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This makes me so nostalgic! Modern games are more fun and life like than ever but something about a majority of 2000's/early 2010s games had so much love, soul, and personality put into them that some games lack now.
I'll give you life like but more fun? Not for the most part, at least not in the bigger AAA releases for me. Too many these days are unfinished, hand holding games full of cut scenes instead of gameplay. There are exceptions, as always but back then they wanted to produce a great game that made money. Now they just want to make money.
@@Lunamana yea but they are expensive and he said he doesn't like then as much anymore. I don't like indie so I don't play unless they are free "gamepass" . Just curious
Sometimes i still revisit the OG splinter cell, dragging some poor schmuck into a dark corner and watching him and sam disappear with only 3 green dots being visible... just, perfection
haha , I remember playing splinter cell pandora tommorow as a kid and i couldn't finish it because of the shadows bug , whenever I was in total dark and enemies could see me , damn that was so frustrating , back then I didnt't have internet so I couldn't watch any walktroughs , thinking about finishing it the proper way now as I know the fix :)
As a stealth enthusiast, OG Splinter Cell and Hitman were my absolute childhood. The first 4 games, in both franchises make me so nostalgic. Luckily the Hitman games are still great.
You know, I went through a few systems trying to run that upon release and all struggled to get decent visuals and FPS, until I re-installed it years later with what today would be considered pre-historic hardware: I'm talking AMD Athlon 64 x2 and an nVidia Geforce 9600 GS with a whopping(!) 48 shaders and 768 MB DDR2 VRAM. Yet despite these ancient components this game ran with everything cranked to the absolute maximum, and it made me love it even more. And like you say, it's the sense of immersion that really draws me in; just standing on the beach, taking in the ambience, deciding which tactics you use to take down the upcoming enemies.. tons of landscape to explore. Lots of cool weapons, enemies, and different terrain. Just you against the elements and your enemy. One of my all-time favourites this one.
A neat thing about Okami is that Clover made the all the assets in HD before HD was a standard, so when it came to the HD releases it was a smooth transition.
@@twoshotsofvodka8401 I didn't have to. I had a friend who owned them all and owns a digital library on his PC of all the files I could ever want. If you don't necessarily care about anything, can always download the files from some ROM websites.
oh man thats a good idea how well does it run? mgs5 was such a let down i couldn't even finish it. metal gear was always super narrative driven and linear the open world felt so much like a departure from the story line that it felt like a complete other game at times. not saying open world doesn't work but this one defiantly didn't its honestly pointless
@@finck9226 it's pretty good. I also have am extremely beefy PC but I'm sure anything from the last 2 gets could easily run it in 2k but maybe not 4k upscaled. I use RPCS3 for my emulation.
@@bloodsweatandbeers4684 Oh man the developers that made heavy rain know how to make a cinematic game! Try Detroit become human and beyond two souls! Dude they’re some of my favorite games of all time!
I knew I wouldn't have to scroll far before someone mentioned this. This game was in the top 5 best looking games of the original Xbox's lifespan. A truly great looking game.
@@jonathanperez612 Well it was never officially announced but there was gameplay footage of it in 2015 or so. But after Googling it, there's a rumor about a new iteration of AW2 but it's just a rumor.
Assassin's Creed 1 Grand theft auto 4 God of war 2 Ninja gaiden sigma 2 Tom Clancy's splinter cell blacklist and many more I can go on forever but seems like this dude is a fps fanboy so understandable
Enjoy the masterpiece, and feel free to check out the Gaming University youtube channel if you want to know kore about the Lore/Psychology behind it. Not my channel, it's just really good
I feel the 2000,s were the time when developers put real love into the games and great stories.... these days monopolistic game companies are swallowing all the small but unique fish and we are getting games released that are half baked, have loot boxes or both!
