04:10 Dying Light 2 Stay Human 09:40 Need for Speed Unbound 13:40 Fortnite 18:20 A Plague Tale: Requiem 22:50 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 27:00 The Last of Us Part I 32:20 Gran Turismo 7 37:50 Portal RTX 42:50 The Callisto Protocol 47:20 Horizon Forbidden West

@YannMetalhead

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@tradito

Жыл бұрын

@lucasgawor1059 your mother

@Ben-ts7ut

11 ай бұрын

thank you! an hour long video on this is ridiculous lol

@bushkilla7348

8 ай бұрын

​@@Ben-ts7utit really isn't if you've the attention spam to even care about why they chose what they did

@andrzejkaraczan6219

6 ай бұрын

👍🙌

The fact that horizon looks so good being an open world game is astonishing. They are outstanding developers.

@maxmaxneolit

Жыл бұрын

Decima engine baby.

@mash2481

Жыл бұрын

The reason it looks so good, is the large amount of fog that hides the draw distance, so things closer, look much better.

@sonnieslim5973

Жыл бұрын

@@mash2481not even remotely true

@SimplexPL

Жыл бұрын

@@mash2481 Stop trolling and come back when you actually played the game or at least saw videos.

@greggski3710

Жыл бұрын

And let's remember it still runs on PS4. I switched to it from Plague Tale Requiem (found the gameplay to be boring for me) and was just astonished just how crazy good it looks on PS4 Pro.

Horizon Forbidden West is a visual masterpiece and a clear example that you DON'T ALWAYS NEED Ray tracing to make lighting in a game look amazing

@charoleawood

Жыл бұрын

I think the problem comes from the fact that ray tracing is being slapped on top of rasterized lighting. When artists have worked hard to make their rasterized presentation look pleasing then raytracing passes are just iterative improvements. Right now consoles and most pc setups aren't powerful enough to present fully path traced lighting solutions without rasterization, but that's the ideal goal for the future of realtime rendering.

@defiscanner1927

Жыл бұрын

word. It looks insane on PS4 Pro

@metroplex29

Жыл бұрын

@@charoleawood facts.

@George-um2vc

Жыл бұрын

RT is AMAZING when done right, but hardware is still not quite there to really take advantage of it, in the mean time games like HFW and A Plague Tale are very welcome!

@kickassguy211

Жыл бұрын

I'd much rather prefer HDR over raytracing anyway

My jaw was dropping the whole time I played HFW, what an amazing job they did with the world 👌

Guerilla games getting the respect they deserve is very nice to see! They're one of the best developers in the world on a technical level!

@macsmith2013

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. What I like about them is that they listened to criticism and went out of their way to improve the graphics, even though the game was perfectly playable from launch. Sony/Polyphony Digital could learn a lot from Guerilla in hkw they're treating Gran Turismo 7, where the graphics were DOWNgraded after launch, and all criticism is ignored.

@lilquincy6292

Жыл бұрын

@@macsmith2013 gt7 looks great but the game doesn’t have ray tracing during gameplay

I feel like Horizon Forbidden West greatly shows what can be achieved if you love what you do and you do it because you love it, not to maximize profits to the point that a game is a framework for montization. The greatest (graphics) achievement of Forbidden West, is the fact that they massively improved the post processing after launch (multiple times in different patches) which made the game look *WAAAAAAY* crispier and sharper to the point where you rarely see any ghosting artifacts which is mind boggling to me.

@Knives9

Жыл бұрын

Mind bottling

@Serandi1987

Жыл бұрын

The Callisto Protocol beats any other game!

@chazmcdaniels6173

Жыл бұрын

@@Knives9 Mind-boggling occurs when a mind is overwhelmed; mind-bottling occurs when friends aren't kind enough to correct other friends on their improper use of common English phrases. Or the joke flew right on over me.

@danielgomez7236

Жыл бұрын

So I was playing HFW on my standard PS4 (not PRO) and there was some kind of checkerboard/dithering artifacts and they completely fixed it, that's amazing.

@muresanandrei7565

Жыл бұрын

@@Serandi1987 No it doesn't

They forgot to tell about HDR in HFW, how the game masterfully uses the higher color range, everything looks so colorful, it is very nice and certainly makes it look much better than the other games.

It's incredible how Plague Tale always finds a way to creep into these "best game", "best graphics" or "best narrative" videos and yet its probably one of the most underplayed games of the year. Deserves so much more recognition.

@mb7290

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved Innocence and had such high expectations for Requiem, I was kinda worried it wouldn't meet them. It did. Best game I've played this year.

@sampson3121

Жыл бұрын

Is it true you guys never did an actual graphics video for Driveclub? All I see is framerate tests. Such a beautiful looking game, even by today's standards..

@RL_Stine_88

Жыл бұрын

Underplayed? Hmm I thought launching in Game Pass really gave it a big push. For it being a budget title from an indie studio... It has been getting it's praises and I know everyone on my Xbox friends list was binge playing it!

@mb7290

Жыл бұрын

@@RL_Stine_88 I've not seen any stats but people don't seem to be talking about it as much as say Elden Ring or God of War. I've not played either of them, but surely Requiem is good enough to be spoken about as much.

@Case_

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to be that guy, but IMO, If anything, it's talked about way too much as if it's some incredible game. It absolutely belongs in discussions about best graphics, no question there, you can make a solid(ish) point for including it when discussing something like best story or best narrative, but as an actual game...nah, I really don't get why the Plague Tale series is considered so amazing. Both of these are essentially glorified walking simulators (or interactive movies, if you will) where you walk through pretty areas and repeat a handful of pretty basic gameplay mechanics over and over.

Horizon forbidden west is one of the very few games that I didn't want to use fast travel and take my time on foot to just look at the beautiful scenery and let it sink in. What a great game and looker. Well deserved. Happy holidays folks!

