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25 Most Visually Appealing Games of 2013

Time, moving quickly as it always does at this time of the year, has left me in a bit of a daze. It barely feels like yesterday that 2012 was rolling around, and now 2013 is just around the corner; beckoning in yet another six month period where I will consistently fill out the year part of dates on forms incorrectly. 2013 won't be all about mistaking the date though, as graphics and processing power are set to improve, as they always do with time. Whilst we get old and decay, PCs and consoles only get better, meaning that we'll have some of the best looking games yet gracing our doorsteps in the coming months. We've lined up 25 of the best for your perusal."

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jc485734166d ago

not many people give a damn about Lost Planet 3

JsonHenry4166d ago

FAIL list. Put in Starcraft 2 expansion with its cartoony GFX but no mention of the Frostbite 2.0 Command and Conquer Generals 2 being released next year? Lawls!

Allsystemgamer4166d ago

At called art style. Read up on it. I guess borderlands looks bad to you huh?

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4166d ago (Edited 4166d ago )

so if something is cartoony it's not visually appealing?

http://images.vg247.com/cur...

Command and Conquer Generals 2 to bad it's a f2p by EA. Game over..

piroh4165d ago

Beyond
Last of Us
GOW ascension
Last Guardian

in no specific order

ABizzel14165d ago

I love borderlands, but it's a bad example to use for proving cell shade is "visually appealing".

Not to mention You never see the game at that angel, when you're playing it. Try these instead.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r...
http://images.pcworld.com/i...
http://www.areagames.de/ima...
http://www.newgamenetwork.c...
http://gamingirresponsibly....
http://www.blogcdn.com/www....
http://cdn2.steampowered.co...
http://www.ironmanmode.com/...

And there's so much more. If that doesn't do it for you then nothing will.

Ezz20134165d ago

my list for Most Visually Appealing Games would be in order :

pc list :
BF4
Watch Dogs
starwars 1313
metro: last light
crysis 3

consoles list in order :
the last of us
god of war ascension
beyond two souls
bioshock
MGS:GZ
tomb rider
Grand Theft Auto 5
gears of war J

Roccetarius4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

No one has faith in C&C Generals 2 anyways.

ABizzel14164d ago

Lol at all the disagrees. Those are games that don't rely on heavy processing and rending, but instead unique art style.

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ATi_Elite4166d ago

Project CARS
Command and Conquer Generals 2
Firefall
Total War: Rome 2

ALL should be on the list!

I have No clue how Starcraft 2 Heart of The Swarm made the list. Sure it has some nicely detailed units and a large amount of on screen units but Total War: Rome 2 flatout DESTROYS Starcraft 2 as far as Graphics!

Firefall is a the Best looking Cell Shaded game EVER. It makes Borderlands 2 PC look like CRAP!

Command and Conquer Generals 2 is on the Frostbite 2 engine and it will look PRETTY and play like CRAP....Thanks EA for once AGAIN screwing up a great series.

Project CARS kills every Racer as far as Graphics....and u can maybe even say Gameplay too and yes I 've been playing the ALPHA version and in it's ALPHA state P.C. is dam good!

PinkFunk4165d ago

Dayum. I've not really checked up on PC games in some time. Used to be a CS 1.3-1.6 player, then went to PS3. Love my PS3 exclusives.

But watching Firefall, Total War Rome 2, and Metro Last Light recently makes me really uh, whoa.

PC gaming has come a long way...

Jazz41084165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

Piroh.. thats a perfect list for the sony lover. Should go over great on n4g.

Freak of Nature4165d ago

I will agree that Project cars looks fantastic! And still not totally polished.

Lost planet 3 also does look very good to great. as for the gameplay that is still up in the air for me.

I think the best lookers at this time keeping in mind there is still time for extra polish....

Not in order...

Watch Dogs
starwars 1313
metro: last light
crysis 3
BF4

consoles list not in order :

the last of us
god of war ascension
Grid 2
MGS:GZ
tomb raider
gears of war J

I think that **Media Molecule** with there new IP could be something extra special. We should be hearing more on the system Ps3 pr Ps4 soon, but I get a strong feeling it will be Ps4, to get it going in the fast lane fast.

I am surprised I don't see any mention of *Rayman legends*?

I also wonder about the next gen, any new yet to be seen IP's?

The **last guardian and Beyond good and evil 2** should be showing us something this year, but are both beyond 2013 I am guessing...

IAmLee4166d ago

WHY MUST THEY SPREAD IT OUT ACROSS SO MANY PAGES!

BISHOP-BRASIL4165d ago

Why must you type in caps lock? LOL

More pages demand more clicks. More clicks generate more ad money.

EddieNX 4165d ago

Resident evil revelations and Kid icarus uprising. The 2 most visualy appealing games of 2012. Nuff said....

charted4165d ago

You guys are crazy to leave out Metro: Last Light from your lists. It's gonna be good.

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MikeMyers4166d ago

Get a decent graphics card and you can make a lot of games visually appealing.

Walker4166d ago

The Last of Us Looks fantastic for current gen !

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hilmart4166d ago

Isn't this just a list of games that are scheduled for 2013?
Some of this games haven't had a single screenshot released, like Battlefield 4.

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All Hopes I Had For A Prey Sequel Have Been Crushed — Well Done, Microsoft

The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.

RaidenBlack23h ago

well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3

MrBaskerville4h ago

But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.

-Foxtrot22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Not even this Prey

Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy

The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.

RaidenBlack17h ago

MS closed Roundhouse Studios (ex-Human Head Studios) as well

Yui_Suzumiya6h ago

Yeah, that's who was going to do the original sequel.

isarai14h ago

Came here to say this, my hooes for a Prey sequel died when this "Prey" came out

Profchaos5h ago

Prey 2017 still hurts to play because what could have been looked so incredible

Profchaos5h ago

Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got

FinalFantasyFanatic24m ago

I really didn't like this game, tried it because of how loved the original Prey was, played the demo of this one and thought it was garbage, it didn't feel nice/fun to play.

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LostPotato22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.

Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.

RaidenBlack17h ago

lol, Deathloop came from Prey: Mooncrash idea

Unknown_Gamer57946h ago

To everyone who cheered MS’s acquisitions, we told you so…

Inverno5h ago

Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.

MrBaskerville4h ago

Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.

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Helldivers 2 Star Wars Mod Looks Pretty Insane

Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.

LordoftheCritics1d 10h ago

Finally some interesting skins

thejigisup8h ago

To you. What makes them interesting?

repsahj6h ago

This is the reason they cancel the psn link.

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Would It Have Even Mattered If Redfall Were Good?

Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.

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Profchaos10h ago

Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.

There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life

jwillj2k410h ago

No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.

Profchaos1h ago

Pretty much no game in Bethesda stables makes cod numbers instantly even fallout 4 Bethesda's best selling game sold 12 million at launch and over the next 10 years climbed to over 32 which cod would do rapidly

CrimsonWing6910h ago

I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’

franwex9h ago

Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.

Exvalos9h ago

No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.

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