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[stone128]

ICO (PS2)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn)

Metroid Prime (Gamecube)

Secret of Mana (SNES)

Street Fighter 3 (Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox)

Faxandu (NES)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

God of War (PS2)

Resident Evil (Gamecube)

 

[Speevy]

Is this thread exclusive to those games or can I name more?

 

[PotatoeMasher]

Yoshi's Island

 

[stone128]

You can name, but my opinion is the best.

40/60
kidding/serious

 

[LakeEarth]

I agree with the ones you suggested, with tiny disagreements. Environments on Metroid Prime were incredible, but some of the enemy design was kinda bleh. And although visually the art in 3rd Strike is amazing, I have to say I dislike the design of Gill. But Hugo makes up for it and more.

 

[Borys]

Is this thread exclusive to those games or can I name more?

Please no Psychonauts.

 

[Speevy]

Please no Psychonauts.

Although Psychonauts has absolutely fantastic art, I was thinking of DK Jungle Beat. Really cool art in that game.

 

[clearacell]

oh so very pretty

 

[Borys]

Less talking, more

 

[btutterrow]

Rez
Shadow of the Collossus
Panzer Dragoon: Orta

 

[Ranger X]

Psychonauts!!

 

[stone128]

I agree with the ones you suggested, with tiny disagreements. Environments on Metroid Prime were incredible, but some of the enemy design was kinda bleh. And although visually the art in 3rd Strike is amazing, I have to say I dislike the design of Gill. But Hugo makes up for it and more.

I'm not talking about games as a whole, I'm talking about moments in a game where you just went "...stunning." I didn't feel like capturing screens from all of these games to get the perfect shot, so I used the best I could find on the net

 

[SantaC]

I really like this pic

 

[Sapiens]

This shit blew me...AWAY!

 

[btutterrow]

I'm not talking about games as a whole, I'm talking about moments in a game where you just went "...stunning." I didn't feel like capturing screens from all of these games to get the perfect shot, so I used the best I could find on the net.

In that case: great job!!

I spent forever in the scene from ICO with the tree. I just kept rotating around it, and looking up through the branches. I also love the scene against the cliff face with the rain beating down... and the underground waterfall area.

 

[Taker666]

I know the backgrounds are pre-rendered..but those Resident Evil shots look just as good as any next-gen screens IMO.

 

[LakeEarth]

I'm not talking about games as a whole, I'm talking about moments in a game where you just went "...stunning." I didn't feel like capturing screens from all of these games to get the perfect shot, so I used the best I could find on the net

Makes sense.

 

[stone128]

In that case: great job!!

I spent forever in the scene from ICO with the tree. I just kept rotating around it, and looking up through the branches. I also love the scene against the cliff face with the rain beating down... and the underground waterfall area.

OMG... soulmate??

I did the exact same thing. The light coming trough the leaves had this sorta haze effect... absolutely beautiful. I must have spent at least 30-60 mins at that place just taking in the atmosphere. SO GOOD IT MAKES MY HEAD HURT.

 

[jett]

MGS3!

 

[ram]

 

[Ironclad]

Lots of great shots and suggestions so far in this thread. I'll throw in one of my own.

 

[funcojoe]

 

[btutterrow]

OMG... soulmate??

I did the exact same thing. The light coming trough the leaves had this sorta haze effect... absolutely beautiful. I must have spent at least 30-60 mins at that place just taking in the atmosphere. SO GOOD IT MAKES MY HEAD HURT.

Yep. I couldn't believe how real it felt. I don't care what anyone says about how techincally advanced it was, or not, or hi-res it was, or not; I just know that it reminded me of laying on the grass on a summers day staring up through a tree as the sun peeked out through the leaves. So... wonderful.

Before I ever heard of HDR, or bloom lighting, or whatever:

 

[BarneyBP]

For some reason, this scene always stuck with me. I haven't been able to shake it.

Monkey Island should have never gone 3D

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

A lot of Sega Saturn games had really nice art direction, I think. With some better 3D capable hardware, they could look breathtaking.

 

[joaomgcd]

kidding

 

[Solid]

 

[Kandinsky]

Some random screens....

 

[terrene]

Despite being my least fave PSX Final Fantasy, gotta give the nod to FF9:

 

[btutterrow]

Nice nod to ZOE 2 (one of the most beautiful games ever made).

Also, Final Fantasy XI, despite being one of the biggest wastes of time on this planet, has an amazing artistic touch to all the areas. The most beautiful MMORPG of them all, imo, even running on a low-end PC or a PS2.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[mr_sockochris]

 

[impirius]

Anyone have a shot of the Diner?

 

[lyre]

The handdrawn art for this game is so awesome:

Spoiler

hello there sexy ...

And also, the best character (and friends) EVER!!

And NEVER FORGET:

 

[EviLore]

 

[Soul4ger]

I like this thread a lot.

 

[element]

i

klonoa

EveOnline looks badass!

 

[Soul4ger]

 

[Reilly]

huh, thought Okami would have been posted by now...

 

[ronito]

KAMEO!!!....oh wait...wrong thread

 

[Jonnyram]

Played Direct Assault twice this week, as it happens.

 

[Zaptruder]

I don't know what it is... but this image is so lonely and desolate... it's beautiful in its own way.

 

[Ben Sones]

Morrowind:

The Longest Journey:

Disciples 2:

Otogi:

Fatal Frame 2:

Any Blizzard game.

 

[Soul4ger]

Otogi:

OOOOOH, good one.

 

[Idioteque]

 

[Companion Cube]

I remember that one. Aaah those were better days.

 

[Tiktaalik]

Absolutely YES!
Minish Cap has beautiful 2D art and is probably one of the prettiest GBA games. I hope all future top down view Zelda games have the same art style.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Silent Hill 2 and 3

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VIII

Chrono Cross

Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness

 

[Soul4ger]

Chrono Cross

Slash sez:

NO!

 

[Tarazet]

This thread would be easier if Gamespot's new website wasn't broken.

SaGa Frontier II was a pretty drab game, but the water-colored art was really eye-catching and memorable.