@bass-tones

Жыл бұрын

What’s nutty to me about that game is for those who do use fast travel on PS5, it’s essentially instant no matter how far you’re traveling. What a technical marvel that game is.

@magicolmos

Жыл бұрын

Felt the same way, even flying felt wrong because so much beauty in the landscape was passed over too fast

@BrianBaastrup

Жыл бұрын

Same for me. Whenever i wanna escape the world, I jump into horizon FW and just go for a walk and see where the wind takes me.

@pse2020

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I also made the hud dynamic and was free roaming. I started flying and fast travel when i wanted to get the plat. I almost wish this game had no story and just put you in the world to experience it.

@ryo-kai8587

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Still waiting for Forbidden West to come to PC, but even while replaying Zero Dawn, I'm barely using fast travel at all because traversing the breathtaking environments is such a huge part of the experience.

Horizon Forbidden West was the best looking game I played this year. Still surprised that it also run on last gen machines. God of War Ragnarok also looks great but not as impressive as Horizon.

@Melodicspade3

Жыл бұрын

Ya i was a bit disappointed they didnt push god of war further on the ps5. Definitely felt more held back by the ps4 than horizon

@Foggy_2806

Жыл бұрын

@@Melodicspade3 Just wait until both developers ditch those cross gen shackles. We will be in for a visual treat.

@akkibajaj705

Жыл бұрын

God of war was a better game overall. So it was a good balance

@valdal7679

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree best looking game for me this year is Horizon forbidden west, graphics are unreal

@manuelmetallica

Жыл бұрын

Who asked you?

Alex is spot on about the importance of lighting. This is also true in the traditional art world. Especially painting. A painting can have insanely detailed textures and shading, but if the lighting isn’t right you’ll notice it immediately. Meanwhile, a painting with more impressionist texture work and rendering but with super realistic lighting will look MUCH more convincing overall.

@abramjessiah

Жыл бұрын

To drive home this point even more, I've been playing path traced quake 1. The only update is the lighting, no texture or material work, and yet it feels completely new and provides a very engaging and different experience to any other version of quake 1. I think once Nvidia remix is out we are going to see a raytrace revolution.

@RicochetForce

Жыл бұрын

Lighting is EVERYTHING. I love that gif that goes around where a light sources lights a woman's face from different angles, colors, and intensities and she looks VERY different on a regular basis.

@RicochetForce

Жыл бұрын

@@abramjessiah Oh, not just Nvidia RTX. As RT capable graphics cards proliferate we're going to see old classics remade and relaunched with definitive RT versions.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

There's nothing more important in graphics than lighting. MGS V, and Zelda BoTW prove this. Poor textures and geometry but still look gorgeous all thanks to the lighting. Also Metro Exodus. Though it has amazing shaders and the textures aren't bad by any means, it's RTGI is what makes it one of the best looking games ever Oh wait, much better examples of why lighting is so important are Minecraft and Quake 2 RTX. Especially minecraft. that game looks straight up bad without RT, but with it it looks incredible.

@matternicuss

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 Yep! Doom 3’s visuals hold up pretty well thanks to its incredible lighting.

Crazy detail I discovered in HFW recently: when you look at an animal in the photo Mode their pupils start becoming bright, if you hit the right angle. Because at this angle light enters their eyes and reflects back out so it looks bright 🤯

I'm a PC player but easy agree on Horizon Forbidden West. The fidelity of that game is just the best this year by far.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

You also gotta see Demons souls remake. ImO thats the only game that looks better

@NexGenTek

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 no not even close

@artyomwazowsky2132

Жыл бұрын

​@@HugoStiglitz88 not even close to hfw

@repodog6191

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 Good looking game also but not close to HFW !

@robertkorth2911

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 not even close!

Horizon Forbidden West was the best looking game for me this year, absolutely stunning, perfect PS5 showcase title, thanks for the amazing coverage throughout 2022 Digital Foundry! Happy Holidays ❄️🎄😊

@broskiwhyyy6373

Жыл бұрын

Its boring tho zzzzzz

@timsmyth7942

Жыл бұрын

@@broskiwhyyy6373 a lot of people would disagree, besides this is “best graphics”, go write up a 0/10 on metacritic if its so boring.

@MsUltraBob

Жыл бұрын

@Brit Blue it got fixed months ago. On release I had shimmering only in performance mode. But now performance mode looks incredible nearly as good as resolution mode.

@uplands7773

Жыл бұрын

@@MsUltraBob agree. The updates made performance mode extraordinarily beautiful.

@zangoon4546

Жыл бұрын

@@broskiwhyyy6373 No one cares we’re talking about graphics here

man horizon is just so damn impressive, i can’t give any excuse to other games , gotham knights for example; doesn’t look half as good as horizon yet the game has unstable 30fps , i know they r using RT but they should give us an option to turn it off for 60fps.

@TheDravic

Жыл бұрын

The reason why they don't give you 60fps mode is because they completely failed to optimize CPU performance on either console or PC. Therefore they give you some very minor RT features to "justify" what is essentially a CPU bottleneck that has little to do with the RT itself.

@r.daneel.90

Жыл бұрын

Gotham Nights doesn't even look as good as Arkham Knight. Shame of a game.

@rgbforever4561

Жыл бұрын

Gotham knights looks worse than the Arkham series

@borborkontri4837

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy they acknowledged that elden ring wasn't launched in a playable state. Game of the year for PC players

@erheetrherh2659

Жыл бұрын

Good art direction is everything.

