the pc is known for having the best gaming hardware on the market while it may cost
you a bit to acquire well the gpus available to pc gamers is far above anything available
on the playstation or xbox but what games take advantage of this power the most welcome everybody
chaos here today we're going to be looking at some of the most beautiful graphics available
on the pc right now now keep in mind some of these games will be multi-platform but others
will be games that you can only experience on your pc also keep in mind that youtube compresses video
files so the gameplay you see here probably isn't nearly as pretty as what you'd see if you could be
playing the game and watching it in person so be sure to let me know if you've actually seen any of
these games for yourself drop a like and if you're a graphics person you are going to love this video
the first one up is control released in 2019 it was a third person action game and it made waves
i mean the interesting story engaging gameplay but it really started spreading around the internet
once people realized how beautiful it was it was a spin-off of the cult classic allen wake
and it features a fictionalized version of the scp foundation and you play as the company's new
director and you're attempting to shut down any possible threats to reality you get some pretty
awesome powers along the way it's a solid game and very very visually appealing on console but
it is stunning on pc all the particle effects the ray tracing it can all be cranked up even further
it's no surprise this game won so many awards when it came out
microsoft flight simulator 2020 the latest version of the long-running flight simulator franchise it
was released on pc in august of last year then it was later ported to the x albeit a bit scaled back
the pc version man i don't even know where to go with this the environments are lifelike the plane
models are amazing the gameplay can be tough to get the hang of but i think that's the point it
absolutely exploded in the pc community i mean it just did everybody was stuck and locked down
and they just flew around the world the replay value's endless there's just something relaxing
about flying around these amazing landscapes and learning a thing or two about air travel
along the way resident evil 2 the remake released in 2019 as well this game kicked off capcom's
recent trend of remaking their classic titles hands down a win now a couple resident evil games
have come out since re2 the environment designing character models though it's it's a step up
it's it's at the top wandering around the decrepit police station while hiding from absolutely
terrifying zombies the lighting the texture quality the small scale setting it makes it feel
intimate and realistic it just it does even more than re3 and village despite being three years old
it's still one of the best looking games on the market you'll be terrified just walking around the
game world right now half-life alex at the time that alex was announced half-life had been on the
shelf for 15 years and while it wasn't half-life 3 it was the next best thing vr shooter takes place
in between 1 and 2 and you play as the characters you try to stop the alien combine from obtaining
the super weapon the game play it blends shooting puzzle solving survival horror iconic gravity gun
gravity gloves it was cool it's pretty awesome to experience a vr but since it's on a list of
the best looking games i need to mention the fact that this game looks incredible everything falls
in line with the art style of half-life 2 but with an added level of realism to your character
models the lighting the environment the design if you have a vr headset and you haven't you
need to go try out half-life alex far cry 5 another case of a game that has a sequel
but still looks better by modern standards in my opinion unlike all the other far cry games
five takes place in a fictional town in montana meaning you get to explore the gorgeous mountain
ranges and forests while going from place to place and liberating each district one by one
the game dropped in 2018 it's often called one of the best games in the series for multiple
reasons the satisfying gameplay loop the visuals a great story going on in the background i mean
the ending may have left you a little broken up or at least bummed out in a good way but
far cry 5 is hands down the best far cry game available on modern consoles and if
you're looking for some absolutely stunning eye candy pick it up on pc it runs beautifully if you
have a 20 series gpu or better you're going to be happy red dead redemption 2 you probably expected
to see this game on the list and you are right dropped in 2018 and the pc the following year
and it pushed the consoles to their limits the pc version if you thought the game was beautiful
on ps4 and the xbox one man go to pc with maxed out settings if you can everything is perfect
and thanks to rockstar's dedication to making the animations as realistic as possible the
whole thing truly feels like a wild west simulator some people talk bad about rdr2's moment-to-moment
gameplay i get it but if you're looking for a beautiful immersive experience and a great story
this is one of the best to this day right now the visual team for gta 6 has some huge shoes to fool
star wars squadrons i bet every one of you forgot about this game i did when you think
of beautiful star wars games you think of the two rebooted battlefront games but honestly
squadrons is the best looking of them all released in 2020 space combat all about piloting the iconic
ships and taking down enemy players now there's a wide variety of ships the galactic empire the
new republic navy everything has been modeled to an insane degree the game was developed by motive
studios who were responsible for space combat battlefront 2 and since it was all built on the
frostbite 3 engine it looks perfect basically take the attention to detail from battlefront 2 crank
it up every way you could i mean i know space combat games aren't everybody's cup of tea but
i mean if you want to immerse yourself like you're an actual star wars pilot you have a high-end pc
have at it forza horizon 5. now forza is already known for having absurdly good visuals and while
