Top 5 - Best Console Graphics

Badassgamerblog:"Welcome to my top 5 best Graphics list, I'm sure you'll agree that on average, most games now look quite incredible, however I'm sure you'll agree - these chosen games push the boat that much farther, with graphics that have bewildered us no end."

[D4RkNIKON]

Awesome article. I can't wait to see what Guerilla does next! I also hope to see other games that use the Killzone 2 engine. Why is it so hard for 360 fans to see that there is a good reason to own a PS3? 4 of the 5 games are on PS3 while 2 are 360. Good to see that they did include Gears 2 on the list.

[Deadman64]

Because graphics make a game and everything.

[Serg]

@Deadman64: Yep, graphics are everything, didn't you know? Google Ghostbusters to see why the 360 version is mountains better than the PS3 version, according to 360 fanboys anyway. Reviewers generally disagree, but what do they know!

[Downtown boogey]

has only it's graphics... Nothing else, I'm afraid.
Still Platinum'd it tho!!

[Szarky]

"Still Platinum'd it tho!!"

You played a game you didn't really think had much going for it other than graphics to the point of getting a platinum? Wow. When I'm not into a game I stop playing it. Beat K2 on hard and that was enough for me. Wouldn't have wanted to play it again.

[specialguest]

KZ2 presentation as a whole is what sets it apart graphically from other console games. The texture may not be as sharp and high res as Cyrsis, but it's everything else that kicks ass, from the environmental and atmospheric effects to the lighting. The attention to detail is phenomenal. There were scenes in the game where I had to just stop and admire the scenery in awe.

[Name Last Name]

lol pwnage

[theEnemy]

I don't even think you have a PS3.

it was nice you Platinum'd it tho!

[WIIIS1]

This "article" only started to make sense when I realized it was nothing more than a PS3 fanboy blog.

[Downtown boogey]

Add PSN: Noobli and I'll show you

[cRaZyLeGs 93]

No GT5P? WTF?

[HeavyInfamous]

and on the most part I agree with the list. KZ2 is defo still tops, till Uncharted 2 at least.

[lordgodalming]

It is a good list, I agree with you there. But the "nicely written" part...This is one of the absolute worst written features I've seen on a gaming site, and that's saying something. Some translated pages make better use of English punctuation than this writer. His paragraph about MGS4 is a single sentence.

Grammar-douche out.

[jmare]

Actually, the MGS4 paragraph is two sentences. I think the author got the comma and period keys mixed up.

[lordgodalming]

"I think the author got the comma and period keys mixed up."

FAIL. (The writer, not you.)

[PS360DS]

I agree, too many great looking PS3 exclusive, hard to really make a list, but I definitely agree with Uncharted and KZ2's positions respectively.

[theEnemy]

MGS4 should be #2 IMO.

But great looking games indeed. ;D

[jams_shop]

the top three are PS3 exclusive no surprise there

[Foxgod]

meh, dont agree with the top 3.

[GWAVE]

That's fine if you disagree, but then you should name three other games that look better.

[YogiBear]

I wonder why that is?

[DaTruth]

Guess you agree that #5 deserves 5th on the list!

[Boody-Bandit]

but then again I am a gamer that only cares about what I like and I'm not influenced or affected in any way by what the media or bloggers think.

If you think this list isn't appealing then make your own list and show us what you feel are the top 5 best looking games on the "consoles".

[cereal_killa]

meh, dont agree with the top 3.

Nooooooooooooooooooo really never would have thought coming from you!!!

[Tarasque]

Don't agree either, if you are going to judge graphics then it needs to be judged ontechnical merits also. If a game doesnt have realtime shadows then it should be docked for it, if a game has major screen tearing then it should be docked for it. Just cause this site is 98% complete Sony fanboys doesn't mean i am going to join the circle jerk with you guys and agree.

[Boody-Bandit]

Then what is your top 5?

I think it's a good list and I'm not a fanboy of any console but just a gamer. Again, what games do you think look better than what is listed?

[Gun_Senshi]

Gears 2?

RE5? The enviroment is so DEAD!

[ShabzS]

actually gears 2 looks pretty good in motion ... although i would have replaced re 5 with maybe dead space ...

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[Downtown boogey]

RE5 looks suprisingly good! Animations and textures are top-notch!

