturing that feeling you get when you hike up a mountain.
Avatar was a visually stunning game, well deserving of the number 1 spot on this list. Typically with open world games, I don't like playing the game during in-game nights. But how the flora lit up in bioluminescence it was so captivating to explore. Ubisoft gets a lot of flack, but if there's one thing they consistently do right, it's realistic and believable environments.
Just finished it a few days ago and it is hands down the most incredible looking game I've ever seen - and has a great gameplay loop as steal raiding bases is huge fun.
They should make a linear game. They could pull it off well. The only major I have with their games is being repetitive. Even stories are often good
Still a Ubisoft game.
all money, no creativity.
@@thomasnielsen5580 says you
Horizon is such a great series. I still remember the first time finding a cauldron. It was so amazing looking. Such a contrast to the above world.
Ill do a push up for every like this comment gets.
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People still fall for this?
I absolutely love the face animations of cyberpunk 2077 so detailed, so believable
Frontiers of Pandora was one of my surprise hits of 2023. Just the experience of being there was worth the price of admission
That’s exactly why I got it. Just to be in that world and it was so fun
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I took a change with Horizon and it has paid of in so many ways. I'm not one to spend time looking in places for things you wouldn't normally see but I should.
IMO, one of the best game series of all time. It will be very hard to beat.
I was liking the first one a lot playing on the hardest difficulty until I noticed how every monster has a limit to where they can follow you (kinda small area tbh) that broke the immersion and difficulty, how fast they reappear after just beating them and finally the way their attacks didn't matched with the animations (something really annoying at max difficulty), I hope all that changed in the second game.
@@DarckAngel11 Also the combat felt very repetitive and the machines were just sponges if you didn't have the best gears, hopefully that's fixed as well
@@gpfhantom1890 Machines are anything but sponges, you're really not playing the game correctly.
@@Divinicus1er pretty sure I'm
We all know that Ubisoft's openworld games are so huge and tons of things to collect, which we can be tiring or tedious. However, there is no denying that their games are breath taking and its very true. One of the games that you just stop and take time appreciate the view. Their photo realism is top notch.
I’d like to give Hi-Fi Rush some love for its beautiful world and art direction. It seriously had no bugs, the art was awesome, and it ran like butter. I’ve never seen a studio get cell shading so right. Love that game.
The "Delicated Weapon" performance by Lizzy Wizzy / Grimes in Phantom Liberty is one of the most immersive moments I had in all videogames I've played, I was in awe of how beautiful it was and how it integrated so nicelly into the game, it's pure art.
Horizon should have definitely been further up the list, especially ahead of Metroid. Both 1 and 2 are gaming masterpieces. Falcon never gives Horizon enough love on these lists.
I thought maybe since it was just DLC, but sometimes I wonder.
I feel like dude just don't like horizon but cant say it out loud.
I was thinking Atomic Heart deserved at least an honorable mention, it was really a great looking game.
Yea it was an OK looking game
@@Dr.SamLoomisyour opinion doesnt negate that the game does actually look great. You know that right? What a clown.
I think it looks good but it feels really bad that the game was advertised as Ray Traced a lot and it's not there yet.
Ive been playing Metroid Prime 2 for the GameCube on my Wii this past week with a HDMI adapter! Really surprised me at how well a game from 2004 was holding up on my smart tv!
Remnant 2 was the prettiest game I played this year. The environments are just outstanding.
Happy to see Avatar at number one. That is the best looking game I've ever played in my entire life, even beating RDR2. Absolutely ridiculous.
Great choices. They were all terrific in their own way. The only game that was missing in my opinion was Hogwarts. Even if you did not like the game (which I did) the visuals are absolutely stunning and the castle was brought to life with incredible detail.
And Spiderman 2
Spiderman 2 , RE4 , jedi survivor , Hogwarts were all missing
And he included metroid and jusant 🤡
@@haleemjouda9720 Yeah Spiderman 2 is a good call. I am on the fence about Jedi Survivor because it STILL doesn't run well on the PC but it is a good looking game no doubt.
@@haleemjouda9720this is when you go create your own youtube video. Oh wait. You don't have a creative bone in your body.
