0:00 Intro 0:25 The Callisto Protocol (2022) 1:41 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) 3:08 theHunter: Call of the Wild (2017 + 2023 visual update) 4:09 TRYP FPV : The Drone Racer Simulator (2022) 5:23 Hell Let Loose (2019) 6:22 LEGO Bricktales (2022) 7:27 Dead Island 2 (2023) 8:33 Martha Is Dead (2022) 9:59 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2021) 11:08 Unreal Engine 5 (Demos, Preview, The Long Wait...) 12:19 Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
Saw something recently where someone was submitting screenshots from RDR2 to their local weather station as the "nature photo of the week" and the station kept showing them on air as just absolutely beautiful landscape photos.
Red Dead Redemption 2 was the game for me. The graphics are insanely good, the way the lightning and fog works. The sounds of the environment. The incredible scenery.. It is just amazing to stroll around.
without doubt. No game among these 10 even comes close to that. with the insane attetion to details. water, sand, events everything have real life effects.
That Game ruined gaming for me. No matter what I play, nothing comes half as close to it and leaves me disappointed. They didn't make a game they created standards in that one.
@@gojo817same but then I played Ghost Of Tsushima which wasn't as immersive or innovative but the artstyle, music, atmosphere, story and gameplay made it unforgettable. To me those two game stand on a league of their own
nah, man, just you. dont get me wrong they do look amazing, espacially the 2nd one, but theyre not top 10 most realistic games, that is really far fetched. they do have a great story, tho.
I’m 47 and when I was younger I used to say I cannot wait for games to look like the cut scenes and now they do or way better I know it doesn’t matter if it’s a pretty game as long as you have great gameplay, but being someone who grew up on an Atari, I will say, man I love graphical improvements!
I’m not far off you. Didn’t have cut scenes till you were past drinking age. And cut scenes looked bad then. Maybe you’ve been waiting since early 30s?
I think #1 brings up a key point. No matter how realistic the graphics are the gimbally nature of video game movements will always make it look off. Once the horizontal access starts to move like a real camera or human, instead of being perfectly unnaturally level the entire time, the immersion becomes that much more believable.
I agree 100%, the sad part is I can't play games that have a bouncier camera. My motion sickness kicks in within 3-5 minutes and I get violently ill if I push through it to keep playing. I love seeing how the tech is coming, but I can't full enjoy it.
The Callisto Protocol was the first game I played after not gaming for a LONG time (since Halo 1). I was absolutely blown away by how far the graphics tech has come.
I would've liked the game more if they incentivized the melee combat. I know a lot of people didn't care for it but I really felt as far as horror games go, that was their strong suit.
So glad to see Dead Island 2 mentioned. Could have almost fooled me into believing it's a UE5 game. Also the character animations and gore system are superb.
Honestly Far Cry 5 at 4K on Ultra settings is a gorgeous looking game especially in the woods as sunrise happens seeing god rays pop through the trees is amazing.
Yeah that happens to me,it looks realistic and beautiful so i took a picture of it using my mobile phone and post it on instagram,my coworker saw the post and she really thought i was hunting in the woods😂
I remember in one of the Deus Ex games on console, I was walking through a hallway with a window. On the other side of the window was a pool with it's surface above the the window, so light was shining through the water, through the window and created a mesmerizing pattern on the walls. That was among the best things I've seen so far! I remember that when I started gaming, water was the most difficult thing to animate. That has transferred to faces and facial expressions these days.
I'm surprised Detroit: Become Human managed to miss out on this list. The graphics of that game is insane. Plus, the facial animations(mo-cap) are fantastic!
A few missing on this list (maybe in the next video?), in no particular order: • Horizon Forbidden West • God of War: Ragnarök • Uncharted 4 & The Lost Legacy • The Last of Us Part 1 & 2 • Atomic Heart • Control • Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales • Driveclub (those rain physics) • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture • Forza Horizon 4 & 5 List some of yours that I definitely have overlooked.
Order 1886 Gears 5 AC Unity still holds up very well Alien Isolation Quantum Break (OneX Enhanced or good PC version) Until Dawn/The Quarry.... Although I still think Until Dawn is the only good Dark Pictures game. Ryse Son of Rome... Although blurry is still visually impressive. Everybody's gone to the Rapture. God of War Ascension. That would have ran great on PS4 despite it's story being a little over done. Killzone 2... Not only is it the best game in the series it's visually the most appealing. Scorn Arkham Knight Observer Redux
It’s getting to be a few years old now, but the last of us 2 has some crazy snow, liquid, and physics simulations that is great. Not to mention their characters details
RDR2 still hands down the best looking game almost 5 years later. Going to be hard for any studio but Rockstar to top that masterpiece!!! Great video Falcon hehe
Horizon Forbidden West has probably the most realistic and most immersive environments with graphics that are next to untouchable in the industry. I’m shocked it wasn’t mentioned anywhere
The graphics on racing games are amazing and have been for a very long time. There's a game called Driveclub, nearly a decade old, still looks absolutely perfect.
There was one demoing on a big screen TV in Costco last year that was so realistic I had to stare at the TV for a few moments trying to decide if it was real or a game. I finally realized it was a game but it was THAT good
Man I’m glad im not the only one that plays that game, I’m sad its taken down now and the servers are gone. But the graphics are so amazing and the rain physics on the windshield are perfect
You know what came should really make this list is Stray. If you’ve not played it, it really deserves a lot more attention that what it gets. Sooooo much fun and sooo visually good looking. It’s a short game but a perfect one :)
Nice looking, no doubt, but the actual game play is just non existing realy. And i played it to the end in hopes it would pick up when i already wanted to quit it out of boredome. Far from being perfect by any means which is why i replied. They just dont keep their promisse. You dont identify with the cat cause you are not doing any cat things. Its more like having a human traped in a cat body and all you realy use are its jumping capabilities. But you never do cat things. In short: there is a reason why it gets so little attention :( Sadly, i might add. So lets hope there will be a part two some day which is more than just a demo.
