Peak of Graphics of the Years
I am cataloging what I feel were the best-looking games on their release time. Art direction, though important, isn't going to be the end-all-be-all to make it on this list (which is why I'm not putting Alan Wake II here, for example. It's a better-looking game than Avatar to me, but Avatar is the more impressive work on a technical level, and more technical ground is broken by it.). I have another list that covers that already at https://backloggd.com/u/SolMerse/list/best-art-direction-of-the-years/ . This is really about just being the technical peak of graphics for the specific points of gaming history where they came out.
I skipped years where I felt like there wasn't the kind of advancement justified to make it here. Those years are 1963-1970, 1972-1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1987-1989, and 2009-2010
I skipped years where I felt like there wasn't the kind of advancement justified to make it here. Those years are 1963-1970, 1972-1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1987-1989, and 2009-2010
45 Games
1992
1981
1997
1996
1974
1962
1985
1995
1998
1999
2013
2000
2002
1982
1990
1980
1986
2018
2011
1984
2017
2004
2020
2006
2003
1978
1983
1994
2012
2019
2005
2001
1993
2007
1971
1976
1991
2 Comments
@ikissgirls Thanks! Real good suggestions too, I think you have me convinced on Another World for 1991! I'll put that there
ikissgirls
1 month ago
I'd put Panzer Dragoon for 1995 and Another World for 1991 (this one is more subjective i think)