I'd like to stand up for The Invincible. I don't think it was on anyone's bucket list last year but there were many moments in the game where I stopped just to look at stuff because it is as close to being on an alien world as I'm ever going to get.
I just finished Avatar at around 84 hours put in and I definitely have my issues with it and by the end it felt kind of like a chore (well it’s Ubisoft sooo), BUT damn I haven’t screen capped that many images and short video clips in a long time. The environments are really a marvel. It always felt new every time I hopped on the Ikran
How is the combat? My thing is I have to enjoy the mechanics to keep me interested.
You forgot Rise of Kong. A graphical masterpiece, scratch that, a masterpiece overall. Best game humanity has ever had the ability to come in contact with. I truly became a holy believer after playing Rise of Kong. I was just so impressed by the crispy unreal engine 5 graphics, logical physics Isaac Newton himself would approve of, the amazing storytelling of kong konging everything on kong island. I truly pray to this game every night knowing I would not be able to make another day without playing Rise of Kong, the truly most magnificent game of all fucking time!!
It's Kongin Time
why was Rachet and Clank Rift Apart on a 2023 list when it was a 2021 release? Spider-Man 2 and Jedi Survivor not making this list was a crime tbh.
They're talking about the PC version that released in 2023.
@@Dr.SamLoomis ah ok makes sense I don’t buy it on PC.
@@Dr.SamLoomis I must have missed where they said for PC lol
Been loving the work you guys are putting in the videos these days! They really help me get through my 9-5 life. So, THANKS GAMERANX!
The clouds in Burning Shores are incredible! Ive never seen something like that in a game. How did you not even mention that?!
The clouds don't move as time passes
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I don't stop in a game long enough to watch the clouds go by.@@edzyoutubehub
Forbidden west is by far the most beautiful game ive ever played. I originally played it on ps4 pro and thought that. But when Burning shores came out i had a ps5 and i was just in awe everytime i booted it up until the moment i was finished with it. In fact i had the platinum. But i went and min maxed my kit and did some stufff i skipped and spent abother 20 to 25 hours in the world which is much longer than the axtual dlc.and i already had well over 100 hours into it.
I played it on the PS5 from the get go, but I still found the Burning Shores to me a massive visual upgrade on the main game. The cloud systems alone were amazing, and the entire new region felt really cool to explore.
Thats the difference between forbidden west being a ps4 game with a ps5 upgrade and burning shores being specifically developed for the ps5
@@paulharper4196 yeah but more so guerilla games because developers have had plenty time to make beautiful games and the best graphics I've seen are probably ff16 and 7 rebirth. Nothing compares to and runs as smoothly as forbidden West.
@@Sctn187 yeah sadly I'll probably never play burning shores as I found forbidden west so boring I couldn't carry on playing. I adored zero dawn but forbidden west just felt like more of the same, didn't have the charm or originality of zero dawn.
I have been having so much fun going back to older games on my new PC and playing on max in which I have not done in years!
I watch your videos at night before I go to sleep... do me a favor and invert your splash screen/logo colors for the countdown cards? lol. Nothing worse than a bright white flash in my face every couple minutes when I'm trying to wind down :P
I have to agree that Avatar really has beautiful world, design of the environment is just top notch.
The water looks like shit.
@@BryceCzirr-jz7juwanna be different so bad
I was personally pretty impressed with Jedi survivor. Idk if it was just me finally getting a series x and it being my first next gen game but i thought it looked really well with my son constantly saying how great everything looked lol
Thanks for recognizing Jusant. Jusant just exudes artistic style. Of course eye of the beholder and all that guff. Even technically it may seem to many that not much is going on, but there really is lighting and geometry tech going on. Jusant really shows what basic vertex shading can really accomplish.
Resident evil 4 remake was a great looking game in my opinion. Absolutely loved alan wake 2, super stunning.
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I think dead island 2 is truly one of the most underrated games of a stacked 2023.
Robocop should be on this list. The environments are insanely detailed.
Those character models and animations though...
