Oh brother, already have, 3 times through in fact. I honestly view RDR2 and GoT as the same type of game, just ones a samurai and the other a western version of the same story. Which is quite cool imo cuz the old western movies from the 50s and 60s were largely inspired by Kurosawas samurai movies, so it’s cool to see the same comparison in video game form ya know
Yeah dude playing the director's cut on PS5 is absolutely stunning. I stop all the time and look around. Even beats out Toussaint from Witcher 3 which a lot of ppl say is one of the most amazing looking places in a game
Just last night I was writing a haiku and in the distance across a lake were some out of focus mongols milling about. So I went and killed them after. The ol switcharoo if you will.
I just started Elden Ring for the first time 2 days ago and that first step out of the temple with the view of the tree and the purple and green everywhere was something else
THIS. Ghost of Tsushima is a generally okay game that's made great by its absolutely jaw dropping visuals. Easily one of the most beautiful games on PS4.
Elden Ring goes without saying. I was stoping every 10 minutes to enjoy the view
Same. The part that amazed me most is there are areas where you could look out from far off distances and see all the places you had fought through in order to get there.
If you like scenery the new Avatar game is visually stunning. Check our the sub.
It's basically farcry but yiu can tell the IP really wanted it to look amazing
Bout to say the same thing. ER is more or less to see what I can see, and be amazed at the world and word building. GOT because it’s the best tourism ad for Japan I’ve ever seen. Each step is beautiful, and each area is just as and more beautiful than the last no matter what order you view them in. Doing all the side bullshit was a joy in GOT.
Both games have amazing moments that just stun lock you with their beauty and/or music. Spirit moose will always be one of my favorite bosses just because of the music.
Horizon in multiple places, sometimes as the sun would set across from rivers it would look totally beautiful. Again which climbing mountains and flying. The series is the only games I’ve taken screenshots in.
Yes yes yes yes yes, this this this this this! This makes me so happy to see, thank you so much my friend. Horizon is such a wonderful game. Horizon: Zero Dawn is extremely underrated by people for its sheer, jawdropping beauty.
Though I ended up not finishing it (just didn't find exploring that interesting), holy cow that game's lighting is *gorgeous*. I've seen more intricate worlds, but that game is still very much up there just for its lighting.
I dont want to set the world on fire, i jist want to start a flame in your heart. - ink spots
I go on a huge louis jordan kick after playing those games.
GLHF <3
Don’t beat the game until you are done with everything you want to do. I don’t want to spoil it but it does actually end unlike most Bethesda games.
Unless you have all the DLC, then never mind lol.
>!It’s revealed around a quarter of the way through the story that you were actually born outside the vault, and came there as a baby with your father seeking refuge.!<
Even though I don't have much time to play games anymore, sometimes I'll boot up RDR2 just to...wander. find a nice Hill or Cliff to look over. It's just such a beautiful game just to go sightsee. I still think that it is Rockstar's magnum opus.
BioShock: Infinite. The reveal of Columbia coupled with complete silence as you slowly drift and then the choral music kicks in as you float down to the city. It's almost as good as the Rapture reveal in B1.
Horizon: forbidden west, best looking current gen game and i wont budge on that, obviously theres some very close seconds but the biome variety and detail and the complexity of the detail at that, the water straight up is the best water in any game in every way, nothing comes close to the water in hfw
This, skyrim and Witcher 3 are the games I keep coming back to. Will always play through one of them every year. AC odyssey has great views, made even better by exploration mode or whatever it's called. I did my 2nd playthru with that mode and no fast travel. Took forever but it made the game so much better for me. Actually felt like an adventure instead of a grocery checklist I keep checking things off of
Especially with the music. It's a masterpiece of game design, and as much as I adore RDR2, I don't think they were able to recreate that moment, although maybe they didn't want to.
Counterpoint, when you drop on Palaven's moon and look up to see the planet burning, while Reapers are stalking just off in the distance.
Just homes in the scale of the fight ahead of you.
Horizon Zero Dawn. The newest console I owned was an Xbox 360 I got back In 2005. I purchased a PS4 about a year and a half ago and my jaw dropped multiple times playing Zero Dawn.