Rdr2,gta 5,mafia definitive edition, witcher 3,ac origins. These games have amazing stories while witcher 3 and rdr2 have one of the best ever. These are modern games
@@razor5268 yeah especially in the indie community ... but as soon as they are gobbled up by EA, Ubisoft or Bethesda... you can expect standards to drop and some loot system to be introduced! It’s telling that many of these big devs are re-releasing classics that people enjoyed from the 2000s
I’m glad we’re living in a time when even games that are 10 year old still are pretty good graphically and even mechanically. Hell I’d even say going back to 2006 or 2007
@@acev3521 If you really think many Super Nintendo, Genesis and even plenty of PS1/N64 games aren't timelessly enjoyable, then you don't really enjoy video games as much as you think you do. I don't disagree that the 6th gen was a golden age (and my favorite generation), but every era has its classics.
@@acev3521 you said ppl who think the 90s is the golden age is *only* because of nostalgia. Only someone who thinks the era was weak would say something like that.
Nearly all of these games were killers in their day but I loved FEAR for the highly reactive AI, the visceral slow-mo effect which has to be one of the best, the jump scares and that nail gun where you pin people to walls but all of the guns were perfect.
I'm just happy that you chose to pick "Alan Wake" as your thumbnail for this video. That thumbnail is self explanatory of what this video is gonna talk about 👍😁
And even controls, movement, animations.. I love that you can adjust the walking/running speed by scrolling the mouse wheel, i don't get why other games don't implement this feature, it works so well
i remember i didnt even finish this game, didnt like at all while loved other remedy's masterpiece max payne 2, i finished max payne 2 for 7 times xD I wish they will release max payne 4 similar to 2nd cuz 3rd wasnt as good. If u never played max payne 2 and u can accept 2003 graphics but with very nice criminal story in noir style i highly recommend u to play it
In COD Modern Warfare 2 I remember there was a scene where the Marines would have to go through Whisky hotel, and while gameplay lightning struck and the whole room illuminated for a second, that was when I knew Activision achieved something great and it was 2010.
I will NEVER forget the intro to Bioshock 1. That first part ON the ocean with the sinking plane all around you and the fire is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. The rest isn't bad, but nothing compared to that intro sequence.
Jake you need to do another video like this, again about more games of the 2000's that we should play on 4k that look still good, and also maybe a video of this topic but with 2010 to 2017, i don't know.. Awesome video my man, i'll looking forward to play those games on 4k
I miss the era of great first person shooters. Titanfall 2 and Doom 2016 were sooo good but they’re so few and far between nowadays. Anyone remember Singularity? Love to see that remade.
I hear you, I miss the abundance of good FPS games. Last decade only gave us a few really good shooters. Check out Metro Exodus if you haven't. Infact, the entire Metro series is a single player game in the same veins as the Half Life series. Go for the redux versions if you are planning on checking it out. Another game i would highly recommend is Prey (2017), i.e. if you enjoyed Bioshock 1 and Systemshock. It's a damn good spiritual successor to the latter two. And if you want some fast paced games like Doom (2016), then check out Shadow Warrior 2 and Rage 2. Rage 2 has a boring open world, but my god the COMBAT!! Once you unlock all the special abilities and weapons, the combat can actually be way better than Doom. But there are also some good shooters being released in the Indie game scene as well. Check out the youtube channel by Gmanlives, he reviews tons of FPS games like these and mainstream ones too.
I'm surprised Gran Turismo 4 isn't on this list, 2005 could output 1080i on a PS2 talk about graphics and not to mention the optimisation needed to get 2001's kit to do something like that.
Jake i swear man you read my mind again. As I'm listening to the beginning of the clip you talking about what this video is about literally the 1st game that came to my mind was Mirrors Edge. I played it back in the day on my ps3 (which you know wasn't the best console for 3rd party titles) it run and looked beautiful. I can only imagine how good it looked on pc.
Heeey guys from Gameranx, im a really huge fan of your cannel since quite a while and bros i have to say that you guys have been doing a great job but you have to know that people from Mexico, like me and all of the other countries from latinoamerica will appreciate, if you guys put subtitules in English, that will make more easy to understand what the hell you guys are sayin hehehehehe well thats all guys you’re awesome keep up the good work ☝🏽😎👌🏽
This vid Makes me wanna revisit some old games like IGI,bully,Freedom fighters,total overdose,the first 3 call duty's, the original infamous and metal gear solid (old one's)
So good to see alan wake in the thumbnail. I haven't played that game in a long time, this brings back lots of good memories as this was one of the very few games i owned on the 360.