The Decima Engine is nuts, I can't wait to play DS2

@mrbobo86

Жыл бұрын

DS2 is UE5

@dav2-094

Жыл бұрын

@@mrbobo86 Death Stranding's sequel is using the Decima Engine. I imagine your confusion comes from them crediting Metahuman at the end. Metahuman was an independant company specialized in character rendering before Epic bought it and created their "Metahuman" creator. The engine the game is using is the Decima Engine from Guerrilla

@gerboog

Жыл бұрын

@@dav2-094 wait... When did they stop using the Fox Engine ?

@dav2-094

Жыл бұрын

@@gerboog When he left Konami in 2015. Konami owns the Fox Engine

@jose131991

Жыл бұрын

@@dav2-094 boy been living under a rock has he

Agree with horizon 100 percent I still boot it up to run around and take pictures it's crazy

Horizon Forbidden West! Absolutely astonishing looking game, it’s genuinely one of the most alive games I’ve ever had the pleasure to explore.

@RicochetForce

Жыл бұрын

Yup, if it wasn't the UI and compass you can legitimately get lost in its biomes.

@quasi-intellecual3790

Жыл бұрын

@@RicochetForce You can turn it off.

Love how you guys influence the industry for the better!

@ajsingh4545

Жыл бұрын

Yeah influence developers to obssess over graphics instead of focusing on fresh game play ideas and innovation. Great idea.

@ShamirQushairi

Жыл бұрын

@@ajsingh4545 Why not both? It doesn't have to be just graphics or just gameplay improvements.

@gamingjay141

Жыл бұрын

@@ShamirQushairi Dude probably salty he can't play games with great graphics AND great gameplay.

@ShamirQushairi

Жыл бұрын

@@gamingjay141 Or maybe just couldn't walk & chew gum at the same time

@ajsingh4545

Жыл бұрын

@@gamingjay141 I knew I was going to attract dumb comments like this. Keep em coming

Just want to say thanks for creating such great, in depth content! Top of the industry! Appreciate you guys!

Forbidden west is so mesmerizing. The animation, facial expression, machine details, and world designs are so beautiful not to mention it runs as smooth as butter with that big open world too. Every time i enter a cauldron in the game the details are just surreal they put so much work into places that are not looked at much. Doesn't even need RT to look that amazing if you have really good developers to work on it.

@vgnvideogameninja2930

Жыл бұрын

Ray Tracing is mostly overrated af. For example in the Witcher 3 current gen version it doesn't look any better with ray tracing enabled. Subtle differences, sure, but better, no.

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

The cauldrons were my highlights. There's an early one that is just mind-boggling, an incredible collision of blue toned light, blinding white and deep blacks, all burnishing the most stunningly detailed sci-fi machinery I've ever seen in _anything;_ game, film, whatever. Like 'the real' in the Matrix, only playable and much more impressive. Those sections melted my face.

@thanos2715

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Same could be said about GOWR. The game looks absolutely insane but runs like butter on PS5

Dont forget that Kojima Production supporting the enhancement of Decima Engine

HFW is so beautiful! It's my favorite looking game this year as well.

@shingod700

Жыл бұрын

It's my favorite game of this year period, I just wish it was also released on PC, I could crank up the graphics and FPS to the moon.

@cube2fox

Жыл бұрын

It's highly impressive of course, especially the animations and the extreme geometric detail. But judging from the footage, sometimes the lighting seemed exaggerated. As in 50:26 for example, but also other things in John's review. A lot of things getting a massive red glow from the sun. Also the shadow color and brightness looks slightly off at times. If you look at e.g. at RDR2, the lighting looks more muted and less glowy, and overall much more realistic. RDR2 also did things like the distant air haze and blurriness more realistically. The Horizon FW characters and clothes also often look strangely clean and overly brightly lit (particularly visible in dialogues) as if they were actors dressed up for a stage play in their brand new costumes. Several other games succeed in making their characters look more gritty and overall more grounded. Due to the lighting, HZ:FW looks "hyperrealistic" at times, while other games on the list manage to look simply realistic. (The new Fortnite, despite very different engine technology, also seems to suffer from exaggerated lighting, although it is not much of an issue given its cartoonish art style.)

@mappybc6097

Жыл бұрын

@@shingod700 Matter of time.

@mappybc6097

Жыл бұрын

@Trurl It's an intentional effect called Hero Lighting. Along is always surrounded by a literal halo of light, and that has the unfortunate side effect you noted.

@cube2fox

Жыл бұрын

@@mappybc6097 Yeah I thought this is might be one issue. I'm not a fan of hero lighting in single player games which aren't even very dark. And the overly clean/kempt looking characters/costumes could be an artistic modelling rather than technical (lighting) issue. But as I said, the general lighting of the environment also often looks off.

Forbidden West was my GOTY not strictly because of graphics but the decima engine is so impressive to me.

@VishisTV

Жыл бұрын

@TheOriginalF The gameplay wasnt meh. It literally has more viable playstyles than elden ring. Yeah the hardest mode isnt that hard when you know how to play and youre properly geared. Just like every other game out there.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

It's my goty by a mile too

@subjectivereviews

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@bobby_c07

Жыл бұрын

@@VishisTV it definitely does not have more play styles than Elden Ring, or any Souls game for that matter. No idea why you'd make that claim.

@ardasevmis7583

Жыл бұрын

@TheOriginalF Difficulty is easy on ultra hard? It definitely is not. I finished the game on ultra hard on my first pt and it was extremely hard,especially at the beginning

Horizon 2 is so stunning. Can’t wait for the ps5 only dlc and what they can achieve further with this engine.

@TheBean87

Жыл бұрын

There’s going to be ps5 only dlc?

@Amhoj1

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBean87 yep. They dropped ps4 for the dlc. Only ps5 👍

@TheBean87

Жыл бұрын

Well I guess that won’t anger many people…

@Amhoj1

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBean87 thats just how it is. They need to drop old gen

@TheBean87

Жыл бұрын

@@Amhoj1I agree, but for dlc… kinda sketchy since the game was made for ps4.

