For me it’s Ghost Recon(2001). Coming from rainbow six, the outdoor areas were mind blowing. Just replayed a quick map and it was still gorgeous to me.
Jak & Daxter the Precursor Legacy still looks amazing, not just for the time, but in general.
Earthbound still looks awesome today. Maybe because so many current indie games emulate the style of Earthbound, but it feels like it could easily be a cool 2023 indie release
Half life 2
Oblivion
Wind Waker will never not look gorgeous.
And Ni No Kuni.
Bf1, crysis 1, arkham knight, halo 3,
Final Fantasy III for SNES. The sprites and color schemes were just done so well. It still.holds up. I give it a playthrough every summer.
Is it cheating to pick something like No One Lives Under the Lighthouse? It’s a PS1 graphics style game on pc that is a short and fun little experience
I saw a livestream of someone playing Windwaker, it might’ve been the HD remaster or whatever, but I was shocked at how good it still looked, I was like they could release a game that looks like that right now and I would have no issue with it
Don’t know how we’re qualifying “old” but there are games released today that I’m like “how does Skyrim still look better than this?”
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the Original Doom 3 and Burnout 3 takedown
Chronotrigger
Max Payne is beautiful in its own way.
Any of the notable cell shaded games always look good to me. Jet Set Radio, Okami, Auto Modellista, all still gorgeous
Super Mario RPG, the graphics are colorful, the world is well imagined, music is charming. Just the game is charming.