Best looking PC game of 2019

[cucker tarlson]

Picked 10 that look best IMO.
the #1 vote goes to Control in my book

RDR2 would be second
Exodus third

 

[rtwjunkie]

If we were talking Level design the winner would be Control, hands down. But since the category being polled is best looking I think it is close between RDR2 and Metro Exodus. Ultimately, I recall too many places RDR2 appeared a little washed out, muted or muddy compared to Exodus. Not many mind you, but they are there.

Metro: Exodus just completely floored me on the beauty of it in each environment. My vote is for Exodus, and has been since I first played it in February. That is a huge bonus on top of one the best gameplay experiences of the year.

 

[cucker tarlson]

If we were talking Level design the winner would be Control, hands down. But since the category being polled is best looking I think it is close between RDR2 and Metro Exodus. Ultimately, I recall too many places RDR2 appeared a little washed out, muted or muddy compared to Exodus. Not many mind you, but they are there.

Metro: Exodus just completely floored me on the beauty of it in each environment. My vote is for Exodus, and has been since I first played it in February. That is a huge bonus on top of one the best gameplay experiences of the year.

I picked Control since it throws everything into the mix as far as graphics:the looks,the design and physics.

 

[delshay]

I was looking for Metro Exodus on steam two days ago only to find out it's no longer available on steam. I want this game on steam, but it looks like I will be force to go Epic to get this game.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I was looking for Metro Exodus on steam two days ago only to find out it's no longer available on steam. I want this game on steam, but it looks like I will be force to go Epic to get this game.

If you want it now, yes. That’s where I got it earlier this year. However, if you want to wait until February (IIRC), it will be back on Steam again.

 

[Splinterdog]

That's a tough one and hard to choose between Control, Division 2 and RDR2.
Control is highly detailed with barely anything washed out (think Rage 1 if you dare) and is full of small details that you notice.
The Division 2 is a step up on Division1, much more colourful and more open skies, if you will.
RDR2 is at times, jaw-dropping with its vistas and prairies, the horse details. If anything, I'd give an award to RDR2 for sound editing.
My vote goes to Control because of the attention to detail.

 

[Flogger23m]

Metro Exodus, comparison isn't close for most of those. Control did look great in some areas especially with RTX on, but Metro looked better overall. More detail on character faces are more detailed textures overall. Graphically the setting is very different with a dirty, rusted out environment vs a mostly clean interior of Control. But as mentioned, textures still looked better in Metro as did character detail.

Gears 5 looked thoroughly average, if not a bit below average. Nothing special at all graphically. A Plague Tale was similar. Good for a smaller studio and if I recall an in house game engine, but not worthy of being mentioned along with Metro.

RE2 looked fairly good but the lighting wasn't as good as Metro. But character detail and in general, environment detail was good to.

Jedi: Fallen Order was thoroughly average as well. Nothing special but not ugly. Background environment detail was lacking, textures were not high resolution throughout, and general graphical affects just weren't that stunning. Essentially middle of the road. Better than Gears 5 though.

CoD Modern Warfare. Looks worse than BF4 in some areas, better in others (textures). Lighting seems inferior overall to 2013's BF4. RTX makes shadows look a bit nicer but that is about it. Some affects like smoke look okay while others seem lacking. Explosions seem lacking overall in terms of debris. Overall I'd also put this in the average camp.

I didn't play the rest.

Metro was impressive throughout. The areas that seemed underwhelming were very few and far between. The walls of the canyon in the desert map lacked a bit of detail and I suppose the sea did. But literally everything else looked top of the line to me. Typically a game does well in one area, lighting/reflections/shadows but has low quality assets. Or the opposite, nice assets but low quality affects. Metro is perhaps the most consistently stunning game I've played in a long time. Very much like Half Life 2 or Crysis or other games that showed huge graphical leaps throughout. These are few and far between these days.

 

[delshay]

Sorry to go a little off topic but there is a user on reddit that says Detroit Become Human works on win 7. Wish someone here can confirm.

Anyway I will cast my vote on "Metro Exodus".

 

[Bobmitmen]

Sorry to go a little off topic but there is a user on reddit that says Detroit Become Human works on win 7. Wish someone here can confirm.

Anyway I will cast my vote on "Metro Exodus".

According to this article, YES

Detroit: Become Human – PC System Requirements

The Epic Games Store page for the upcoming PC version of Detroit: Become Human has been updated to include the system requirements. Freedom has a price - check the specs below to make sure your

www.gamespace.com

Mind you the game runs in Vulcan...

 

[delshay]

According to this article, YES

Detroit: Become Human – PC System Requirements

The Epic Games Store page for the upcoming PC version of Detroit: Become Human has been updated to include the system requirements. Freedom has a price - check the specs below to make sure your

www.gamespace.com

Mind you the game runs in Vulcan...

Windows 7 support was drop by the developers nearing completion of the game. This is why on Epic website it says windows 10 only.

 

[cucker tarlson]

surprised to see CoD is getting recogntion too.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Gotta be RDR2 for me.... full disclosure though I didn't play control or metro haven't like past games from either developer.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Gotta be RDR2 for me.... full disclosure though I didn't play control or metro haven't like past games from either developer.
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you didn't like Max Payne ?
Quantum Break was an outstanding game too,both form the graphical and conceptual standpoint.


tbh I did not play rdr2,but judging by what I've seen in gameplay videos and on screenshots,Exodus blows it out of the water with attention to detail.

