Best Looking Game

Dagobahn Eagle · June 2, 2007

Ground Control by Massive Entertainment. Hands down. Music, effects, everything. Nothing beats the screenshots you can pull out of that game.

Killwithhonor · June 3, 2007

Oblivion looks very good and has awesome landscapes but the only things that bother me is that it can get chopper when going through the forest more often then not, tho i have put down the game for quite some time because i got really tired of the whole gates of doom, there was just way too many so i've recently picked it back up to start side questing

Sabretooth · June 4, 2007

I just got Half Life 2: Episode 1 from a friend (crap small game isn't worth buying) and it's got awesome graphics. The textures and expressions are improved as they are, but the HDR really adds the finishing touch. And it actually runs much better than Half-Life, on my pensioning system.

Arátoeldar · June 4, 2007

Well, I finally got Oblivion tonight, and after some "catastrophic failure" messages and then a little tinkering with the settings on my DVD RAM (What does POI mean, anyway?), I was able to get it installed. I must say, this is the most beautiful game I have ever seen. I hope the rest of the game can match up to the graphics.

So what do you think is the best looking game you have ever played?

Just FYI Since you are using an older almost ancient optical device (DVD-RAM). It is the way the optical device communicates with the motherboard-CPU. How it communicates depends on which is the older technology.

First there was PIO

Then there was DMA

Next came UDMA all of which are a part of the older Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment standard.

Now computers are using Serial ATA

Balderdash · June 6, 2007

Stoffe - were you on top of the imperial palace tower in the penultimate screenshot? If so, how do you get up there?

stoffe · June 6, 2007

Stoffe - were you on top of the imperial palace tower in the penultimate screenshot? If so, how do you get up there?

You can't normally get up there, so I made a quick mod that made the top solid and allowed you to access it via a teleporter inside the palace. The view is pretty nice from up there of the surrounding lands. On a clear day you can see all the other towns except Anvil from there.

HerbieZ · June 6, 2007

I have been playing that gam a fair bit recently although my pc is showing it's time, the graphics ain't half as good as stoffe's on my pc. Still it's a game i can keep coming back to. My favourite view is south east of Lake Canulus on a mountain side looking towards the Imperial City .

Balderdash · June 7, 2007

I've got it on the 360 so the graphics are quite a bit better than Stoffe's screenies (better still if we had a giant TV), but I can't use any PC mods obviously. I've never been really big on doing the whole modding thing myself though, so it's a fair trade-off, and although it would be nice to use other people's, it's not like there's any shortage of regular game content.

Oblivion looks very good and has awesome landscapes but the only things that bother me is that it can get chopper when going through the forest more often then not, tho i have put down the game for quite some time because i got really tired of the whole gates of doom, there was just way too many so i've recently picked it back up to start side questing

You don't have to close them all!! Just the Kvatch one and as many of the 'Allies for Bruma' quest gates as you think you'll need allies for when you close the final great gate (outside Bruma)... that quest is completely optional, it just makes the end of the main quest a bit easier. The other gates that open everywhere after Kvatch you don't have to bother with at all. Even if you close them they'll eventually open up again anyway.

lukeiamyourdad · June 7, 2007

I agree that Oblivion really doesn't look that great. The art design is good, but the facial textures...ugh...Animations are also lacking (I'd love to actually go down some stairs without jumping down from the top) and effects are also quite ugly. People were complaining about how Force Lightning was ugly in KotOR, well lightning isn't much prettier in Oblivion. Physics are a bit screwed up too.

I'm putting money on Crysis for being the most beautiful game. It'll make my computer cry, but still, looks really good.

stoffe · June 7, 2007

I've got it on the 360 so the graphics are quite a bit better than Stoffe's screenies (better still if we had a giant TV), but I can't use any PC mods obviously.

My computer can't handle running the game with all the graphics settings at max without things getting choppy in certain places in the game. Doesn't bother me that much though, even if eye candy does play a significant part in playing Oblivion/SI.

As for mods I guess it's a matter of taste. I consider both Morrowind and Oblivion pretty much unplayable without some essential mods installed that replaces ugly textures and models, fixes the character appearances, fixes various annoyances, corrects bugs and expands on things.

The other gates that open everywhere you don't have to bother with at all. Even if you close them they'll eventually open up again anyway.

Hmm, are you sure they re-open? In my current game I've closed 56 Gates and I've run out of gates to close. I've looked all over the place and the only active Oblivion Gate I can find is the one that leads to the Shivering Isles.

Perhaps they will re-open and more appear if I progress further in the main quest?

I agree that Oblivion really doesn't look that great. The art design is good, but the facial textures...ugh...Animations are also lacking (I'd love to actually go down some stairs without jumping down from the top) and effects are also quite ugly.

I agree about that. The environments in Oblivion are quite stunning, but character models, spells and visual effects leave a lot to be desired. The same was pretty much true for Morrowind so I guess that's a "feature" of the Elder Scrolls series.

lukeiamyourdad · June 8, 2007

Hmm, are you sure they re-open? In my current game I've closed 56 Gates and I've run out of gates to close. I've looked all over the place and the only active Oblivion Gate I can find is the one that leads to the Shivering Isles.

Heavens, how much time did it take you to close all those gates o_O?

I got bored after the Allies for Bruma ones...

oldflash · June 8, 2007

Is any of you saw Two Worlds? I must admit, it's better looking than gothic and oblivion. Much better.

...few pic...

Balderdash · June 8, 2007

Hmm, are you sure they re-open? In my current game I've closed 56 Gates and I've run out of gates to close. I've looked all over the place and the only active Oblivion Gate I can find is the one that leads to the Shivering Isles.

Perhaps they will re-open and more appear if I progress further in the main quest?

According to the game guide, the further you get through the main quest, the more chance you have of re-opening gates. I've never looked into it myself. They all close permanently at the end of the main quest though.

mimartin · June 8, 2007

Perhaps they will re-open and more appear if I progress further in the main quest?

I’m playing on the 360 so I do not know if the PC version is different, but I believe the re-opening of the gates is tied to level system. My first play through the gates would open back up almost before I closed the last one. That was before I followed Stoffe advice from another thread on how to set up my character (thanks for the sharing your wonderful advice by the way). Some gates like the Kvatch gate or Allies for Bruma gates do not reopen. I’m also pretty sure the gate outside Fort Such does not reopen (because it involve a little side quest).

Since setting up my characters the way Stoffe suggested I haven’t notice the gates reopening. This is why I believe it must be tied into the level system.

On my first play through I closed 35 gates (I thought that was the object of the entire game), before discovering the joys of enchanting items with soul gems those sigil stones were really handy and powerful towards the end of the main quest. Never had the patients to close anywhere near 56 gates.