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2010: Top 10 Best Graphics

NowGamer: Which games had the best graphics in 2010? That's the question we're going to answer right here, right now...

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anthraxCZ5296d ago

imo there should be alan wake instead of kane and lynch, otherwise i would agree with nominees, not with the final order list

Feckles5296d ago

Alan Wake – just for the opening when you're on the ferry. Gorgeous.

Acquiescence5296d ago

Alan Wake looked pretty weak during the daytime sections. They exposed a lot of its graphical shortcomings.

At night however, Alan Wake often looked the business.

The game that is. Not the man.

HolyOrangeCows5296d ago

Kane and Lynch definitely should NOOOOOT be on the list, but I wouldn't replace it with Alan Wake.

I_find_it_funny5296d ago (Edited 5296d ago )

08 MGS4
09 U2
10 GOW3

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11 U3

Traveler5296d ago

The game that automatically pops into my mind in terms of graphical splendor in 2010 is God of War 3. It's such an amazing-looking game.

I also agree that Alan Wake deserves a spot on the list. It was the best looking game I played on my 360 this year.

InactiveUser5295d ago

Why does Super Meat Boy [Xbox 360] have a picture of God of War III?

Why is Red Dead Redemption's picture in Final Fantasy XIII?

Why is Enslaved's picture in Limbo?

Active Reload5295d ago (Edited 5295d ago )

Holyorangecows, your opinion became suspect when you said AW shouldn't replace Kane and Lynch. Probably any game could replace Kane and Lynch in graphics, lol. Makes me wonder if you played either one.

Edit: And Mero 2033 should be on this list, replacing something.

InTheKnow5295d ago

I agree with the general feeling here, regardless of the phantom disagrees.

AW had some incredible graphics and set pieces...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I also thought Metro 2033 had some great moments...yep, it looked that good and was great for a good scare...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Splinter Cell Conviction also looked great for what it was...the best take downs...Krav Maga never looked so good...all footage from free demo...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Slo-mo take downs...look at the incredible detailed take downs...the best anywhere!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Halo Reach look incredible as well...seems like yesterday...wait a minute, it was...lol. Just look at how big this section is, all the AI in the air and on the ground...remember, this is 4 player co-op...Bungie really outdid themselves...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Black-ops on line ( on 360 anyway ) really looked great and plays great as well...almost 14 million views for this sneak peak...WoW!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Since I'm a huge fan of Gears...I have to include the multi-player sneak peak of Gears 3...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

fullmetal2975295d ago

@I_find_it_funny
They including 1010 games and MGS4 & U2 are 09'

nickjkl5295d ago

i dot get it this article is weird its like

gow section

"If you ever wondered if the PS3 would ever better the sumptuous visuals of Uncharted 2, then five minutes into God Of War III' would have answered that question with a resounding 'yes'"

uncharted 2 voted best graphics on consoles

then you go ahead and put red dead redemption final fantasy 13 and mass effect ahead of it

Kleptic5295d ago (Edited 5295d ago )

^^ a 'journalist' contradicting himself on a top 10 list?...get used to it dude...

I totally agree though...God of War III will easily walk away with the visual title for 2010 overall...there is no real debate with that...When you take in overall fidelity and polish, its unmatched...just as uncharted 2 was last year...

I agree though that AW should be on the list...all the sub HD stuff aside, the game still had great lighting and excellent art direction...its not a top contender or anything, but easily surpassed some other titles on the list...

and i'm sorry, but ME2 as number 1? no...its easily the best looking UE3 game...but thats it...the same lame bloom and lighting artifacts that have plagued every UE3 game are still present...and while the engine has come a long way, its dated sprite-like effects are noticeable...its definitely a goty nominee, and deserves a spot on this list...but not above some other titles visually...the fact that the writer shoots his own foot in the descriptions easily illustrates that...

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TheBossMan5296d ago

1. God of War
2. GT5
3. Heavy Rain
4. Mass Effect 2
5. RDR

I'm going to stop there.

CobraKai5296d ago

@coffin87
It says for 2010. Uncharted 2 was 09.

@ TheBossMan
I prefer your list over the author's

samuraiX5296d ago

Mass Effect 2 best graphics?

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOOLOO LOLLLOLL

poopoojames5296d ago

I'd say it is if you played it on PC. Puts God of War to shame.

Traveler5296d ago

Even on the 360 it is a pretty nice looking game. Only the aliasing held it back a little bit.

justinb15296d ago

thanks for the laugh poopoojames

ThanatosDMC5296d ago

On PC, it looks really good.

drosera15295d ago

I am tired of PC guys saying Mass Effect 2 was SO much better on PC. No it wasn't, go Google Digital Foundry's analysis between PC and Xbox 360, they found that they are remarkably similar.

