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Dromaium
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 Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:20 Post subject: Most beautiful games, your favorite guilty pleasures. |
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Make a list of your favorite games that in your opinion achieve excellence in their aesthetic presentation. Titles that combine a beautiful or profound story with a unique or beautiful visual or musical aesthetic.
I'm looking mostly for art games, but if there are some AA Titles that fit the description, post them here as well.
My choices:
Limbo
Brothers: A tale of Two Sons
Bioshock
Bioshock Infinite
Child of Light
Bastion
Osmos
World of Goo
Remember Me
Portal
Portal 2
Dear Esther
Amnesia - The Dark Descent
Condemned - Criminal Origins
Antichamber
The Swapper
Machinarium
Gone Home
Braid
Cryostasis
The Bridge
Deadlight
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Grim Fandango
Outcast
Mirror’s Edge
XIII
Don't Starve
Okami
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Shadow of the Colossus
ICO
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Neon
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:24 Post subject: |
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Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:27 Post subject: |
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| Dromaium wrote: |
Remember Me
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A gorgeous game. Too bad the story and gameplay were just ok.
I think the Stalker series has great visual presentation. It's not going for an artistic angle but it's still got great atmosphere.
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:28 Post subject: |
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To the Moon
Thomas was alone
Are two titles I can come up with right away that I see missing.
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:42 Post subject: |
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In recent history, I think Remember Me beats the rest of the competition.
I really fancied the Metro games as well, because they were technically really good looking, while at the same time having great aesthetic direction.
Thinking back to DXHR now, the game is below average technically, but the attentiont to detail was great, still one of the best aesthetic designs I have played. I listened to all the developer logs, and to me itseemed, like they put a lot of effort in this.
Portal 2 was a pleasure to play when it comes to all senses. Sound design was a great part of that, and I fancied that a lot.
Bioshock games never did anything for me, I found those games all to be tryhards. Like oscar-bait movies. Very nice in a superficial way, but scratch the surface, and there's no depth behind its themes (don't confuse themes with story).
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:47 Post subject: |
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Oh, oh, almost forgot:
Alan Wake!
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Dromaium
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:49 Post subject: |
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| Radicalus wrote: | Oh, oh, almost forgot:
Alan Wake! |
I liked Alan Wake to some extent, but in other parts it just seemed to cheesy.
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Nui
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Dwarf Fortress
kogel mogel
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Far Cry, the only game that made me drool when I played it, back when it came out it was ahead of everyone graphically.
Bastion
Outcast
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chiv
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i never miss a chance to harp on about remember me, so
remember me (!!!)
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Vechter
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 01:20 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 01:41 Post subject: |
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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - audio and visuals
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HubU
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 02:17 Post subject: |
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Vampire the masquerade redemption.
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matta666
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i wouldn't say bioshock was beautiful, unreal engine looks bad to my eyes. I think Borderlands has a fantastic art direction
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Ke1N
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:33 Post subject: |
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BioShock I
Grand Theft Auto Series
Alan Wake
Bastion
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:44 Post subject: |
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Gabriel Knight Series
Mb with exception of the 3rd game that lacked what the previous 2 games had.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:47 Post subject: |
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Spot the permbanned troll, from nfohump studios
Simple whack-a-mole game but highly entertaining 
STALKER series
Fallout: New Vegas
Bioshock
And some others that I'm not remembering right now.
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Uncharted 2, especially the nepal parts, too gorgeous for words.
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crossmr
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Do you know what guilty pleasure means?
intel ultra 7 265k, 64gb ram, 3070
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