I was really expecting Half Life 2 Lost Coast or Episode 2. Either way, good list. It might be the boomer in me but I think the graphics back then were overall a better experience. Nowadays everything requires a big amount of temporal AA and it blurs the hell out of everything and gives me a headache after an hour
Thankyou for including Alan Wake... and such an underrated game! Although the graphics are on 360 are still totally solid, I'd love to see it with some 4k treatment, I'd totally buy it again. Keep up the great vids!
Playing Motorstorm on my PS3 (the first game I loaded up when I got the console) was a jaw dropping moment - huge step up graphically with that console. Mirrors Edge, Killzone 2, AC2, Bioshock.... incredible.
Ah yes I heard of it I didn't know Remedy made it, it looks quite interesting. I much more prefer these sort of games to run n gun stuff. Stuff with story and suspense.
Seeing killzone on the list reminded me of Black which is even more impressive because not only does it look as good and sometimes even better, it has perfect sound design and destructible environment such that we don't see in games even today, and all of that on a PS2
I'm with you Jake, I loved the original Darksiders, too. I've played it 3 times: the first time with the 360 (it's what made me buy a console of that generation), then the remaster, then the backward compatible one. Still one of my fav games of all time.
Sonic Unleashed is still my favourite looking game ever. It's like a playable Pixar movie. I do wish it would be realised again with a better frame rate
The Warriors, Bully and most Rockstar games still hold up today. Also, idk if it’s nostalgia but the Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games still look good to me
One game/s I miss are the condemned games. I really enjoyed the style of those games and the way they felt to play, it felt heavy and every swing felt tiring, personally I loved them at the time and I wish they got more love
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The games that immediately come to mind are Bioshock, Dead Space, and Mirror's Edge.
the first two, 1000%, I come back to them both around once a year and they impress me every time
Can’t believe mirrors edge came out in 2008
I would put Uncharted games in there too
Could you imagine if those games came out this year? Micro transactions galore.
@@I_NeedCoffee I played Uncharted recently. It looks really outdated. Not as worse as Assasins shit, but still.
This makes me so nostalgic! Modern games are more fun and life like than ever but something about a majority of 2000's/early 2010s games had so much love, soul, and personality put into them that some games lack now.
I'll give you life like but more fun? Not for the most part, at least not in the bigger AAA releases for me. Too many these days are unfinished, hand holding games full of cut scenes instead of gameplay. There are exceptions, as always but back then they wanted to produce a great game that made money. Now they just want to make money.
@@lwaves why don't you only play older games and stop playing the AAA?
@@BlackPowerParty Well you tend to run out of older games after a while. New games keep coming out indefinitely.
@@BlackPowerParty AAA games USED TO be good. They weren't always bad.
@@Lunamana yea but they are expensive and he said he doesn't like then as much anymore. I don't like indie so I don't play unless they are free "gamepass" . Just curious
Sometimes i still revisit the OG splinter cell, dragging some poor schmuck into a dark corner and watching him and sam disappear with only 3 green dots being visible... just, perfection
Haha on god
I really wish they remade a stealthy Splinter Cell instead the new run & gun shit they released
haha , I remember playing splinter cell pandora tommorow as a kid and i couldn't finish it because of the shadows bug , whenever I was in total dark and enemies could see me , damn that was so frustrating , back then I didnt't have internet so I couldn't watch any walktroughs , thinking about finishing it the proper way now as I know the fix :)
ah yes, good old whack and stack.
just like thief.
As a stealth enthusiast, OG Splinter Cell and Hitman were my absolute childhood. The first 4 games, in both franchises make me so nostalgic. Luckily the Hitman games are still great.
I miss the good ole days when developers weren’t afraid to make a good linear FPS.
