What\'s the best looking PC game currently?

I\'m just now becoming a sole pc gamer, I\'ve sold my consoles and am simply going the PC route.  Now that I have a pc worthy of gaming on, I want to know what games will show off the graphical impresivness of the computer, and since Doom3 and HL2 aren\'t here yet, what are some good\'uns?

ahhh, welcome to the light

what can I say, when I saw screens of HL2 and Doom 3 I had a little orgasm and new that my life would change.

*looks for a witness from the congragation

BTW, anyone play Unreal II?  It looks pretty decent, how\'s the gameplay?

Well, it all depends on the genre really.  FPS games usually have the best technology in terms of overall visual effects, but there\'s so many others out there you\'d be ignoring if you left it to that.  I\'ll give the best looking ones in a couple of genres.

RTS -- Command and Conquer Generals (Zero Hour)

FPS -- This is a tough call as there are many not only graphically impressive, but also awesome fun.  I\'d say go with Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield (the expansion, Athena Sword, is coming VERY soon), Battlefield Vietnam (not necessarily a graphics hog, but has the potential to be great -- coming in march), Call of Duty (Also amazing playing, but hardly the best polygon pusher)

Action -- Planetside (it\'s pay to play like an mmorpg, but the community is great if you team up with people and the games are friggin massive with land, air, sea, and ground units), Max Payne 2 the Fall of Max Payne (just pure wholesome action and it\'s cool)

If you just want to push your system, without having fun, you can always play Unreal II.

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So it\'s like the previous unreals....well they were fun for about a day, tops.

you know what\'s odd, the previews of COD I\'ve seen on tv have looked amazing, but I\'ve read in reviews that it\'s not all that great visually.  Must be creative advertising....that\'s a first.

CoD is all about atmosphere and it has it in spades.  Trust me, there\'s no war game more immersive.  As for Unreal II, it\'s fun for like 1 hour.

Looks like COD is going to be on my shopping list.  You said the magic word, atmosphere.

theomen, I\'ve CoD and I must agree in the atmospheric element. All we know that it\'s a game based on MoH, but the graphic engine is improved and the realistic situations, scenes, and sound make this game worth buying.

If you like strategy and rpg, you should try Spellforce. It isn\'t neither a graphic monster but it\'s quite enjoyable. And, btw, Unreal II is not that boring.

playing Knight of the old republic atm, great game, great graphic

Best looking game currently available, legally? Far Cry demo, anyone?

FarCry looks really good but I don\'t know, it looks really cartoony at the same time if you know what I mean. But the water effects and the overall detail is pretty amazing.

just ordered COD for $25 shipped, pretty good deal IMO.

Originally posted by theomen
just ordered COD for $25 shipped, pretty good deal IMO.

You don\'t know what you\'ve bought. Get ready to fight in the war, not to play the war.

Going through and playing CoD on veteran gave me an all new respect for the game.

I checked out some screens of Spell Force, and read about it.  Looks very cool, it just got released here in the states so I might oick that one up too.