The and the Xbox 360 were the first consoles to dip their toes into HD gaming. As a result, games from the generation still hold up surprisingly well when compared to ga💝mes released in this generation.
The PlayStation 3 in particular had some beautiful games despite not always being the lead development platform. The machine’s first-party exclusives still easily hold up some of the best-looking games ever released with several titles getting remastered. With the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:new generation of consoles in the PlayStation 5 and the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, it’s always interesting to look back at previous generations to see how well theﷺy hold up.
Updated March 23rd, 2021 by Michael Llewellyn: With the news of Sony sh꧑utting down the Store for PlayStation 3, Vita🥃, and PSP downloadable games in the next few months, it's interesting to go back and take another look at some of the most visually impressive games on the PS3. What's surprising, is just how well many of the games hold up two generations later with many still acting as a benchmark for modern titles. This is especially so of the developers that knew how to work with the PS3's hardware and extract the very best out of the machine.
15 Warhamm🥀🐟er 40,000: Space Marine
Released in 2011꧟, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine isn’t a PlayStation 3 exclusive buꦆt it was easily one of the best looking titles of a generation. It was also one of the most overlooked action hack-and-slash action games of its time.
The character design and visuals were outstanding in bringing the to life. In terms of character size and pure power fantasy, the Space Marines resemble the characters in the Gears of War series. It’s gruesome, brutal🐬, and bloody and the animations do an amazing job of conveying the relentless action that’s on display.
14 ꦓ Heavy Rain
Released in 2010, Quantic Dream’s interactive drama Heavy Rain still remains one of the best-looking games on the PlayStation ♉3. Much like its predecessor Fahrenheit, it's a game that lets players feel l♏ike they are in control of their own TV show or movie.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The story’s execution can be a little hit or miss with some gamers but there are still enough twists and turns in the plot to keep most people gripped throughout. The develop൩ers at Quantic Dream seem to be experts at pushing the hardware t𒅌o create some amazing visuals and effects with the use of fantastic lighting and motion capture.
13 Persona 5
Considering that Persona 5 is highly regarded as one of the best games on the PlayStation 4 it is easy to forget that Persona 5 was released on the PlayStation 3 too. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The beauty of Persona 5 doesn’t lie in state-of-the-art 💝visuals 𒈔or graphics, instead, it relies on its flair and art design.
The best thing about the anime-style visuals and incredible menu design is that its visuals are that they never appear old or aging. Photo-realistic graphics tend to age very quickly as technology advances ♒but a beautiful art design will always remain timeless.
12 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patrio▨ts
Released in 2008, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns o🎐f the Patriots is an absolutely stunning achievement on the console and over 12 years later it still holds its own against many of today’s top games. Th🐽e character models, lighting, and environments all still look amazing.
The only thing holding MGS 4 back is perhaps the o꧙veruse of yellows and browns which was a look that many games adopted post- on last-gen systems.
11 ꦆ Fina🐈l Fantasy XIII
Released worldwide in 2010, was a title that divided fans and critics. Whilജe some loved the combat system and the characters, others found it too linear and needlessly complex in ⭕its lore.
However, where fans can’t be divided is the visuals that still look absolutely stunning today. With the big-budget Square Enix is known for when it comes to the Final Fantasy series, FFXIII unsurprisingly has 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:stunning character models, beautiful environments, and Hollywo💜od-style cutscenes that still look amazing today.
10 Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time ❀
Released in 2013, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is the fourth entry in the platforming stealth series that began life on the PlayStation 2. Just like🌳, Persona 5, Sly 𓆏Cooper used a cartoon-like art style that looks and feels timeless years later.
The character and level designs echo Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s and as a result, they still look amazing to this day. A modern-day remaster on the PlayStation 5 certainly wouldn’t look out of place today on the high-powered system and it would fix the only thing that held the game back at the time of its release, which was the loading times. However, now that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Facebook currently🐬 owns the developers Sanzaru the series' fate is unknown but Sony still owns the IP ꦯso i𒊎t's not beyond the realm of possibility that another studio could take the reigns.
9 ༒ God Of Warꦫ III
Until the fourth mainline entry came out for the PlayStation 4 in 2018, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War III was highly regarded by fans as the best in the series. Right froꦕm the opening scenes where Kratos is doing battle with Poseidon, the game 🌜is as cinematic as it comes.
Even by today’s standards, the boss battles are in a league of their own when it comes to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:massive and powerful enemies like Cron🔜os and Zeus. Kratos’ character model still looks phenomenal and carries a sense of athleticism and strength that really taps into the kind of power fantasy that players want from a game like this.
8 Ratchet & Clank: Into The Nexus 🅘
An argument can be made that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:all Ratchet & Clank games have some of the most spectacular vis🍌uals on the PlayStation 3. However, the series’ visuals peaked with Ratchet & Clank: Into 🧸The Nexus until the 2016 reboot on the PlayStation 4.
While the game’s story didn’t quite match its predecessors, Into the Nexus’ gameplay,ඣ spectacular visuals, and effects make players feel like they are interacting and playing in a Pixar movie ꩲthat’s come to life.
7 Grand Theft Auto V 🐻
First released in 2013, is still considered by many 🍃to be the benchmark that all open-world action games with modern-day settings are measured. The world of Los Santos is so varied and has so much gone it on, it really feels like a living and breathing environment.
It’s very rare that a game achieves the feat of making the player feel like a smaller part of a much bigger world. Even without the next-gen upgrades that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version received 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:GTA V is a lengthy title that's packed with things to do and is an astonishing achieve🅺ment.
6 👍 ༺ Max Payne 3
Released in 2012 and developed by Rockstar Studios, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Max Payne 3 is a third-person action game that was built using the RAGE engine. This means the game was built using the same engine that was used in Rocksta𒁃r’s oth▨er games like Grand Theft Auto V and both entries in the Red Dead Redemption series.
Considering how good the ga🍬me looks, it’s surprising that it hasn’t been remastered for modern consoles. Max Payne 3 can easily stand among the best of today’s action shooters and the bullet-time mechanics still look as cool now as they did when the very first game in the series debuted in 2001.