Best graphics from 7th gen

[RaptorChrist]

I'll do 7th and 8th gen, and whatever Switch is:

7th: Without having given it much thought, my pick goes for The Last of Us. I own PS3 and PS4 versions of this game, and I haven't played the PS3 version for as long as I've owned the PS4 version, so it's possible my memory is flawed, but all of the 7th/8th gen Naughty Dog games were bleeding edge examples of how to best use the hardware at the time. For Wii, I recently played and beat both Mario Galaxy games, the full Metroid Prime Trilogy, and almost finished Skyward Sword (twice), and I think my pick goes to Skyward Sword.

Going into 8th gen, my pick may be for Death Stranding or perhaps Detroit. Red Dead 2 looks great, but it has a lot of visual bugs even still today. I played it again last week to try out the online and I was still having weird issues with my character being lit up from a light source that didn't seem right (and the textures aren't always high res on PS4 Pro at least). Red Dead 2 has such a realistic, massive, open-world area to explore, and the attention to detail is next-level, but best looking game I don't think fits it. There are a lot of really good-looking PS4 games (God of War and Horizon should also be mentioned).

On the Switch (and even on the Wii U), I've always been impressed how Mario Kart 8 runs at 60 FPS 1080p given the detail in pretty much every single one of the tracks, and the number of models on screen at a time. If you want your mind blown, check out the episode of Boundary Break on YT, where they use a hack that allows them to freely control the camera and view the tracks from any angle and distance they like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1f6jMMu5U