lately here at game ranks we’ve been
looking back and replaying some games
from a few years ago that just still
blow us away visually now Graphics
aren’t everything sure but today in this
video they are games that still surprise
us today with just how good they look so
let’s get started off with number 10 and
talk about Batman Arkham Knight now I
regret to inform you guys that Batman
Arkham Knight released in 2015. yes it’s
kind of starting to age it feels like
that game just released right like is
that just freaking me out is it just me
I don’t know anyway visually Batman
Arkham Knight stands the test of time it
is still incredibly richly detailed in a
way that just makes it stack up pretty
well really against modern stuff they
really went over a kill on the detail
it’s definitely more of their style you
know every character is super muscly
everything is covered in rain or Grime
every single suit every single costume
has tons of stitching and detail and
belt buckles and stuff and usually that
type of design is a little bit harsh but
here I think it really works in the
Arkham games’s favor specifically with
Arkham Knight with how everything is
firing on all cylinders and everything
is just so shiny and reflective and it’s
always raining and the draw distance is
incredible on this city the neon lights
everything is working to really really
impress the player and while yes of
course to this day it might not be
bristling like eye-watering 8K
resolution with Ray tracing or anything
insane like that it still looks damn
good I mean look at it you see it on
screen here I replayed this recently and
I replay it pretty often and bounce
around between platforms and it looks
pretty damn good everywhere
next over at number nine we have
Battlefield one now Battlefield 1 may
not be your favorite Battlefield game
sure but it looks damn good specifically
the way the game opens the way it
introduces you to that No Man’s Land
Battle singing It’s really really
Dreadful and the game’s really dark
oppressive visuals really help sell that
everything is covered in mud everything
is destroyed the sky is filled with
ominous clouds Flames burned down
buildings as tanks trawl across the mud
you would think that a game where
everything is basically dark brown and
gross the game would just not look that
great but man is it a stunner and it’s
not just the first level it’s all the
single player stuff which I thought was
actually pretty underrated but also the
multiplayer maps from the detail on the
buildings uh to the actual attention
paid to the architecture to some really
impressive lighting and Reflections to
just how bombed out buildings really
look exploded you can actually see
detailed debris shards of glass
everywhere it’s all really really
convincing the color palette of the game
still manages to be beautiful the level
design to Me Maybe not from like a
multiplayer standpoint for gameplay but
just design wise visually is absolutely
incredible and I still go back to
Battlefield 1 way more than I’d expect
partially for the visuals yeah but also
for the fact that Battlefield 2042 isn’t
really doing it for us thankfully
Battlefield 1 ain’t going anywhere
despite releasing in 2016 it’s looking
damn good
next over at number eight we have rise
of the Tomb Raider the middle in this
kind of Trilogy of Tomb Raider games is
really underrated in the looks
Department I know we could have went for
the easy stuff and talk about the more
recent shadow of the Tomb Raider but
rise of the Tomb Raider has a lot of
good moments from all those incredibly
convincing snow effects to really the
opening of the game where Lara finds
herself in a mountainous region of Syria
with the sun coming down with the desert
heat and the dryness really feeling
impressive to the rays of sunlight
reflecting across everything the visual
effect it does with the camera it’s
really insane especially if you’re
playing this thing on PC at like ultra
realistic 4k on a decent graphics card
this thing can really cook the
environment and the lighting effects are
great but it also goes with the fact
that this Lara is beautifully animated
and detailed from the cuts on her arm to
the dirt on her pants to the way her
hair blows in the wind all of it is just
so convincing say what you will about
these modern Tomb Raider games they are
definitely showcases
it’s amazing next over at number seven
we have God of War which released on PS4
April 2018. this thing is worth
highlighting specifically because you
know it’s at the end of the PS4 life
cycle and it really squeezes the power
out of the PS4 or PS4 Pro wherever you
were playing this thing was put in your
console to work the level of detail here
the world sizes the way everything is
seamlessly working together at least to
us the viewer the player the camera
never cuts from cutscenes to character
movement to everything happening to the
point where even when you pause the game
it’s not really a camera cut it does a
lot of really impressive real-time stuff
coupled with just a ton of detail to of
