I'm gonna give some massive mentions to Metal Gear Solid 3. As far as character models and environments are concerned. Snake looked so amazing, and certain parts of the jungle were just so lush and colorful. The did randomly skimp on the textures in certain areas though.
God of war 2 gets massive mentions as well, great use of color, crisp, clear backgrounds etc etc.
If RE didn't start the whole good graphics = brown, I'd give more mention to it. But as it stands (me only getting into the first 20 minutes of the game), RE4 = Brown. So meh.
Ninja Gaiden looked pretty damn good, another decently colorful game.
Massive props to the guy who mentioned FFXII, some DAMN FINE in-game cutscenes and character/city models.
Black of course was pretty nice as far as shooters are concerned.
From 0 to KICKASS in .stupid seconds.