@@brokendreamchaser39s sorry who are you? why does your opinion matter? and for the record, people can like a cat game and not be single or have lots of cats. what a stereotype
Dead Island 2 being on here made my day. The game being released polished after it's struggled development was so refreshing. Love you Dambuster! Can't wait to see what's next for them
For me it is definitely the last of us series that is high up there as the facial expressions of the characters really suck you into the story because the voice acting is very much on point and it feels so realistic since they are really good voice actors chosen for this job and script. But let me know if there is other really great story games that live up to TLOU.
11:52 - Nailed it. The subtle camera movements definitely make the world seem a lot more realistic. It's a cheap and easy way for devs to make a game feel more real and tense, but it's extremely underutilised.
Because it gives sickness. Some people don't like the moving cameras because you can feel like you're on a boat in a bad weather (something that people already have to endure when they use VR, sometimes). I guess this is the main cause...
@@fridaycaliforniaa236 Your English is perfect! That makes a lot of sense, but they could let you toggle it on or off. Though I guess that could change the devs/designers' vision for the game.
I guess you should add "Half-Life: Alyx" in the list, cause, damn, the first time i loaded the game I was so blown away how damn good it looks! And its a VR game, so its not a resource friendly stuff.
I'm "played Manic Miner on a ZX Spectrum with a green monochrome screen" years old. I am old as hell. I'm still amazed whenever I fire up a game with even halfway decent graphics. This super realistic stuff blows my mind.
When I first played the demo, I had to grab my wife and show her, look look at how amazing this looks!! Up til then, I'm not aware of anything close to that. At least on console
Playing through RDR2 again, never completed it, finally going to. Such an incredible world to just explore and survive in. No other eco system and environments like it.
I’m so glad to see my game Hell Let Loose have some love shown for its graphics. 🤟 this game literally does feel super real when everyone is playing their role right
Yeeeeeeeeeee And re: cheaters, I run into a few occasionally, but the way the game is set up it’s much harder for them to completely prevent the other team from still achieving objectives and even having a fine time. Also people think there’s way more cheaters than there are just bc somebody 400m away got a shot on them, but that’s just how the game is 🤷🏼♀️
I like how this type of channels make "TOP 10 games with photo realistic graphics" like every single year. For the past 15 years. Especially during PS3 era.
Obviously still has it's fair share of jank being in alpha but the raw detail Star Citizen has it truly breath taking at times. Take a ship into a planets orbit and pop into 3rd person and you're going to be wowed.
The Matrix Unreal 5 demo was amazing, especially the first few scenes in the white limbo space. Me and my cousin were legit surprised when we realized everyone was cg. The only thing that truly gave it away was the hands...I've never understood why devs have yet to master a natural look for 'resting hands'.
I think Gran Turismo 7 deserves a place on the list to. The graphics are phenomenal. In the scapes, the pictures you take could be mistaken for real. In fact my actual car is in GT7 and I’ve taken pictures of it in scapes, when I show it to friends they think it’s a real photo of my car 😄
A runner up for me would be Alan Wake 1 in the short but beautiful day time segments. I know the game is 13 years old at this point, but for the very few and very short daytime segments where you get to walk around and take in the mountain range of what I believe is supposed to be Washington DC (the place Remedy toured for referene material), the nature is absolutely gorgeous and makes me wanna rent a cabin over there myself.
I played (and loved!) Control, so I figured I would jump on Alan Wake. I'm struggling to get into the game. How long would you say before it gets its hooks in you??
@@CQNova It hooked me immediately, right from the nightmare sequence with the lighthouse. So if you are still not hooked I honestly couldn't tell you. When when you start collecting the pages that "predict" the future was another point that further hooked me in, and overall I just loved the "forest at night"-aesthetic. It gave the game a sorta "Alone in the Dark"-vibe. What is it that doesn't hook you? The lack of super powers?
@@CQNova People have different preferences. Some are hooked immediately. Some players love gameplay for Saga. Some start loving only after getting to play for Alan. Some never get to like it. Generally speaking, if you are not into it 5 hours in, it's quite improbable that you will love it. You might find to like it, but not to love.
Honestly I am always impressed how beautiful the graphics in AC Odyssey is. And GTA V may not be perfect but despite how old it is the graphics are good
If you guys actually name your timeline tags that would be really helpful, instead of just saying Number 9, Number 8, and so on. Appreciate your hard work, been a fan of Gameranx for many many years.
Train Sim World series is up there with the best of them. Train Sim World 4 is released this week and including Lidar data to make it even more realistic
Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Not the best technically, but the level of detail put in every square meter of the game is astonishing. No random rendering of terrain, everything is done with purpose to emulate czech countryside around Sázava in 14th century.
Does anyone else remember the first wave if vr headsets. It must have been the 90s and it was all blocky and glitchy but made us dream about what could be. I love gaming and it is a privilege to share in the experience of playing these marvels (i couldnt make it)
Hi, that is currently my PC game list with great graphic (unsorted): - Detroit Become Human (2018 / 2019 PC) - A Plague Tale 1 + 2 (2019 / 2022) - MSFS 2020 - Project Cars 2 (2017) - Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) - Steep (2016) ...
