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The most impressive looking next gen graphics so far

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The Fartist

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Yeah, so far there are very few examples of "Wow, now THAT is Next-Gen!"

The Unreal 5 Tech Demo definitely has that wow factor but it's just a tech demo. The track record of actual games looking as good as Unreal Engine tech demos speaks for itself. It just doesn't happen.
I would argue that games eventually end up looking better than their tech demos. Have you seen FF7remake? There are countless games that look better than the Unreal 4 tech demo from 2013.
 
Did MS ever confirm that the Hellblade trailer was being rendered on a console in real time? All I remember is DF saying they weren't sure. Also, are there any pictures of videos of Flight Simulator running on Xbox, or has everything they've shown off been on PC so far?
 

Andodalf

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Did MS ever confirm that the Hellblade trailer was being rendered on a console in real time? All I remember is DF saying they weren't sure. Also, are there any pictures of videos of Flight Simulator running on Xbox, or has everything they've shown off been on PC so far?

Hellblade was only ever said to be “In engine” 99% sure it was on a PC and it being real-time is tough to say for sure
 

Moogle11

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Hellblade 2 and Horizon 2 are the ones that have impressed me the most so far as both the graphics and art styles are fucking amazing.

Flight Simulator is amazeballs technically, but I'm not as wowed by just real world, photo realistic stuff as I'm not into sims and play games to escape so I like things with more art style, fantasy/sci-fish designs etc. But still goddamn impressive in how good it looks and maybe the closest to photo realism I've seen.
 

hussar16

Member
Hellblade 2 and Horizon 2 are the ones that have impressed me the most so far as both the graphics and art styles are fucking amazing.

Flight Simulator is amazeballs technically, but I'm not as wowed by just real world, photo realistic stuff as I'm not into sims and play games to escape so I like things with more art style, fantasy/sci-fish designs etc. But still goddamn impressive in how good it looks and maybe the closest to photo realism I've seen.
horizon 2 looks like horizon 1 on max settings nothing impressive or cgi looking
 

Moogle11

Banned
horizon 2 looks like horizon 1 on max settings nothing impressive or cgi looking

Horizon 1 is one of my favorite games of all time and especially on the graphics and art design front, so that's totally fine by me. I'm not that wowed by things looking CGI like unless the art design appeals to me as that matters far more. So I was pretty blown away buy what was shown personally, even if it isn't technically as impressive as say Hellblade or especially the flight sim game.

Hell, I spend more time looking around at the environment in something like BOTW with great art design but not great graphics technically than I do things with super realistic looking graphics but real world settings. To each their own.
 

Matsuchezz

Member
flight sim looks awesome. Can you get out of the plane and walk the fields, streets etc?
hell blade looks good! Is it the best? I doubt it. Ninja Theory is capable but they have never been a graphical power house.
 
I'd exchange all that IQ for VR.

Is Flight Sim confirmed VR? Looks fucking good.
 
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Tiamat2san

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Flight simulator looks incredible!
I don’t care about planes at all but damn I want to try it!
On X it will look great but it will really shine on series X. (And of course PC)

Hell blade 2 looks great too but it’s fantasy setting, Flight simulator is enhanced reality .
 

Romulus

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deriks

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Flight simulator looks incredible!
I don’t care about planes at all but damn I want to try it!
On X it will look great but it will really shine on series X. (And of course PC)

Hell blade 2 looks great too but it’s fantasy setting, Flight simulator is enhanced reality .
Hellblade 2 still doesn't have in-game video, just in-engine. The final result could be different, for better or worse.
 

CatLady

Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Agree with the general consensus Hellblade & Flight Sim blow everything else out of the water but I think Project Mara belongs in that elite group too. I also thought Horizon looked very nice, but it's not in the same class as those 3.

 
Call me a simpleton but I thought Returnal and Kena were the two best-looking games so far. Returnal appears to be a procedurally-generated roguelike, but with AAA graphics and full 3D landscapes. This blows my mind. Kena is supposed to be the token shitty launch platformer like Kameo or Knack or whatever, but I've watched the gameplay several times and I can't find fault with it yet. Aside from the fact that it doesn't look innovative or groundbreaking, everything else looks solid to me. The controls look responsive, the art direction is AAA, you can tell the artists are very self-aware as to the cuteness factor, and even the combat looks serviceable. My 7 year old daughter went wide-eyed when she watched the trailer.
 
Ratchet and Clank was the most impressive PS5 exclusive.
Horizon 2 was all cinematic cutscenese. So excluding it for the time being
I thought RE8 looked the best overall.
Project Aethis looked great, but is is a timed console exclusive and who knows if that game will ever see the light of day.

Some nice looking indie games.

So up to this point, i'd say RE8 and Ractchet and Clank were the two most impressive.
Like Horizon 2, Hellblade 2 has only been shown in in-engine cinematic footage.

I expect to see a lot more added to this list after the MS E3 July event. I expect Halo Infinite to fully take advantage of the XSX and be a technical stunner.

I expect Hellblade 2 to be a juggernaut tech piece along with Playgrounds new Fable and the Initiatives new project (Perfect Dark?)

Also expect a few major AAA 3rd party games like Starfield, AC Valhala, Rocksteadys new game? New Batman? The Elder Ring even?
 
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