Yeah dude that's the reason I love the metro series
@@niveshnayan6648 was about to say metro
Me too man me too I miss Killzone and Resistance and the good ol days of Halo man we were so spoiled for choice back then.
I just want single player finished products and then buy DLC. No live service, no early access, no preorder for beta.
People made hallways with style/linear FPS games because they had to, not because they wanted to.
The first game I thought of was Alan wake, such an underrated game and happy to see its being talked about today
I wish they had shown the tornado
Underrated as Microsoft messed up it's release by originally saying it was Vista exclusive then cancelling it, then releasing it....
I’m trying to finish the game before it gets off gamepass, I love this game! I wish I had played it on release and want more of these types of games
alan wake was such a good game man the second one was a bit weak but the first one for its time was mind blowing
Played it only a couple years ago, I was blown away in the quality of it for how old it is
Mirror's Edge brings so much memories. Still playing the OST after 13 years
Solar Fields is the artist! I recommend his other stuff as well, his album Movements is near perfection.
Far cry 1 max graphic when your standing at the beach and look in to the water looks so damn good
That's the one I thought of.
@@lwaves my first and one of 3 favourite games of all time
You know, I went through a few systems trying to run that upon release and all struggled to get decent visuals and FPS, until I re-installed it years later with what today would be considered pre-historic hardware: I'm talking AMD Athlon 64 x2 and an nVidia Geforce 9600 GS with a whopping(!) 48 shaders and 768 MB DDR2 VRAM. Yet despite these ancient components this game ran with everything cranked to the absolute maximum, and it made me love it even more. And like you say, it's the sense of immersion that really draws me in; just standing on the beach, taking in the ambience, deciding which tactics you use to take down the upcoming enemies.. tons of landscape to explore. Lots of cool weapons, enemies, and different terrain. Just you against the elements and your enemy. One of my all-time favourites this one.
@@QuadTubeChannel if you can you got to play it Lan coop il provide you with a mod if you want it's so much fun
@@d1m4e32 ok yeay but far cry 1 graphics are fking shit nowadays it looks worse theb y8 games and the flash browser games back then. Lmaooo
I remember playing through Arkham Asylum last year when lockdown hit. The memories this just gave me 🤧unmatchable
A neat thing about Okami is that Clover made the all the assets in HD before HD was a standard, so when it came to the HD releases it was a smooth transition.
Shadows of the colossus was similar with assets that were higher quality than the ps2 could render.
That's how most games are made.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots. I've been emulating the game on my PC in 2k and it just blows me away how BEAUTIFUL that game is.
ahhhh my favourite
dont tell me you have to buy a bluray drive to install ps3 games...
@@twoshotsofvodka8401 I didn't have to. I had a friend who owned them all and owns a digital library on his PC of all the files I could ever want. If you don't necessarily care about anything, can always download the files from some ROM websites.
oh man thats a good idea how well does it run? mgs5 was such a let down i couldn't even finish it. metal gear was always super narrative driven and linear the open world felt so much like a departure from the story line that it felt like a complete other game at times. not saying open world doesn't work but this one defiantly didn't its honestly pointless
@@finck9226 it's pretty good. I also have am extremely beefy PC but I'm sure anything from the last 2 gets could easily run it in 2k but maybe not 4k upscaled. I use RPCS3 for my emulation.
Doom 3 still holds up insanely well. The graphics, the lighting, the art direction. It’s insanely good looking even today. Especially on the switch.
Doom 3 on the switch is **chef's kiss**
Prince of Persia 2008 was pretty slick and has a timeless art style
pop warrior within was even better when it came to graphics for the time!
Rare wojak
Heavy Rain (2010) still holds great graphics
Just finished playing that today. The eyes were creepily realistic.
@@bloodsweatandbeers4684 Oh man the developers that made heavy rain know how to make a cinematic game! Try Detroit become human and beyond two souls! Dude they’re some of my favorite games of all time!
@@angelgjr1999 bought them all in a bundle. Hoping to have a 4k monitor by the time I get around to Detroit.
I haven't played that game in a decade and I still hear Ethan call out Jason's name
@@KingLex87 SHAWN
The AI in FEAR was grounding breaking for its time as well and is probably still better than most games today.