When John gave the prize to Ace Combat 7 a couple years ago, I knew this was the only awards I could stand by.

@captainthunderbolt7541

Жыл бұрын

Ace Combat is like the perfect intersection between realistic graphics and stylised graphics.

@ThunderingRoar

Жыл бұрын

@@captainthunderbolt7541 pretty sure he gave it an award for his best/most enjoyable game and not for graphics. The airplane models in that game look very last gen

Horizon is just graphically insane

HZD is the only game where I spent so much time on photo mode taking screen shots of the different vistas the game offered, can't wait to do the same with HFW.

Man its incredible how Forbidden West is a cross gen game... Just imagine what guerrilla is gonna give is in the next game !!!

@stanislavkimov2779

Жыл бұрын

Even less attractive women and less masculine men?

@arturius9715

Жыл бұрын

@@stanislavkimov2779 huh?

@csl110

Жыл бұрын

@@arturius9715 expect his comment to be upvoted. Gamers are the lowest class of art consumers.

@alucardme87

Жыл бұрын

@@arturius9715 because some gamers play game using the part below the belly, not the brain

@arturius9715

Жыл бұрын

@@alucardme87 ah I see 😄

You guys are amazing, thank you for such informative and entertaining content all year. Can't wait to see what comes our way in the new year. Enjoy your holidays DF team you all deserve it!

Thanks DF - such great coverage every year :)

I waited so long for the best graphics, this is my game awards😍

@mattpetrin

Жыл бұрын

Thats exactly it!!

Thanks for some content during this very slow period! Can't wait to view! Horizon Forbidden West was lovely, it looked incredible, but was also fun to play. I kept heading to side quests and couldn't stop!

@mrsasshole

Жыл бұрын

Loved Forbidden West. Cannot wait for the expansion in a few months.

Thanks for all the fascinating videos in 2022. Looking forward to your awesome content for 2023! Happy holidays DF Crew!

Currently playing Horizon Forbidden West and I'm impressed so far. It is visually stunnning. And so much fun than the first game, at least the initial hours. I loved Portal RTX, Fortnite, GT7 and A Plague Tale Requiem as well

@kronosleblu888

Жыл бұрын

I agree with everything you said until "so much more fun than zero dawn". But I guess you are still in the initial hours. Story wise is the area the game fails in. But yes visually forbidden west was the best looking game this year.

@s3rv3r3rror8

Жыл бұрын

@@kronosleblu888 What do you mean? If you think the 1st one was fun than this is more fun, it improved in every aspect! Way better side missions, more diverse robots. Flying, underwater swiminging gliding you name it this game has it. The story is subjective tho. Personally i liked the 1st one better but that tends to happen with sequels and it's not like the 2nd had a garbage story. The 1st was mindblowing because of the twists and mistery finding out what Zero dawn actually was! And the 2nd was just a very good sci-fi story.

@NPCLiam

Жыл бұрын

Currently in the midst as well. Absolutely phenomenal game! It’s so hard to stick to any questing cause exploring is so dang enjoyable.

@fireice2585

Жыл бұрын

@@s3rv3r3rror8 their battles are tiresome, the battle speed is way too fast with way too complicated button presses for attacks. And they still kept that terrible L3 button for run as default. My fingers got tire in just half an hour of game play. There's a reason why everyone uses the spike thrower instead of bow as their primary weapons. Their side quest are way too many and repetitive. It's a good game if you're only running around checking out the views but It's not fun as a game

@s3rv3r3rror8

Жыл бұрын

@@fireice2585 I had zero issues with the "complex" button presses. So that's subjective. And what you said about the side mission being repetetive is false, the side mission where always unique and felt more like mini stories on their own. So i don't know what you mean by repetetive🤷🏽‍♂️

That Decima engine man. I love it.

@SomeUnkindledAsh

Жыл бұрын

@@wizzenberry Yeah, Sony has some unbelievably talented studios. Squeezing every drop out of the hardware

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

@NPC hahaha you're awesome man. So many pc gamers with amazing pcs like you have would never admit something like that because they somehow feel insecure about it LMFAO Thanks for being a giga Chad PC gamer, its different developers and conditions so it's not like your pc doesn't destroy ps5, but atm horizon is the best looking game until pc gets something with that kind of talent behind it

This is it!! I've been eagerly awaiting this vid!! Thank you DF on an other fantastic year, keep up the avant-garde finess! This is absolutely my real game awards!

@imthedrivingcrooner

Жыл бұрын

Love this vid but i’m waiting for their favorite games of the year list!

Man, I'm so glad I found this channel all these years ago. Endless source of quality and entertainment. Thank you DF, wishing you a fantastic 2023 and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us !

I’m so happy to see HFW get recognition, I *love* that game and they world.

@shandilesmanahidayat7131

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think this gorgeus game is very underated.

A well-deserved win by Guerrilla, which is all the more nice to see when they got overshadowed pretty fast by the critical success of Elden Ring. It's hard to overstate just how good HFW looks. Many times I go back to the game because I enjoy getting lost in the beautiful world and seeing what new sights I fall into next, even after having trekked through the whole map countless times. The studio blew me away with their water rendering on Killzone 2 and they did it all over again with HFW.

Last of us Part 1 takes it for me. As much flack as it got for being not needed or a money grab, there's no denying how good it looks

@louisfinnus4274

Жыл бұрын

No game has more detailed characters than TLOU part 1

@ajaakola2

Жыл бұрын

good thing that came about this was the pc port

@XenogearsPS

Жыл бұрын

It looked like part 2 though. Not that it's a bad thing. Part 2 Santa Barbara is still fresh in my memory that area was beautiful.

