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[TreasureHunterG]

LIMBO

Shadow of the Colossus

ICO

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Zelda: The Wind Waker

Super Metroid

Final Fantasy VI

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

 

[keit4]

Castlevania: Lord of Shadows

El Shaddai

Bastion

 

[Lavalamp1138]

Bastion

Tales of Vesperia

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

 

[ganbareneopokekun]

the Panzer Dragoon series!

!

 

[Heart of Black]

killer7

 

[xHAASx]

BioShock.

 

[RustyNails]

Prince of Persia 2008

Too bad the game sucked ass. I want my PoP reboot.

 

[dethforce]

 

[Keyser Soze]

Recently. Alice Madness Returns. Played that for it's art direction, got bored with the combat quickly, but kept going for the visuals

 

[Venfayth]

Came to post this. The sprites, backgrounds, animation, all are amazingly fluid and detailed.

For newer gen:

Dark Souls

 

[SOME-MIST]

odin sphere
muramasa: the demon blade
the whispered world

el shaddai
okami
bastion
the dream machine

machinarium
rayman origins
sly cooper series

a lot of those are among my favorite games too

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Dark Souls - especially Anor Londo and the top of Sen's Fortress. Won't post pictures due to spoilers though.

TWEWY

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Wipeout Series
Super Mario Galaxy series
Jet Set Radio series

 

[Gustav]

To this day Half-Life 2 is the most beautiful game I have ever played.

 

[dancrane212]

Castlevania: Lord of Shadows

Completely agree. The jungle setting really stood out to me.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Ni no Kuni

 

[TreasureHunterG]

okami

How could I forgot this.

BioShock.

This too.

 

[Sayah]

Valkyria Chronicles

Tales of Symphonia

Borderlands

Red Steel 2

 

[delta25]

pretty much any Nintendo game ever made

 

[Dusk Golem]

Eternal Sonata and Fragile Dreams needs mention.

Eternal Sonata (360/PS3):

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Wii):

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Panzer Dragoon series. Mentioned above.
Assassin's Creed series

 

[Data West]

No Witcher? What are you people doing?

 

[Kubisa]

Dark Souls, specifically for Ash Lake, a truly haunting place thanks to the use of color, sound and empty space.

 

[JaseC]

Nice to see I was beaten to Alice.

Another game that instantly comes to mind is Portal 2, but I'd rather not post the images I'm tempted to as they'll spoil a significant portion of the game, so have this instead:



Additionally, I love the sleek, almost institutional look of the triple lasers test chamber:



Both images link to their respective original sizes.

I'm also going to cheat and say, "pretty much every Valve game".

Edit: For those wondering - and don't unmask this if you've yet to play the game - I wanted to post

Spoiler

a bunch of images from the various sections of yesteryear Aperture Science

.

 

[Gully State]

No Witcher? What are you people doing?

Was just about to say "Witcher 2."

 

[The Lamonster]

At work so I can't post screens, but:

World of Warcraft
Skyrim
Wind Waker
Halo Reach

 

[noobasuar]

Okami without a doubt.

 

[Riposte]

Limbo has like no art direction. Dirty the other beautiful games in the OP with it.

 

[daedalius]

Apparently I need to get Dark Souls, looks about my speed for visuals I like.

I like Darksiders, even though it is ridiculous and over the top (which is totally the kind of art I enjoy).

 

[AngryChinchilla]

Mirror's Edge, where realism meets color.

 

[Takao]

Gravity Rush

 

[xHAASx]

To this day Half-Life 2 is the most beautiful game I have ever played.

HL2 was eery...

 

[Horns]

Zelda: The Wind Waker - It has already been mentioned, but it was my first thought:

GTA IV - I know GAF doesn't always love the game, but the art direction was amazing.

 

[JaseC]

HL2 was eery...

Precisely the point.

 

[Venfayth]

Mirror's Edge, where realism meets color.

*snipped images*

I find myself wondering if there was an artistic vision for Mirror's Edge that made it superb, or if they stumbled into brilliance after realizing how profound their "use color to point the way" scheme ended up being.

Not trying to knock them at all; Mirror's Edge was absolutely breathtaking in a surreal kind of way.

 

[Maleficence]

I love all of these in this thread, but is it really bad to say Uncharted 2 and 3? Yes they're realistic but the art design is beautiful!

I know the series has it's haters but it's art design is difficult to fault.

 

[RawPower]

Besides the ones that have already been mentioned...

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask
Metroid Prime
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Rayman (all of them)
Mischief Makers
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon/Goemon's Great Adventure
Earthbound
Valkyrie Profile
Katamari Damacy
Little King's Story
Almost anything from Rare

I love this thread already. Total eyegasm.

 

[TreasureHunterG]

Lost in Shadow

Starcraft

 

[AussieGamer]

Red Dead Redemption

amazing

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

What's with all the "list" threads today?

Anyways, I'd say Metroid Prime, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Bayonetta are ones that pop up in my head.

 

[JimboJones]

Final Fantasy - The 4 Heros of Light

http://youtu.be/nVYasHsudQE

 

[tycoonheart]

I remember seeing Day of the Tentacle for the first time when it came out and being floored at how good the game looked.

 

[realalbedo]

Folklore

 

[pakkit]

cntrl-f enslaved

c'mon son.

 

[Zoibie]

Prince of Persia 2008

http://i.imgur.com/Dz9C3.jpg[IMG]

Too bad the game sucked ass. I want my PoP reboot.[/QUOTE]

A sequel with better combat, better characters and harder difficulty and would be my dream game. I want to go back to that world so badly.

 

[KageMaru]

Muramasa: the demon blade was the first game to come to mind.

Also:

-Uncharted 2
-Demons/Dark Souls
-Panzer Dragoon series
-Tales of Vesperia
-Dragons Crown
-ICO/SotC
-Halo 3

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

Okami.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Final Fantasy VIII's art direction is my overall favorite for the whole series

although a remake of FFVI using an Amano designed steampunk/NeoVictorian style would likely top it.

 

[Gustav]

Hotel Dusk - Room 215 had a great style. The overall quality was pretty inconsistent though.

 

[RawPower]

I can't believe I forgot Bomberman Generations, Pikmin, Skyward Sword, and the Super Mario Galaxy series.