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After the PSN went down, I began playing games that didn't have online and were focused more on a single player story. My first choice to play was Fallout: New Vegas, and I personally have to say that it has the best art style in any game I've played to date. The retro propaganda was done strikingly well, despite the horrid graphics. The art really set the tone of the whole game and immersed the player.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2010/10/19/1287496472831/Fallout-New-Vegas-005.jpg

My question to you is: What game has the best art style?

2011-05-28 18:10:00

Author:
piggabling

Posts: 2979

The Swapper!

It's dark, creepy, and has a great atmosphere.

http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/13/12288/0017.png

Oh and it's an unreleased indie game by some foreign game company, which is why you've never heard of it.

Here's a cool video of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DABjFdrM9w

2011-05-28 18:20:00

Author:
warlord_evil

Posts: 4193

MGS4,
Diverse environments in each stage.

http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae354/JapaneseAkita/12_mgs4_screenshot_d1050_04.jpg

http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae354/JapaneseAkita/SHADOWMOSESHELIPORT_1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2315663933_14b84bd40e.jpg

2011-05-28 18:49:00

Author:
Maxi

Posts: 1176

Bioshock
http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/bioshock_driller1.jpg

Rayman 2
http://members.multimania.co.uk/rayman/images/rayman2/rm2_01.jpg

Team Fortress 2
http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/7/73/Team-Fortress-2.jpg

Are some of my favourites

2011-05-28 19:09:00

Author:
DaSpoony

Posts: 191

Okami. Simply beautiful game.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYk45ep4ZG0/TCZ9uZGtnuI/AAAAAAAAAFE/rac4Lwgq1Eg/s1600/okami.jpg
Bioshock, specifically the Hephaestus stage.

http://popularsymbolism.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bioshock-hephaestus-big.jpg
And heavy Rain, so wonderfully bleak
http://xxgamerzhavenxx.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/heavy-rain-gameplay_01.jpg

2011-05-28 21:03:00

Author:
Radishlord

Posts: 706

Limbo
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ya3J3F2TXXc/TR35mt4qhXI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Nydc6N3FArY/s1600/LIMBO_Concept_July_1.jpg

rayman
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/az_za-/ray.png
http://rayman.bonusweb.cz/pok2_wantedrayman/rayman2/pok2/ilustrace/dalsi_stranka/rayman_2_image_16.jpg
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/az_za-/hood.png

Machinarium
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FDGAPNkmXZ0/TSTzF7GZunI/AAAAAAAAAG8/XGms-iBiEwM/s1600/machinarium_04_bigger.jpg

and soooo much more...

2011-05-28 21:30:00

Author:
>er.

Posts: 785

All Valve games have a great atmosphere, and I'd say Okami has the best art style I've ever seen in a game.

2011-05-28 21:34:00

Author:
abyssalassassin

Posts: 717

All Valve games have a great atmosphere, and I'd say Okami has the best art style I've ever seen in a game.

Agreed on both counts

Oh and this game's pretty cool, has a nice patchwork homemade style
http://www.supercheats.com/guides/files/guid/little-big-planet/bunker2.jpg

2011-05-28 21:42:00

Author:
Radishlord

Posts: 706

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/09/shadow-of-the-colossus-top.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.inquisitr.com/84704/ico-shadow-of-the-colossus-getting-hi-def-makeover-for-ps3/&usg=__EsLmMWa-Uc4T8s9_D2nfYJKylSs=&h=412&w=550&sz=43&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=a6TwREfsJGr5ZM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=204&ei=SWDhTdHmE9TogQeysq3LBg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dshadow%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bcolossus%26um%3D1 %26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bi h%3D664%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=141&vpy=132&dur=8356&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=92&ty=132&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1366&bih=664http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/09/shadow-of-the-colossus-top.jpg
http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/174621-header.jpg
http://gamesareevil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/katamaridamacy1.jpg
http://www.keenandgraev.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wind-waker.jpg

I'm surprised that nobody else has posted these games. Philistines.

2011-05-28 21:55:00

Author:
bonner123

Posts: 1487

http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-last-guardian-001.jpg
http://thelastmetaphor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/E3-expo-The-Last-Guardian-001-2877.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3068/1043394-tlg_super.jpg
http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/162234-lastguardian.jpg

2011-05-28 22:19:00

Author:
Jaslow

Posts: 775

Just joking, it looks amazing I'll get it when it comes out.