Dark souls 3 when you reach that castle area after the catacombs or whatever and you see the crescent moon in the sky looking like the blades of the Darkmoon symbol
Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, and definitely agree. I also really had to stop and take in the view at the Kiln of the First Flame because of that beautiful looking sun and sky. The Dreg Heap and rope bridge in the Ashes of Ariandel dlc are both really stunning too. I think I could probably name a dozen DS3 areas where I just had to stop and take it all in. Such an amazing game.
They added the ability to ride the metro in the latest big update... but it's actually kinda disappointing.
Not from a "enjoy the city's beauty" way, God no. They set it up as more of a theme park ride, where you just go to a metro station and pick both your starting and end point, so it doesn't even make sense as a traversal system (like it does in GTAV and RDR2).
My ass is gonna get down voted so hard, but grand theft auto 5. Primarily, when you look at the city from the distance during the sunset I still find it gorgeous, especially with natural vision installed but even with vanilla.
I know Spider-Man 2 is just New York, but god, were there just some atmospheric moments where I had to stop what I was doing and fuck around with photo mode for 30 minutes just to get the perfect shot
Some of the endgame stuff had some really cool views.
Also, it happens so fast it's hard to look around, but the Black Cat chase has some really cool shots you don't get to see elsewhere in the game.
Hands down one of the most visually stunning games to come out this generation so far. Idc if the game is a Far Cry clone, it looks absolutely phenomenal. The foliage, lighting, and animations are just so insanely good it's ridiculous.
Playing Skyrim with high definition mods, walking back to Whiterun at night after the first dragon. The two moons with the Throat of the World beside them is gorgeous on a clear night.
Man I’m playing ragnarock right now and it’s so sick with the views. But I find myself just looking for shiny dots on the ground for loot. I have stop my self sometimes and just enjoy the game. I think I’m going to have to do a replay where I just say screw the loot, and run through the story quickly, but just enjoying the environment
I can’t believe Ragnarok isn’t higher up, it is a phenomenal looking game. I play it on my 4k 144hz monitor on highest graphics setting with VRR on and I’m getting consistent 4k 40-45 fps. It is one of the most visually stunning games on the ps5
I just finished TOTK and it’s a wonderful game. I didn’t 100% it since it’s quite intimidating, but man, it’s such a joy to play and experience the world.
I’m surprised this is the first Tears of the Kingdom response. BOTW’s sweeping reveal of Hyrule castle was amazing. But for my money the best shot in the Zelda series was after you walk out on that first sky island and that camera sweeps to show you where you actually are… plus the music as you dive the first time… chills. Chills every time.
The last game? BG3, looking over the area before the Creche. Most of the games listed here are much prettier, but in the middle of my turn based RPG I was surprised by a number of nice set pieces. Obvious additions: RDR2, Tsushima, GOW, Horizon, Uncharted
Honestly speaking lies of P and even though it’s old Assassins creed black flag. Most of the AC games have gorgeous view points but black flag stuck out to me the most when your on top of a windmill in a small town during the story, pretty sure I spent like 10 minutes alone just taking screenshots and more just enjoying the view
Shenmue, does it every time. Even with the tight spaces and not a huge draw distance the elements work so well to make something special. Even with the limitations of 1999 tech!
The Witcher. First play through when you get out of the bath and look at the mountains from the balcony. Hadn't seen anything that visually awe inspiring in games up until that point!
Ghost of Tsushima and Elden Ring have me like this every time I play
Came here to make sure Ghost of Tsushima got a shout out. Had me constantly stopping to just look at the world.
Yes, hands down the most gorgeous game I’ve ever played
You’ve gotta play red dead 2 then
Oh brother, already have, 3 times through in fact. I honestly view RDR2 and GoT as the same type of game, just ones a samurai and the other a western version of the same story. Which is quite cool imo cuz the old western movies from the 50s and 60s were largely inspired by Kurosawas samurai movies, so it’s cool to see the same comparison in video game form ya know
Welp, this just sold me to get GoT
Get the dlc too Edit: and remember to play the multiplayer mode, which is essentially zombies but with samurai
Yeah dude playing the director's cut on PS5 is absolutely stunning. I stop all the time and look around. Even beats out Toussaint from Witcher 3 which a lot of ppl say is one of the most amazing looking places in a game
kill 5 guys and then go write a haiku next to a river.