[ShabzS]

arrite arrite...calm down.. its just an opinion

[likedamaster]

I'm a be honest, RE5 and Dead Space both looked really good. Gears 2 looked the best though. My personal opinion.

[BYE]

Where's GT: Prologue?

[callahan09]

It's an OK list. Don't really care though, since it's clearly only considering horsepower: polygons, lighting, etc. Art direction was obviously not a factor in their decisions. Not that these 5 games have poor art direction, but none of those 5 would be in my top 5 if I was considering the overall visual appeal in games as opposed to what looks like it pushes the hardware the furthest. I think Folklore & Valkyria Chronicles are in a tie for what I'd call the two most beautiful games to look at of this generation.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Yup even if you just took these five and considered art direction the order would change because Uncharted's art direction is much better than Killzone 2's. It's probably the best art direction out of the five listed.

[Serg]

Spoony: Well it depends, I like the visuals of Killzone 2 more than the colorfest that is Uncharted (I'm not downplaying it, looks great), I just prefer the darker look more I guess.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Don't forget Eternal Sonata, visually outstanding.

[Socomer 1979]

Check it out. Beautiful !

[xabmol]

Don't like it. Never gonna buy it. But, whole, E, crap, it looks friggin gorgeous!!

[Immortal Kaim]

Not a bad list, but 'news'...Really?

[Lets-Game]

resident evil and gears should be replaced by gow3 ff

[jmare]

The list covers games already released, not games that are in production. Otherwise none of these games would be on this list, except maybe Killzone 2.

[jmare]

And soon there wil be screams of bias from the 360 fanboys and statements of how the list is bullshit and from the PS3 side there will be cries of, "No sh1t, we knew the PS3 was the best already!"

People will twist this however they see fit, but the list is fairly accurate in my opinion, but you could debate the graphical quality of a lot of games and say they are the best.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

It looks horrible!!! Looks like a ChatBox 360 only game!!! :-/
(Good game tho i thought, apart from the strange controls)

+
My All Console top 5 are -

1.KZ2
2.MGS4
3.Uncharted
4.GT5:Prologue
5.LBP;)

Oh NO ChatBox 360 game... ;-D

[ZOMBIEMAN1]

are you blind RE5 looks amazing and a serious contender for best looking game of 2009 ( but Uncharted 2 will win )

[eagle21]

That's the list! :)

[El Botto]

Are there any destructible environments in RE5?

Where's the bullet hit and response?
Where are the dynamic lightsources?
The real time ray tracing?

RE5 is filled with low res, 2d models like grassprites, bland environment, low texture backgrounds.

The ONLY thing that stands out in RE5, are the highly detailed characters.

Gears 2 shouldnt even be on the list. Even the characters are low polygon models in gears 2.

Lens of truth compared gears 2 with Uncharted 1 and the results speak for themselves. Dont get me wrong, gears 2 looks good. But compared to Uncharted 1, its looks fckly and outdated.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Is Killzone 2 really a step above everything else in graphics? I will be completely honest and say that I've only seen it on my computer monitor, so I don't know. On the computer monitor it looks impressive, but there are other games that look almost or just as good. My monitor is 1440 X 900 resolution.

I have played both MGS4 and RE5 on a 1080P HDTV, and I think RE5 looks a little bit better.

Has anyone ever played The Darkness? I'm not saying it belongs on the list, but I think that game gets overlooked in the great graphics department. I would put the background of that game up against just about anything as far as looking realistic goes.

In a few months from now, you will be able to add Alan Wake and the new Splinter Cell to this list.

[Dude420]

Seriously, why was it necessary to put a "Top 5 - Best Console Graphics"? We've already seen the games so we can judge for ourselves. Articles like these bring nothing but flamebait and hits to this site.

I'll admit I did hit the link to see what HIS top 5 were, so I am kind of guilty lol. By the way I would replace Gears 2 with Mass Effect.

[badbond1]

1. MGS4
2. Killzone 2
3. Uncharted
4. GT5 P
5. Resident Evil 5

Hmm.... All (but one) seem to be on one particular system...

[Deadman64]

lol you say that as if you both aren't bias.

It's cool tho.

[badbond1]

are great looking games, however the reason MGS4 get #1 in my book is because of the in game fighting scenes against bosses and how fluid it was. The graphics are great and it really feels like you are playing in a movie. Resident evil 5, which I have just bought, is very good, but it is not as smooth graphically compared to MGS4, nor Killzone 2, nor Uncharted. It is in my top 5 however!

