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.
Mirror’s Edge
Pong is still unmatched, even after all these years
Yeah, but nothing can beat the Magnavox Odyssey’s graphics
Crysis still looking great.
Interstate '76
Age of empires 2
Super Mario World. It still looks great.
Everything SNES still looks great! It just doesn’t degrade!
Terraria
Borderlands
Many or most retro games from the 80s-early 90s (NES, SNES, Genesis)
Terraria
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
Jak and Daxter
Borderlands
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2. They still look as good as the day they were released, while RCT3 looks terrible now.
Fallout New Vegas?
New Vegas might be my favorite game of all time, but I would by no means say it has good graphics. It has a great vibe to the world and impressive locations, but those character models, man…
Also the pop-in is insane. Seeing Helios One load in is crazy.
Also the pop-in is insane. Seeing Helios One load in is crazy.
Running LodGen with a Lucky 38 remaster mod has been so fucking nice the last 2 weeks.
Can see that shining beacon of beauty from basically anywhere, does wonders to the games vibe
Katamari Damashi.
The camera control is way worse than I remember from playing it when it came out. Still looks and sounds great, camera moves like a fucking cargo ship in the Suez Canal.
The Portal games.
