SvennoJ said:
WagnerPaiva said:
brendude13 said:
Try and specify that you're talking about graphics, instead of just implying it, because people are going to intentionally twist the criteria of your question.
Anyway, without a doubt it would have to be Killzone Shadowfall for me. That scene where you're descending into the city on the helicopter blows everything else I've seen out of the water. A lot of games have looked impressive in a small Youtube window, but have disappointed when they're ballooned up on the big screen. This game did not. |
Could be graphics, but, you know, I am thinking about that weird next gen feeling, like when a kid that had a NES plays F-Zero for the first time.
Or a kid that had a PSOne plays Silent Hill 2, do you get it?
That WOW feeling of a new gen that begins.
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The first few levels of KZ:SF certainly had that WOW feeling. Playing that on a 1080p projector with 5.1 surround system was a new high point. From the awesome fly over, to descending in the forest, to the MADDER realistic sound behaviour. It all looks and sounds much better than any preview video or screenshots could show. The next-gen lighting sets it apart. A couple of these drones flying around in the spaceship level had it's own wow factor:
Too bad there weren't more dead space like levels. That ship level was one of my favorites with excellent music as well.
Maybe you have become a bit jaded? When I first got into gaming everything was still fresh and new. However I didn't think much of F-Zero by that time since I had played Wipeout from the first release on pc. Which was a nice new direction, yet I had had smooth fast racing since Indianapolis 500 in '89. Silent hill 2, great game, Alone in the dark wowed me before that. Maybe I had become jaded a lot earlier and have since been enjoying the steady pace of incremental improvements.
Every gen still has plenty true 'next-gen' wow moments, not much from first year releases though. The way online is handled in Dark Souls and Journey were the biggest highlights for me last gen. There's still a chance the cloud is actually going to do something useful with living evolving online worlds. And VR is coming, a dream since the 80's.
Although the ps3 folded to it's hearts content, a new gen isn't going to solve cancer :) There's plenty to enjoy anyway. I already have a gen 8 backlog, overshadowing my gen 7 backlog, which has burried my gen 6 backlog :/
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Yes, I never had a PC as a kid and teenager, so every new console was a wow. I still don´t own a gaming PC, so Dead Rising 3, Infamous and Killzone SF made me feel that WOW again.
Funny thing: the latest WOW feeling I had in gaming was the bobsled game in WiiFit U, with the balance board. Felt like a crazy arcade game, a whole body simulation. Crazy fun.
(these people in the picture are not me)