course like with atreus running around
beside you with beautiful animation to
of course the insane amount of detail on
Kratos himself down to like pores on his
skin the scraggliness of his beard the
gore everything is working overtime and
if you’ve fired this up on PC more
recently maybe even with some goofy mods
you definitely know what’s up but when
you take that impressive level of detail
and you scale it down to the original
ps4 version it’s still impressive no
matter what on our journey we will be
attacked by all manner of creature
close your heart to their desperation
next over at number six we have Red Dead
Redemption 2. now I know this one is a
bit more recent the console version
released fall of 2018 but God damn look
at this game from the detailed City area
to just the absolute Wilderness that is
completely dense and filled with life
and movement every inch of this game is
super impressive the characters look and
move in a realistic manner granular
small detail on the ground on the
streets on the horses in the shops
everything is there and it still just
holds up interestingly enough because
this game hasn’t been updated for the
newer consoles while this release right
at the tail end of the previous
generation this game has no official
full update to take advantage of PS5 or
Xbox series X and it still looks
incredible it’s almost like it doesn’t
need it now that being said it does
definitely need it we could use a frame
rate boost for sure but still from a
game still technically if you’re just
looking at it on PS4 or Xbox it’s
amazing not to mention of course it goes
without saying PC version they really
put the work in and it looks impressive
too
next over at number five we have Far Cry
5 which released in 2018. now the Far
Cry games have always looked very nice I
mean it’s called far cry because it runs
off of crytek’s crying agent right so
duh it’s gonna be a looker but even with
Far Cry 5 running on the Dunya or Dunya
engine which is a Ubisoft modded version
of the cryengine it still looks really
great Far Cry 5 on a gameplay or story
sense you know that’s up for debate but
it’s a looker think about it I mean it
manages to have you in this like crazy
detailed open world it throws waves of
enemies at you sometimes creatures like
Bears stuff is always blowing up and all
the while the game is remaining stable
it also handled early mornings really
well like the sun coming up in this game
is really really impressive Montana was
a great setting to show off this engine
I think and you know it might not be a
tropical setting like previous games but
there is a ton of Beauty in the United
States and it was cool to see them show
it off so well especially if you had it
running on a great PC like we are here
like it looks downright realistic
sometimes
next over at number four we have
Assassin’s Creed Origins from 2017. this
in my personal opinion is the best of
this like newer Trilogy of big open RPG
Assassin’s Creed games graphically it’s
intense but something about the visual
design just also is really appealing I
think it’s a toss-up between Assassin’s
Creed unity and Assassin’s Creed Origins
for just really really great visuals
just tons of cool details with
Assassin’s Creed Origins it really wins
out for some intense draw distances and
tons of detail over sand dunes River
fronts with bustling NPCs boats in the
river animals nearby all of it accessed
from a bird’s eye view with a touch of a
fingertip that’s really really
impressive to see running now we know
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has kind of
pushed this design even further but
Assassin’s Creed origins in the desert
setting with like the sunlight beaming
down and the Beautiful Blue of the river
the green of the Reeds everything about
it just really pops it’s super crisp and
holds up today
next up at number three we have until
dawn released in 2015. this PlayStation
4 game still looks damn good
specifically thanks to its great use of
light and Shadow the darks in this game
are truly dark and Incredibly spooky and
it really just leads to a good visual
design but thankfully with the graphics
to back it up while the Quarry their
newest game has definitely really amped
it up in terms of facial animation for
the time and and still really if you’re
looking at it the characters look pretty
damn convincing the way they talk the
way they emote the fact that some of
them are played by real world actors and
it actually looks like them is
impressive as hell it’s also just a
great game and it’s fun to revisit we
replay it all the time and that’s how we
kind of notice that the graphics are
still working for us now
next down at number two we’re gonna go
back a little further with Rise Son Of
Rome now another cry Tech game this is
gonna of course have some pedigree a
visual kick-assery behind it and yeah
for real despite this thing releasing in
2013 as a launch window game for the
original Xbox One this game looks damn
good and then they released it on PC a
little while later and it is stunning