2011-05-28 22:26:00

Author:
abyssalassassin

Posts: 717

Final Fantasy xiii
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ffnext.com/images/game/ffxiii/screenshots/Famitsu-Nov-28-2009/environment.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ffnext.com/ffxiii/Screenshots/Pulse%2BEnvironment&usg=__4VsWp3rbLjqrdfQts1vvKWfx5pQ=&h=360&w=640&sz=89&hl=en&start=0&sig2=puXeERhQRhbJJpgtxjGsTw&zoom=1&tbnid=UeabGwH3NeX_7M:&tbnh=86&tbnw=153&ei=jmvhTdfpIJLSsAOnubiDBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfinal%2Bfantasy%2Bxiii%2Benvironments %26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D499%26tbm %3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=260&vpy=86&dur=726&hovh=168&hovw=300&tx=166&ty=86&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&biw=1024&bih=499

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.psptogo.com/upload/2009-09/090917215416402.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.psptogo.com/games-psp-wallpapers/2009-11/6962.htm&usg=__InVdq2jLVKzPNpTxrQIrRdCgl7Y=&h=272&w=480&sz=30&hl=en&start=15&sig2=4O_EGV8kbAeCbyFOBllTmg&zoom=1&tbnid=U7YiUi5XuO3mXM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=205&ei=jmvhTdfpIJLSsAOnubiDBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfinal%2Bfantasy%2Bxiii%2Benvironments %26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D499%26tbm %3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=515&vpy=139&dur=904&hovh=169&hovw=298&tx=167&ty=99&page=2&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:15&biw=1024&bih=499

Ratchet and Clank
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3879692181_c767cb7724_o.jpg

http://www.supersoluce.com/IMG/Image_1.jpg

http://www.ryansgoblog.com/images/ratchet_and_clank_future_tools_of_destruction.jpg

2011-05-28 22:45:00

Author:
Unknown User

Half Life 2, post-apocalyptic ex-iron curtain city combined with post modernism under the rule of a faceless totalitarian interdimensional alien race? Tasty:

http://img.listal.com/image/150915/936full-half--life-2-screenshot.jpg
http://thegamereviews.com/userfiles/image/Top%2010/cliffhangers/half%20life%202%20ep%202.jpg
http://preview.filesonic.com/img/602621.jpg

2011-05-28 22:52:00

Author:
The Gentleman

Posts: 360

I think this game has good art work

It just looks so real

http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/a/assassin.s_creed-_brotherhood_.comic-con._trailer_hd-387571-1280824357.jpeg
http://www.psu.com/media/articles/image/ac_brotherhood_2.jpg

2011-05-29 00:41:00

Author:
Unknown User

Boo, most of the things I would have mentioned already have been. But one game that hasn't been mentioned that I feel warrants it is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night from ye olde PS1 days (personally, I really don't care for the re-releases as the redubbed voicework with Yuri Lowenthal as Alucard is an atrocity). While people may debate endlessly whether it is the greatest Castlevania game or the beginning of the franchise pulling away from its original roots no one can argue that it was the best looking Castlevania game up till that point and quite possibly still is as far as 2D Castlevanias are concerned. While you are confined to a castle (or two, technically) for the entirety of the game there's a ton of different environments to explore which range from beautiful to eerie if not both at once and an incredible amount of detail given to them. And did I mention that just about every individual area in the game is given it's own unique soundtrack, and that the soundtrack as a whole is really, really good?
http://www.androidfools.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/fdf1a__android__186677.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ES2vTanMQ
http://fantasyanime.com/valhalla/castlevaniasotn/screenshots/large/16-Catacombs12.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVgg9I-85kg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVgg9I-85kg
http://fantasyanime.com/valhalla/castlevaniasotn/screenshots/large/25-Chapel03.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7EZsYRWuAs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7EZsYRWuAs

2011-05-29 03:51:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka

Posts: 512

Now these days, nearly every big-budget game that isn't based in real-life, modern warfare oozes with atmosphere. Some of my favorites are:

Flower
http://www.mecho.com.au/wp-includes/images/flower-ps3-game.jpg
http://levelingdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/flower_33-640x.jpg

Burnout Paradise
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/3047675755_a47930e8d9.jpg
http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/898/898600/burnout-paradise-20080813023535182_640w.jpg

Red Dead Redemption (o' course

)
http://www.channelmassive.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/red_dead_redemption_2.jpg
http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/2010/Red_Dead_Redemption_Horse.jpg

Super Mario Galaxy
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/7464/817734-mariogal_super.jpg

2011-05-29 04:59:00

Author:
Outlaw-Jack

Posts: 5757

Yeah, that is true Jack

I have Super Mario Galaxy; Hard game, good Artwork

Oh, and Red Dead Redemption; Has amazing Art style

2011-05-29 05:35:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yeah, that is true Jack

I have Super Mario Galaxy; Hard game, good Artwork

Oh, and Red Dead Redemption; Has amazing Art style

Lol, since when was Galaxy hard

Has nobody mentioned the Portal series yet? I know Half-Life has been talked about but Portal is so perfect

2011-05-29 18:24:00

Author:
Radishlord

Posts: 706

BioShock (again

)
http://thenewgamer.com/content/files/images/wreck.jpg

Uncharted (I like the first one's setting better, but the second one is as awesome!)
http://abcjogos.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/un2-3.jpg

And God of War has some "scenery p***" too, specially the titans:
http://wegotthiscovered.com/wp-content/uploads/244sgeo.png

2011-05-29 18:52:00

Author:
gdn001

Posts: 5891

I see some Rayman fans, goodie goodie!

