Video game graphics that blew us away

[emptybruwer]

Ultima underworld. Was back in the day awesome looking

 

[Electric]

Unreal was so green like Quake was so brown.

For me, when I got my 4mb 3Dfx card and fired up Quake 2, just wow. The world changed that day.

That water.

 

[Necuno]

Video game graphics that blew us away

These games broke the visual mould when they launched in their heyday. They are old, but definitely still gold

pffft. youngings. Try first time polygons over sprites: Quake1.

 

[Necuno]

I always thought that Police Quest 4 had nice graphics way back when.

More recently though, I think that Red Dead Redemption's graphics is quite nice.
I remember when playing the game, I would just stand on a cliff and stare out over the horizon for minutes at end.

Yeah vga and svga was quite the stepup from monocrhome or that ugly cga

 

[genetic]

ugly cga

My favourite game on CGA was Accolade's Grand Prix

 

[Shi]

My favourite game on CGA was Accolade's Grand Prix

loved that game, if I remember correctly, the sound wasn't bad either.

 

[genetic]

loved that game, if I remember correctly, the sound wasn't bad either.

[video=youtube;jatdv0EszIk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jatdv0EszIk[/video]

 

[AstroTurf]

Unreal

Freaking awesome graphics for it's time

That and myst blew me away.

 

[Spizz]

pffft. youngings. Try first time polygons over sprites: Quake1.

I dunno. It was nice and all and of course a big change from sprites, but you needed a ninja PC to run it as there was only software mode and no opengl at first. Even when 3dfx cards became the norm, Quake was still not what I'd say was 'blow you away' graphics.

 

[Fulcrum29]

The Voodoo days changed graphics, the Glide API.

 

[Kosmik]

The Voodoo days changed graphics, the Glide API.

Quake soft vs Quake Glide

 

[Spizz]

Quake soft vs Quake Glide

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Eish, how many times I've run down there

 

[Fulcrum29]

Quake soft vs Quake Glide

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In those days not "that" many games supported Glide, would love to see Mantle API support. Wing Commander: Prophecy looked like an absolute dream with Glide.

 

[Necuno]

Eish, how many times I've run down there

I lol'ed.... hard... because I know what you mean :twisted:

 

[AstroTurf]

The Voodoo days changed graphics, the Glide API.

Oh f*** yea!

 

[CamiKaze]

Alone in the Dark

 

[SaiyanZ]

For open world environments nothing compares to Skyrim with the latest graphic mods. It still amazes me from time to time. Screenshots don't really do justice but here are some I've taken:

 

[Necuno]

That looks ok... but not as good as Outside™... yet

 

[cerebus]

Graphics? Hm...

 

[Kosmik]

NO DAMMIT DON"T SHOW ME HOMEWORLD!!!

Love that game , oh why why did it die.