Amen
They did mention that in a video once
@@Tibovl Ah cool. What vid?
@@L3GIT2MISE No idea, it was over a year ago.
@@Tibovl No worries. It's probably been mentioned more than a few times seeing as the AI is still pretty good to this day.
Nobody mentioned Assassin's creed 2. Venice was jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
absolutely ❤️ Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood. Revelations cranked things up.
because it's not the best one. Unity is a pinnacle of classic AC series
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 Yeah but this video is talking about games from 2000's. AC2 came in 2009, unity came much later.
@@mohammadabdulmannan2656 only 5 years later. wouldn't call it "much much"
I meant Unity deviates from the topic of the video. I think we all agree Unity looks better.
Gears of War was incredible - not sure if you reviewed that in the first video.
Exiting the dungeon in the tutorial section of oblivion and seeing the bright open world was mind blowing at the time.
Same effect with the Vault in Fallout 3
Absolutely. I was stunned i just stood there for like 5 minutes seeing that cathedral structure off in the distance. So beautiful.
I remember looking at my 360 when Alan Wake first opens up to being playable and being like "That piece of shit is rendering that real time?!" lol...
8:54 The voice crack is real!!
Great video too 🤣
:)
SucCeedEd 😂
i wouldn't consider that a genuine voice crack as much as a bit of an over-the-top--yet intended--inflection
Can't forget Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay
I knew I wouldn't have to scroll far before someone mentioned this. This game was in the top 5 best looking games of the original Xbox's lifespan. A truly great looking game.
Loved that game experience the first time playing through it.
great game i never played second part.
@@kh7688 yeah it looks like an Xbox 360 game on the og Xbox.
Oh shit absolutely! That game was a graphical powerhouse and still looks good today
I clicked as soon as i saw Alan Wake in the thumbnail. One of my favourite games of all time, so excellent.
Really wish the sequel didn't get cancelled.
@@bloodsweatandbeers4684 I had no idea that it was cancelled !
@@jonathanperez612 Well it was never officially announced but there was gameplay footage of it in 2015 or so. But after Googling it, there's a rumor about a new iteration of AW2 but it's just a rumor.
I’ve been looking for a great vid like this! Thanks Gameranx!
Burnout paradise and just cause 2. I just love all the details they put in those games
Wind Waker has aged tremendously well
People bitched so hard about that game when it came out, but it aged so well!
GameRanx:Talks all about Batman Arkham Asylum.
Me: Damn now you make me wanna play the Batman Arkham Series
The arkham series are some of the pinnacle games in the industry
Respect for putting mirror's edge up from the jump👌🏾
Bruh the fact that arkham asylum still looks good and better than some of the games were getting in 2021, it aged so well
Dang right
Wut?
It's good but I don't think it's better than 2021 games though
@@razor5268 i can take the argument that Gotham Knights looks a step down from AK even though id believe it but this guy just makes no sense
@@razor5268 I’ll agree especially how we now have PS5 and Series X/S coming out that will improve the gameplay and ray tracing.
Love the vids u have helped me buy games over the years I’m grateful for that 💙
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Infamous
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed 1
Grand theft auto 4
God of war 2
Ninja gaiden sigma 2
Tom Clancy's splinter cell blacklist and many more I can go on forever but seems like this dude is a fps fanboy so understandable
Assassin's creed 2 hasn't aged that well. The first one looks better since it is a lot less blurry.
@@swiftshinobi8337 lol what a FPS fanboy ??? You do really meet so interesting people in the comment section
@@FlameHawk100 not you dummy!! I am talking about guy in the video *facepalm
I'm actually playing Allen Wake for the first time today, it's funny you bring it up.
Have you played Controk yet? Great game with a universe and dlc connected directly to Alan Wake.
