Summary
- Sequels often vastly improve visually due to new hardware and tech advancements, making them more realistic and stunning.
- Motion capture, improved lighting, and attention to detail enhance graphics in sequels like God of War and Max Payne.
- Evolving from isometric to first-person gameplay, sequels like Fallout 3 and Grand Theft Auto 3 showcase major visual improvements.
When a new console launches, or when a se🍨quel to a much-loved game comes out, the first thing everyone notices are the graphics. What does the game look like? Is it realistic? How is the lighting? Does it look new? Is it next gen? We often focus on the visuals of the games first.
The Most Graphically Impressive Nintendo Switch Games, Ranked ꧒
Just because it's smaller and por🐷table🍃 doesn't mean the games aren't pretty!
Some video games warrant that initial reaction. Some video games wow us with their new tech and𓆏 visual prowess. There are video game sequels that vastly improve on their predecessors in terms of visuals, many of which are the result of new hardware and gadgetry under the hood of the console.
8 God Of War: Ascension (2013) – God Of W𒐪ar𒁏 (2018)
- God of War: Ascension was the first in the series to include multiplayer.
- New actors were introduced in God of War (2018).
Two console generations passed by between God of War: Ascension and its long-awaited follow-up, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War (2018). The result was that God of War (2018) was vastly superior, graphically speaking, than any of the prior 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:games in the series, which were already ꧃considered to be very good-looking.
God of War: Ascension was nota🤡ble for its inclusion of multiplayer, but also for its visual overhaul. The sequel took it to the next level, with motion capture, new camera techniques and fantastic lighting, making it one of the most realistic, stunning games available on modern consoles and PCs.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War Ragnarok is also a visual spectacle — 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:check out our review of it!
7 Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max P♚ayne (2003) – Max Payne 3 (2012)
- A model was hired for the physical role of Max Payne in Max Payne 2. In Max Payne 3, the character model more closely resembled the voice and motion capture of actor, James McCaffrey.
- Max Payne 3 is the only game in the series to be developed by Rockstar Games.
The first two 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Max Payne games were developed by Remedy, and the third was developed by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rockstar Games. A gap of almost ten years separated them both, plus the introduction of a new console generation. That gap, the change in developer, and the new hardware available made Max Payne 3 a much better-looking game than what came bef🍨ore it.
Max Payne 3 benefitted from motion capture, improved physics and mechanics, and greater li🤪ghting. I💝t was far more lifelike and colorful because of the tech and resources available. But, while it looked great in terms of its graphics, longtime fans of the series were not so pleased with the newer, brighter setting.
6 ♓ 🦩 Metal Gear Solid (1998) – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty (2001)
- A remake of Metal Gear Solid for the GameCube was launched, incorporating graphical improvements akin to those seen in the sequel.
The original 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid is one of the greatest games ever made, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:especially in the stealth and action genres, but looking at it now ☂can be a disa🎶ppointing experience. Visually speaking, it has not aged as well as its mechanics and game design.
The sequel launched only three years later is visually stunning in comparison. The sequel was launched on the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 2. It ditched the cuboid and faceless characters of the original, in favor of more r𝕴ounded, lifelike characters, greater lighting and atmospherics.
5 Fallout 2 (1998) – Fallout 3 (2008) 🤪 ♑
- Fallout 3 introduced the option of third-person or first-person gameplay.
Video games take a long time to make, especially when they’re vast in scale and scope, with plenty of choice and options for you. The first two Fallout games were isomꦦetric, role-playing games set in aꦗn open world, post-apocalypse.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Every Fallout Game, Ranked
Fallout is one of the largest RPGs in the world, with games varying throughout thꦛe years. We've ranked them all.
Ten years later, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fallout 3 evolved the serie𒐪s into a first- and third-person role-playing game. The new perspectives meant greater care and detail were needed in the🌺 characters and locations. The excellent art design gave the game its charm, and enemies took on a more menacing, often frightening aesthetic.
4 ▨ Doom 64 (1997) – Doom 3 (2004)
- The Doom series has seen two reboots.
The Doom series has undergone a series of reboots and relaunches. The original games were among the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:first ever first-person shooters, with level design, mechanics, and visuals that look dated. But the art design stood out, with grotesque m⛦onsters and creatures.
Doom 3, launched seven years later, reinvented the series for the modern gamer. It adopted a m🌠ore m📖odern perspective for its first-person shooting, it had far more detailed character models and environments, and its lighting was immersive and, at times, frightening.
3 Red Dead Redemption (2010) – Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) ဣ 🔯
- The first game in the Red Dead series, Red Dead Revolver, was developed by Angel Studios, later bought and renamed Rockstar San Diego.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 serves as a prequel to Red Dead Redemption.
The first 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption is an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:open-world game set in the Wild West. It has large vistas, open landscapes, wildlife, fauna, and plenty of great things to look at. In many ways, it’s oneꩲ of the greatest, best-looking video ga𓆉mes ever made.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: 13 Be꧒st Cowboy Characters I♋n Video Games
As long as there have been video games there have been cowboys, gunslingers, and out💛laws roaming the virtual wi🌳ld west. These are the best.
But the prequel, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption 2, takes the visꦉuals to the next level and then some. Characters were more lifelike thanks to motion capture and fantastic animation, HDR enhanced the lighting, and the environments were highly detailed and layered. Not only that, but small elements and details really made Red Dead Redemption 2 one of the best-looking games ever made.
2 Wolfenstein 3D (1992) – Return To Castle Wolfenstein (2001🐼)
- The Wolfenstein series was rebooted with Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014).
- In Germany, all Nazi imagery is removed from the games.
The history of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Wolfenstein games is not all that different from those of the Doom series. Primarily because they were at one point made by the sa𒐪me developer, id Software. The first games therefore match the first-person perspective and style of the earlier Doom games.
For Return to Castle Wolfenstein, development of the single-player portion was handed over to Gray Matter Studios. The developers modernized the perspective, aligning it with current 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:first-person shooters, and the environments𒐪 were more detailed, with greater depth, and the game revitalized the seriꦦes.
1 Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) – Gra🌠nd Theft Auto 3 (2001)
- A remastered version of Grand Theft Auto 3 launched in 2021.
Another Rockstar Games series that has shown several visual improvements in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:its sequels is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto. ♋The initial games were top-down,🏅 open-world, action games with little detail and limited visual appeal.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 3 came a𝐆long just tw꧂o years later and changed the perspective to 3D, requiring far more work and detail in its characters, environments, and vehicles. It not only blew everyone’s minds because of how good-looking it was, but it propelled the open world genre further into the spotlight, influencing many games since.
