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[Oblivion]

As much as I felt disappointed, Mario Sunshine's seem to be the best I've seen on a console.

Okay, the pic doesn't do it justice, but the effects still are amazing when you see them.

 

[Error]

I like Wind Waker's, too bad you couldn't dive.

and yeah Mario Sunshine water is probably the best thing on the game.

 

[argon]

Wave Race 64

 

[BorkBork]

The cube seemed to excel at water effects for whatever reason. Pikmin + Mario Sunshine FTW.

 

[Goreomedy]

Rain in MGS2.

The Toy Shop demo has the best water effects. I can't wait to see something like that in a game.

 

[Drinky Crow]

Age of Empires 3

 

[Zerodoppler]

Waverace Blue Storm loading screen. Water that's not interactive sucks.

 

[Kroole]

Wave Race 64

Mmm..

 

[Mejilan]

I agree with Super Mario Sunshine. Blew me the fuck away. Still does.

 

[IJoel]

Kameo, hands down. Not only does it have the best looking water, but it reacts just as realistic.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I seem to remember the water in StarFox Adventures being pretty damn good. One of the few redeeming aspects of the game.

 

[Goreomedy]

I also have to give mention to the water in the new Warhawk media.

 

[Ryudo]

Crimson Skies HRTR easily.

 

[Oblivion]

Kameo, hands down. Not only does it have the best looking water, but it reacts just as realistic.

Ah, yes forgot about Kameo. It definitely did look damn good.

Same with Starfox, actually.

 

[olimario]

Pikmin 1, not 2.
I loved how the water reflected more the further you were from it. Awesome stuff.

 

[funcojoe]

Kameo

 

[The Bookerman]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

The only thing that was graphically amazing in this game.

 

[teacupcopter]

Half Life 2 had some awesome water going on.

 

[imastalker co.]

nicest looking water... hmm... there's a good amount of competetion there. Sunshine, Blue Storm, Tekken, PSO Episode II, the list goes on and on.

best water physics though, obviously go to Blue Storm, and second place goes to the original.

 

[chrysostom]

Mario Sunshine, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Pikmin. The realistic water seemed kind of out of place in Sunshine, though.

 

[Reilly]

God of War had some nice water.

 

[Andrew2]

Go play Champions of Norrath. The game has the most realistic water effects in a game ever

 

[Mr_Moogle]

The Gamecube seemed to have a lot of games with great water effects. Even Wave Race had good water effects and that was a launch title. (loved the interactive loading screen)

Honorable mentions for water effects...

-Super Mario Sunshine
-Halo and Halo 2
-Beyond Good and Evil
-LOZ: Wind Waker
-Resident Evil series (GCN)

I know theres plenty more I'm forgetting.

Can anyone tell me why the cube was so good with water effects. I read somewhere that the cube had some kind of inbuilt effects base. I could be completely wrong though.

 

[G-Fex]

Far Cry Instincts.

 

[snoopers]

HL2's water is amazing. The way it reacts to the light, its colorization depending on the ground texture, the physics... It's hard to express it in english, but man it looks so damn real !

 

[Oblivion]

The Gamecube seemed to have a lot of games with great water effects. Even Wave Race had good water effects and that was a launch title. (loved the interactive loading screen)

Honorable mentions for water effects...

-Super Mario Sunshine
-Halo and Halo 2
-Beyond Good and Evil
-LOZ: Wind Waker
-Resident Evil series (GCN)

I know theres plenty more I'm forgetting.

Can anyone tell me why the cube was so good with water effects. I read somewhere that the cube had some kind of inbuilt effects base. I could be completely wrong though.

I'm wondering myself. Maybe the awesome water abilities were why it was called Project Dolphin.

 

[Wollan]

The TGS trailer really showed it of.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Rain in MGS2.

Yes. The new Warhawk build has some crazily good water too.

 

[Dagless M.D.]

The water in REmake was amazing, puts anything else that i've seen to shame

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

It's not interactive, but the few instances you get to see water in PGR3 it looks incredibly realistic.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Kameo, hands down. Not only does it have the best looking water, but it reacts just as realistic.

Ditto. Have you tried throwing one of Chillas ice shards into a pool of water? Awesome slight splash effect!

 

[dorio]

HL2

 

[Chairman Yang]

There seem to be lots of games with great water. I wonder what the next graphical "thing" on the same scale will be--fire, maybe? I've seen very few realistic, cool-looking flame effects.

 

[Link1110]

Tiger Woods 360

 

[AirBrian]

While these screenshots do not do it justice, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader had some great looking water.

This level > *

 

[Wollan]

Though not a game but the PS3 duck/bathtub tech demo deserves to be mentioned.

 

[winter]

While these screenshots do not do it justice, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader had some great looking water.

This level > *

Looks like liquid mercury.

 

[hukasmokincaterpillar]

Yes. The new Warhawk build has some crazily good water too.

Yep, screenshots dont do it justice though, you have to see it in motion. It almost looks like there's actual physical depth and transparency to it somehow, with light realistically bouncing and reflecting within the body of water. Its on another level.

 

[civilstrife]

Wow. Those Rogue leader shots remind me how ahead of its time that game was graphically.
What games had self shadowing then? Hell, some 360 games don't have it.

 

[AndoCalrissian]

Ah, yes forgot about Kameo. It definitely did look damn good.

Same with Starfox, actually.

I personally think that Rare puts a bit too much refraction in it, though it's still good.

 

[Ramirez]

The framerate was pretty shady on that level if I recall,hehe.

 

[Stryder]

Age of Empires III and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles are the two that come to my mind.

 

[sriyantra]

PC Far Cry even a mid range graphics card - nothing comes close.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Nice picks for bodies of water. For rain water, MGS2 easily.

 

[thorns]

Although the gmae doesn't have very good graphics or isn't very technically advanced, I thought it had very good water effects...

watch the video:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_6157.shtml

 

[Deg]

How is Pacific fighters with the Nvidia SM3.0 patch?

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

Kameo was really good imo.

 

[teepo]

half-life2.

 

[FlyinJ]

Best water in a game is, hands down, Silent Hunter 3. The entire game was based around the water (rough seas blocked vision, blurred the periscope, etc)... and during a heavy storm, nothing even comes close.

Stills don't do it justice.

 

[Ryudo]

The funny thing is, when you get in a plane and see the water from so high up - it actually looks like a computer generated image.