@quasi-intellecual3790

Жыл бұрын

@@XenogearsPS If you look at in game character models tlou part 1 looks miles better. Nevertheless, I hope they make a free ps5 upgrade for tlou2.

@peterjordansonthe2nd731

Жыл бұрын

@@XenogearsPS I just recently finished TLOU Part 2 - it was really awesome. I don't understand why it got so much hate, other than for the way the story went

HZD was my very first PS4 game and now HFW is my first PS5 game. Both games blew my mind the same way GOW 2 did back on PS2.

Thank you guys for the work you do! Happy holidays

TLOU Pt. 1 was my first foray into the series and I was absolutely blown away. Really happy this made the list!

@flockelocke2297

Жыл бұрын

No way that Horizon FW has better graphics than The Last of Us Part 1 Remake. Objects are much more detailed and better crafted than in an open world game. Open world is much copy paste stuff and open world games doesn't have the attention to detail and individual unique crafted locations like some high quality more linear games and some things are almost cheap in direct comparison. Part 1 Remake looks maybe too normal for people and Horizon has the landscapes and is so colorful like if you are on holiday. Ratchet and Clank RA from 2021 also has better graphics than Horizon FW. There are areas where God of War Ragnarok also has better graphics than Horizon FW. I don't want to say Horizon has bad graphics and it looks absolutely crazy for open world and the image quality is pretty sick with crispness but if a game is more crisp than another doesn't mean it has better graphics.

Callisto at 4K30 on PS5 BLEW ME AWAY!

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

Same, horizon looks better but callisto looks shockingly good

@Rendani

Жыл бұрын

I'd say Callisto looks better but Horizon runs better and looks great so it wins.

I've recently bought a PS5 with GOW: Ragnarok and I'm blown away playing at 60fps with those graphics!

@slim91stan76

Жыл бұрын

The textures on that game are 🔥

@dibils

Жыл бұрын

i mean its a PS4 game at 60fps, disappointed it didnt have many visual upgrades over PS4

@Drip7914

Жыл бұрын

1070 would destroy your ps5, source: Gn and Ltt

@fallzero7304

Жыл бұрын

@@Drip7914 That is so not true lmao

@itsalwaysdarkestbeforethes1198

Жыл бұрын

I have a 3090 and no lol PS5 is 2070 easily

Thanks DF. You guys are the best at what you do.

Forbidden West was an amazing looking game. The cauldrons were optional but the detail was off the charts and such a contrast with the above ground visuals.

Wise choice to place Horizon Forbidden West on number one. No other game deserved it more, what a shame though that it got overshadowed so much. I hope the PS5 only DLC will bring the hype back and the attention which it deserved.

@George-um2vc

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if the PC versions gets RT in a few years :o

HFW on OLED with the PS5 version is honestly and simply both magical and phenomenal. It's like peeking inside a window that shows a real fantasy world on the other side. Simply beautiful.

@vgnvideogameninja2930

Жыл бұрын

It was more magical, phenomenal and beautiful on my Micro LED TV than on your OLED.

Thanks DF for all the videos ❤

Well deserved for H:FW. Stunning achievment.

If horizon didn't win i would of been shocked i still spend alot of time just exploring and looking at all the crazy detail

@Starfey

Жыл бұрын

Same here, just stunning and so underrated

Horizon Forbidden West, after the anti alliasing got patched, is the best looking game I have ever seen.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

It was before the patch, you just had to be smart enough to use the fidelity mode

@WH250398

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 No way I was going to 30 fps.

Merry Xmas Digital Foundry Team!

glad GT7 made it to the list. while it may not be as eye-catching as other games in the list are, PD dedication to realism for GT7's visuals can't be ignored. it's kind of a double edged sword though. the lighting sometimes can look bland, because real life sometimes look bland (especially in day time). the tracks look sterile, because that's how they look in real life too in their best conditions. other racing games like Forza and GRID opted to add more details that don't really exist in the real tracks to make them look more visually appealing, which has its own charm, but I'm glad that PD decided to recreate these tracks as faithful as they can visually. and yeah, their car models and materials is still the best in class, they look great even without RT reflections. it's one of those games that you can show some gameplay of to people who aren't into games to fool them into thinking that it's real life footage.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

No, it's more eye catching than most of the lidt. No other game does better lighting or hdr and nothing is more important than lighting when it comes to graphics. Also gt7 has the best shaders too Horizon looks better overall but there are times where gt7 is unbeatable even by horizon. Thats truly eye popping

@ricepony33

Жыл бұрын

I’ve worked in racing for 20 years and GT7 doesn’t capture what real tracks and real race cars looks like. Way too clean! Real tracks have significantly more wear and tear and cars almost always have some damage, tire marks and windshield pitting etc. A realism layer would transform the experience.

@caro1015

Жыл бұрын

@@ricepony33 i do agree, they're too clean. I'm still not sure whether it is intentional from PD part (most race cars irl have wear and tear too, but they're practically spotless in the game. i wonder if they're approaching tracks in the same way) or there's just more work to be done in that area. hence i said "in their best conditions." which is fine for most tracks, but tracks like willow springs just looks weird without all the debris and sand on the asphalt. their motion blur solution doesn't help either. most tracks do have some wear and tear if you look at them closely with the photo mode, but all those details are lost thanks to the motion blur, it is realistic, but you get the idea. compared to other big budget, non hardcore sims offerings though, GT7 tracks are still up there.

@caro1015

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 as much as i love GT7 visuals, i don't think it's as "visually impressive" or eye catching as most games in this list. which is the point, because that's not what polyphony is aiming for with the game's visuals. it's like comparing a really detailed fantasy artwork to a hyper realistic painting of an apple. horizon always looks movie-like to me, certain elements like the weather effects and the lighting is more exaggerated to make sure that they never look dull. it's a visually impressive game, but i don't think it's as realistic looking as GT7, especially considering their lackluster car models and materials. they're still recycling models from Forza Motorsport 2, and from the FM8 trailer, it seems like they still haven't figured out how to make decent looking materials. the shot where they bragged that the game has RT reflections with the GTR is funny to me, because that's not how reflections on cars should look at all. yet they're bragging about it.

