Game graphics that blew you away the first time you played them

[Black Magisterialness]

TLOU
GTA: San Andreas (NO LOADING!)
Uncharted 2
Metal Gear 1,2
Star Wars: Battlefront (prolly ones of the best looking and sounding games out right now)
FFXIII
FFVIII

 

[Fckumeen]

Ninja Gaiden OG xbox

 

[InstantKlassik]

Fighting Force on PS1 had that factor for me. I loved that game.

 

[dish lowry]

altered beast on genesis..huge difference from nintendo games

 

[MikelArteta]

Ghost recon
Gran turismk 5
Metal gear solid iv
NBA live 96

 

[MikelArteta]

Breh I loved that game .

Ben smasher the og

Fighting Force on PS1 had that factor for me. I loved that game.

 

[chemicalsword]

GTAV.... joint was damn near too beautiful

 

[N*E*R*D]

Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Killer Instinct (Arcade)
Tekken (Arcade)
NBA 2k9 (PS3) *It was a game I got with my ps3 so I had no history with 2k7 or 2k8 but I was floored
NBA 2k14 (PS4) * Amazing graphics, but I've gotten used to them since then
Killzone 2

I didn't play it at the time it dropped but Doom 3 on PC had me like

I use to wish I had enough money to buy a PC for that game. Still haven't played it to this day, but it was a moment in gaming where graphics took that leap.

 

[TheGregReaper]

NFL Gameday 98 (PS1)

NBA Live 98 (PS1)

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (PS1 & PC)

Jet Moto 2 (PS1)

NBA 2K1/ NFL 2K1 (DC)

Shenmue (DC)

Halo 2 (XBOX)

NFL 2K5 (XBOX)

Madden NFL 2001 (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)

Uncharted 2 (PS3)

Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)

NBA 2K7 (360)

Gears of War 2 (360)

Halo 4 (360)

Battlefield 4 (PS4)

Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4)

DriveClub (PS4)

Star Wars Battlefront (PS4)

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

my jaw dropped when i saw the trailer for MGS2. i could not begin to imagine that a game could look like that.

the most "next gen" moment of all time imo.

 

[Captain Crunch]

Gears of War

 

[GoldTeef]

Soul calibur dreamcast is the only correct answer

I got the dreamcast pretty late and I was really surprised by how good Soul Calibur's graphics were, it was comparable to a ps2. That game must have been mind blowing when it came out

 

[Data-Hawk]

Doom
Quake 2
Unreal

 

[CACarot]

FF7
Nba 2k7

 

[Liquid]

Forza Horizon 2 still amazes me.

Been playing a bunch on PC at 1080p max settings, blah, blah, blah....

But booting up FH2 again and it's still probably the best looking game I've ever seen.

I drove through EVERY road on the map in FH2