[GEESE]

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[JonnyBigBoss]

I agree with the article, but Uncharted and Killzone 2 can be switched around. Amazing graphics.

[Kinetix]

Damn I love video games...

Good list,however, I would replace RE5 with something else.

[xabmol]

RE5 looked great. I just wish the gameplay was as good as the graphics. >_>

[Snatcher]

Blasting some melons never get's old.

[ShabzS]

dead space ? even mirrors edge maybe ?

[TheBand1t]

Protip: Dead Space > RE5

[Snatcher]

Dead Space is scary, but Resident Evil 5 is more fun, and has replay value compared to Dead Space.

[TheHater]

I agree. Dead Space is way better than RE5.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Without a doubt. I found RE5 hard to even finish because my motivation was minimum. Dead Space is scarier and has the better gameplay. Shame it doesn't have co-op.

[DaTruth]

Dead Space was pretty claustrophobic; Easy to make good graphics in a 9x4 hallway! Resident Evil was a little more open and colourful. I thought Resident Evil looked good but I felt like a thousand pound man in the demo. I might pick it up at a lower price for the summer games break(no good games releasing this summer).

[Kinetix]

It was great, but not top 5 great.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

haha 3 ps3 exclusives and one multiplatform and one xbox 360 exclusive

[Jamaicangmr]

I know they wanted to seem politically correct and please both sides but the lack of GT5 on that list is a joke. RE5 is a place holder to me as it's multiplatform.

1. KZ2.... No questions there.
2. Uncharted.....This ones another no brainer.
3. MGS4......... Is anyone even questioning this?
4. GT5:p........ Why they overlooked this one & not RE5 is beyond me.
5. Gears 2.......This is an exceptionally beautiful gave and i feel has earned it's place at number 5.

[DevastationEve]

because racing games while beautiful and awesome to play get are still just racing games. you run around in a circle oval figure eight or whatever else have you...it's going to be easy to mark those cars up a few notches in graphics since you're going to be seeing those same trees quite a few times.

;)

[Bloodshedder]

wow, i think i bumped my head... cuz this list looks to good to be true!

[yorkie]

Wow I can't believe some one said Uncharted shouldn't be on the list while a game engine with no games made on it should be included. No doubting though a list like this is always subjective but if you've played Killzone 2 then you gotta admit graphically it is head and shoulders above all other console games. The lighting and effects are just outstanding, particle effects that interact with other on screen objects, smooth animations and real time ray tracing, that is not present in any other console game as the processing power required to pull that off is immense. Truly outstanding and deserves to be No 1.

[donnie-2105]

killzone 2 looks great but i would not say its technically amazing esp. seeing the massive budget 4year dev time gurilla games had.i think the infinity call of duty engine could be more impressive if they made an exclusive on either console with the same timeframe

[PotNoodle]

Gears of war 2 looked stunning while you're in the lake fighting that monster and when you're going through that burning city.

Yeah.. i think i should of listened more to the names while playing gears of war 2.. :p

Killzone 2.. incredible lighting, particle effects, physics and enemy reactions to being hit..

MGS4 - still probably the best character models i've seen on a game.

Uncharted, great art style.. but i personally think it is starting to look a bit dated, good thing uncharted 2 is close and looks incredible though.

I personally believe while LittleBigPlanet has a great art style, its graphics on a technical level are really underrated - the high res, detailed textures that are thrown into that game with the realisitic fire effects and ALL that physics data being thrown around, that is pretty special.

So yeah, i think i might of put littlebigplanet in there above Uncharted.

Using those games in the list, i'd put them in this order:

1) Killzone 2
2) MGS4
3) Gears of war 2
4) Uncharted: Drakes fortune
5) RE5

But if i were choosing the best console graphics, i would replace a few of those games with others.

[Robearboy]

now they should so a top 5 games (not graphics), i bet only 2 there would make in the top 10

[dustgavin]

What the heck are you talking about?

[Robearboy]

top 5 games that are actual fun to play and not just pretty to look at

[TheBand1t]

So a game can't be both? Fun to play AND pretty to look at?

Man, I shoulda kept to my Sega Genesis then.

[dustgavin]

It is nice to see the PS3 exclusives in the top 3 spots where they belong. ;)

[KingKionic]

AH ha!