I love all the selections, and I also loved seeing Kingdom Come quickly in the intro, felt like a real entry to me with just being a quick 2 second clip haha, as a original kickstarter of that game I cannot be more proud of how it turned out
I’m a KCD fan here too, it’s one of the most underrated games I’ve ever played. But definitely takes some mass dedication for it to finally get good…. One amazing and immersive detail I found while playing it, was early on in the game I was bored and shot up one of a hanging body with arrows. 100 in game hours later i saw my same arrows still sticking into the body!? They never disappeared or anything. The game remembers EVERYTHING. Amazing.
@@feartrain1282 It definitely is a game that many will brush over, yet also a game for some people when it clicks it REALLY clicks. I had the same feeling with Dragons Dogma recently, tried to get into that game 4-5 times in the past, finally managed to and oh boi is there a lot to love (and a lot of jank) much like KC:D
I only have two other games. You mentioned Microsoft flight simulator and RDR2 and they are both absolutely amazing. Every time I jump on Microsoft flight simulator, I see something new that blows my mind every time. And RDR2 is just absolutely truly amazing and a masterpiece
I love the cities of Washington and New York in Division 2, I can walk around those cities just admiring all the little details, and love the weather effects.
A game I don't think gets enough credit for details within a game is Division 2. If you actually explore the map it's honestly one of the best games to just search and loot and be completely lost within the game
The nonchalant “I’m not a drone guy. I mean, I’m a bird of prey.” was so good. I feel like after years of watching your videos the payout from that joke was ten fold.
@@MrMonkeyMan84 I remember sharing a screen capture of the game on my facebook page and a few people asked me where I took the photo. They legitimately thought it was real and I don't blame them
Plague Tale Requiem has amazing outdoors and world details, Mafia 1 Definitive Edition with RTX HDR, Horizon Forbidden West when color-graded, Cyber Punk in some places, Dragons Dogma with Path Tracing Mod, Alan Wake 2 of course
Dead island 2 had the best graphics I have ever seen,I have it a try and loved it. The graphics were almost like real life and it has the best gore out of any games I have ever played and the most realistic
I hope they do more with "The Matrix Awakens" the UE5 tech demo we got has a lot of potential to look super realistic... Great video Falcon 🦅and the gameranx team
If you have the power to run it, The Division 2 has amazing graphics. I've also never felt more like I was actually in a video game environment, than running Cyberpunk on ultra.
I was gonna add this comment myself! I’m actually going to download it this evening and try it on my new PC build. I have a 4090 with a 7800 X3D that’s itching to play it.
Ref the realism in Microsoft Flight Simulator, when I was getting my pilots license, the school actually used it (with a full flight control setup) to help teach IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flying and landing. IFR is for when the pilot basically cant see out of the plane at all (like flying through heavy clouds) and has to rely solely on instruments and Air Traffic Control. MS Flight simulator's planes were so accurate and realistic that the students could actually practice with it to replicate real world flying.
I don't wanna be that guy, but how was "Unrecord" not even mentioned here? It is the most realistic looking game to date. I know it isn't released and still a work in progress, but the gameplay trailers they put out had people fighting over if it was a game or not and the studio had to prove it was actually a game.
Rockstar optimization is incredible with the of use textures to give an illusion of high poly assets, looking closely you can tell how textures give a 3d depth look to me rdr2 looks more like water colors or painting.. ue5 definitely has potential
In reference to Unreal Engine 5, there's an upcoming game being developed using UE5, Mankind Reborn. Some of the dev videos are impressive and it'll be interesting to see whether the team can deliver on what they're promising. The character models and customization options look fantastic.
I'm still impressed with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, five years out. Built on CryEngine 3, it is one of the most immersive gaming experiences out there, and images from the game are difficult to distinguish from photos of the real-life places they represent.
I thought Ghostwire Tokyo would get an honorable mention. The environments in that game have so much detail in that it really borders on reality (minus the spectral enimies)
For the UE5 Demos. I would've suggested the Matrix demo. That was the most realistic looking game I've ever played. Absolutely insane how realistic that looked
The hunter COTW is super fun. Got 1500 hours on it. Missions can be challenging, but is beautifully done. Way of the hunter is a similar game,graphics are stunning too.
Looks beautiful but as someone who loves animals and is semi vegan I hesitate to buy it. I dont need to hear dying animal sounds… but yeah I’ve considered buying it as a walking simulator alone, just based on how beautiful it looks
@@ludvanbeethoven1 In COTW animals don't make noise when they die. I love animals and would never hurt one in Real life. Is a nice game, just look at the animals as pixels.
@@ludvanbeethoven1 I'm totally against sport hunting IRL, but then I'm also against assassinations and cruelty to dragons. I wavered for a couple of months, but now have 1300 hours in tH:CotW. Just waking up in your tent on a remote hillside to a glorious sunrise, or walking through a wooded glade in full fall foliage, is awesome.
I've considered playing Call of the Wild for a while now. Frankly, it looks like the type of game that might ease my mind a bit after a traumatic day of work, lol...
The first time that graphics shocked me was Halo 3 on Christmas morning. The next was RDR2 at 4K on my first gaming pc. Ghost of Tsushima on a PS5 through an LG OLED, Horizon Forbidden West, and Cyberpunk were the most recent. I was hoping Starfield would be the next, but it's just super poorly optimized
I agree with RDR2. Absolutely love that game. I get so immersed just riding a horse around. Cyberpunk is another game I've enjoyed. Waiting for the new DLC I purchased. Star Citizen, however, blows me away every time I play it.
Whilst it's not up to today's standards I was blown away by the realism of some parts of Crysis. Like on level 1 when the sun rises over the bay. Also, I'm a big flight simulator fan and I agree it's often amazing
We play games to escape reality😂 . But now some people want games realistically. I love when games have elements like flying,climb anywhere ,fast travel , grappling hooks . Kinda cool doing something you can't do in reality 🙃
My god that Amsterdam level is incredible! I'd buy a game like that just to stroll around and go to cafes. Add an exciting story - like James Bond in a European city and you won't get me off the computer! Like wow... that just gave me a really inspiring feeling!
