Filed under: Best of 2007
Stay tuned all this week as we reveal the our nominees for the very best games of 2007. Winners will be declared on December 27th.
To say that graphics have improved over the last couple of years is like saying your mother’s cooking tastes better after being away from home for one thousand years (assuming, of course, both you and your mother live over one thousand years). It’s both obvious and true. But who will take the crown for having the best homemade cooking graphics?
The nominees for PS3 Fanboy — Best Graphics are:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Infinity Ward | Activision
What makes Call of Duty 4 so brilliant looking isn’t just the incredibly detailed levels or the insanely well done character models, but sometimes having a story with realistic movements aids in making a game “look good”. Let’s not ignore the fact, however, that its proprietary graphical engine allowed for some of the best dynamic lighting and shadow effects we’ve seen. In fact, every bullet shot at objects goes through intense calculations to properly reflect the damage it would cause against a wall or car. Destructible objects abound and having such excellent touches find their way into a multiplayer experience is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
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Heavenly Sword
Ninja Theory | Sony Computer Entertainment
From the very outset of Heavenly Sword, you can see the unbridled potential of the PS3. A zoom in from a war-torn field of thousands of enemy soldiers and into the intricately detailed pupil of heroine Nariko really shows how far graphics have come. In the arenas where you fight enemy troops, the way every table, chair, jar, or discarded weapon are broken or thrown through the air are a big part of what define next-gen video games and that generation is now.
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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Pixar quality graphics. That is how Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction has been touted by Sony and Insomniac Studios, not to mention a few critics who felt that claim was not far off the mark. Gigantic environments and cleverly designed enemies only help to suck you into the cartoony universe Insomniac has unleashed upon the PS3. As far as artistic design comes, no other title in the current generation of consoles comes close.
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Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment
It’s interesting to see how well Naughty Dog, generally a development team with a cartoon-like animation tendency, pulled off the realistic movements, environments, and attention to detail inside Uncharted. Slick jungle areas are replaced by ancient stone castles, replaced by dank dungeons, replaced by mysterious bunkers and so on. The motion capture used in the game is excellent and could easily fool someone into thinking they are watching an interactive movie. Subtleties like the varied positions Drake takes each time he ducks for cover is a nuance that more games need to take advantage of. This game, like the others mentioned, is a graphical powerhouse that shows off what this latest generation of consoles can do. And this is just the beginning.
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Stay tuned to PS3 Fanboy on December 27th for the winners. Best of 2007 image based off of work from Studio469.
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