@gerboog

Жыл бұрын

@@ricepony33 obviously they don't want to implement shit looking stuff in the game to scare off even more players.

At the top 3 mark I was surprised Horizon didn’t make the list. Didn’t think DF would have appreciated the incredible visuals as much as I did to name it #1

@yomamasohot6411

Жыл бұрын

Didn't make the list? Did you not watch the video?

@vigilant_1934

3 ай бұрын

@@yomamasohot6411 Read their second sentence. I also was waiting for Horizon to be named on the list and when they got to number 2 I wasn't sure they would mention it. I didn't expect it to get the number 1 spot either. I remember how crazy good the teaser video for the game was in summer 2021. It looked amazing.

Finally some justice for this nearly perfect looking game. I am deeply annoyed with TGA for not giving a single prize for this game, not even graphic and art direction. There is no other game so well crafted and produced than this, in technical and artistic terms.

@Vincornelis

Жыл бұрын

Also sound design which should have been Horizon as well (or Plague Tale.)

@CrystronHalq

Жыл бұрын

Art Direction is not graphics. Graphics is a totally different thing. Thats why it didnt won that. Elden Ring and Scorn when it comes to art far surpasses Horizon.

@LionNirvana

Жыл бұрын

@@CrystronHalq I said graphic AND art direction. In art direction, I think just witcher can beat this game, but Its a tough fight.

@CrystronHalq

Жыл бұрын

@@LionNirvana there is no prize for graphics AND art direction. Its either visuals or art.

@LionNirvana

Жыл бұрын

@@CrystronHalq You still don't understand, I'm talking about these two elements separately, that this is the best produced game in these terms regardless of the TGA awards. Now, about the TGA, I found it SUPER unfair that he didn't win any awards, especially art direction. Get it?

Awesome video! Thanks for everything you guys do!

So glad to see HFW get some much deserved appreciation. Absolutely my game of the year!!

@Chopper153

11 ай бұрын

If you didn't play better games

@edinalewis4704

11 ай бұрын

@@Chopper153 there weren’t any better games that year. That’s what that means.

Flying around the map on sunwing in HFW is just incredible. I hope Ubisoft's upcoming avatar gives me the same vibe.

@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe

Жыл бұрын

I hope its not filled with radio towers to climb lmao.

@padmakarkottuvada3612

Жыл бұрын

@@JudeTheKZreadPoopersubscribe that’s one thing I’m worried about Ubisoft has a habit of it.

@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe

Жыл бұрын

@@padmakarkottuvada3612 yeah you always have to unfog the map as you play which is just annoying and pointless.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

I love the radio tower thing. Climbing is fun

@padmakarkottuvada3612

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 I agree but it's too repetitive.

HFW was an amazing game, particularly in the technical aspects of the game. Hard to live up to HZD story, but still great. I will am excited to see the development in the 3rd installment.

Much love to Horizon: Forbidden West, God of War: Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part I, Gran Turismo 7, and The Callisto Protocol. All stunning and fantastic across the board.

@kraenk12

Жыл бұрын

GoW got snubbed here.

@Zackasaur1917

Жыл бұрын

@@kraenk12 Yeah, it definitely belongs.

Forbidden west is and will be one of the best looking games of this gen .

@frankvandermerwe1487

Жыл бұрын

I love to see HFW getting some well deserved respect and love. People were panning it when it released, but it's one hell of a great game imo (besides flaws). Merry Christmas!

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

it's one of the best games ever, PERIOD

@RDR911

Жыл бұрын

I'm honestly just LOOKING FORWARD to when games later in this generation start to match or exceed that level of quality. We're FINALLY at a period where we can really mimic the *density* of real world nature.

@burntpotato7116

Жыл бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 no.

@Serandi1987

Жыл бұрын

No, The Callisto Protocol

49:36 I'm cheering for that goat to push through

@albie21121

Жыл бұрын

Horizon's time in the spotlight here, photobombed by goat simulator

@jose131991

Жыл бұрын

Lol saw that too 😅

1:25 the witcher 3 4:20 dying light 2 9:45 need for speed unbound 13:50 fortnite 18:25 a plague tale requiem 23:00 warhammer 40000 27:20 the last of us 32:53 gran turismo 7 37:30 weird west 37:50 portal rtx 43:00 the callisto protocol 47:20 horizon forbitten west

@kraenk12

Жыл бұрын

GoW Ragnarök was snubbed!

Great list and really like the positive vibe and recognition of all the developers work

Really good choices, I like that you weighed the visual fluidity of games as well to give games which released without stutter a place.

I'm sorry to all the haters hut Horizon Forbidden West and The Callisto Protocol are the best looking games graphically this year.

I must say I'm quite surprised that God of War Ragnarok is not on this list. The texture detail and character models are amazing!

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The dwarven kingdom is one of my highlights of the year. But it's a little inconsistent. There are levels, like the elven kingdom where the dark and light elves are still at war, which just don't look pleasing to the eye, and have garish elements that clash a little. Also, I think DF is more focused on whether a game pushes at technical boundaries, whether it does new things with new graphical techniques. And GOW probably doesn't do a lot of that, even though it frequently looks amazing. Personally I'd have put Sifu in, particularly for the art gallery level, but again DF don't seem interested in the artistic aspects of a game's appearance - they're more interested in its technical achievements. So something like(to use a really old example) Limbo might not get mentioned in a list like this even though it's gorgeous and artistically striking, simply because it's not doing anything technically demanding. Which to me is a shame.