Gears of war 2 made the list.

:)

Single player was great. My best part where i think were the best times that had the best graphics were.....in side the worm....and the fish monster.

[PotNoodle]

The section in that abandoned factory/warehouse type thing with that guy talking on the screens looked nice at the early part of the stage too, the particle and lighting effects looked really nice too.

[ShabzS]

... it looked so good ... and the factory indoors were not bad as well ... but my money would go straight to the landown mission .. where ur on the big trucks heading to landown ... the big push?... epic level one of the best showcases of unreal.. after that definitely the slimy worm thingy .... when ever someone comes over to try out gears i show them that level.. its just soo gross the first time

[KingKionic]

Yeah everything blowing up. A whole lot of enemies on screen. It was pretty amazing.

[DevastationEve]

yeah, that first big mission was incredible. that's one friggin defining moment in gaming history, PERIOD! how can anyone else say otherwise?

[solar]

wii sports should be on that list...

[TheBand1t]

Good list I suppose.

[donnie-2105]

agree with the list EXCEPT mgsolid4 apart form the cut scenes this game is nothing special imo and there are a lot of multi platform games that beat it graphically cod4/5 for one.plus why no driving games in the list the 360 version of race driver grid is defo the best looking driving game this gen espicially considering its superb damage modelling etc.i own both consoles and the only ps3 exclusive which is marginally superior than any game on the 360 so far is uncharted1/2 imo but this has a lot to do with its bright colorful settings not the usual grey of k2 /gears.

[mandf]

LittleBigPlanet has the best textures of any game out there. I think it should be in the top five. Just my opinion.

[Sunny_D]

killzone 2 is a no brainer but im stuck between MGS4 and uncharted for the #2 spot. hmmm, good list

[SixAmpFuze]

Gameplay wise i hated every game on that list except for uncharted.Ps3 exclusives do over power 360's in graphics but graphics dont make the game. I cant wait for uncharted 2

[ico92]

uncharted is one of those games where screenshots wont do it justice it looks much better in motion because the world is so incredible nates animations are beautifuly motion captured,trees and foliage are just stunning to look at because they shimmer fluently in the wind , stone textures just look magnificent and did i mention the water effects yes this is the 1st game when the character actually looks wet after swimming personaly i feel uncharted looks better than killzone 2 because uncharted uses organic enviroments and these are much harder to do than urban enviroments its the best looking console jungle game without a doubt.

[spunnups]

Ratchet and Clank ToD could have made that list as well as LBP

[dorron]

top 3: PS3 exclusives

#4: multiplat

#5: Xbox 360 exclusive

Now, what's the problem with the PS3???? Lazy developers.

[yorkie]

You joking right ?

"Killzone 2 not technically amazing esp. seeing the massive budget 4year dev time gurilla games had.i think the infinity call of duty engine could be more impressive if they made an exclusive on either console with the same timeframe".

What has the time frame got to do with how the game looks and if it aint technically amazing esp then what game tops it from a technical standpoint ? Oh and it's easy to say COD engine could have been better if they got the time blah blah...but we can say that about any game, the point is none of them are. And Killzone is not the only game with a big budget or long Dev time.

[DevastationEve]

xbox 360 isn't having the same lag in development and yet produces games that are visually as stunning as ps3 games.

killzone2 was hyped too much over its graphics, and it had mainly to do with how long it was in development. whereas epic released 2 gears of war games in that time frame, and each game looks on par with killzone2.

plus in that time frame epic has made money off TWO games, while guerrilla has only been making money off ONE game.

edit at the disagree

there's nothing wrong with my opinion that gears 1&2 and killzone2 look on par with each other. all i'm saying is that epic in the end made more off its franchise and spent less time in development for each game.

[DevastationEve]

and it's true that both consoles have a few games that have been in development forever. but as far as killzone2 and gears2 are concerned, they both have great graphics and one took half the time of the other to make.

and that's because the groundwork for gears 2 was built in the first gears. and they have ue3 to thank for that. they were able to build an engine that could scale upward with each game's expectations, simply by building revisions of the engine (ue3.5 for gears 2).

at yorkie below:

if development time doesn't count then what is is that you gain from forming a opinion over which game has better graphics? the truth is that of the ps3 games on this list, only one managed to pull off a launch without such a long time in development. and that's uncharted in 2007. THAT'S the real merit! a game with great graphics is sweet...but having it release sooner is even sweeter!