0:00 Intro
0:25 The Callisto Protocol (2022)
1:41 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
3:08 theHunter: Call of the Wild (2017 + 2023 visual update)
4:09 TRYP FPV : The Drone Racer Simulator (2022)
5:23 Hell Let Loose (2019)
6:22 LEGO Bricktales (2022)
7:27 Dead Island 2 (2023)
8:33 Martha Is Dead (2022)
9:59 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2021)
11:08 Unreal Engine 5 (Demos, Preview, The Long Wait...)
12:19 Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
Thank you
The true hero of this vid gameranx take some notes!
Red Dead Redemption 2 came out in 2018
Call of duty modern warfare ll came out in 2022
Thanks so much for taking the time!
I love the RDR2 special mention. Aside from having pretty decent graphics, the environmental immersion is absolutely fantastic.
that's why Rockstar takes a decadde to release a single game. Rockstars is no joke.
RDR2 is probably the best game I've played since god knows when. Bring on GTA 6
yeah but the gameplay, holy moly, it's still a ps3 game
@@michaelwesten4624 u what?
Saw something recently where someone was submitting screenshots from RDR2 to their local weather station as the "nature photo of the week" and the station kept showing them on air as just absolutely beautiful landscape photos.
That is epic and awesome
So awesome
Just started playing far cry 5 after playing new dawn
I saw that. The person got the “photos” chosen all the time. I think it was Vancouver BC Canada news.
first u play far cry 5 then new dawn
@@lonelysniper844
Red Dead Redemption 2 was the game for me.
The graphics are insanely good, the way the lightning and fog works.
The sounds of the environment.
The incredible scenery..
It is just amazing to stroll around.
without doubt. No game among these 10 even comes close to that. with the insane attetion to details. water, sand, events everything have real life effects.
RDR2 spoilt me as a gamer. No other game seems as good.
That Game ruined gaming for me. No matter what I play, nothing comes half as close to it and leaves me disappointed. They didn't make a game they created standards in that one.
@@gojo817same but then I played Ghost Of Tsushima which wasn't as immersive or innovative but the artstyle, music, atmosphere, story and gameplay made it unforgettable. To me those two game stand on a league of their own
One of the few games I've played you just stop and look around in awe. I'm on another playthrough and I'm just taking my time. It's so immersive.
Unrecord is still one of the most impressive things I've seen. The ragdoll physics are starting to look good.
It's the most realistic graphics so far.
Hopefully stays that way or better when it releases (and proper optimization).
its always the small game studios that come out of nowhere and are unbelievable also its not called unrecord anymore
This is the game I was looking for in the video but I forgot it's games you can play "right now"
I just hope that it actually holds up when it’s time and isn’t incomplete and broken
Ill bet money that the gameplay will suck and all the effort and budget went into realistic graphics.
Gameplay>graphics imo.
A plague tale 1 & 2 are absolutely incredible, i find myself just staring at the games!
Great story as well
Walking art.... absolutely beautiful
FR! Its the next standard for art...
nah, man, just you. dont get me wrong they do look amazing, espacially the 2nd one, but theyre not top 10 most realistic games, that is really far fetched. they do have a great story, tho.
I’m 47 and when I was younger I used to say I cannot wait for games to look like the cut scenes and now they do or way better I know it doesn’t matter if it’s a pretty game as long as you have great gameplay, but being someone who grew up on an Atari, I will say, man I love graphical improvements!
Im 50, most of these folks don't know what an Atari is. Or asteroids, combat, space invaders, etc..🤣
you where thinking that because games back than where great, all they needed is graphics. now graphics is there but gameplay sucks...mostly.
I’m not far off you. Didn’t have cut scenes till you were past drinking age. And cut scenes looked bad then. Maybe you’ve been waiting since early 30s?
Shoutout to the OG Gamers! I'm in my early 30s and still love video games.
I'm 41 and want to play on realistic looking games. Is that the same feeling for others too?
I think #1 brings up a key point. No matter how realistic the graphics are the gimbally nature of video game movements will always make it look off. Once the horizontal access starts to move like a real camera or human, instead of being perfectly unnaturally level the entire time, the immersion becomes that much more believable.
I agree 100%, the sad part is I can't play games that have a bouncier camera. My motion sickness kicks in within 3-5 minutes and I get violently ill if I push through it to keep playing. I love seeing how the tech is coming, but I can't full enjoy it.
The Callisto Protocol was the first game I played after not gaming for a LONG time (since Halo 1). I was absolutely blown away by how far the graphics tech has come.
That's awesome. You should try out virtual reality if you think that's cool. It will blow your mind
You've got a lot of catching up to do! Calisto, as far as games go, is considered pretty mediocre (if not straight up bad at times).
I would've liked the game more if they incentivized the melee combat. I know a lot of people didn't care for it but I really felt as far as horror games go, that was their strong suit.
You went from Halo 1 (2001) to Callisto Protocol? (2022) You poor, poor fool...
ok boomer chill its not that good
So glad to see Dead Island 2 mentioned. Could have almost fooled me into believing it's a UE5 game. Also the character animations and gore system are superb.
Honestly Far Cry 5 at 4K on Ultra settings is a gorgeous looking game especially in the woods as sunrise happens seeing god rays pop through the trees is amazing.
Just started far cry 5 after playing new dawn .
