Is this now the best looking game on PC?

[Haunted]

Comparing with Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077 and etc regarded as best looking games on PC.

[Kitsune]

Battlefield 1 looks better, Doom 2016 and Eternal both look way better, RDR2 looks better, Forza Horizon 4&5, etc... Ever played a single good looking game apart from this one op?

[GameBunny77]

RDR 2 is possibly the best looking PC game so far I have seen and played. but this one is a great looking game in it's own right no doubt.

[🆃🆁🅰🅽🅲🅴🆁☑]

NO

[GodKilla-]

Graphics are limited by what the game does, a RDR got the benefit of having much less active, animated entities in the world than say GTA or Cyberpunk where there's hundrets of neon lights, cars, pedestrians etc in every scene.
Sony typically creates very cinematic, story driven games that are in fact semi-linear at the cost of a full open world you therefor dont need any background simulations for 'organic' traffic patterns, 'AI' pedestrians etc the processing power that's saved can be put into better graphics.
Resident Evil are good examples, they spare anything really open world or actual inventory/crafting management and can show off fantastic graphics, RE 2/3/8.
That's why you shouldn't just compare the graphics of games, but need to see them as a whole.
Why do the units in Total War not look as good as in Metro Exodus? Because its thousands of them, cant compare.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2719642103

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2716365328

[Strangepowers]

Cyberpunk wut? lol

[321-]

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Cyberpunk wut? lol

Yes. Look here: https://imgur.com/a/oQRbYQ1

Though i guess its a bit understandable when the game can only be maxed on a 3080 or 90. People who played it on consoles or on older hardware cant know how the game actually looks like.

[NairBoT]

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Publicado originalmente por C0|_|NTZ3R0:

Cyberpunk wut? lol

Yes. Look here: https://imgur.com/a/oQRbYQ1

Though i guess its a bit understandable when the game can only be maxed on a 3080 or 90. People who played it on consoles or on older hardware cant know how the game actually looks like.

Those pictures don't look good to me.
Lifeless and empty on most of them.

[ZonerRoamer]

Not really. It looks good but lots of low res textures and foliage looks decidely last gen.

Also water looks quite bad most of the time; especially large bodies of water.

It is a PS4 game after all; no magic will suddenly make it the best looking game.

Metro Exodus Enhanced, Control, Cyberpunk 2077 all look better. Even modded Skyrim looks better; but that is of course extremely performance heavy.

[ZonerRoamer]

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RDR 2 is possibly the best looking PC game so far I have seen and played. but this one is a great looking game in it's own right no doubt.

RDR has amazing environments; but the character models especially hair let the game down. Overall great looking game though.

[Behelit]

Playing on 2k ultra. There's games with way higher graphical fidelity. Doesn't make this game ugly in the slightest tho. At the end of the line it is wonderful to look at. It is beautiful enough to be amazed and immersed.

Best looking game I've played is hands down Cyberpunk. Gotta have some beef in ur pc for it to shine tho. RDR2 also beautiful. Cyberpunk wins the cake easily atm tho (atleast from the games in my library).

[The Commendatore]

I'd argue games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Metro: Exodus look much better graphically.

[Mosh]

Uncharted 4 is still the best looking game of all time. https://imgur.com/a/Aapulbc
But yeah, on PC God of War is now the best looking. I expect God of War 2 to top
Uncharted 4.

[SaLaĐiN]

If you think this is the best looking game, you must be blind. Even older Crysis 2 and 3 look better.

Not to mention, it is a TPS game, due to the distance from the camera, the game looks completely different in TPS than in FPS mode.

Just compare RDR2 in TPS mode when everything looks nice and once you switch to the FPS mode, textures are low res, models are low poly etc.

[meowlo]

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On a technical level you have to admit Metro Exodus Enhanced pushed DLSS and Ray-tracing (specifically GI and bounce lighting) beyond anything that came before it. Its aesthetic and visual design pails in comparison to GOW, but MEE is also a technical milestone in PC graphics history that will resonate for a long time to come.

But yeah, on the whole, God of War is a better looking game -- thought technically it fells short.

lol "pales" in comparison, it's a bad comparison.

Metro is a tunnel simulator, it's not doing much. They can bump the textures and lighting but it's not that impressive.

I'm impressed by what Sony and Microsoft do on a bigger scale and still manage to have the best animated characters in the industry. IMO that makes a game "better looking" and even more "realistic".

Art direction wise GOW wipes the floor with Metro EE, no argument there. However, Exodus also has the best lighting of any video game, hands down, easily setting a new milestone when it comes to PC graphics. You can't deny that.

Mostly though I agree with you. God of War is a work of art, even if it's not the most technically innovative release in 2022. The sheer scope of the world, the characters, environments -- it's a beautiful game, and might be the best at mind-blowing settings featuring a sense of scale that leaves you in awe.

Also, graphics aren't just about the visuals. Playing GOW at 120fps (had to cap it there for the best latency) adds so much fluidity and depth to the combat system, which was already extremely satisfying to begin with. Getting games to run FAST is just praiseworthy as making a game look good, in my opinion.

[SaLaĐiN]

Publicado originalmente por Mosh:

Uncharted 4 is still the best looking game of all time. https://imgur.com/a/Aapulbc
But yeah, on PC God of War is now the best looking. I expect God of War 2 to top
Uncharted 4.

Lol at those low poly models and square shaped toilet instead of being curved.

Best looking game of all time my ass.

Jesus christ, those technically inept console fanboys.