[Silly gameAr]

They should have been able to pull off those graphics in a year tops. /s

Check the "lag time" between Uncharted and Uncharted 2. About the same amount of time as Gears and Gears 2.

[tripewire]

Someone is obviously forgetting that Epic took so long making gears 1 and hording their engine that they were nearly sued for taking so long to release the engine upgrades and shiz to developers...

[bjornbear]

To many of you mentioning unreleased games....i think he only talks about RELEASED games, its only fair! =/

[clixx33]

Looks like top 3 are PS3 exclusives, amazing! (No surprise, to be honest)

[yorkie]

Gears looks good yes but the game is not as technically advanced as Killzone 2. Whether you enjoyed one more than the other is irrelevant Killzone 2's graphical features are more advanced than Gears. And in a list of graphical games which this was, time frames and development costs and how much profit was made are mute points. Lists of best graphics or best game or best gameplay are always subjective and largely based on peoples opinions but the technicalities of game engines is not subjective and thats why Killzone 2 is the most graphically advanced game on consoles to date.

[yorkie]

Development time doesn't count because this is a list of top five graphical games, pure and simple. Which are the five best graphical games out today. How does development time even come into this, do you judge everything on how long it took to do and not how good it is ? Of course not. You form an opinion over graphics by the graphics themselves if it took a year or four it's irrelevant. I'd much rather have something take longer and be more advanced than quicker thru the door but lacking those special touches.

[donnie-2105]

course it does i would rather have 2 gears than 1 k2 even though its marginally better graphically.who wants to wait 4 years for almost every game the graphics will lose their shine at release as killzone has.if it was release 2 years ago it would have been totally amazing but now only looks really good as other games have caught up.similar situation with gt5 vs forza 2/3 and pgr 3/4

[gamingisnotacrime]

What the heck would a developer do in 3-4 years that they could not do in 2 since the 360 architecture has been flattered as "is so easy, a caveman can do it"
All this talk that KZ2 can be done on 360, or MGS, well every great PS3 game has been pointed as possible on the 360 with appropiate time and effort. Time has passed and while Sony keeps topping their own best looking games, the 360 has NOT delivered the quality of any great PS3 game.

The 360 is good, even great (only problem is that MS screws the gamer) but dont say it has the same potential as the PS3 which despite being a year younger is producing the best looking games with physycs a.i. etc. Its Done

[onanie]

Indeed, when it was impossible to deny that PS3 exclusives look better, it became necessary to use "development time" as a new measure for graphical greatness. Those guys never disappoint with fallacies, do they?

[Bumpmapping]

They had to put GEOW2 on that list so the 360 fanboys wouldn't jump on them...... because Sony firstparty titles are graphically superior in every way.

[jjack0310]

I agree with the list, although I have to say I havent played resident evil 5

I would like to include GT5 prologue thought, but its cool, the rest of the list was just fine

[saimcheeda]

but no.5 and 4 aint the truth...only there coz otherwise the xbots will start talking crap as usual!

[iamruthless24]

lets lets be rational here folks gt5p is the best looking game pd put a lot of blood and sweet to make sure it ended up that way as a matter of fact a gt game as always been the best looking upon release remmber gt4 on ps2 looking better than forza on the technically superior xbox ..besides that the list is pretty spot on gears of war look pretty good but ur truly a fanboy if u think its better looking than any of the games on that list

[ItsIncognito]

Good lis no doubt about it. The funny part is graphics aren't that important to me. Physics and animation are far more important to me to make a game world alive. In that departement the 360 gets totally raped.

[bunfighterii]

I agree about the physics, I think that's a hugely underrated aspect of gameplay. GTAIV and KZ2 have the best physics around I think.

[onanie]

Underrated yes, I think that is often the case because physics was often 'touch and go" on most games that gamers have learnt not to expect much. From a marketing point of view, it is more impactful to spend CPU/GPU resources on making a pretty game for the screenshots, rather than one that simulated physics well. Even with racing games, it is arguable what gamers at large prefer e.g. arcade vs sim.