for this game they definitely kept it
kind of simple gameplay wise they almost
kind of maybe prioritized visuals over
actual gameplay but I mean now looking
at it in 2022 it seems like that aspect
of it at least paid off because like the
character details the crispness of
everything the close-up camera angles
all of it is pretty impressive and I
think properly aged like it does not
look like a 2013 game by any means if
you ask me maybe I’m going crazy maybe
it’s just me but I know there’s some
people out there I I’ve seen you online
some people that really really vouch for
this weird game and count me as one of
them now down to number one we have
Uncharted 4. yeah yeah I mean like what
more can we say about Uncharted 4 this
game looks damn incredible it released
in 2016 and there’s another game that
really really pushed the hell out of the
PS4 obviously it comes with tons of
detail specifically with Nate Drake
himself his clothing the way it moves
the way he moves the way dirt gets on
him water mud anything previous games
had really mastered that kind of stuff
but here I think it’s just the amount of
scenery change UPS the amount of
completely different environments you
are in different countries different
weather types all of it looks absolutely
mind-blowing still to this day couple
that with the fact that the game has so
much destruction going on buildings
falling down debris flying everywhere
super fast car chases firing all
cylinders with particle effects details
physics all of it looks nuts this is
another one worth replaying like for the
graphics alone you know sometimes the
story feels a little overly long but
visually man it holds the hell up and
we’re looking forward to seeing what PC
modders do with this one but that’s
really it guys we just wanted to talk
about 10 games that still blow us away
visually obviously we clearly stuck to a
specific time period we could have went
back further but we wanted to talk about
a brief window in time from a few years
ago so there are other games that came
out in that time so we want to hear from
you in the comments what you think if
you got your own top five definitely hit
us up now if you enjoyed this video
click on the like buttons all you got to
do it really helps us out we’re just
talking games here but it’s also worth
saying if you’re new consider
subscribing because we put out videos
every single day but either way thanks
for watching and we’ll see you guys next
time
Some of the most beautiful video game pictures shocked us
lately here at game ranks we’ve been
looking back and replaying some games
from a few years ago that just still
blow us away visually now Graphics
aren’t everything sure but today in this
video they are games that still surprise
us today with just how good they look so
let’s get started off with number 10 and
talk about Batman Arkham Knight now I
regret to inform you guys that Batman
Arkham Knight released in 2015. yes it’s
kind of starting to age it feels like
that game just released right like is
that just freaking me out is it just me
I don’t know anyway visually Batman
Arkham Knight stands the test of time it
is still incredibly richly detailed in a
way that just makes it stack up pretty
well really against modern stuff they
really went over a kill on the detail
it’s definitely more of their style you
know every character is super muscly
everything is covered in rain or Grime
every single suit every single costume
has tons of stitching and detail and
belt buckles and stuff and usually that
type of design is a little bit harsh but
here I think it really works in the
Arkham games’s favor specifically with
Arkham Knight with how everything is
firing on all cylinders and everything
is just so shiny and reflective and it’s
always raining and the draw distance is
incredible on this city the neon lights
everything is working to really really
impress the player and while yes of
course to this day it might not be
bristling like eye-watering 8K
resolution with Ray tracing or anything
insane like that it still looks damn
good I mean look at it you see it on
screen here I replayed this recently and
I replay it pretty often and bounce
around between platforms and it looks
pretty damn good everywhere
next over at number nine we have
Battlefield one now Battlefield 1 may
not be your favorite Battlefield game
sure but it looks damn good specifically
the way the game opens the way it
introduces you to that No Man’s Land
Battle singing It’s really really
Dreadful and the game’s really dark
oppressive visuals really help sell that
everything is covered in mud everything
is destroyed the sky is filled with
ominous clouds Flames burned down
buildings as tanks trawl across the mud
you would think that a game where
everything is basically dark brown and
gross the game would just not look that
great but man is it a stunner and it’s
not just the first level it’s all the
single player stuff which I thought was
actually pretty underrated but also the
multiplayer maps from the detail on the