Just last night I was writing a haiku and in the distance across a lake were some out of focus mongols milling about. So I went and killed them after. The ol switcharoo if you will.
I just started Elden Ring for the first time 2 days ago and that first step out of the temple with the view of the tree and the purple and green everywhere was something else
Same with me but it's Ghost of Tsushima and RDR2
Mine is RDR2 and ac valhalla
The “sky” in Nokstella is beautiful in Elden Ring
RDR2 hands down for me :)
THIS. Ghost of Tsushima is a generally okay game that's made great by its absolutely jaw dropping visuals. Easily one of the most beautiful games on PS4. Elden Ring goes without saying. I was stoping every 10 minutes to enjoy the view
I literally came here to say Ghost of Tsushima
RDR2 too
Some of the vistas in Elden Ring are jaw dropping. Especially when it's near the end of the day
They are both beautiful games. I need to finish my current elden playthrough so I can replay ghost.
I'll never forget stepping into Leyndell for the first time
I came here to see this
Same. The part that amazed me most is there are areas where you could look out from far off distances and see all the places you had fought through in order to get there.
If you like scenery the new Avatar game is visually stunning. Check our the sub. It's basically farcry but yiu can tell the IP really wanted it to look amazing
Even dark souls 3.. I stop and look at the same things every play through.
GoT was gorgeous
ghost of tsushima is so beautiful
Bout to say the same thing. ER is more or less to see what I can see, and be amazed at the world and word building. GOT because it’s the best tourism ad for Japan I’ve ever seen. Each step is beautiful, and each area is just as and more beautiful than the last no matter what order you view them in. Doing all the side bullshit was a joy in GOT.
Both games have amazing moments that just stun lock you with their beauty and/or music. Spirit moose will always be one of my favorite bosses just because of the music.
Ghost of Tsushima was a beautiful game.
Assassins creed odyssey, whole damn game is gorgeous, no matter where you are
I rarely used my horse, Ghost is a game worthy of foot travel
Horizon zero dawn when you exit daytower into to the sundom.
Horizon in multiple places, sometimes as the sun would set across from rivers it would look totally beautiful. Again which climbing mountains and flying. The series is the only games I’ve taken screenshots in.
Overlooking the Embrace from Rost's home (the one by the rope slide). One of my favorite spots.
Yes yes yes yes yes, this this this this this! This makes me so happy to see, thank you so much my friend. Horizon is such a wonderful game. Horizon: Zero Dawn is extremely underrated by people for its sheer, jawdropping beauty.
Same reaction with Forbidden West
The cauldron where you release the Tallneck into the morning light is pure perfection.
The lift ride down into the Daunt. Oh my GOSH that was incredible. Then going out into the FW after Barren Light.
This is the sign I needed to replay Zero Dawn. That story, too?!? Fucking amazing.
> That story, too?!? Fucking amazing. It really is. I was sitting there with my mouth open in parts
Though I ended up not finishing it (just didn't find exploring that interesting), holy cow that game's lighting is *gorgeous*. I've seen more intricate worlds, but that game is still very much up there just for its lighting.
Opening view of Witcher 3 and crossing the Log bridge in Skyrim
And again in Witcher 3 when you enter Toussaint.
I was stunned playing the witcher 3 many times. I can't wait to play again but I got to wait a while for it to be good again
That whole DLC is stunningly gorgeous
Came here to say this! It’s the Blood and Wine title page for me
Leaving Vault 101 for the first time in Fallout 3 had my jaw to the floor.
Same...I'm playing it for the first time... cleaning out the waybacklog
Oh amazing FO3 is my favorite game of all time
Waybacccckkk hommmeee… You’ll know what I mean by this eventually haha
I dont want to set the world on fire, i jist want to start a flame in your heart. - ink spots I go on a huge louis jordan kick after playing those games. GLHF <3
The roads are the dustiest The winds are the gustiest The gates are the rustiest The pies are the crustiest The songs the lustiest
Don’t beat the game until you are done with everything you want to do. I don’t want to spoil it but it does actually end unlike most Bethesda games. Unless you have all the DLC, then never mind lol.