[gamingisnotacrime]

Although RE 5 is not a game that shows great development effort, just some tricky techniques to show photo shots with annimation. Every single movement is prerendered and while looking amazing is not worthy of toping Gears 2 (which had zero lighting effects and dead environment but whatever 360 games have the benefit of the doubt).
KZ2 is top notch with the character models and A.I.. The lighting effects and particles etc make KZ2 a worthy game console grapghical powerhouse

After november

1. Uncharted 2
2. KZ2
3. Uncharted
4.Gears 2 (my choice)
5. RE5

[likedamaster]

Funny how they always show the cutscene pics on MGS4 instead of actual gameplay pics. I seen it, I played the game, beat it and was unimpressed.

[dogmeat eater]

guess you never played it.

[themyk]

i played gears 2. wasn't impressed. see i can do that too. it's not true but i can say it like it's true.

[Truplaya]

i would have put bioshock in that list but apart from that its a pretty good list.

Shame lots of fanboys have to put their 2cents in and argue over it.

At the end of the day gameplay > graphics anyday for me.

[digitalpowershot]

#1: Killzone2 - this game rocks! The best FPS out there!

[Barragan]

the best looking games period, not "console"

[chidori666]

re5... fail list.

[pilas]

has the greatest graphics, and no ps3 alive can handle them like the 360

[mythamp]

Just get out of here moron.

[ShadowCK]

Gears of war 2 and Resident Evil 5 beat the crap out of MGS4 and Uncharted for graphics. Metal Gear Solid 4 had pretty good graphics but Uncharted wasn't anything special.

Killzone 2 is debatable. If it's frame rate wasn't so low so often, I'd say it has excellent graphics, but the fact is, you can't enjoy the graphics when the frame rate dips so low. The textures are detailed, the characters are detailed, the cut scenes are gorgeous... But once the game starts chugging, you don't notice any of that.

[badbond1]

joke and you fail, big time! Once you can afford an 67" 1080p and can see MGS4, Uncharted, and killzone 2, you will back the hell up about Gears of war 2 and RE5. I think you are in denial because these games are PS3 exclusives and are not on the CRAPBOX!!!! LMAO!!!

Also a side note : Killzone 2 framerate is actually not a problem for me at all. It's actually quite smooth considering how detailed it is!

[themyk]

why do people feel the need to brag about their tv's like because u have a 67"(as if u really do.) it all the sudden looks better than a 40"(what i have.)

especially when u say things like when u can afford a. blah blah blah.

i agree with what u say about the games. i just hate when people act like they are in 7th grade.

[Montrealien]

badbond1 is in 4th grade.

And is it just me, or do all those games look great on my 2016" Megatroop Giga TV?

[keysy420]

some people are blind i must say that but if you add uncharted 2 to this list then you need to add god of war3. i dont see any game on 360 that deserves to be in the top 5.
sorry xbots its already been proven the 360 cant do what the ps3 can.

[keysy420]

the best scene ever is the motorcycle scene ing mgs4 never seen anything like that before.

[grantps3]

1. killzone 2
2. mgs4
3. uncharted 1 (uncharted 2 will be right behind or beating killzone
4. grand turismo prologue
5. res. 5

^^^^^^
my list

[A LIVING LEGEND]

@onanie
At some point impossibility discreetly merged with ' inevitability ',I agree,PS3 exclusives are conveniently overlooked yet undeniably first in class.=)

[onanie]

what more can I say :)

[Cajun Chicken]

Can't argue with that list!

[bunfighterii]

I agree with the above list, though I never played RE5 or Gears 2, so I'll take people's word for it. But here's a list of games I think are graphically underrated:
5. GT 5: Prologue
4. Dead Space
3. Assassin's Creed
2. GTAIV
1. FarCry 2

[Alacrist]

5. Gears of War 2: 4.90 mil (11/07/08)
4. RE5: 4.37 mil (3/13/09)
360:2.13 mil
PS3:2.24 mil
3. MGS4: 4.04 mil (6/12/08)
2. Uncharted: 2.46 mil (11/16/07)
1. KZ2:1.69 mil (2/27/09)

*Release Dates in ()

Now who said graphics doesn't sale games!

(sarcasm)

[rob6021]

Though you have to admit the original Gears of War got a lot of people on board the 360 instead of the PS3 mostly because of it's graphics at the time, which would lead to the current sales results.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

except that RE5 was only the demo, and I agree. Uncharted and MGS4 kind of trade off for me.

[onanie]

People often argued that graphics doesn't matter (when it is convenient for their line of argument). However, good graphics don't exclude good gameplay (those games speak for themselves).

