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.
Wind Waker is definitely my answer whenever this question pops up. It’s one of the few fully-3D games from that era that still holds up moderately well today. A lot of Gamecube games definitely look like Gamecube games when emulated with out-of-the-box settings, but Wind Waker looks like an indie game that could’ve come out last year when emulated.
The Zelda art teams really are masters at their craft.
Super Mario World. It still looks great.
Everything SNES still looks great! It just doesn’t degrade!
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island too! So stylized it could release today and still be considered beautiful
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
The music from that is still stuck in my head after all this time.
Great game!
The Portal games.
Wind waker. The cell shading will always look good.
Yup. Sly Cooper still looks great as well.
Terraria
Pong is still unmatched, even after all these years
I’d also consider Tempest.
Yeah, but nothing can beat the Magnavox Odyssey’s graphics
Unless you had a 17" tv
My son was playing Sunset Overdrive the other day, and I had forgotten how cinematic it was. Very fun, very punk rock.
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
Wow. This wasn’t on my radar at all! Definitely going to be checking this out.
Definitely Minecraft
Journey
Crysis still looking great.
Halo 3
Came here to say this too. The lighting is better than most games released in the past 5 years.
StarCraft 2 still looks amazing.
I would have to say L.A. Noire.