Still one of my favorite games of 2023
not even once mentioning ARK: Survival Ascended is crazy
putting Metroid at #3 is a crime when games like ARK and Lords of The Fallen came out the same year
is it really that different from the original ARK? i played it maybe an hour i didnt really compare graphics side by side.. into Allan wake 2 right now and its exciting to think that games will start looking this good going forward hopefully bethesda can get this level of detail into some of their next released but the load fest that star whatever was makes me skeptical
@@AndrewBrowner its a remaster
@@danielcluistra4484 yeah i think theres a sour taste in everyones mouth because they closed the servers on the original when they released it.. trying to force everyone to repurchase
@ official severs are for people without a job
I’ll do a push up every time Falcon says ‘I’m not a fan of Avatar but……’ 🤣
hahahaa i was just thinking about writing this comment...im getting a feeling ''someone'' got paid to do a good review and praise the game...im not saying it is so, but its a bit strange...
idk how many times ive already heard him mention Avatar in these recent videos tbh lol
I feel like Horizon deserves more love, especially about their visuals. I spend time just looking at the view when I play.
Playing Avatar right now and it blow my mind how beautiful it looks at times. Very fun game and a bit of a surprise. And if you are an Avatar fan, it absolutely feels like a true extension of the story from the movies.
Jedi Survivor deserves a spot in this list
Avatar also has incredible spacial audio, it's the first game I've played which utilises dolby atmos properly.
I’ve really been enjoying the Talos Principle 2, it’s hard and half the time I need a bit of help but it’s super fun. It’s interesting that I had to print the maps because it does not have a real good map function. I am sure that’s what they intended.
How was Spiderman 2 not on this list? Or did I miss it? I guess I'll have to watch the video more thoroughly when I'm not working... Spiderman 2 had pretty insane graphics (especially in the cutscenes). So much so that I was very upset that I couldn't replay the game and watch the cutscenes with all the costumes unlocked in New game plus 😢
Zelda botw and totk graphics to me looks better than any other open world, the art style is just so spot on and works so well with the switch
I just got it and I'm blown away by a Switch game seamlessly transitioning from sky to surface and beyond. It's crazy how well optimized this game is.
I just started Alan Wake 2 and I can't agree more. It is absolutely breathtaking. Too bad I have to take a lot breaks because I'm too scared LOL
And my honorable mention would be Jedi: Survivor. The game still tears and stutters but when it works, it's amazing. Especially that entire dessert mecha boss sequence--it'd be cool to see a 10 Best Recent Action Sequences in Video Games list hahahaha.
2d sprites and pixel graphic have made a massive comeback, and many would argue that many of those game have more visual appeal.
Yes i love ori graphic style
cyberpunk if you got the pc for it , with path tracing and ray reconstruction alongside modded lighting looks actually photorealistic. just look it up if you never seen it before
Great list! I want to say graphics aren't everything - I really enjoyed Zelda TotK. But, damn if I didn't also enjoy Alan Wake 2, Jusant, & the Dead Space Remake. They're great examples of how graphics can really elevate the mood & atmospherics of a game.
I love that Dead Space made this list, that too ahead of Cyberpunk 2k7 PL
It looks amazing but I was having stuttering performance on PC 😭
@@Goofy_Toons Yup, it still has unresolved traversal stuttering. The last patch is from February 2023 😒
@@Goofy_Toonsit's too demanding
Yeah but CP77 looks IMO still better than the DS remake.. like ingame human models are way more detailed and have far better facial animations in CP77 than those in the DS remake, even more impressive when CP77 is a open-world RPG with tons of characters to meet and DS is a more linear, shorter horror-action game with only few characters
@@wes8723 I agree with you about the overall complexity and detail of CP2077, but the Dead Space Remake is far less demanding for how good it looks and feels, even after it was turned into a fully redone and seamless sandbox with overhauled set-pieces. As for linearity, it's more metroidvania now, rather than segmented chapters and sections of the ship you can't backtrack through.
Burning Shores was just effing incredible. Not just the graphics, but gameplay, story, voice acting and mo cap, music, sound design… so good.
For Cyberpunk, it's important to note the actors only gave their voice and appearance. Every mimic, facial expression you're seeing is NOT relying on the actors. Idris Elba cleared that out in a video.