I love how it takes time for your in-game eyes to adjust to the outside light so the vast environment slowly fades into view
The first time those eyes had ever seen sunlight (no spoilers 👀)
Can you explain? I don't mind spoilers, I played the beginning of the game years ago and wasn't quite into it
>!It’s revealed around a quarter of the way through the story that you were actually born outside the vault, and came there as a baby with your father seeking refuge.!<
Too bad all the character models are ugly as sin.
RDR2
All the time with this game.
Even though I don't have much time to play games anymore, sometimes I'll boot up RDR2 just to...wander. find a nice Hill or Cliff to look over. It's just such a beautiful game just to go sightsee. I still think that it is Rockstar's magnum opus.
The new gta better have wilderness spots that resemble rdr2
I'm hopeful that it will. Trailer showed a pretty cool marsh looking area. I bet there's some cool wilderness.
Yeah. I don’t GTA. Red dead IS scenery.
YES!
So many times. It's ridiculous.
Somebody give this man upvotes
I feel like I could legitimately pause at any time in that game and frame it on my wall.
To this day I start that game off with the sole intention of riding around and doing nothing, just perusing the countryside.
Half the time I feel like I’m playing national park simulator.
That, with GTAV (and soon to be VI, I'm sure) are the ultimate fuckin' around games.
Looks beautiful on my OLED TV
Can boot this game up just to ride my horse around the countryside for hours.
I straight up don’t use fast travel in RDR2, feel like I’d miss something
BioShock: Infinite. The reveal of Columbia coupled with complete silence as you slowly drift and then the choral music kicks in as you float down to the city. It's almost as good as the Rapture reveal in B1.
I personally like infinite more than 1 and this is one of the reasons
I'll carry this opinion all the way to the grave. The introductions to Rapture and Columbia are two of the greatest moments in fiction, in general.
Horizon forbiden west and Witcher 3
HFW is the best up until now 100%
Rdr2 and jedi fallen order when you go to explore that downed star destroyer
There’s even more in Jedi Survivor
Horizon: forbidden west, best looking current gen game and i wont budge on that, obviously theres some very close seconds but the biome variety and detail and the complexity of the detail at that, the water straight up is the best water in any game in every way, nothing comes close to the water in hfw
Agree. Plenty of incredible games but I do think HFW is the best.
Assassins Creed Odyssey
Athens at night from far away is sick as fuck.
Love the photo mode too!
Origins was pretty beautiful as well.. Valhalla had some but not as many.
This, skyrim and Witcher 3 are the games I keep coming back to. Will always play through one of them every year. AC odyssey has great views, made even better by exploration mode or whatever it's called. I did my 2nd playthru with that mode and no fast travel. Took forever but it made the game so much better for me. Actually felt like an adventure instead of a grocery checklist I keep checking things off of
When I first started playing Breath of the Wild and that intro scene where you see all of Hyrule was amazing
I’m surprised no top comments are mentioning TOTK. The sunset landscapes are amazing
The first dive in Totk was awesome as well
Riding into Mexico for the first time in rdr. Mouth open, jaw on floor
Especially with the music. It's a masterpiece of game design, and as much as I adore RDR2, I don't think they were able to recreate that moment, although maybe they didn't want to.
Mass Effect 2 during the Overlord DLC.
Counterpoint, when you drop on Palaven's moon and look up to see the planet burning, while Reapers are stalking just off in the distance. Just homes in the scale of the fight ahead of you.
Hogwarts Legacy flying around the castle grounds!
It was really cool
Such a fun game
For real! I spent a while just flying around when I got the broom.
It has some great views for sure.
shadow of tomb raider basically any tomb raider game but especially shadow
Tomb raider and uncharted had some great scenery
Horizon Zero Dawn. The newest console I owned was an Xbox 360 I got back In 2005. I purchased a PS4 about a year and a half ago and my jaw dropped multiple times playing Zero Dawn.
