Games that were graphically well ahead of their time

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KratosLives said:

curl-6 said:

Technically its not even close, Crysis easily surpassed Uncharted 1 in foliage, complexity, scale, and detail.

UC1 was the best looking game on console when it released, but Crysis wasn't held back by console hardware.

I played both, and found uncharted had more varied environments and overall was more visually pleasing. I also liked the water more. Crysis may seem photo realistic, but a lot of the foilage seemed recycled and upclose the detail wasn't great, almost generic. Some aliasing and texture detail lacking. Also explosion effects were ok. Crysis also used motion blur and depth of field to hide a lot of trees and foilage in the back.  I feel like uncharted did a better job conveying that island feel. It felt more organic overall.Maybe it was more tropical island but foilage and stuff had that wet darker look, so me it felt more real looking. The greens had a pop to it and had different levels.  Also when you get to the caves or the chapel, shadows lighting and texture detail felt real. The game floored me more than crysis and was the best looking game till uncharted 2 then 3.

I played both as well, and while it's a legitimate opinion to prefer the art direction of Uncharted, Crysis is technically superior.

As Pemalite mentioned, it used a lot of more advanced effects, and the level of detail and complexity is just massively greater in Crysis.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 07 October 2020