The mission where you get your ikran in AFOP was one of my favorite moments in gaming last year. The game itself was very enjoyable but that specific mission was just amazing.
No Baldurs Gate 3? That game has the Best character cut scenes I have ever seen in any game
for a CRPG dialog scene in BG3 are great but compared to let's say CP77? Yeah, still far behind in this regard
What a video, some amazing games I love - Horizon, Metroid, Avatar, Jusant, Cyberpunk. Some I havent even played but rly want to
Hi-Fi Rush and Resident Evil 4 Remake, for me. The first for stylized visuals and the other for realism with a strong personality.
I watched a Cyberpunk video with a realistic lighting and car mod and it looked more real than anything I’ve ever seen in a game.
havent played it yet but i seen a couple of videos on it and i found the buildings looked really flat and bland, alot of jagged edges that didnt fit on the ground too.. like the road paint is really rough they tried to go for a worn look but its just a messy pattern with abrupt changes, the scenes i seen indoors looked really good but it seems the city is kind of lacking
the minute of footage from avatar here looked stunning, and im halfway through Allan wake 2 and its a level of graphics i havent played before
Assassin's Creed Mirage looks phenomenal I think it deserved a mention.
AC has been on the same engine looking almost identical each year for the last 6 years.
h8218 doesn't change the fact that Mirage looks the most gorgeous of them all 🤷♂️
@@astroghost001 Mirage side by side with Origins looks identical graphically 💀 it's an outdated engine.
I am impressed with Metroid Prime Remake but that should be an honorable mention at best. I am also shocked that Nintendo didn't credit the original crew and the game is remade 1 for 1.
I'm way more impressed with how Tears of the Kingdom handles the transitions between three massive maps.
It's a good looking game with a huge world that runs pretty amazing considering its on a Switch.
Hey Gameranx, the petition to give "Days Gone" a sequel has been gaining traction and recently just hit another milestone, if you guys enjoyed the game enough to want to see a sequel, would u give it a shout out to draw attention to the growing petition? Maybe we could kick off enough interest other might follow and Sony might actually listen
The thing with Ray Tracing is that it is overdoing things at this point. I have never seen such darkness in shadows, or such bright neon lights, or the sky having such detail, OR the whole world reflecting on car door. They tried to take video game graphics closer to real life, but they have gone way to far in a new fantasy world. At this point i find myself preferring the non ray traced subtle reflections in older games, rather than the ones in new games.
Horizon is the GOAT game for me. my absolute favorite game. the gameplay, the lore, the world, everything about it, I fell in love from the very beginning of the first one.
A Rift Apart amped up on PC is truly a sight to behold. Total eye candy from start to finish, but also a very fun game!
Avatar hands down the most beautiful game of 2023.
The water looks terrible
havent played it or seen much footage, but im halfway through allan wake 2 and if it has a leg up on that then it really cant get much better, hoping all games thrive for these graphics going forward
"DLC that feels like a sequel"
I like the sound of that.
I hope number 10 was the best graphics on this list, because horizon FW & DLC visuals and graphics are for sure the most stunning on the list.
Alan Wake 2 was such a treat. Came out around Halloween nd was a new scary game that held no punches. Loved it maybe one day do a second play through
I’m surprised you didn’t have Callisto protocol on here. That game blew my mind. Yeah dead space remake was epic but Callisto was insane.
Great video as always
You guys didn't think Spider-Man 2 looked stunning?! I'm really shocked by it not being on this list, it was the best game of this year. Burning Shores should have been higher on this list also as it's one of the greatest DLC's of all time Forbidden West is the greatest game of all time for me personally. But Avatar does look great, I'm a little let down by the mission set up though which sucks because I was expecting a more action based game and more story drive aspect of Avatar not just go to things and scan and then fight RDA, kind of was a little bit of a let down. I give Avatar a 7 over all though.
Just because its not on their list doesn't mean they thought it looked bad.
Also it being the best game of its year is entirely your opinion.
@@sh-juno-1019 lol I’m aware it’s a personal opinion, thought I put that. Also yea it doesn’t mean they think it looks bad but there were some games on here that I didn’t think should have been for an over all perspective, Baulders Gate 3 wasn’t even on here. I understand they have a limit but some of these titles could have been removed for the clearly better looking games.