Enjoy that shit. That game is in a class of its own when it comes to atmosphere
Enjoy the masterpiece, and feel free to check out the Gaming University youtube channel if you want to know kore about the Lore/Psychology behind it. Not my channel, it's just really good
What MGS 2 did in 2001 on a new console will always blow me away
Hell yeah much like Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PS3 absolutely mind boggling
MGS3
I feel the 2000,s were the time when developers put real love into the games and great stories.... these days monopolistic game companies are swallowing all the small but unique fish and we are getting games released that are half baked, have loot boxes or both!
Rdr2,gta 5,mafia definitive edition, witcher 3,ac origins. These games have amazing stories while witcher 3 and rdr2 have one of the best ever. These are modern games
@@razor5268 rare finds indeed!!!
I played dozens of games this last gen that have amazing stories and no loot boxes. Perhaps you're just playing the wrong games.
@@mikespike2099 please don't get me wrong I also play a lot of old games, but there are a lot of amazing new games
@@razor5268 yeah especially in the indie community ... but as soon as they are gobbled up by EA, Ubisoft or Bethesda... you can expect standards to drop and some loot system to be introduced! It’s telling that many of these big devs are re-releasing classics that people enjoyed from the 2000s
I’m glad we’re living in a time when even games that are 10 year old still are pretty good graphically and even mechanically. Hell I’d even say going back to 2006 or 2007
As someone who started in the 90s 2000s was definitely the golden age of gaming people only say 90s because of nostalgia.
@@acev3521 yeah
@@acev3521 If you really think many Super Nintendo, Genesis and even plenty of PS1/N64 games aren't timelessly enjoyable, then you don't really enjoy video games as much as you think you do. I don't disagree that the 6th gen was a golden age (and my favorite generation), but every era has its classics.
@@retrosoul8770 nice poisoning the well fallacy lol I never said that.
@@acev3521 you said ppl who think the 90s is the golden age is *only* because of nostalgia. Only someone who thinks the era was weak would say something like that.
the most insane thing about fear was the explosion animation, that implosion effect just still gets me.... fucking great
You guys hit a lot of my favs!
Loved the video man. Made me reminisce on the golden age of video games for my friends and I. Thank you 🙏
Totally agree about Darksiders 1. One of my favorite games maybe from that time.
I was looking for this comment ☺️
Metal Gear Solid 4 definitely should be on this list. That game looks better than a lot of modern games. I was blown away with it back then.
Same with Uncharted 2
yea those games were always ahead of their time graphically and gameplay wise
Nearly all of these games were killers in their day but I loved FEAR for the highly reactive AI, the visceral slow-mo effect which has to be one of the best, the jump scares and that nail gun where you pin people to walls but all of the guns were perfect.
The bolter was one of the funnest weapons ever. Pinning people to walls never got old.
Fear and pereus mandate was good. They messed up FEAR 2 and 3.
@@MrALenCar321 - Yeah, they screwed up the later games but they were by a different developer.
I'm just happy that you chose to pick "Alan Wake" as your thumbnail for this video. That thumbnail is self explanatory of what this video is gonna talk about 👍😁
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) was so ahead of it's time in terms of shadow and lighting
And even controls, movement, animations.. I love that you can adjust the walking/running speed by scrolling the mouse wheel, i don't get why other games don't implement this feature, it works so well
I think I'm gonna play Alan Wake now. Thanks for helping me find what I was looking for without me looking for it 😂.
One of my favorite games ever. Enjoy!
i remember i didnt even finish this game, didnt like at all while loved other remedy's masterpiece max payne 2, i finished max payne 2 for 7 times xD I wish they will release max payne 4 similar to 2nd cuz 3rd wasnt as good. If u never played max payne 2 and u can accept 2003 graphics but with very nice criminal story in noir style i highly recommend u to play it
Thank you for this list. These old games are the only ones that play on my i3 laptop
Amazing Video 🤜🤛
In COD Modern Warfare 2 I remember there was a scene where the Marines would have to go through Whisky hotel, and while gameplay lightning struck and the whole room illuminated for a second, that was when I knew Activision achieved something great and it was 2010.
I will NEVER forget the intro to Bioshock 1. That first part ON the ocean with the sinking plane all around you and the fire is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. The rest isn't bad, but nothing compared to that intro sequence.
