Most beautiful games, your favorite guilty pleasures.
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Dromaium
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:20    Post subject: Most beautiful games, your favorite guilty pleasures.
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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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:23    Post subject:
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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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:24    Post subject:
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:27    Post subject:
Dromaium wrote:

Remember Me


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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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:28    Post subject:
To the Moon
Thomas was alone

Are two titles I can come up with right away that I see missing.


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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:40    Post subject:
World of Warcraft Surprised
Think what you want of it, but thanks to the art style it still looks very nice and atmospheric most of the time


Skyrim
More recent, and with all kind of mods it looks gorgeous and has an awesome atmosphere


IMO most games that are supported by ENB look very very nice.



My guilty pleasure:
3D Sex Villa
Frap Frap Guy


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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:42    Post subject:
Bastion
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:45    Post subject:
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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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:47    Post subject:
Oh, oh, almost forgot:

Alan Wake!
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:49    Post subject:
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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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:51    Post subject:
Dwarf Fortress


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PostPosted: Thu, 1st May 2014 23:52    Post subject:
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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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 00:21    Post subject:
i never miss a chance to harp on about remember me, so


remember me (!!!)


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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 01:18    Post subject:
Child of Light
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Max Payne 1
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 01:41    Post subject:
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - audio and visuals
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 02:01    Post subject:
Nui wrote:
Dwarf Fortress


Daring proposition!
But I do agree, with imagination it just "look" so awesome Smile


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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 02:05    Post subject:
Call of Duty
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 02:17    Post subject:
Vampire the masquerade redemption.
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:02    Post subject:
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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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:33    Post subject:
BioShock I
Grand Theft Auto Series
Alan Wake
Bastion
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:44    Post subject:
Gabriel Knight Series

Mb with exception of the 3rd game that lacked what the previous 2 games had.
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 12:47    Post subject:
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Simple whack-a-mole game but highly entertaining Surprised


STALKER series
Fallout: New Vegas
Bioshock
And some others that I'm not remembering right now.


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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 13:12    Post subject:
Uncharted 2, especially the nepal parts, too gorgeous for words.
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 13:36    Post subject:
Remember Me
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 17:08    Post subject:
Do you know what guilty pleasure means?


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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 17:14    Post subject:
crossmr wrote:
Do you know what guilty pleasure means?


I was thinking the exact same thing while going through this thread Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 17:20    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd May 2014 17:32    Post subject:
I have been looking at the thread title from to time with confusion, and I am even more confused having skimmed through it - I do not get it at all.
Why would beautiful games be guilty pleasures? Very Happy
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