buildings uh to the actual attention
paid to the architecture to some really
impressive lighting and Reflections to
just how bombed out buildings really
look exploded you can actually see
detailed debris shards of glass
everywhere it’s all really really
convincing the color palette of the game
still manages to be beautiful the level
design to Me Maybe not from like a
multiplayer standpoint for gameplay but
just design wise visually is absolutely
incredible and I still go back to
Battlefield 1 way more than I’d expect
partially for the visuals yeah but also
for the fact that Battlefield 2042 isn’t
really doing it for us thankfully
Battlefield 1 ain’t going anywhere
despite releasing in 2016 it’s looking
damn good
next over at number eight we have rise
of the Tomb Raider the middle in this
kind of Trilogy of Tomb Raider games is
really underrated in the looks
Department I know we could have went for
the easy stuff and talk about the more
recent shadow of the Tomb Raider but
rise of the Tomb Raider has a lot of
good moments from all those incredibly
convincing snow effects to really the
opening of the game where Lara finds
herself in a mountainous region of Syria
with the sun coming down with the desert
heat and the dryness really feeling
impressive to the rays of sunlight
reflecting across everything the visual
effect it does with the camera it’s
really insane especially if you’re
playing this thing on PC at like ultra
realistic 4k on a decent graphics card
this thing can really cook the
environment and the lighting effects are
great but it also goes with the fact
that this Lara is beautifully animated
and detailed from the cuts on her arm to
the dirt on her pants to the way her
hair blows in the wind all of it is just
so convincing say what you will about
these modern Tomb Raider games they are
definitely showcases
it’s amazing next over at number seven
we have God of War which released on PS4
April 2018. this thing is worth
highlighting specifically because you
know it’s at the end of the PS4 life
cycle and it really squeezes the power
out of the PS4 or PS4 Pro wherever you
were playing this thing was put in your
console to work the level of detail here
the world sizes the way everything is
seamlessly working together at least to
us the viewer the player the camera
never cuts from cutscenes to character
movement to everything happening to the
point where even when you pause the game
it’s not really a camera cut it does a
lot of really impressive real-time stuff
coupled with just a ton of detail to of
course like with atreus running around
beside you with beautiful animation to
of course the insane amount of detail on
Kratos himself down to like pores on his
skin the scraggliness of his beard the
gore everything is working overtime and
if you’ve fired this up on PC more
recently maybe even with some goofy mods
you definitely know what’s up but when
you take that impressive level of detail
and you scale it down to the original
ps4 version it’s still impressive no
matter what on our journey we will be
attacked by all manner of creature
close your heart to their desperation
next over at number six we have Red Dead
Redemption 2. now I know this one is a
bit more recent the console version
released fall of 2018 but God damn look
at this game from the detailed City area
to just the absolute Wilderness that is
completely dense and filled with life
and movement every inch of this game is
super impressive the characters look and
move in a realistic manner granular
small detail on the ground on the
streets on the horses in the shops
everything is there and it still just
holds up interestingly enough because
this game hasn’t been updated for the
newer consoles while this release right
at the tail end of the previous
generation this game has no official
full update to take advantage of PS5 or
Xbox series X and it still looks
incredible it’s almost like it doesn’t
need it now that being said it does
definitely need it we could use a frame
rate boost for sure but still from a
game still technically if you’re just
looking at it on PS4 or Xbox it’s
amazing not to mention of course it goes
without saying PC version they really
put the work in and it looks impressive
too
next over at number five we have Far Cry
5 which released in 2018. now the Far
Cry games have always looked very nice I
mean it’s called far cry because it runs
off of crytek’s crying agent right so
duh it’s gonna be a looker but even with
Far Cry 5 running on the Dunya or Dunya
engine which is a Ubisoft modded version
of the cryengine it still looks really
great Far Cry 5 on a gameplay or story
sense you know that’s up for debate but
it’s a looker think about it I mean it
manages to have you in this like crazy
detailed open world it throws waves of
enemies at you sometimes creatures like
Bears stuff is always blowing up and all
the while the game is remaining stable
it also handled early mornings really
well like the sun coming up in this game
is really really impressive Montana was
a great setting to show off this engine
