Best graphics whore games in the next year?

[Deleted member 4644]

I have TOTALLY stopped looking at new computer titles. Right now I am playing EVE Online and other than that I am busy with RL.

What are some new games (any genre) that are gonna be really good, esp in the graphics department?

 

[schneiderguy]

The new STALKER game and Project Offset (if they release) will probably be the games with the best graphics.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
The new STALKER game and Project Offset (if they release) will probably be the games with the best graphics.

Yep if they build upon what they did with Clear Sky then yes. Also if you plan on playing it at any decent resolution OP, you're ganna need some more horsepower.

 

[alcoholbob]

Hopefully it's more optimized than Stalker Clear Sky...the damn DX10 sun lighting killed performance so bad Crysis Very High's requirements looked tame in comparison.

 

[Zenoth]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
Hopefully it's more optimized than Stalker Clear Sky...the damn DX10 sun lighting killed performance so bad Crysis Very High's requirements looked tame in comparison.

The X-Ray engine was originally only featuring DirectX 8.1 visual effects, keep in mind that the engine is nearly a decade old. They enhanced it over time to feature DX9 and DX10 effects, but the roots of that engine are very old. I don't know programming and game coding much, but I'm pretty sure that it didn't help, or maybe GSC is still struggling at understanding how DX10 works and it shows up in the game's performance once the effect is occurring, perhaps they used Clear Sky as a testing ground for the DX10 features that are to be included in Call of Prypiat, who knows.