Time to include the only other series as good as that one.

http://images.wikia.com/banjokazooie/images/2/2a/BKboxart.jpg
http://images.wikia.com/banjokazooie/images/6/67/SpiralMountain.png
Ah, this place, I actually like the new look they gave it...

2011-05-29 19:55:00

Author:
JamesDNaux

Posts: 757

Also, I haven't played it before, but I've done interviews with others about this game, and they've given me pictures. Oh, and I've also seen plenty pictures and previews

L.A Norie;
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/kenshi808/L_A_Norie/XBOX360/snapshot20110514230737.jpg
The Facial expressions look so amazingly real

http://www.connectedconsoles.com/articlecontent/images/4652446940_ec969b0324_b.jpg

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/162673-noir.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/LA-Noire-Box-Art.jpg/250px-LA-Noire-Box-Art.jpg

L.A. Noire uses Lightsprint's real-time global illumination technology, as well as Depth Analysis's newly developed technology for the film and video game industries called MotionScan, where actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle.

2011-05-30 06:23:00

Author:
Unknown User

Minecraft has an interesting pixel-art look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Sf9ZfzGCM

An important thing to remember is that a video games graphics aren't an art-style. You can make a game with advanced technology but it won't look good if it doesn't have atmosphere. It needs a look, games like L.A. Noire establish some atmoshpere, but don't go into depth like they could.

A quote from GameInformer fits quite well with this situation:

In a generation where individual pores can be seen on a character's face in Heavy Rain and a suspect's eyebrow can furrow guiltily in L.A. Noire, some would argue we've hit a graphical plateau in video games. These advancements have been achieved within a single console generation, a remarkable feat. Despite what posts on comments sections and forums may wants to believe, great visuals do not make a great game - modern video game excellence lies in the atmosphere.Graphics are a great thing, but a games need to draw the player in, like something they can feel and understand.

A good example from the same GI article:

Take away the claustrophobic, shadow-laden corridors of the Ishimura and Visceral Games' Dead Space would be a shell of a game sporting Resident Evil 4 gunplay and a vapid protagonist.

2011-05-30 07:50:00

Author:
warlord_evil

Posts: 4193

Heh, you're right warlord

It does look interesting...

2011-05-30 07:52:00

Author:
Unknown User

Bah most of the games i was gonna say are already up there!!! DX

Ah well here goes.

Lcoco Roco:
http://www.theaveragegamer.com/wp-content/Screenshots/LocoRoco/LocoRoco01.jpg
http://blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk/gaming/LocoRoco_2_001.jpg

Ratchet And Clank:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9MOywHCf_4Y/SqBlZThVcEI/AAAAAAAABwo/IxmdgnQqasQ/s400/ratchet-clank-4.jpg
http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/revpics/RnCGC/RnCGCb.jpg
http://www.ugo.com/images/galleries/ratchetandclankupyourarsenal_games/1.jpg
http://pix3lnati0n.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/ratchet.jpg
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ratchet-and-clank-a-crack-in-time-monster-screenshot.jpg

Jak And Daxter:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_STKLqp20jaE/Sw-AoL2cnlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Uz3CP19GqRA/s1600/Jak+and+daxter.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5779/198545-jak2_2_super.jpg
http://www.gamezone.com/images/gamezone/23/6/18/s23618_ps2_3.jpg

Rayman:
http://www.iphone-gamer.net/images/jump-feb20-rayman-1.jpg
http://bzzz.3dsbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rayman2_04.jpg
http://www.ukgamer.com/images/coverage/ects2002/RAYMAN3_BEWAREbig.jpg

Sly:
http://www.whattheyplay.com/media/images/product/playstation-2/sly-cooper-and-the-thievius-raccoonus-2394/screenshot/screenshot_sly1_01-screenshot.jpg
http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544437/sly-2-band-of-thieves-20040903054858436.jpg
http://ps2media.gamespy.com/ps2/image/article/626/626912/sly-3-honor-among-thieves-20050617043210487.jpg

Okami:
http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/userfiles/image/Okami%204.jpg
http://gamecola.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/okami-002.jpg

Wario Ware Smooth Moves: (It has an interesting art style XD)
http://document.nintendo-difference.com/3081/imgs/7.jpg
http://thenewgamer.com/content/files/images/warioware_smooth_moves_4.jpg

Modnation Racers: (Say what you want ,but I love its art style)
http://videogamesrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/modnation-racers-car-300x300.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1048/1043505-modnation_racers_01_super.jpg

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm:
http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/916/916847/naruto-ultimate-ninja-storm-20081007073840366.jpg
http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/userfiles/image/NUNS%202.jpg

Mirror's Edge:
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/855/855708/mirrors-edge-20080228010823677.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bigdownload.com/media/2009/02/mirrorsedge_contest_topimage.jpg

Minecraft:
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/minecraft3.jpg
http://wethegamerz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Minecraft-Hell-Dimension-600x330.jpg

Thats it!

2011-05-30 08:30:00

Author:
Jovuto

Posts: 2345

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