Any game that isn’t trying to go for realistic graphics. Some off the top of my head:
- Braid
- Okami
- Outer Wilds
- Ori and the Blind Forest
Wind Waker is probably the go-to answer for this. I think Xcom 2 is a good example too, even though it’s fairly recent.
Honestly, a lot of first party GameCube games have aged incredibly well. Mario Party, Wind Waker, Warioware, Smash, Sunshine, Luigi’s Mansion etc. all still look fantastic today, resolution aside.
The Portal games.
Jet Set Radio
Wind waker. The cell shading will always look good.
Yup. Sly Cooper still looks great as well.
Pong is still unmatched, even after all these years
I’d also consider Tempest.
Katamari Damashi.
NaNa nanana nanananananana na Katamai Damashiii
Definitely Minecraft
Terraria
Okami
Yesss. The way the lines all sort of sway always gives it such a unique look. I was worried the remaster would take some of this away, but it looked just as good.
I wish we could have gotten a proper sequel. RIP Clover Studios.
While less popular, Viewtiful Joe also still holds up for similar reasons.
There’s like a newer Capcom game in the works that feels very Okami
That looks amazing, and yeah, very Okami like. Hopefully no Issun though!
Wow. This wasn’t on my radar at all! Definitely going to be checking this out.
I was worried the remaster would take some of this away, but it looked just as good.
The PS2 version looks great after upping the internal res (not sure how much other stuff like filtering/other technicals has an effect). I haven’t compared it, but like most remasters I’m going to just say the data bloat is probably not worth potential fidelity improvements. That and I’d guess any design issues are still baked in, thus similar experience.
EDIT: In Okami’s case I don’t know if the data size is due to uncompressed files or just due to higher-res pre-rendered videos, but either seems wasteful to me. What is live-rendered and what is pre-rendered just seems arbitrary to me, I’d get if it weren’t viable on older hardware but you’d think a remaster could handle it mostly in-engine.
My son was playing Sunset Overdrive the other day, and I had forgotten how cinematic it was. Very fun, very punk rock.
Journey
Halo 3
Came here to say this too. The lighting is better than most games released in the past 5 years.
Crysis still looking great.
I would have to say L.A. Noire.