Jake you need to do another video like this, again about more games of the 2000's that we should play on 4k that look still good, and also maybe a video of this topic but with 2010 to 2017, i don't know.. Awesome video my man, i'll looking forward to play those games on 4k
I watch alot of your vids but this one definitely popped out to me lol 😏👍
Prince of Persia (2008) which we never seen a sequel to
That Alan Wake game looks interesting.
It’s really fun too, I believe it’s on Gamepass!
Give it a go. It’s a really satisfying game.
i played it in oct 2020 glad to see you added this masterpiece to the list.
Great vid, thank you
I miss the era of great first person shooters. Titanfall 2 and Doom 2016 were sooo good but they’re so few and far between nowadays.
Anyone remember Singularity? Love to see that remade.
I hear you, I miss the abundance of good FPS games. Last decade only gave us a few really good shooters. Check out Metro Exodus if you haven't. Infact, the entire Metro series is a single player game in the same veins as the Half Life series. Go for the redux versions if you are planning on checking it out.
Another game i would highly recommend is Prey (2017), i.e. if you enjoyed Bioshock 1 and Systemshock. It's a damn good spiritual successor to the latter two.
And if you want some fast paced games like Doom (2016), then check out Shadow Warrior 2 and Rage 2. Rage 2 has a boring open world, but my god the COMBAT!! Once you unlock all the special abilities and weapons, the combat can actually be way better than Doom.
But there are also some good shooters being released in the Indie game scene as well. Check out the youtube channel by Gmanlives, he reviews tons of FPS games like these and mainstream ones too.
I recently played Alan Wake on Xbox One X. One of my fav games of all time and Yes, the darksiders series is really underrated.
Dang. I was really hoping it was falcon narrating the video lol. Great video nonetheless 👍 love you all’s videos
I love this channel.
Mirror's Edge is such a good franchise, so underrated, wish they'd do more sequels!
I'm surprised Gran Turismo 4 isn't on this list, 2005 could output 1080i on a PS2 talk about graphics and not to mention the optimisation needed to get 2001's kit to do something like that.
Jake i swear man you read my mind again. As I'm listening to the beginning of the clip you talking about what this video is about literally the 1st game that came to my mind was Mirrors Edge. I played it back in the day on my ps3 (which you know wasn't the best console for 3rd party titles) it run and looked beautiful. I can only imagine how good it looked on pc.
Hey Jake! I wish I have a friend like you!
You giving people “Good vibes”
I appreciate you bro! God bless! 😇💪🏻
Alan Wake is a game that got me into the horror genre!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl how quickly they forget comrade...
that game did not look good for its time
They forgot about black
Stalker looked pretty bad at it's time. It definitely does not deserve to be on here
Great video again jake 🧉
Heeey guys from Gameranx, im a really huge fan of your cannel since quite a while and bros i have to say that you guys have been doing a great job but you have to know that people from Mexico, like me and all of the other countries from latinoamerica will appreciate, if you guys put subtitules in English, that will make more easy to understand what the hell you guys are sayin hehehehehe well thats all guys you’re awesome keep up the good work ☝🏽😎👌🏽
Alan Wake is one of my favorite games of all time. Everything about it is incredible.
Maybe I am old, nostalgic and crazy, but I honestly expected that Driv3r would appear on this list.
Great game btw I need to finish it
the darkness 1. i still have chills. also thief. amazing atmosphere
This vid Makes me wanna revisit some old games like IGI,bully,Freedom fighters,total overdose,the first 3 call duty's, the original infamous and metal gear solid (old one's)
Early 2000s doesn't feel long ago unlike the 70s 80s with the 90s
I remember being absolutely blown away by MW2 graphics
So good to see alan wake in the thumbnail. I haven't played that game in a long time, this brings back lots of good memories as this was one of the very few games i owned on the 360.
One game that nobody remembers but i thought the graphics were crazy . The chronicles of ridick escape from butcher bay .
I feel like Midnight Club Los Angeles had good graphics.
Dub Edition was pretty good too, tho not sure its date.