@@lonelysniper844 Right on its a great game and my favorite in the series. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
👍🏼
Montana was so beautiful. I loved being in fc5 world
Yeah that happens to me,it looks realistic and beautiful so i took a picture of it using my mobile phone and post it on instagram,my coworker saw the post and she really thought i was hunting in the woods😂
I remember in one of the Deus Ex games on console, I was walking through a hallway with a window. On the other side of the window was a pool with it's surface above the the window, so light was shining through the water, through the window and created a mesmerizing pattern on the walls. That was among the best things I've seen so far! I remember that when I started gaming, water was the most difficult thing to animate. That has transferred to faces and facial expressions these days.
Caustics using animated decals.
Went outside today and god damn, the graphics are phenomenal! 🔥🔥🔥
How did you find the tutorial? What difficulty island where you spawned on?
Fr but why is this game so hard?
@@Muhammad_mujataba depends if you have cheats or not. TH-cam ‘life hacks’ but caution not all are good lol
@@Muhammad_mujatabaIt’s filled with bots that just ruin your gameplay constantly.
I'm still waiting for them to release the new version.
I'm surprised Detroit: Become Human managed to miss out on this list. The graphics of that game is insane. Plus, the facial animations(mo-cap) are fantastic!
yea bro I agree with you
im SHOCKED that none of the supermassive games WERENT ON HERE, BRO XD
A few missing on this list (maybe in the next video?), in no particular order:
• Horizon Forbidden West
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Uncharted 4 & The Lost Legacy
• The Last of Us Part 1 & 2
• Atomic Heart
• Control
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Driveclub (those rain physics)
• Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
• Forza Horizon 4 & 5
List some of yours that I definitely have overlooked.
Order 1886
Gears 5
AC Unity still holds up very well
Alien Isolation
Quantum Break (OneX Enhanced or good PC version)
Until Dawn/The Quarry.... Although I still think Until Dawn is the only good Dark Pictures game.
Ryse Son of Rome... Although blurry is still visually impressive.
Everybody's gone to the Rapture.
God of War Ascension. That would have ran great on PS4 despite it's story being a little over done.
Killzone 2... Not only is it the best game in the series it's visually the most appealing.
Scorn
Arkham Knight
Observer Redux
You forgot ghost of tsushima
Metro Exodus
It’s getting to be a few years old now, but the last of us 2 has some crazy snow, liquid, and physics simulations that is great. Not to mention their characters details
RDR2 still hands down the best looking game almost 5 years later. Going to be hard for any studio but Rockstar to top that masterpiece!!! Great video Falcon hehe
Imo cyberpunk is better
Horizon Forbidden West is the best looking console game to date
@@Rodrigo4391 nah it's just average😆
Arkham knight came out 8 years ago and also still is ine of the bestvlooking games out there
@@Rodrigo4391 nope. That’s RDR2
Horizon Forbidden West has probably the most realistic and most immersive environments with graphics that are next to untouchable in the industry. I’m shocked it wasn’t mentioned anywhere
That would be the case had Red dead redemption 2 not exist
Seriously the list is not so good
If you like a constant foggy world then HFW should be in the list.
@christophernguyen3886 you know nothing, christ snow
Demica Engine can do some really great wonders..
The graphics on racing games are amazing and have been for a very long time. There's a game called Driveclub, nearly a decade old, still looks absolutely perfect.
most realistic looking game
There was one demoing on a big screen TV in Costco last year that was so realistic I had to stare at the TV for a few moments trying to decide if it was real or a game. I finally realized it was a game but it was THAT good
@@davidbwa I saw that at BestBuy when the last Gran Turismo came out. On some crazy expensive tv, the thing looked like real life.
Man I’m glad im not the only one that plays that game, I’m sad its taken down now and the servers are gone. But the graphics are so amazing and the rain physics on the windshield are perfect
nfs 2015 looks pretty good too
You know what came should really make this list is Stray. If you’ve not played it, it really deserves a lot more attention that what it gets. Sooooo much fun and sooo visually good looking. It’s a short game but a perfect one :)
Its a cat game for house ladies widows with 28 cats 🐈 and asking themself why they don’t have a man 😂🤭
Nice looking, no doubt, but the actual game play is just non existing realy.
And i played it to the end in hopes it would pick up when i already wanted to quit it out of boredome.
Far from being perfect by any means which is why i replied.
They just dont keep their promisse. You dont identify with the cat cause you are not doing any cat things.
Its more like having a human traped in a cat body and all you realy use are its jumping capabilities. But you never do cat things.
In short: there is a reason why it gets so little attention :(
Sadly, i might add.
So lets hope there will be a part two some day which is more than just a demo.
I'd say the graphics look gorgeous, but while the cats are realistic, I'm not sure the rest of the game world qualifies.
@@brokendreamchaser39s sorry who are you? why does your opinion matter?
and for the record, people can like a cat game and not be single or have lots of cats.
what a stereotype
Dead Island 2 being on here made my day. The game being released polished after it's struggled development was so refreshing. Love you Dambuster! Can't wait to see what's next for them
I don't see Dead Island 2 on Steam...
@@williamyoung9401Sadly it's an Epic Games exclusive. Hopefully it's a timed exclusive
It's so good
@davetroll5027 it isnt that good the first 2 were better lol shits overrated
@@williamyoung9401what’s wrong with epic games launcher? Get off your high horse buddy
For me it is definitely the last of us series that is high up there as the facial expressions of the characters really suck you into the story because the voice acting is very much on point and it feels so realistic since they are really good voice actors chosen for this job and script. But let me know if there is other really great story games that live up to TLOU.
Too bad the story in part 2 sucked so bad, but yeah, the graphics are amazing and realistic, if you can ignore the terrible narrative…
11:52 - Nailed it. The subtle camera movements definitely make the world seem a lot more realistic. It's a cheap and easy way for devs to make a game feel more real and tense, but it's extremely underutilised.
