What are the most graphically beautiful games?

[mrjosh]

I just finished playing Machinarium, and it is probably the most beautiful game I've ever played - on par with the beauty of Myst. But different, beacause Machinarium is not in 3D, rather, the world you explore is all painted by hand. And the Music! so beautiful as well. there is a free demo at http://machinarium.net/demo/. And the game is only $20. To be honest, after I finished playing, I felt like giving them another $20. this game is so unique and well built, so much love and care went into creating it. so many little details that are surprising. the only small downside is that sometimes you can get stuck, so I used online walk throughs a few times. this game is a hidden treasure. (There are versions for Mac, Windows and Linux, and it runs superb on the Mac)

+1. You can really tell a lot of love was put into this game.

 

[MythicFrost]

I've bought Crysis Warhead, I can play it on max settings @ 1920x1200, it has a little delay, I'm probably getting 18-25FPS, without AA (16xQ) I don't think I get any lag, shame though
I also bought Battlefield 2142 which is an absolute must own imo, nothing amazing about the graphics but it's a great game. There is a multiplayer demo of it out.

Heroes of might and magic 5 is a great game too, I only played the demo but intend to buy it soon!
I wonder how Warhead would go on a 2560x1600 resolution I'd probably get 10 FPS on max settings, maybe 5?

 

[0098386]

I've bought Crysis Warhead, I can play it on max settings @ 1920x1200,

I had great performance from that game compared to Crysis. I didn't find the game as fun though, I played them back to back so maybe that had something to do with it. The presentation of the story in Crysis really blew me away.

I just finished playing Machinarium, and it is probably the most beautiful game I've ever played - on par with the beauty of Myst. But different, beacause Machinarium is not in 3D, rather, the world you explore is all painted by hand.

That's fairly common in indie games, it's just nobody notices them unless they're publicised to hell and back.