@flockelocke2297

Жыл бұрын

No way that Horizon FW has better graphics than The Last of Us Part 1 Remake. Objects are much more detailed and better crafted than in an open world game. Open world is much copy paste stuff and open world games doesn't have the attention to detail and individual unique crafted locations like some high quality more linear games and some things are almost cheap in direct comparison. It looks maybe too normal for people and Horizon has the landscapes and is so colorful. Ratchet and Clank RA from 2021 also has better graphics than Horizon FW. There are many areas where God of War Ragnarok also has better graphics than Horizon FW.

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

@@flockelocke2297 Nah. Horizon is vastly more consistent visually than GOW Ragnarok. And Ratchet And Clank? LOL, I'm not going to bother addressing that. It's doing some interesting things behind the scenes with the SSD but I question your criteria for good graphics if you think Ratched And Clank looks better than the snowy mountains or the early cauldrons in FW. The cauldrons alone in FW are better looking than any of the best moments in the games you mentioned. And of course open world games have to use procedural stuff and reused assets in order to fill out the landscapes(so does TLOU btw, all games 'copypaste' assets.). The fact that FW is so much more enormous than TLOU's remake makes its jaw dropping visuals even more impressive, not less. You can afford to tailor and polish levels in a linear game much more than in an open world game. This stuff is all subjective of course, but no, not in a million years is the TLOU remake better looking than FW.

@flockelocke2297

Жыл бұрын

@@thesprawl2361 you have no clue what you write about. Let's take for example a workbench in Horizon compared to a workbench in Part 1 Remake or Part 2 even without interacting with it or just some little objects (Desks, tables etc.). Open world games doesn't have this level of detail and graphics. I give you that Horizon has crazy foliage and beautiful landscapes and dude the cauldrons all are looking the same like the caves they are all copy paste stuff. I have and played these games on a 4k 144 hz monitor and I have the platinum trophy in both Horizon games. Horizon is for sure pretty impressive and there is probably no open world games out there with better graphics.

I love your chemistry, not in a romantic way but on a professional and also brotherlike sense. Thanks again for this great video yet again! Cheers to 2022. 🥳

Car games were one of those that every time I see them, I felt like it just couldn't get any better because it already looked so good. But they keep adding that new layer of visual immersion. Kudos to Gran Turismo.

100% Horizon Forbidden West! That game was overlooked to such a criminal extent this year I feel sorry for those guys. Zooming into characters in the photo mode, it's shocking to see the level of detail they put into them going so far as to add that tiny layer of peach fuzz on Aloy's skin. It's insane. And the epic vistas and massive robots! This game looks phenomenal. I'd love if Guerrilla went back to Killzone now that the tech has finally caught up with their graphical ambition.

I love the part where Alex talks about the feeling of being immersed in a game's graphics. From Portal RTX back to Halo Combat Evolved, that moment when something new comes out which you've never seen before. I remember when I was younger just wondering around in Halo CE looking at the grass and telling my friends "you can see individual blades of grass!" (of course, just a texture, not physically simulated as they are these days) but just marvelling at the technology is almost more fun than playing the game itself sometimes

The Heart and Soul of DF! Thanks, best wishes to you guys!

@vladiesc

Жыл бұрын

(Rich is the mastermind of course)

Cheers!! Happy xmas and a Merry New year!!!

Such a great discussion. I love seeing what’s technically pushing the envelope and it’s interesting the two “no-brainer” GOTYs weren’t here because Elden Ring and GoW aren’t technically pushing the level. Glad to see HFW is getting some flowers because the details are really incredible.

Just bought Forbidden West for the holiday as a fan of DF. The music is also so good. They really put a lot of love into this game. The series deserves a remaster to align the graphics after the trilogy is out like TLOU.

@defiscanner1927

Жыл бұрын

The music is the worst aspect of the game. They really need to find a better composer.

@IronMan-jj2fd

Жыл бұрын

Wish it launched on PC too ! Only then I can play it.

@Darth-Shadow

Жыл бұрын

@@defiscanner1927 lmao what a clown take

@defiscanner1927

Жыл бұрын

@@Darth-Shadow The music doesn't fit the tone at all. The are some areas in the game were it matches the atmosphere of the place but the main theme is terrible.

@Darth-Shadow

Жыл бұрын

@@defiscanner1927 that's not true at all. The music is just like HZD, but more grander. If you don't like it, then the series isn't for you. The music composition is objectively great otherwise. Clown

DF talked almost exclusively about visuals in Horizon Forbidden West but Guerrilla put the same effort into updating every aspect of the gameplay. It really feels like they created a list of all complaints with Zero Dawn and systematically fixed everything... _then_ improved upon it more. Exploration is far more meaningful, skill trees greatly expanded, self-contained puzzles in the world, so much loot, customizable character through weapons and armor type, useful collectibles, better dialog and NPC conversations, vastly improved cutscenes, etc. So much better than ZD which remains my only Platinum Trophy.

Thanks for all the efforts @DigitalFoundary

Horizon is beautiful. The boss fight scenes with the cobra and mammoth bots. Also when you go up to the highest Mountain and use the glider thing. Amazing!!! 👌

More than well earned! An exceptionally graphically impressive game and an amazing experience! Congratulations Guerilla Games! My game of the year in general, just breathtaking! 👏🏻 Edit for matto: The game I'm referring to is Horizon Forbidden West. The winners of the 2022 best graphics and the only game made by Guerilla Games 👍🏻

@MegaLPlover

Жыл бұрын

You failed to state which game you're talking about in your comment...

@-TriP-

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaLPlover really? 🙄

@redwaldcuthberting7195

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaLPlover Horizon is the only one on the list made by GG.