JCDenton5295d ago

You go "LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL...&quo t; on this?

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

samuraiX5295d ago

@JCDenton

Mass effect 2 character looks awesome, but the environment texture are not that good and it has Terrible texture LOD scaling

i played it on PC.

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xtremeimport5295d ago

InTheKnow, I get a feeling you love shooters and love the xbox 360

Biggest5295d ago

InTheKnow is the resurrected cez_of_rage. I firmly believe that he is a PR guy for Microsoft. Each of his posts are in the same "Look at our awesome offerings" format with all of the same points being made. It's kinda boring now.

gameraxis5295d ago

(to article) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHA HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.. . ok i'm done

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theonlylolking5296d ago

Yup, why the crap is RDR on that list and lynch?

Shaman5296d ago

WTF???Why is RDR on the list?You are joking right?I mean,GOW III deserves top spot but right behind it there should be RDR,its marvel.

theonlylolking5296d ago

RDR looks horrible. Sure the lighting looks great but everything else looks bad.

Traveler5296d ago

RDR on the 360 did look great. I didnt play the PS3 version so I don't know how that looked, but the 360 version definitely had some impressive visuals.

kancerkid5296d ago

If you ware saying RDR looks bad, you need some HDMI cables and a hiDef Tv,

Koolno5296d ago

it look pretty much the same on both platform, but xbox player don't have the same standard..

what is beautifull for them, it's meh for uncharted, killzone, etc player, logic.

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Urmomlol5296d ago

Awful list. Kane and Lynch 2? Seriously?

Terrible writing, terrible layout, terrible list.

Par for the course, Now Gamer. Try and see if you can come up with a list that's not absolute crap by the end of the year, eh? I'll be waiting but not holding my breath.

Feckles5296d ago

What's Urmomlol's list, then?

Urmomlol5296d ago

Certainly not Kane and Lynch 2 and RDR.

Now Gamer, you guys continue to prove you're an absolute joke of a gaming web site who are incapable of doing something as simple as finding the games with best graphics. I've seen small, no name blogs do a better job than you clowns.

Halochampian5296d ago

It's their opinion! Jesus people. I thought Alan Wake was breath taking in visuals. I can agree with all of them except for Kane and Lynch I really think Alan Wake deserves a spot.

But Im not gonna say they are clowns because they think differently. That's just outright Childish.

RDR was a beautiful game. At least what I played.

Montrealien5295d ago (Edited 5295d ago )

2 bubble troll on N4G calls out Nowgamer...

*giggle*

Feckles5296d ago (Edited 5296d ago )

Still waiting for your ten, Urmomlol.

It's easy to troll without having the courage of your convictions. Let's have your list and then we'll see what other N4Gers think of your opinion.

Red Dead is a gorgeous-looking game (especially on 360) in terms of size, detail and atmosphere and Kane & Lynch 2's visuals are something new and interesting in a next gen world of brown and grey graphics.

It's a terrible game, mind.

Pandamobile5296d ago

Lol, that is terrible.

They don't even have 2010's best looking game in the list...

justinb15296d ago

god of war 3 is on there :s

kaveti66165296d ago

Metro 2033 on PC with DX11.

Pandamobile5296d ago

But GOW3 was not the best looking game of the year.

justinb15296d ago (Edited 5296d ago )

That's where you're wrong, my friend :)

Think I can safely say it topped this (link)
http://www.couchathletics.c...

iamgoatman5296d ago

Lol @ console gamers thinking GOW3 tops Metro 2033.

Pandamobile5296d ago

Lol, you think the screenshot you posted looks worse than this?

http://www.sonyinsider.com/...

My, my, you console people are a weird bunch.

jammydude5295d ago

that's not the final build herp derp. My, my, you PC fanboy nerds sure are a weird bunch
http://images.eurogamer.net...
http://images.eurogamer.net...
http://images.eurogamer.net...

(Btw I've played Metro 2033 maxed out, just so you know. I'm not being a fanboy about it though :D)

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Final Fantasy and SaGa series veteran Kazuyuki Shindo leaves Square Enix after 27 years

Kazuyuki Shindo, who worked on games including Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy XIII, and SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv72102d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149102d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga102d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero102d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga101d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g102d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor102d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos102d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72102d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos102d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989102d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72101d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman186d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast186d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine186d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast186d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman186d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast186d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman185d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me