there's a new game in development it's going to have a very very high bar to clear thanks
to the last entry i mean horizon 5 was it was almost perfect launch for the xbox and the pc
but the latter versions looked way better that's not to say the xbox version looked bad but the
pc version it's truly something else open world racing takes place in a fictionalized version of
mexico and if you know what the series is all about you already know amazing weather effects
life like car models animations incredibly detailed environments you know the drill
it is a must play for anybody who likes cars and eye candy battlefield v now battlefield 2042
may have came out recently but the numerous bugs and design oversights killed the immersion plus
there's just something about battlefield 2042 that looks lit wrestling it looks less realistic
than its predecessors i can't put my finger on it battlefield 5 on the other hand probably one
of the best looking world war ii games ever made it is released five years ago almost the game was
heavily criticized upon release for its gameplay issues and missing content but the visuals held
up from day one and they only got better with updates from the developers in the improved
pc graphics tech bf5s environments and models look amazing it's the lighting it's the part of
particle effects dice may be struggling to make a good game but they never have a problem with the
visual side of any game i mean you really don't i think this is the most realistic looking game
they've ever made and it's a shame it's a shame because it was released in a bad state but since
then it's made a good name for itself and it's an alternative to bf 2042. hell let loose speaking of
world war ii games this one's picking up a lot of steam on both pc and console largely as an
alternative to battlefield the gameplay merges fps and rts to create this really unique multiplayer
conquest and the visuals they're nothing short of amazing now the environments are photo realistic
all the maps are based on actual conflicts from the second world war to just add another level of
realism to it since its initial release on the pc it's been ported to the x and the ps5 but if you
want to see the game at peak visual potential play it on a high end pc it's one of the most immersive
games i've ever seen and i can definitely see it continuing to grow exponentially with the kind of
funding a word of mouth that it's been getting now we're in the top five shadow of the tomb raider
has to be on there right it was seen by many as the weakest in the reboot trilogy but not by looks
quite the opposite despite having gameplay and storytelling that was a step below the other two
shadow of the tomb raider was far and away the most beautiful and frankly it might be one of
the best looking single player games i've ever seen and i've seen a lot every little detail
of the characters every little detail of the game world it was modeled to perfection i can't imagine
how much time was actually putting into making the lighting and particle particle effects as
realistic as possible when you're playing shadow of the tomb raider on a high end pc with maxed out
settings you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a live action movie i'm serious it truly does look
that good escape from tarkov now despite being a multiplayer game made by a rather small team
it's one of the best looking pc exclusives on the market today multiplayer games usually don't mind
dropping the graphics down a bit in order to get more people into fray but not escape from tarkov
they spared no expense they made everything look as lifelike as possible which fits in perfectly
with the intense tone in the high-stakes gameplay the war-torn world that you're exploring looks
eerily realistic and the character models and animations are some of the best i've seen in
a multiplayer shooter now as the game gets more popular and the devs get more funding the game
is just going to continue getting graphical updates and i'm here for it it already looks
amazing so imagine another year or two the witcher 3 easily one of the most beautiful games ever made
dropped in 2015. i mean come on the story and the gameplay are top notch that's not what this
list is about we're talking about visuals and those are flawless the game's seven years old
you venture across the myth or the mythological version of poland i think you bring the ancient
folklore and the culture to life the character models the animations everything the weather
the day and night cycles i mean the long awaited next-gen patch is set to drop in a few months and
that's just going to make everything look even better with the implementation of ray tracing
and improved texture so if you've been waiting for a good time to replay the witcher 3 or play
it for the first time it's coming ready or not released in early access last year after a long
wait it's kind of a spiritual successor to the swap franchise and aside from having some of the
best tactical fps gameplay in gaming history it's breathtaking it was designed to be as realistic
as you can get that's part of why development has taken so long void interactive knocked it out of
the park with the game it's definitely one of the most realistic pc exclusives on the market heck
it's probably in the top three in that regard the game plays intense one mistake means death a year
i mean it could mean the death of your character but at least you're gonna have some absolutely
mind-boggling graphics to look at in the meantime and that number one it's crazy to say it
arma 3. it's a technical marvel it launched what seven eight nine years ago and it still
looks incredible by modern standards and there's still thousands of mods available the community is
keeping it alive certain aspects look a tad dated i know but when you consider it's coming up on its
10-year anniversary i think it's worthy of the spot the community has done their best to keep
this game alive and they're doing it it's one of the most popular multiplayer shooters on steam i
mean it is don't be fooled by its age arma 3 looks amazing and has endless hours worth of
content both from the developers and the community members i think it's a good way to wrap up this
list let me know one game that looks absolutely stunning that we forgot and i'll see you soon
you