I think and you know it might not be a
tropical setting like previous games but
there is a ton of Beauty in the United
States and it was cool to see them show
it off so well especially if you had it
running on a great PC like we are here
like it looks downright realistic
sometimes
next over at number four we have
Assassin’s Creed Origins from 2017. this
in my personal opinion is the best of
this like newer Trilogy of big open RPG
Assassin’s Creed games graphically it’s
intense but something about the visual
design just also is really appealing I
think it’s a toss-up between Assassin’s
Creed unity and Assassin’s Creed Origins
for just really really great visuals
just tons of cool details with
Assassin’s Creed Origins it really wins
out for some intense draw distances and
tons of detail over sand dunes River
fronts with bustling NPCs boats in the
river animals nearby all of it accessed
from a bird’s eye view with a touch of a
fingertip that’s really really
impressive to see running now we know
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has kind of
pushed this design even further but
Assassin’s Creed origins in the desert
setting with like the sunlight beaming
down and the Beautiful Blue of the river
the green of the Reeds everything about
it just really pops it’s super crisp and
holds up today
next up at number three we have until
dawn released in 2015. this PlayStation
4 game still looks damn good
specifically thanks to its great use of
light and Shadow the darks in this game
are truly dark and Incredibly spooky and
it really just leads to a good visual
design but thankfully with the graphics
to back it up while the Quarry their
newest game has definitely really amped
it up in terms of facial animation for
the time and and still really if you’re
looking at it the characters look pretty
damn convincing the way they talk the
way they emote the fact that some of
them are played by real world actors and
it actually looks like them is
impressive as hell it’s also just a
great game and it’s fun to revisit we
replay it all the time and that’s how we
kind of notice that the graphics are
still working for us now
next down at number two we’re gonna go
back a little further with Rise Son Of
Rome now another cry Tech game this is
gonna of course have some pedigree a
visual kick-assery behind it and yeah
for real despite this thing releasing in
2013 as a launch window game for the
original Xbox One this game looks damn
good and then they released it on PC a
little while later and it is stunning
for this game they definitely kept it
kind of simple gameplay wise they almost
kind of maybe prioritized visuals over
actual gameplay but I mean now looking
at it in 2022 it seems like that aspect
of it at least paid off because like the
character details the crispness of
everything the close-up camera angles
all of it is pretty impressive and I
think properly aged like it does not
look like a 2013 game by any means if
you ask me maybe I’m going crazy maybe
it’s just me but I know there’s some
people out there I I’ve seen you online
some people that really really vouch for
this weird game and count me as one of
them now down to number one we have
Uncharted 4. yeah yeah I mean like what
more can we say about Uncharted 4 this
game looks damn incredible it released
in 2016 and there’s another game that
really really pushed the hell out of the
PS4 obviously it comes with tons of
detail specifically with Nate Drake
himself his clothing the way it moves
the way he moves the way dirt gets on
him water mud anything previous games
had really mastered that kind of stuff
but here I think it’s just the amount of
scenery change UPS the amount of
completely different environments you
are in different countries different
weather types all of it looks absolutely
mind-blowing still to this day couple
that with the fact that the game has so
much destruction going on buildings
falling down debris flying everywhere
super fast car chases firing all
cylinders with particle effects details
physics all of it looks nuts this is
another one worth replaying like for the
graphics alone you know sometimes the
story feels a little overly long but
visually man it holds the hell up and
we’re looking forward to seeing what PC
modders do with this one but that’s
really it guys we just wanted to talk
about 10 games that still blow us away
visually obviously we clearly stuck to a
specific time period we could have went
back further but we wanted to talk about
a brief window in time from a few years
ago so there are other games that came
out in that time so we want to hear from
you in the comments what you think if
you got your own top five definitely hit
us up now if you enjoyed this video
click on the like buttons all you got to
do it really helps us out we’re just
talking games here but it’s also worth
saying if you’re new consider
subscribing because we put out videos
every single day but either way thanks
for watching and we’ll see you guys next
time
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