Because it gives sickness. Some people don't like the moving cameras because you can feel like you're on a boat in a bad weather (something that people already have to endure when they use VR, sometimes). I guess this is the main cause...
(I hope my english isn't too trashy ^^)
@@fridaycaliforniaa236 Your English is perfect!
That makes a lot of sense, but they could let you toggle it on or off. Though I guess that could change the devs/designers' vision for the game.
Look guys, it's the eyes vs handheld-camera perspectives. Games simulate eyes-vision.
@@RyuLongRHOGthat's definitely part of it
I guess you should add "Half-Life: Alyx" in the list, cause, damn, the first time i loaded the game I was so blown away how damn good it looks!
And its a VR game, so its not a resource friendly stuff.
My hope for the Unreal 5 generation is stream-lining game development, making them cheaper and faster to develop. 🙏🏻👍🏻
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Then you don't need artists anymore...
Begging is harassment, reported!
I'd be okay with faster development but hopefully not at the cost of artistic value and stuff. Good stuff takes time and real talent behind it
Raytracing, we need really strong GPU's to keep up with game development.
I'm "played Manic Miner on a ZX Spectrum with a green monochrome screen" years old. I am old as hell. I'm still amazed whenever I fire up a game with even halfway decent graphics. This super realistic stuff blows my mind.
Resident Evil 7 still has killer graphics, it's the most realistic entry in the series. The setting and atmosphere is unmatched.
The faces look pretty shitty in RE7, dude.
When I first played the demo, I had to grab my wife and show her, look look at how amazing this looks!! Up til then, I'm not aware of anything close to that. At least on console
Yeah, there's some moments that are mindblowing. That game is so graphically amazing, which really adds to the horror.
@@gileadbot19dead space remake
Village looks even better. The moment you see the castle in the distance for the first time looks insane
Playing through RDR2 again, never completed it, finally going to. Such an incredible world to just explore and survive in. No other eco system and environments like it.
I’m so glad to see my game Hell Let Loose have some love shown for its graphics. 🤟 this game literally does feel super real when everyone is playing their role right
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It's also riddled with cheaters. I know, I have many hours in the game, especially as a squad leader.
@@leroyrussell8766what game isn’t, I’ve stopped playing online all together because of cheaters
Yeeeeeeeeeee
And re: cheaters, I run into a few occasionally, but the way the game is set up it’s much harder for them to completely prevent the other team from still achieving objectives and even having a fine time.
Also people think there’s way more cheaters than there are just bc somebody 400m away got a shot on them, but that’s just how the game is 🤷🏼♀️
I like how this type of channels make "TOP 10 games with photo realistic graphics" like every single year.
For the past 15 years.
Especially during PS3 era.
Every game you mentioned had amazing graphics. The only thing I'm gonna say is I'm a little upset that Ghost of Tsushima didn't make this list
I second this!!! Absolutely beautiful game
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Ghost of Tsushima is beautiful but I don't think it's "realistic".
The last of us part II is more realistic for me.
I remember being 13, playing Sonic Adventure 2 Battle on GameCube and thinking that graphics surely had to have peaked with the cutscenes 😂
It was re4 2005 for me ...i thought games wont look better than that 😅😂 silly me
That's how I felt about FFVII on original PlayStation lmao
That's me and Sonic Unleashed
Honestly that game still looks extremely good if you don't pay attention to the textures and resolution.
That's me with Mario 64 back in the day
This is so real I didn’t think it could get better from there
Obviously still has it's fair share of jank being in alpha but the raw detail Star Citizen has it truly breath taking at times. Take a ship into a planets orbit and pop into 3rd person and you're going to be wowed.
The Matrix Unreal 5 demo was amazing, especially the first few scenes in the white limbo space. Me and my cousin were legit surprised when we realized everyone was cg. The only thing that truly gave it away was the hands...I've never understood why devs have yet to master a natural look for 'resting hands'.
I think Gran Turismo 7 deserves a place on the list to. The graphics are phenomenal. In the scapes, the pictures you take could be mistaken for real. In fact my actual car is in GT7 and I’ve taken pictures of it in scapes, when I show it to friends they think it’s a real photo of my car 😄
A runner up for me would be Alan Wake 1 in the short but beautiful day time segments. I know the game is 13 years old at this point, but for the very few and very short daytime segments where you get to walk around and take in the mountain range of what I believe is supposed to be Washington DC (the place Remedy toured for referene material), the nature is absolutely gorgeous and makes me wanna rent a cabin over there myself.
Alan Wake 2 should definitely be on that list.
I played (and loved!) Control, so I figured I would jump on Alan Wake. I'm struggling to get into the game. How long would you say before it gets its hooks in you??
@@CQNova It hooked me immediately, right from the nightmare sequence with the lighthouse. So if you are still not hooked I honestly couldn't tell you. When when you start collecting the pages that "predict" the future was another point that further hooked me in, and overall I just loved the "forest at night"-aesthetic. It gave the game a sorta "Alone in the Dark"-vibe.
What is it that doesn't hook you? The lack of super powers?
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People have different preferences. Some are hooked immediately. Some players love gameplay for Saga. Some start loving only after getting to play for Alan. Some never get to like it. Generally speaking, if you are not into it 5 hours in, it's quite improbable that you will love it. You might find to like it, but not to love.
@@MachoMaster Thank you. I'm not quite five hours in. I'll jump back on it and see how I like it.
You got me excited to play some of these games! Kudos
dead island 2 is really a realistic game. very optimized too. i wish all games being released today are like dead island 2
As an old gamer from the 90's, i actually expected it sooner, and when battlefront came out, i thought it would go even faster.
I think The Quarry looked incredible for what it was. Could just be remembering it fondly.