 

[Prime2515102]

No Quake 2 RTX?

 

[oxrufiioxo]

you didn't like Max Payne ?
Quantum Break was an outstanding game too,both form the graphical and conceptual standpoint.


tbh I did not play rdr2,but judging by what I've seen in gameplay videos and on screenshots,Exodus blows it out of the water with attention to detail.

I didn't care for QB/Alan Wake. Max Payne was ok. Videos make control look terrible without RTX so I'm guessing it must look much better uncompressed.

 

[StudMuffin]

I really like how Rage 2 looks when using a decent gaming PC on a big 4K HDTV. You can really get a good feel on how these games looking visually when using a big display. The overall feel of Rage 2's world is damn impressive when playing the game maxed out with good AA, makes this game pop visually on a large quality HDTV, using 2K resolution or higher..

As for whats in the listing here, I gotta go with RDR2, maybe because its the first time we got a quality Western Game on the PC..so that really was a welcome to the PC gaming scene, and it felt "Fresh" i guess you can say since its rare to see a Western Game on the PC...so that really gave the game a boost visually, at least to me.

On a side note about Jedi Fallen Order - There is something about this game that holds the game back visually. I cant pinpoint it but honestly..the game was a little bit of a let-down in terms of graphics, and im not trying t compare it to EA's battlefront games...its just something about the graphics of this game that holds it back visually.

 

[Upgrayedd]

tbh I did not play rdr2,but judging by what I've seen in gameplay videos and on screenshots,Exodus blows it out of the water with attention to detail.

Both games have some amazingly detailed trains. I got to hand it to RDR2 for those incredible weather systems and animations.

On a side note about Jedi Fallen Order - There is something about this game that holds the game back visually. I cant pinpoint it but honestly..the game was a little bit of a let-down in terms of graphics, and im not trying t compare it to EA's battlefront games...its just something about the graphics of this game that holds it back visually.

It is UE4.

 

[Prime2515102]

...maybe because its the first time we got a quality Western Game on the PC..

Call of Juarez wasn't bad...

 

[cucker tarlson]

Both games have some amazingly detailed trains. I got to hand it to RDR2 for those incredible weather systems and animations.

yup,if the weather is as good as in witcher 3 it makes for an incredibly immersive experience.

No Quake 2 RTX?

this is for overall,not best technical innovation.if it was, q2rtx would win hands down.
both for path tracing,but noboby is talking about integer scaling capability at 1/2 res scale

 

[rtwjunkie]

Videos make control look terrible without RTX so I'm guessing it must look much better uncompressed.

Correct. It’s one of those you’ve really got to see in person, with video of it losing alit of definition and “pop.”

 

[phanbuey]

Metro Exodus, comparison isn't close for most of those. Control did look great in some areas especially with RTX on, but Metro looked better overall. More detail on character faces are more detailed textures overall. Graphically the setting is very different with a dirty, rusted out environment vs a mostly clean interior of Control. But as mentioned, textures still looked better in Metro as did character detail.

Gears 5 looked thoroughly average, if not a bit below average. Nothing special at all graphically. A Plague Tale was similar. Good for a smaller studio and if I recall an in house game engine, but not worthy of being mentioned along with Metro.

RE2 looked fairly good but the lighting wasn't as good as Metro. But character detail and in general, environment detail was good to.

Jedi: Fallen Order was thoroughly average as well. Nothing special but not ugly. Background environment detail was lacking, textures were not high resolution throughout, and general graphical affects just weren't that stunning. Essentially middle of the road. Better than Gears 5 though.

CoD Modern Warfare. Looks worse than BF4 in some areas, better in others (textures). Lighting seems inferior overall to 2013's BF4. RTX makes shadows look a bit nicer but that is about it. Some affects like smoke look okay while others seem lacking. Explosions seem lacking overall in terms of debris. Overall I'd also put this in the average camp.

I didn't play the rest.

Metro was impressive throughout. The areas that seemed underwhelming were very few and far between. The walls of the canyon in the desert map lacked a bit of detail and I suppose the sea did. But literally everything else looked top of the line to me. Typically a game does well in one area, lighting/reflections/shadows but has low quality assets. Or the opposite, nice assets but low quality affects. Metro is perhaps the most consistently stunning game I've played in a long time. Very much like Half Life 2 or Crysis or other games that showed huge graphical leaps throughout. These are few and far between these days.

Well written and accurate... makes me want to replay metro after reading it

 

[candle_86]

It's not listed but Quake II RTX

 

[Sensates]

Man you guys sold me on Metro Exodus, with the Epic deal and free coupon goin on..

 

[umeng2002]

Metro Exodus looks great with or without ray-tracing... but the ray-tracing simply takes it another level. It looks like a cartoon without it on.

I think every developer should make ray-traced global illumination a priority compared to RT shadows and reflections.

It also ran surprisingly well for a ray-traced title... The areas with poor optimization actually aren't from the ray-tracing.

 

[Chomiq]

Metro Exodus looks great with or without ray-tracing... but the ray-tracing simply takes it another level. It looks like a cartoon without it on.

Make up your mind.