@WH250398

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaLPlover You failed at reading.

@HugoStiglitz88

Жыл бұрын

Horizon is hands down the goty and best open world game ever IMO

DF - you guys are phenomenal ❤

GoW:R not being here is a huge slap in the face in my opinion.

I'm much more a "artstyle > pure tech" guy but tbh Callisto Protocol is just freakin amazing. It also helps that I loved the game!

@2tyme205

Жыл бұрын

Exactly Callisto has great graphics I’m loving that game on my ps5

I'm so excited to play TLOU on PC in March. I played TLOU Remastered for so many hours when I had a PS4 and I can't wait to finally play it again. It's like video game comfort food to me.

Thanks for video! Loved HFW too😊

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone! Specially to those of you that are spending this festivities alone , I know this can be specially hard times , but better times will come! My best wishes for you guys and girls today and the next year!

Lots of talk about the challenges of dynamic time of day.John can you do a DF Retro on Zelda Ocarina of Time on the N64 and explain how they done the real-time day/night transition that occurs out on Hyrule Field? Rose coloured glasses are on but I remember it looking so good!

My Game of the year is Elden Ring but Horizon FW is the best looking game of year for me. Incredible what Guerrilla can do.

@zeus1117

Жыл бұрын

DF is about technical stuff. They don't rate games as of gameplay.

@captainthunderbolt7541

Жыл бұрын

Well... Horizon is the best looking game from a technical perspective, leagues ahead of Elden Ring. I would say Elden Ring looks better from an artistic perspective tho, as some of the locations just look like paintings come to life - and being able to see the giant tree from basically anywhere is a powerful visual motif.

@HardRockCafe-qt5ey

Жыл бұрын

@@captainthunderbolt7541 agree

@thepeasant269

Жыл бұрын

@@captainthunderbolt7541 u hit the nail in the head with those statements, so true

People will say stuff like "omg i turn everything down and RT is bad because i can't get 60fps" blah blah blah, but when I play a game and the art style and graphics together work out perfectly I don't even end up running in the game, just slowly walking taking it all in with my mouth agape. Of course it doesn't matter if the underlying game is bad, but man being in a game world and being fully taken in by it is something else. And to the rest of you usual DF commenters I'll take 30fps for that experience, take your precious 60+ and stuff it lol (though kudos to a lot of great looking 60fps modes, but I'll for example always choose RT over 60fps)

@yrh002b8

Жыл бұрын

It come down to are you playing a game or watching a movie? If you can do both then great.

Really surprised GoW Ragnarok wasn't anywhere on this list.

Doom 3 with RTX would be realy cool!

@xpgx1

Жыл бұрын

*Uhh, yes please =)* What a hellish idea. I bet there are a lot of players who want to be reminded what true sadism feels like in terms of game / level design >)

@CraaaaaabPeople

Жыл бұрын

Yes plz.

@jubayerwasidraiyan5874

Жыл бұрын

@@xpgx1 The main game wasn't like that but the resurrection of evil expansion? oof man

@SSNebula

Жыл бұрын

I'd love it but wouldn't love it on my SX or PS5... can you imagine the impact that RT will have on console? RT has ruined a lot of games to be fair! Only W with RT will be on a PC. I don't want 30FPS in any scenario and anyone who wants 30 certainly ain't had 60/120FPS. I would prefer 720p at 120 over 4K30 with RT.

@v1kt0u5

Жыл бұрын

And Half-Life 1&2 even cooler ;D

Finally Forbidden West getting some much deserved recognition

As much as this year was with games launching unfinished and with cross-gen causing issues, there were still some staggeringly beautiful games released. Good on y'all for adding graphical fluidity to your criteria for this year's awards as well, it feels like a lot of games came out where they looked really good in screenshots, but ran like garbage (and some still do, even after patches). Happy holidays and merry Christmas to the whole DF crew!

Happy Holidays, gentlemen! Thanks for another year of absolutely outstanding content! Cheers to the best in the game! 🎅

@wiktorhernik7364

Жыл бұрын

What? Say Merry Christmas....

Forbidden West looked amazing and I can't wait to play the dlc and the vr game

I played thru Forbidden West on the PS4 Pro and just recently got a PS5 and while it's great on the PS5.... I didn't feel cheated on the PS4 Pro. Guirella nailed it. Just absolutely nailed it.

@chrisbgoodv2178

Жыл бұрын

I bet you that you noticed the load times, though, especially when using fast travel.

@VariantAEC

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbgoodv2178 Not really. Unfortunately HFW isn't anywhere near as lightning fast as R&C, Marvels Spider-Man, GT7 which can be near instant in some cases or Ghost of Tsushima which is effectively instant now (and was really fast even on base model PS4s with mechanical HDDs - like Driveclub was actually).

@VariantAEC

Жыл бұрын

100% If anything I was actually disappointed when playing on PS5 for the first time. During the tutorial and the first locale the game looked practically identical between base PS4 and PS5 in quality mode. Eventually you start seeing some benefits of PS5 even in the tutorial with higher quality shadows and more accurate bounce lighting. Players eventually see that there are improvements to foliage details and such, but overall I think DF is seriously over blowing the visual benefits of HFW on PS5 over PS4, it looks amazing on both consoles.

@chrisbgoodv2178

Жыл бұрын

@@VariantAEC I don't know what you are talking about. I have ps5 Spiderman and Forbidden West and the loading is about the same. Both are much faster than their PS4 versions.

@chrisbgoodv2178

Жыл бұрын

@@VariantAEC it's when you use performance mode at 60 frames per second that you feel a huge difference in gameplay.

3:53 I keep hearing The Richard 3 🤣🤣🤣

Horizon’s engine improvements make me so excited for Death Stranding 2! Also, I would love another Killzone game, shadowfall was great