Alan Wake 2 looks incredible too. Stunning game!
Surprised Forza Horizon 5 isn't on that list. When I first saw gameplay of that, I was SO impressed with the visuals.
RE engine games deserve some love. I was playing DMC5 the other day and wow that game aged like gold.
This video is just in time. I just ordered an absolute unit of a PC.
Specs?
@TRC_WA noice
@TRC_WA very nice but its not as good as mine
@@flamingophone Intel i9 13900KS nvidia Geoforce RTX 4090, Kingston 64 RAM (4x16), Corsair 850 watt motherboard. Also, 4TB (2x2) Cardera Z450 pcle gen4, the cooling is Deepcool-Castle liquid cooling + 6 RGB fans diagonally lol.
@@NZXT6 mine is still better imo
I still clearly remember the graphics on my Atari 2600. Today's games are astonishing
I must say, we will be seeing Rdr2 in all type of reviews for years, really a masterpiece
Definitely one of the best ever for me.
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Seeing Hell let Loose in there is heartwarming. That game deserves much more recognition
Honestly I am always impressed how beautiful the graphics in AC Odyssey is. And GTA V may not be perfect but despite how old it is the graphics are good
If you guys actually name your timeline tags that would be really helpful, instead of just saying Number 9, Number 8, and so on. Appreciate your hard work, been a fan of Gameranx for many many years.
Train Sim World series is up there with the best of them. Train Sim World 4 is released this week and including Lidar data to make it even more realistic
Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Not the best technically, but the level of detail put in every square meter of the game is astonishing. No random rendering of terrain, everything is done with purpose to emulate czech countryside around Sázava in 14th century.
A Plague Tale: Requiem really should have made this list. That's a phenomenal looking game
thanks for labeling the videos, really helped out tremendously
Does anyone else remember the first wave if vr headsets. It must have been the 90s and it was all blocky and glitchy but made us dream about what could be. I love gaming and it is a privilege to share in the experience of playing these marvels (i couldnt make it)
Yes! I remember paying a lot of money (back then) for 10 minutes on Dactyl Nightmare, the main game they used to show off VR. I thought it was amazing
i went to amsterdam a couple months ago and can confirm - the realism in COD Modern Warfare 2 is absolutely stunning
Hunter:COTW is so damn good, I've sunk hours into that game just exploring the maps. There's something so relaxing about it
Wow the video I was just waiting for, just got a 4080 and wanted to see the best games to check out
Hi, that is currently my PC game list with great graphic (unsorted):
- Detroit Become Human (2018 / 2019 PC)
- A Plague Tale 1 + 2 (2019 / 2022)
- MSFS 2020
- Project Cars 2 (2017)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
- Steep (2016)
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I love all the selections, and I also loved seeing Kingdom Come quickly in the intro, felt like a real entry to me with just being a quick 2 second clip haha, as a original kickstarter of that game I cannot be more proud of how it turned out
The forests in this game are still breathtaking. I love KCD so much :)
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Kingdom Come still has the best looking forests and nature, nothing ever came close to it
I’m a KCD fan here too, it’s one of the most underrated games I’ve ever played. But definitely takes some mass dedication for it to finally get good….
One amazing and immersive detail I found while playing it, was early on in the game I was bored and shot up one of a hanging body with arrows. 100 in game hours later i saw my same arrows still sticking into the body!? They never disappeared or anything. The game remembers EVERYTHING. Amazing.
@@feartrain1282 It definitely is a game that many will brush over, yet also a game for some people when it clicks it REALLY clicks.
I had the same feeling with Dragons Dogma recently, tried to get into that game 4-5 times in the past, finally managed to and oh boi is there a lot to love (and a lot of jank) much like KC:D
I only have two other games. You mentioned Microsoft flight simulator and RDR2 and they are both absolutely amazing. Every time I jump on Microsoft flight simulator, I see something new that blows my mind every time. And RDR2 is just absolutely truly amazing and a masterpiece
I don’t suppose mfs is available on the ps?
@@ludvanbeethoven1 no it isn't
I love the cities of Washington and New York in Division 2, I can walk around those cities just admiring all the little details, and love the weather effects.
A game I don't think gets enough credit for details within a game is Division 2. If you actually explore the map it's honestly one of the best games to just search and loot and be completely lost within the game
Nice to see Dead Island 2 on the list. Absolutely insanely good game!
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The nonchalant “I’m not a drone guy. I mean, I’m a bird of prey.” was so good. I feel like after years of watching your videos the payout from that joke was ten fold.
A game that really surprised me a few years ago with its excellent sense of realism is Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
I was expecting this game, it's more realistic than every game on the list!
@@MrMonkeyMan84 I remember sharing a screen capture of the game on my facebook page and a few people asked me where I took the photo. They legitimately thought it was real and I don't blame them
Ngl good mechanics and good graphics make the game more immersive and easy to keep playing
Dead Island 2 's graphics were insane
Plague Tale Requiem has amazing outdoors and world details, Mafia 1 Definitive Edition with RTX HDR, Horizon Forbidden West when color-graded, Cyber Punk in some places, Dragons Dogma with Path Tracing Mod, Alan Wake 2 of course
Dead island 2 had the best graphics I have ever seen,I have it a try and loved it. The graphics were almost like real life and it has the best gore out of any games I have ever played and the most realistic
I hope they do more with "The Matrix Awakens" the UE5 tech demo we got has a lot of potential to look super realistic... Great video Falcon 🦅and the gameranx team
If you have the power to run it, The Division 2 has amazing graphics. I've also never felt more like I was actually in a video game environment, than running Cyberpunk on ultra.
Good work Gameranx!
thanks bot
@@jrdsm😆A Bot seriously?
