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Nate4Drake on 07 April 2019

Soulcalibur on DreamCast was really impressive, best Graphics of the 20th century for me.



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Conina on 07 April 2019

Links LS 2000 (released in September 1999) also was quite pretty and had detailed fauna and character models:



The_Liquid_Laser on 07 April 2019

Dragon's Lair.



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HylianSwordsman on 07 April 2019

Best looking is pretty subjective. Personally, I still think DKC2 looks amazing today. It's aged better than any of the other examples presented here, aside from the other sprite based examples maybe. In terms of 3D graphics, probably Soul Calibur on Dreamcast for character models and Unreal Tournament for environments.



Cerebralbore101 on 07 April 2019

Probably a Neo Geo game, or a 2D PS1 title. Early 3D has nothing on perfected 2D spritework.



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mjk45 on 07 April 2019

Outcast , open world with raycasting and polygon engine, dof reflective rippling , translucent water, particle effects and everyone's favourite bloom and lens flare.

there was a claymation game who's name I can't recall the  gameplay wasn't great but it looked good, also the already mentioned soul calibur and Shenmue.

Edit. forgot MDK .

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Lryu222 on 07 April 2019

Shenmue?



SvennoJ on 07 April 2019

Riven, released 1997






SvennoJ on 07 April 2019
mjk45 said:

Outcast , open world with raycasting and polygon engine, dof reflective rippling , translucent water, particle effects and everyone's favourite bloom and lens flare.

there was a claymation game who's name I can't recall the  gameplay wasn't great but it looked good, also the already mentioned soul calibur and Shenmue.

Edit. forgot MDK .

Do you mean The Neverhood?


Heart of darkness was very good looking as well







Doctor_MG on 07 April 2019

If you can include Dreamcast then I'll probably say Dead Or Alive 2. Otherwise, my vote goes to Paper Mario. Aside from the resolution, the game still looks great. Incredibly stylized.