At the end of the day, I would rather game on a console with the possibility of both best graphics and great gameplay, than one with the possibility of achieving the latter only.

[gameman]

the top 4 are on the ps 3

[tripewire]

Oh Come on. Ratchet and Clank Q4B, a freaking psn title, looks better than Gears 2.

And RE5.... It looks good but shouldnt be on that list. Id put Pacific rift, LBP, GT5 P and Wipeout HD in there before those two.

[Pika-pie]

I agree with the list although I would but GOW2 above RE5

[ArcticWolfUK]

what a load of bollox

gears 2
halo 3
l4d
crackdown
forza

they look way better xD

[TheBand1t]

Gears and Forza 3 look good.

Halo, L4D, and Crackdown almost made me piss from my laughing when yoiu suggest they're in the same league as Killzone 2, Uncharted and Gears.

[ArcticWolfUK]

yeah

[skabias]

its the open zone what do you expect there's no sense here.

[ArcticWolfUK]

haha i was takin the piss btw

[RowSand]

lbp
uncharted
mgs4
gt5p
kz2

[rob6021]

Killzone 2 no question still king of graphics, turn off the HUD and OMG - it looks amazing.

Uncharted, Looks great vibrant graphics, a little screen tearing wouldn't be my number 2.

MGS4, Cutscenes look amazing but I will admit the gameplay graphics are lacking and have lots of low res textures on the environments.

Res4, Models look great, but environments are bland I still think Devil May Cry looks better than this game.

Gears 2, a good looking game no doubt, good textures around, still nothing close to the technical beast that KZ2 is.

Other games that should be on the List - GT5, COD 4/WAW, Ratchet and clank, Wipeout HD (the 60 fps of all these games is makes them look better in motion than any screen or video)

New contenders:
Uncharted2(this game is game will take the crown, or atleast be right up with KZ2, I'm in the beta)
GOW3
Final Fantasy XIII
Lost Planet 2
GT5/Forza3/NFS Shift
Rage
Crysis2
CodMW2

Heavy Rain looks to be a bit of a letdown graphically.

[Tachyon_Nova]

COD? Best graphics? Are you serious? I got the PC version of WAW, everything on high, loaded it up, and then checked that the computer hadn't reset the graphics level to low.

[Obama]

Seriously what do the bots expect? Gears2 number 1? lol

[Tachyon_Nova]

Eh on Uncharted. I'm so over that games graphics. As you can see if you read my user review from a while back here: http://n4g.com/Reviews/PS3/... I gave the game a handy 9.5 for graphics. But since then, I have awakened, and have realised, they very nearly suck.

The problem is with the textures, particularly rock/brick textures. They are massively over stilized, even to the point that they look cell-shaded. The forests look ok when your in them, but how bad to the plam trees look from a distance? They reminded me of the original Far Cry, but on closer inspection, Far Cry pipped Uncharted. Character models are undoubtedly among the upper echelon of console graphics.

The ground looks pretty blurry, upon respawn textures take several seconds to come into focus, the fireball effect wouldn't look out of place on a PS1 classic (I suggest you compare the two, the difference is slight), 2D water, o, and I loled at this, when you are in the church towards the end, light beams come through two windows on opposite sides of the building. What were they thinking? Also, that cool teselation effect you get of water looks really bad, and almost as bad in U2. Yet another thing, soft shadows anyone?

And finally, back to folliage. Why is everything the exact same, fake looking dull green colour? every single rock has a think layer of blurry moss on it, the grass could have twice as many polygons and still be pointy enough to stab someone with, the trees react linearly to wind.

And one thing non graphics related. What is up with the final level? What is fun or fair about being shot at by a guy who can't miss you and can't be killed (until you get uptop obviously?

In summing up, Naughty Dog should sack there art department, if you want to make it look realistic, why go and make it look so painted. It appears they have managed to fix the appalling particle effects of U2, but as I recall, the trailers for Drakes Fortune had been fidled with and given nice particle effetcs. Thank you for reading.

[RedPawn]

Fail!!!

[mochi]

out:MGS4
in:GT5p

MGS4 is low resolution

[read disc error]

this list and website is a troll

the guy who writes this blog is totally up Sony's a$$ and doesn't have one article about a 360 game...at all. read his back log.

[Tachyon_Nova]

Having said that, what do you think the top 5 graphical console games are?