@@crazyeyez1502 I forgot about dub edition, it’s up there too
I was really expecting Half Life 2 Lost Coast or Episode 2. Either way, good list. It might be the boomer in me but I think the graphics back then were overall a better experience. Nowadays everything requires a big amount of temporal AA and it blurs the hell out of everything and gives me a headache after an hour
Thankyou for including Alan Wake... and such an underrated game! Although the graphics are on 360 are still totally solid, I'd love to see it with some 4k treatment, I'd totally buy it again.
Keep up the great vids!
Playing Motorstorm on my PS3 (the first game I loaded up when I got the console) was a jaw dropping moment - huge step up graphically with that console. Mirrors Edge, Killzone 2, AC2, Bioshock.... incredible.
RE 1 remake blew my mind back in the day. Pre rendered backgrounds or not, it holds up well even today.
They need to make Alan Wake 2, I think I've played through the whole thing 3 times now.
Play Control, it's the prequel of Alan Wake and there's a DLC where you play as Alan Wake
There's the spinoff game Control. If you haven't played that, give it a go.
Its coming sometime next year ig
Ah yes I heard of it I didn't know Remedy made it, it looks quite interesting. I much more prefer these sort of games to run n gun stuff. Stuff with story and suspense.
@@XrisD147 Well, make no mistake Control has a lot of run and gun in it but also a lot of story and suspense, aswell as jaw-dropping visuals.
I finally played through Allen wake this last year and loved it. Thought the end was a bit lackluster though
Great list but I missed Far Cry, first game still holds up pretty well.
I was lucky enough to have a PC that could play Crysis awesome back then! Game was great, loved it!
I was hoping he was gonna mention Infamous when he mentioned Darksiders because they look just alike graphic wise.
Seeing killzone on the list reminded me of Black which is even more impressive because not only does it look as good and sometimes even better, it has perfect sound design and destructible environment such that we don't see in games even today, and all of that on a PS2
I'm with you Jake, I loved the original Darksiders, too. I've played it 3 times: the first time with the 360 (it's what made me buy a console of that generation), then the remaster, then the backward compatible one. Still one of my fav games of all time.
jus wanted to say i appreciate the content whilst im early
You could say it at any time, you know? Its always appreciated 😉
Nice
Smash bro’s melee on GC holds up
This video was well made and had good voice over
I remember getting a laptop in 2014 and being amazed I could play mirrors edge maxed, it’s way older than I thought it was.
Yo with you being a huge fan, how can you NOT put MGS4 on this list?!?! I was so shocked it didn't make it.
Ikr it had amazing graphics
I remember playing as a kid and being freaked out by how real it looked haha.
@@angelgjr1999 They wasn't any PC game at the time, that looked this good!
or mgs 3
@@MoviesNGames007uk There really wasn’t. Maybe Half Life 2 but that’s it.
where is resident evil 4 it's looks so good even today
Yeah I was surprised not to see it here.
Gameplay still holds up beautifully too. I don't think it needs a remaster.
Just played Allen wake the first time a few months ago, and that game does look great.
Man this takes me down memory lane
Sonic Unleashed is still my favourite looking game ever. It's like a playable Pixar movie. I do wish it would be realised again with a better frame rate
FEAR is a legend. Glad to see it receive some attention
FEAR was the first game I ever really noticed high resolution textures. I remember being in awe at that I could read every word on the signs.
i agree, before games like doom 3 which was considered as top graphics for example had terrible textures
Gamernax delivered again... and I'm asking myslef, why I hadn't subscired to them erlier?
Who also read the title and knew he was gonna talk about Batman Arkham asylum and crysis
The first thing that came to my mind was ac 1 😂
The Warriors, Bully and most Rockstar games still hold up today. Also, idk if it’s nostalgia but the Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games still look good to me
One game/s I miss are the condemned games. I really enjoyed the style of those games and the way they felt to play, it felt heavy and every swing felt tiring, personally I loved them at the time and I wish they got more love
i tried replaying it about a year ago i couldnt get through it but man in its time it was so good