Artistically Awesome: 5 Games With Great Aesthetics

GR - "What makes a game's visuals truly great isn't just the graphics, it's the game's aesthetics – the artwork that gives a game its appearance and identity. How a game makes us feel when we look at it is more important than what resolution it runs at. Graphics come and go. What's hot today is cold three years from now. Aesthetics are timeless – they're the creative engine that drive how a game feels. "

[gameseveryday]

Shadow of the Colossus, the colossi were wonderfully designed o_0. Talk about scale...100 feet. The last guy was like 200 feet atleast.

[StillGray]

Oh hell yes, I love WOW.

[Pikajew]

Aesthetics over graphics any day

[halocursed]

Miyamoto has shown that over the years.

[JBaby343]

Very true pikajew. Well said.

[CrimsonEngage]

World of Warcraft does this great. I fell safe in Elwynn Forest but as soon as i get to the Burning Steppes... Bricks are shat.

[admiralthrawn87]

and i feel epic as hell while flying around Icecrown. not to mention, Vashj'ir and Deepholm are beautiful additions to the world

[admiralthrawn87]

I agree with this whole list except i've never played FF7 so my opinion on that would be invalid. Honorable mentions would be Wind Waker, Demon's Souls, Mario Galaxy, and oddly the original Halo

[Hicken]

One of the few times I'll say something positive about a Halo game. That first title, if nothing else, was aesthetically gorgeous.

I feel like the list was a little skewed toward the classics; Wind Waker would have been a good replacement for SM3, I think.

[8bit_Nes_Rambo]

WoW and TF2? Really? Wow has got to be the butt ugliest game I've ever played and TF2 is just dull and generic. Okami, Al Shaddai, and Windwaker easily trump those two.

[JBaby343]

Never played wow but the boxy look of TF2 actually turned me off from it so I don't play it.

[bangoskank]

Panzer Dragoon Saga should have been on this list.

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[Peaceful_Jelly]

FFVII artistically awesome and on top of that #1... Am I missing something here? Games with good art-direction age well and FFVII looks horrible to the point that is almost unplayable compared to FFIX and neither of them can compete with Wind Waker let alone be on top of SoTC.

[Simco876]

Compared to FFIX? mmmm... I would say they might almost be on par with each other. I know IX looks better just because its a throwback to the NES/SNES days.

I can still play games like Suikoden or Lunar though.. those games are timeless, regardless of graphics.

[Lord_Sloth]

I dislike art styles with lumbering characters with Donkey Kong arms and heavily disfigured faces. That's WoW and Team Fortress, respectively.

[zerocrossing]

Odin Sphere, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Fatal Frame (Project Zero) Otogi, Wind Waker, Demon's Soul's, Z.O.E, MGS. I'd take aesthetics over graphics any day.

[blackhammer]

Mass Effect. Half-Life 2. Fallout 3. Dragon Age O. TF2 (agree). Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis.