Games with great Art Design? (with screenshots)

[Zanzoken]

What games have you played where you were genuinely impressed with the art & aesthetics? Doesn't matter if they are cRPGs or even fun to play for that matter -- just something you enjoyed visually. Here are a few of mine:

Bastion

Morrowind

Temple of Elemental Evil

 

[Gregz]

What games have you played where you were genuinely impressed with the art & aesthetics?

Swords and Sorcery - Underworld

 

[Frozen]

I really cant remember...none.
Art direction in games is really shit, it all looks generic toy-like cheap and without taste. Probably because of technology and gameplay restrictions and fact that second tier artists work in the industry.
I actually wanted to make a thread for some time "why is art direction in games always shit?"

Actually, maybe Limbo. Its original but not some high art visual.

 

[Zanzoken]

A couple more:

Muramasa the Demon Blade

Super Mario Yoshi's Island

 

[Zanzoken]

Actually, maybe Limbo. Its original but not some high art visual.

I had forgotten all about Limbo -- it's incredible

 

[Dr Skeleton]

Samorost. Screenshots are from Samorost 3 but they all look incredible.

Spoiler

 

[Egosphere]

Tormentum

Spoiler

Machinarium

Spoiler

 

[CryptRat]

Cuphead :

Metal Slug :

Lands of Lore :

Quest for glory IV :

Perihelion

Sam & Max hit the road :

Darkmere :

Legend of mana :

Battletoads :

The neverhood :

Heart of darkness :

Rain World :

Deponia :

The inner world 2 :

Mission Critical :

Hyper Light Drifter :

Loom :

Lupus in fabula :

Lumino City :

 

[Bester]

Good effort, but most of what you posted looks generic and boring.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Worth half a brofist, imo, if only for Perihelion. That's the most fucking metal looking game in existence.

 

[Master]

Fallout

Ah, time for a replay..

 

[hoothoot]

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Another World (a.k.a. Out of This World), 1991

Ico, 2001

Shadow of the Colossus, 2005

Demon's Souls, 2009

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Naissancee. The art style is called "brutalism", I think. I discovered also that now the game is free on steam.

The style is also reminiscent of the manga Blame!.

 

[deama]

 

[Circuit the Short]

Merchant Prince I/Machiavelli the Prince from Holistic:

 

[CryptRat]

Tower 57 :

Dex :

 

[Astral Rag]

American McGee's Alice and its sequel

Monkey Island 1 and 2

Discworld Noir

City of Lost Children

Amerzone

Demon's Crest

The Dream Machine

Medieval

XIII

Nocturne

Dark Earth

Lionheart

The Space Quest series

Outlaws

Starship Titanic

Startopia

Superhero league of hoboken

Vampire Bloodlines

Blood

The Residents: Freak Show and Bad day on the midway

Fran Bow

Zeno clash

Little Nightmares

Grim Fandango

Dungeon Keeper

Magic Carpet

Blade Runner

Full throttle

Thief

The Oddworld games

Giants: Citizen Kabuto

MDK

Sacrifice

Interstate 76

No one lives forever

Ecstatica

Crimson Skies

DEFCON

I have no mouth and I must screaaaam

Gobliiiiiins games and The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble aka The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble

edit: slowly adding screenshot, most of which I took myself

 

[Reinhardt]

 

[cosmicray]

Braid is always great to look at.

 

[CarbonCarousel]

The Longest Journey

 

[Zanzoken]

Ogre Battle 64

Okami

 

[majorsoccer]

Heroes of might and magic 5 looks impressive !

 

[CarbonCarousel]

Heroes of might and magic 5 looks impressive !

Looks like WoW, but shittier.

 

[Nifft Batuff]