@@GAMERJEFFRO They probably just wanted throw in some deeper cuts in the list and some games where the art style shines instead of just picking more obvious choices
@@sh-juno-1019 that makes sense. Thanks
Great list! Metroid Prime Remastered is probably my favorite game ever made. It also looks sooo good. Especially when you emulate it at 4K on a good OLED display.
+1 Honorable mention - Ready or Not. Insane attention to details and great visuals.
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Ark ascended was the most dope looking thing from my 2023 roster, best part is, I’m one of the few who can run it at 60 fps
Resident Evil 4 Remake deserves a place on this list!
For me horizon fw are the best, i just love the cenaries and the gameplay, aloy is the most richest character in details i ever seen, that reflexes in her eye is just amazing
Those Horizon games are just... wow 🔥
Even 2 years after release, Horizon is a game that, every single time I play it, I catch myself multiple times saying, "This is a beautiful game."
Where is RoboCop Rogue City? The graphics there is AMAZING. The level of detail is INCREDIBLE. The lighting is REALISTIC.
Agreed with you
Ratchet and clank was the first game I booted up when I got my 4080 and good lord. Made the 4080 worth it in an instant
Rift Apart was easily the best non-rpg game I played in 2023 and that was the first time in a long time where I stopped to look at the scenery.
Turn based combat with the kaiji battles would be my perfect final fantasy game.
I can't believe Lies of P isn't on this list. It looks absolutely fantastic.
No Spidey? 👀 🕷️ 🕸️
How the hell isn’t Spider-Man 2 on this list? That’s just disrespectful 😂
Best looking open world I’ve ever seen (and 40+fps on fidelity mode!)
Cuz it looks exactly like Miles Morales visually.
@@BryceCzirr-jz7ju that’s just not true, you gotta be capping. It looks A MILLION times better, especially the water and the city at night
Dead Island 1 & Talos Principal 1 were both INCREDIBLE looking when they came out - so NO surprise, the sequels are the same 💪
Skull Island: Rise of Kong and The Lord of the Rings: Gollum should be in here. 🤪🤣
i feel like that is the 10th time i have heard a eagle say they don't like the avatar franchise but loves the game
With Phantom Liberty as the final major patch, CYBERPUNK 2077 was roughly 1/3 of what was originally planned. The map merely teases the second third of the game.
No zombie type ever had me more scared than the necromorphs.
In my opinion Horizon Forbidden west is the best looking game out right now visually and graphically.
Can you make a "Top 10 Best Gameplay 2023"?
In my opinion Alan wake 2 is a game that can compete with GTA 6.....and it will not loose easily....
Did you say the name of this last game? I rewound twice but still missed it. The Last of the bonus mentions?
"The Finals" F2P on PC. (not sure about consoles)
You're one of my fav channels, and this generic stuff!
You guys are the best. Only opinions about games I can blindly trust
my biggest issue with cyberpunk is, there is no freaking 3 person camera option. I spent hours to design my character, and I would like to see her. And yes I know of the mod in nexus however that is still look kinda funky. I wish some time was spent to make that (I dont care about combat camera, I am talking about the camera when you are exploring)
Putting metroid prime at #3 is actually insane.
Dude where is Metro Exodus Enhanced? wtf dude , its one of the best grfx games i have ever seen and it deserve a place there
The best looking game I played this year was Chivalry 2 and that released like 3 years ago now. They need to make a 3rd one.
Justice for...
Jedi survivor, atomic heart, re4, ac mirage, Forza Motorsport, modern warfare 3, remnant 2, lords of the fallen, robocop and Spiderman 2 😭
Hi Falcon 🦅. great content as usual .
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The best graphics of 2023 was Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. If we consider the limitations of the Switch, that was a tour-de-force of computer programming and game engineering. TotK pushed the Switch as far as it will ever go.
Honestly i dont get how totk wasnt buggy as hell
Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased his Name. It's criminal that it wasn't acknowledged on this list. It's the kind of game that will make you stop and wonder how some areas are not real shots of streets and storefronts. Facial details are second to none.
Unfairly left out of even an honourable mention.