Good work my ass bot
I think GhostWire : Tokyo does a pretty beautiful rendition of Tokyo
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I was gonna add this comment myself! I’m actually going to download it this evening and try it on my new PC build. I have a 4090 with a 7800 X3D that’s itching to play it.
Senua 2 is insanely good looking. The early section on the beach is incredible.
2010: sometimes game graphics are like real life
2023:sometimes real life is like game graphics
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Ref the realism in Microsoft Flight Simulator, when I was getting my pilots license, the school actually used it (with a full flight control setup) to help teach IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flying and landing. IFR is for when the pilot basically cant see out of the plane at all (like flying through heavy clouds) and has to rely solely on instruments and Air Traffic Control. MS Flight simulator's planes were so accurate and realistic that the students could actually practice with it to replicate real world flying.
I don't wanna be that guy, but how was "Unrecord" not even mentioned here? It is the most realistic looking game to date. I know it isn't released and still a work in progress, but the gameplay trailers they put out had people fighting over if it was a game or not and the studio had to prove it was actually a game.
Because the Title says, games you can play right now. I'm sure it will get some love once it's released.
Rockstar optimization is incredible with the of use textures to give an illusion of high poly assets, looking closely you can tell how textures give a 3d depth look to me rdr2 looks more like water colors or painting.. ue5 definitely has potential
Falcon serving us gold content as always.
Unreal 5 engine with the desert landscape and forest is absolutely insane. I would die for a turok game in these environments omfg
Uncharted 4 still one of the best right now the faces and real world is incredible
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In reference to Unreal Engine 5, there's an upcoming game being developed using UE5, Mankind Reborn. Some of the dev videos are impressive and it'll be interesting to see whether the team can deliver on what they're promising. The character models and customization options look fantastic.
Say what you will about the launch issues but Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most photorealistic games ever.
I was watching the vid and I.seen this comment I littlery spat my tea out 😆🤣✌️💯🇬🇧
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@@letsgetitback 🤣✌️💯🇬🇧
Tell us your blind without telling us
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11:08 what about robocop - roque city? It uses UE5 and the city looks jawdropping
I'm still impressed with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, five years out. Built on CryEngine 3, it is one of the most immersive gaming experiences out there, and images from the game are difficult to distinguish from photos of the real-life places they represent.
Hitman series is so underrated when it comes to graphics one of the most realistic games out there
I thought Ghostwire Tokyo would get an honorable mention. The environments in that game have so much detail in that it really borders on reality (minus the spectral enimies)
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For the UE5 Demos. I would've suggested the Matrix demo. That was the most realistic looking game I've ever played. Absolutely insane how realistic that looked
I thought it looked really bad lol. But Dead Space Remake was soooooo good looking. I think one of the most impressive games till today
The UE5 games we’ve seen so far have been very mid. Nice graphics, but not amazing in any way. Not more realistic than many other engines.
For me the current game with the most amazing graphics (especially character in conversation) is Horizon Forbidden West
The hunter COTW is super fun. Got 1500 hours on it. Missions can be challenging, but is beautifully done.
Way of the hunter is a similar game,graphics are stunning too.
Looks beautiful but as someone who loves animals and is semi vegan I hesitate to buy it. I dont need to hear dying animal sounds… but yeah I’ve considered buying it as a walking simulator alone, just based on how beautiful it looks
@@ludvanbeethoven1 In COTW animals don't make noise when they die. I love animals and would never hurt one in Real life. Is a nice game, just look at the animals as pixels.
@@ludvanbeethoven1 I'm totally against sport hunting IRL, but then I'm also against assassinations and cruelty to dragons. I wavered for a couple of months, but now have 1300 hours in tH:CotW. Just waking up in your tent on a remote hillside to a glorious sunrise, or walking through a wooded glade in full fall foliage, is awesome.
realistic lego? really bro?
Legos are a real thing bro
@@go-away-5555obviously. When we ask for realistic games this is this absolute opposite
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@@DamienKimball-c5sman you let that shit go over your head😂 whooooooooooooosh
@@DamienKimball-c5svideo title said realistic graphics games, not realistic games
I've considered playing Call of the Wild for a while now. Frankly, it looks like the type of game that might ease my mind a bit after a traumatic day of work, lol...
The first time that graphics shocked me was Halo 3 on Christmas morning. The next was RDR2 at 4K on my first gaming pc. Ghost of Tsushima on a PS5 through an LG OLED, Horizon Forbidden West, and Cyberpunk were the most recent. I was hoping Starfield would be the next, but it's just super poorly optimized
Bethesda games are notorious for being ugly as hell
I agree with RDR2. Absolutely love that game. I get so immersed just riding a horse around. Cyberpunk is another game I've enjoyed. Waiting for the new DLC I purchased. Star Citizen, however, blows me away every time I play it.
Whilst it's not up to today's standards I was blown away by the realism of some parts of Crysis. Like on level 1 when the sun rises over the bay.
Also, I'm a big flight simulator fan and I agree it's often amazing
"Realistic graphics games" anyways here is a lego game
So if it looks like real legos its not realistic graphics?
i'm soo happy we could exp this´. And games will only get better.. It's a good time to be a gamer. And better times are around the corner!
What about the remake of The Last of Us? Hands down the prettiest game I've seen.
Gotta say Jedi Survivor is one of the most beautiful and impressive games I’ve ever played
We play games to escape reality😂 . But now some people want games realistically. I love when games have elements like flying,climb anywhere ,fast travel , grappling hooks . Kinda cool doing something you can't do in reality 🙃
My god that Amsterdam level is incredible! I'd buy a game like that just to stroll around and go to cafes. Add an exciting story - like James Bond in a European city and you won't get me off the computer! Like wow... that just gave me a really inspiring feeling!