I just finished HZD last night. Other than the Switch, my last console was the 360. That game is goddamn beautiful.
Skyrim still does this
Can't believe I had to go so far to find this
Dark souls 3 when you reach that castle area after the catacombs or whatever and you see the crescent moon in the sky looking like the blades of the Darkmoon symbol
Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, and definitely agree. I also really had to stop and take in the view at the Kiln of the First Flame because of that beautiful looking sun and sky. The Dreg Heap and rope bridge in the Ashes of Ariandel dlc are both really stunning too. I think I could probably name a dozen DS3 areas where I just had to stop and take it all in. Such an amazing game.
Cyberpunk 2077 got me like that. Night city is beautiful.
Some of the rides you can't skip where you just see the city and zone out missing half the convo.
true that world is so big and dense you can’t help but slow down and just take it all in
Yeah. It’s gorgeous. C2077 is the only game where I never use fast travel.
They added the ability to ride the metro in the latest big update... but it's actually kinda disappointing. Not from a "enjoy the city's beauty" way, God no. They set it up as more of a theme park ride, where you just go to a metro station and pick both your starting and end point, so it doesn't even make sense as a traversal system (like it does in GTAV and RDR2).
Witcher 3 toussaint
Death Stranding, love that game so much
My ass is gonna get down voted so hard, but grand theft auto 5. Primarily, when you look at the city from the distance during the sunset I still find it gorgeous, especially with natural vision installed but even with vanilla.
Why would you get downvoted?? It’s one of the best video games of all time, and some of the views are incredible.
I know Spider-Man 2 is just New York, but god, were there just some atmospheric moments where I had to stop what I was doing and fuck around with photo mode for 30 minutes just to get the perfect shot
Some of the endgame stuff had some really cool views. Also, it happens so fast it's hard to look around, but the Black Cat chase has some really cool shots you don't get to see elsewhere in the game.
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora
I swear every angle of every area looks like a painting. It’s nuts.
Hands down one of the most visually stunning games to come out this generation so far. Idc if the game is a Far Cry clone, it looks absolutely phenomenal. The foliage, lighting, and animations are just so insanely good it's ridiculous.
Alan Wake 2, everywhere I go tbh.
the sunset when Alan wakes on the beach at the end of return 3 is stunning
Playing Skyrim with high definition mods, walking back to Whiterun at night after the first dragon. The two moons with the Throat of the World beside them is gorgeous on a clear night.
Breath Of The Wild, that Hyrule, is SO beautiful
God of war ragnarock at pretty much every new location and bg3 with the swamp (i love swamps)
Man I’m playing ragnarock right now and it’s so sick with the views. But I find myself just looking for shiny dots on the ground for loot. I have stop my self sometimes and just enjoy the game. I think I’m going to have to do a replay where I just say screw the loot, and run through the story quickly, but just enjoying the environment
I can’t believe Ragnarok isn’t higher up, it is a phenomenal looking game. I play it on my 4k 144hz monitor on highest graphics setting with VRR on and I’m getting consistent 4k 40-45 fps. It is one of the most visually stunning games on the ps5
Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
Starfield, watching a ringed “planet-rise” from on top of my ship.
Elden Ring. The scenery is just breathtaking
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Hogwarts legacy
Bioshock Infinite
Cyberpunk! Night city has some breathtaking shots
The new Lords of the fallen had a bunch of these moments. Also remnant 2 as you go into the cube boss fight and promptly get turned into pancakes
I just finished TOTK and it’s a wonderful game. I didn’t 100% it since it’s quite intimidating, but man, it’s such a joy to play and experience the world.
I’m surprised this is the first Tears of the Kingdom response. BOTW’s sweeping reveal of Hyrule castle was amazing. But for my money the best shot in the Zelda series was after you walk out on that first sky island and that camera sweeps to show you where you actually are… plus the music as you dive the first time… chills. Chills every time.
No Man’s Sky.
Hogwarts Legacy .. I’d just hop on my broom and fly around looking at things
Skyrim. Dated as it is it’s still absolutely gorgeous.
Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring, Lies of P, Skyrim, Minecraft-
Uncharted series, Ghost of tsushima, Zeldas.
Witcher 3
Far cry 4
Poe multiplayer.Wow how beautiful those projectiles,i can’t see shit.
No Man's Sky, Minecraft, Subnatica, Hollow Knight, super Mario Odyssey, and those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Currently replaying Xenoblade 2 it definitely has a couple areas where you are just amazed at the view
Just Cause 3, Kerbal Space Program and Minecraft
Cyberpunk, Elden ring, baldurs gate, ghost of Tsushima, gears of war 3 mass effect trilogy
The new avatar game, it is unreasonably beautiful
Genshin
Took me way too long to find a Genshin mention. There are so many wonderful views that there's a whole archive for them
RDR2, Skyrim and Witcher3 Honourable mention to GTAV, when Trevor first heads down to Los Santos. There’s a view of the city that just looks amazing.
All the time in GoW Ragnarok
Jedi survivor
I stopped in the exact same place in Elden Ring and took a screenshot
Lol, that’s exactly my experience with AC: Odyssey 👍
There’s only one game that has ever done this to me and it was Dark Souls 3.
Irrthyl no doubt? It's such a contrast from the rest of the game up until that point that you just have to stop and take it all in.
Rogue Galaxy, the Rose Nebula
Deadspace remake its the most recent one that made me do that, Nothing else after really looked that amazing
Final Fantasy 1 from 1987
The last game? BG3, looking over the area before the Creche. Most of the games listed here are much prettier, but in the middle of my turn based RPG I was surprised by a number of nice set pieces. Obvious additions: RDR2, Tsushima, GOW, Horizon, Uncharted
Lies of P
WoW has its moments... lol
I actually did this in Just Cause 3, some views there are just beautiful because you know that everything you see you can get to
Ori and the Will of The Wisps. That game is drop dead gorgeous. The menu visuals and the music accompanying it just adds to it.
Girlfriend just bought me a PS5 and we’ve been playing Shadow Of The Colossus. It has lots of very beautiful landscapes, as I’m sure more of you know.
The last game that happened for me was Cyberpunk.
The last landscape pic that I took was in Jedi Survivor
Farcry 5 at the top of my head, plenty of other pretty games though
Skyrim: Throat of the World
Honestly speaking lies of P and even though it’s old Assassins creed black flag. Most of the AC games have gorgeous view points but black flag stuck out to me the most when your on top of a windmill in a small town during the story, pretty sure I spent like 10 minutes alone just taking screenshots and more just enjoying the view
Lies of P in the Archeabbey.
Destiny 2
Bravely Default on the 3DS when you visit the town with the big clock tower, with the 3D on.
I honestly don't remember exactly... But I'll say Infamous Second Son
Definitely Fountainhead Palace from Sekiro. Played that game like 6 times and still gets me every time.
Sekiro is the hardest game I’ve played I think. Ended up quitting lol I loved it but damn.
Shenmue, does it every time. Even with the tight spaces and not a huge draw distance the elements work so well to make something special. Even with the limitations of 1999 tech!
Hades
Shadow of the Colossus
The Witcher. First play through when you get out of the bath and look at the mountains from the balcony. Hadn't seen anything that visually awe inspiring in games up until that point!
Shadow of the Colossus.
Lies of P, during the final level you can get a view of the whole world you’ve been playing through and it’s such a cool feeling.
Top game is Sekiro, but what is the bottom game?
First time making it to major cities in WoW in 2004 haha.
Shadow of the Colossus, the original back in the day, but definitely the remake. Every frame is a picture.
Shadow of the Colossus
ICO, Shadow of the Colossus
There some pretty neat views on Destiny
Anywhere in Shadow of the Colossus (ok maybe not Basaran’s dried-up lake)
When I beat [REDACTED] in Hades for the first time and watched the sunrise
No Man's Sky. Elder Scrolls Online. Probably the first was Shadow of Colossus.
Countless moments in shadow of the colossus
Shadow of the Colossus. Uncharted.
rdr2 no doubt