What games have really nice texture work? Someone made a thread about Half Life 2 having nice visuals the other day and it's definitely true.
>>344272920
Team-Silent's original Silent Hill games definitely do. Their artists and coders were some literal wizards, pulling these insane amounts of details out on PS1 and 2, alongside with some best character animation that side of HL2.
Star Citizen has like 8k textures, doesn't it?
Yeah, Half-Life 2 has some nice visuals. Probably my favorite thing about it is the Combine's style
I haven't had the opportunity to replay HL2 for about 6 years now. I can't afford a PC and really don't wanna play the 360 version
>>344273029
I think Silent Hill 3 has better looking art but SH2 is a better game. Game 3 looks kinda fucked sometimes at high resolutions because of 480p depth of field.
>>344273137
360 version plays fine, I believe.
>>344273137
>I can't afford a PC
dude, you could build a 1080p / 60fps capable potato system with 200 bucks! Probably could find an used prebuild that'd be good enough to run HL2 with high-ish settings for the price of one Xbox game.
>>344273137
360 version is actually really fun
>>344273029
This. Even the PS1's SH1 has amazing texture work, with tons of detail everywhere.
For example, every single shop, store, cafe, bar, etc, has its own unique front. Many individual rooms in buildings also have their very own unique texture sets.
>>344274413
Just need some delicious CRT scanlines for max boner.
>>344273137
what are you posting on?
>>344273029
>watch intro
>it gets to this part
>why isn't it moving? is is stuck?
>turns out the real game already started
>HOLY SHIT IT'S THE REAL INGAME GRAPHICS AND NOT THE CUTSCENE
i remember how mindblown i was
>>344273137
nigger you dont need anything better than a 2006 pc
is it really that bad
i replay hl2 practically every year and my pc is sub shit tier
>>344273029
that looks so fucking good, i was amazed as a kid
>games will never have good textures in tandem with restrained post processing and particle effects
It's either one or the other. Maybe aside from Battlefront 2015 but that game is dogshit.
>>344274491
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>>344274829
I recall those PS1 demo discs starting to include PS2 demo videos towards the end of its life cycle. THe SH2's one (pretty much the opening video in shortened form) and FFX video (the Yuna's sending cinematic + some random clips there and here) were literally mindblowing in 2000, and I remember thinking that we'd finally gotten rid of blocky polygon characters and fuzzy textures.
It's just sad to think how Team-Silent, some true pioneers of the era's tech, were so badly treated by Konami, and ultimately broken up by them. It's pretty surprising how long they allowed Kojima's shenanigans.
>>344275039
I find the mid 00's games to have the best balance in this.
Majority of the visuals are actual well done models and textures, running alongside with some fancy normalmapping and real-time lighting, with occasional bloom or blur effect used as a way to affect the mood.
>>344275364
LAWD I AM WET
>>344275367
I get why motion blur is used in 30fps console games but I still wish you could turn it off. The only "modern" game that uses bloom really well is Assassin's Creed 2. Comfy and ethereal as hell.
>>344275367
i fucking hate konami
i used to like valve, ((((bethesda)))), hell, even ubisoft before farcry 3, now i just feel sad about the whole deal and still enjoy their games SOMETIMES
but fucking konami, i used to enjoy their games and be actually excited for it, but every year getting more and more scummy, i cannot help but feel infuriated now, i want to agressively attack whoever the fuck runs this shitshow and undress him publicly just so people can throw rotten vegetables at him
>>344272920
Max Payne
Damn, my thread turned out pretty comfy. Like, old /a/ levels of comfy. Good work, lads.
>>344272920
what kind of hipster meme is this. that looks like fucking shit
>>344273137
Playing it right now, and my pc is trash
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Radeon HD 4650
1080p all High AA off
I get 60 fps average with some drops in some areas
>>344272920
This game had some neat textures
>>344276284
Minus a few low resolution textures, this art direction looks near CGI.