[read disc error]

Do I write a gaming blog that pretends to be about both the 360 and the PS3 and yet has no positive articles or even news about the 360? I mean, how pathetic can you get.

Speaking of pathetic, there are 4 pages of comments on this blog and no one pointed this blatant bias out. Are gamers retarded?

[MRMagoo123]

yes you are retarded read disc error

[i_zamorak_i]

still in denial? so sad but you will never see those games on your list as a top 5 in graphics...you know why? ps3 has the list covered ... :)

[JohnnyAkiba]

Where is GT5P?

[RedPawn]

Gears of War graphics look like N64.

[DarthChris]

uncharted looks amazing but really surprised there was no space for Wipeout.
From personal xp thats the game that gets the biggest response.

[robotnik]

Only available on the superior, godlike, PLAYSTATION®3.

[badbond1]

mostly xbots, go to youtube and look up my screen name alginyes and you will see me playing Killzone 2 on my Samsung 67" DLP!

[saimcheeda]

officially pawned my friend!!

[Salta_nelas]

I would say:

1- Killzone.
2- Uncharted
3- Wipeout HD
4- MGS4
5- RE5

Still thinking about LBP, Gears 2 and GT5p.

[SnakeShady]

3/5 ps3 exclusives
1/5 mutiplatform
1/5 xbox360 exclusive

who win?

[maverick1191]

oh only one 360 exclusive they say they have better looking games when they dont bu bu but our multi plats look better

[JohnnyAkiba]

1- Killzone
2- GT5P
3- Uncharted
4- MGS4
5- RE5

[MajestieBeast]

And after march 2010 its a full list of ps3 exclusives ohh ye i went there.

[-Neon-]

I agree with the list. Ps3 has the best exclusive graphics. 360 the better multi-plat graphics while Wii just has the better exclusives...

[Guitardr85]

Wii? Better exclusives? Wow, hadn't thought about that before, lol JJ, all in good fun!

[Guitardr85]

For the people that think this list is a joke, then I would like to see what your idea of a list would look like. There's a lot of people who dislike this list, but not very many that are willing to put their own ideas in. I personally think the list is dead on. In my head, this is exactly what my top 5 would have been.

[Obama]

All the people who disagree with the list can't point out any 360 game that look better than the top 3. Funny isn't it.

[read disc error]

we probably could but we'd get a weeklong ban from the mods for it. I only wish I was joking! 360 fans are getting bans for silly things like saying "The Xbox 360 is more powerful than the PS3" in graphics comparison articles. It's being labelled as a troll post then deleted and the user banned. True story.

with 30+ million 360s sold worldwide do you really think 360 faboys are outnumbered on this site 10 to 1 for no reason? really??

[Obama]

"we probably could"
and...?

[ShadowCK]

Lol. I have a 60 TV with 1080i on my Xbox 360. (No different in 1080p)

I've seen MGS4 and Uncharted on 1080p on my Cousin's PS3 on my 60 TV and I still stand by of what I said. You stupid moron.

"Killzone 2 framerate is actually not a problem for me at all."

It's a problem for me and everyone else that I know of. It's easy to lie on the Internet isn't it?

[saimcheeda]

just u and other xbots lying about what you realy think...its a fact that the graphics for the ps3 exclusives are much better or maybe theres something wrong with your eyes!

[jalen247]

The list is reasonable. I am into graphics so I pay attention to this quality in games. I also own hundreds of games. I have played all of the 5 games listed. Based off playing these games on my Samsung 52 inch 1080p hdtv, I think the order is dead on. I think the top 3 games listed are unquestionable. The next 2, resident evil 5 and gears 2 are debatable in that one can easily substitute other games for them on this list. I think some games are criminally overlooked when it comes to visual fidelity....Ratchet & Clank Future: TOD, Resistance 2, Dark Sector, Mass Effect, Call of Duty: WAW, Fight Night Round 3/4, Motorstorm 1/2, MLB 09.

My future list would be:

1. Uncharted 2 (visuals speak for themselves)
2. God of War III (Come on did you see the begining of the demo when Kratos first looked at helios on his flamming chariot...amazing)
3. Killzone 2 (The best combination of graphics and technical performance...i.e. effects, animations, etc)
4. Heavy Rain (the most realistic graphics ever)
5. Lost Planet 2 (textures look amazing)