What are graphically the most impressive Gamecube game(s)?

D · Post by D » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:04 am

Anyone? I was curious about this one.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 am

ikaruga

quite a powerful little console. technically, i am sure it's resi 4. but there are a ton of great looking games on the cube. wave race, mario sunshine, windwaker, f-zero, monkeyball 2, killer7 ... i miss my gamecube

Shocky · Post by **Shocky** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:29 am

Technically, Resident Evil 4.

Artistically, Resident Evil ("REmake") by far. The dark, forest scenes with crawling insects and moisture in the plants and all.. that is love. Love for the product from its creators.

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:35 am

RE4 looks great, and its a fantastic game too.

The Rogue Squadron games look insanely good but both are a bit crappy.

Fzero GX is pretty nice looking too, nice solid frame rate

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:43 am

Came here to post F-Zero GX too. One of the best games I've seen for it.

That aside, I can't really think of much. My GC didn't get much love, sadly.

cools · Post by **cools** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:04 am

What's already been said.

I'll add in Eternal Darkness too, the attention to detail on the models, textures, lighting and animation is stunning. Some levels are close to photorealistic.

Hibachi · Post by **Hibachi** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:47 am

I'd add Metroid Prime to that list as well and F-Zero GX.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:06 pm

Metroid Prime and F-Zero GX in 480p are still jawdropping today, when you compare them to the crap on the Wii.

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:35 pm

cools wrote:I'll add in Eternal Darkness too, the attention to detail on the models, textures, lighting and animation is stunning. Some levels are close to photorealistic.

That's special. People usually bash Eternal Darkness because it's N64 roots being quite obvious in the graphics. Awesome game though

Anyway. +1 for Rogue squadron.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:39 pm

jpj wrote:ikaruga

quite a powerful little console. technically, i am sure it's resi 4. but there are a ton of great looking games on the cube. wave race, mario sunshine, windwaker, f-zero, monkeyball 2, killer7 ... i miss my gamecube

you do realize that you can play all of those games on a wii now, do you?

even in fancy shmancy 480p.

D · Post by D » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:54 pm

Jockel wrote:
jpj wrote:ikaruga

quite a powerful little console. technically, i am sure it's resi 4. but there are a ton of great looking games on the cube. wave race, mario sunshine, windwaker, f-zero, monkeyball 2, killer7 ... i miss my gamecube
you do realize that you can play all of those games on a wii now, do you?
even in fancy shmancy 480p.

yup! also on a gc, but you need that expensive piece of hardware: component cable.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:01 pm

Yeah i know that, but GC Component Cable: 80$ and up
Wii Component Cable: 5$

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:08 pm

i'm not buying a fucking wii

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:16 pm

Resident Evil and RE Zero both have terrific visuals. F-Zero GX also looks pretty good last I saw and runs at a blistering pace. GX is good for what it doesn't do, unlike later Wipeout games in that I feel sick after watching any of those while F-Zero causes none of this.

D · Post by D » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:16 pm

jpj wrote:i'm not buying a fucking wii

I am not ommiting the possibilty.
Played curling with 4 people (hudson's/konami's: Island sports) and we had a blast.

Limbrooke wrote:Resident Evil and RE Zero both have terrific visuals. F-Zero GX also looks pretty good last I saw and runs at a blistering pace. GX is good for what it doesn't do, unlike later Wipeout games in that I feel sick after watching any of those while F-Zero causes none of this.

I too don't understand these f-zero gx bashing Wipeout fanboys.
Wipeout, craps! Should you buy a game called wipeout? no! I dled the demo and it felt like a homebrew java app. (not that there's anything wrong with Java)

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:47 pm

I still really like Waverace Blustorm for aesthtic appeal.

I remember seeing the opening screen for the first time & the water effects were amazingly realistic.
Looks good & runs at a fair old lick too.

I'll also add in...

Zelda Windwaker - Gorgeous Cell Shaded animation, still my best looking Zelda game ever

Viewtiful Joe - Again awesome cartoon style that translated really well

Bleach - The only Fighting game I own on my 'Cube, looks very pretty IMO & as good as the cartoon.
Once a battle gets going as well it's fluid & looks great, very colourful

Neil

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:03 pm

D wrote:I too don't understand these f-zero gx bashing Wipeout fanboys.
Wipeout, craps! Should you buy a game called wipeout? no! I dled the demo and it felt like a homebrew java app. (not that there's anything wrong with Java)

My problem with Wipeout really came ahead when I watched my friend run the PS2 game Wipeout Fusion. I truly felt physically sick after watching for about 5 minutes or so and that basically left a bad stigma from there onward. The earlier games I dabbled in a little starting with Wipeout 3 on PS1 and eventually Wipeout 2097. The issue there is that they seem all too similar to one another until the next generation and by then it's nausea-time. I will say it was an ok series but if anything a bit sluggish and pardon the first two titles not very innovative afterwards.

Back on topic, I agree with soundwave, The Wind Waker does look good and I'd say it's probably my most liked modern Zelda game, heads and tails above the 64 games. Despite all the sailing I think it's terrific and has loads of good atmosphere something I think in my very limited experience that is lacking in OoT.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:01 pm

REmake & RE Zero - easily two of the most beautiful games I ever played.

Ironically they can also be the two ugliest games on GC if played on a HD LCD TV...

Shelcoof · Post by **Shelcoof** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:15 pm

RE 4: Probably best looking game on the console
Zelda Wind Waker: Cell Shading done at it's finest

Only two really impressive looking games. There are games that look great but these two stand out the most.

antron · Post by **antron** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:19 pm

Wind Waker. My wife first really got into that game because of the sunrises/sunsets.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:05 pm

I thought Star Fox Adventures looked pretty nice, though I didn't like the way it played.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:47 am

Resident Evil 4, easily. First time I played it back in the day, my jaw dropped to the floor and despite a couple areas dropping the quality some, no other GC game can beat it. I remember being at my friend's house and this other guy walks in just as I'm going to fight Bitores Mendez. He's like "that looks amazing, what game is it?" and then I say, "Resident Evil 4 for the Gamecube" and he's like ":shock: FOR THE GAMECUBE!!!??"

REmake and REzero also look very nice, but they use pre-rendered graphics and CG, so points lost there.

Viewtiful Joe also impressed me very much the first time I played it. It's not an incredible technical feat like RE4 but the art style is awesomeness.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:08 am

of course impressive is a subjective term, and I'm sure my answer doesn't qualify, but I have to say Kururin Squash! has some of the most pleasing graphics of all the Gamecube titles.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:54 am

I won't say you're nuts or anything unless you happen to like Mega Man X6.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:13 am

Most of the stuff I would have said has already been posted above, so I'll just go and add in Killer7 for it's surreal visuals and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for it's folk tale feel.

Jockel wrote:Metroid Prime and F-Zero GX in 480p are still jawdropping today, when you compare them to the crap on the Wii.

I find this outrageously sad because for many of the Wii's games, it's true. I'm really doubting this is actually because of the Wii's power, it just seems devs today are just lazy.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:30 am

I think PN03 is a great looking game, and no, not just because of the main character's ass, but because it's extremely stylized and nifty. However, I seem to be (nearly) alone in that regard.

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:39 am

I think PN03 is a great looking game, and no, not just because of the main character's ass, but because it's extremely stylized and nifty. However, I seem to be (nearly) alone in that regard.

i'm with you, the minimalist look once you get inside is awesome.

Also, it's THE most underated game on the GC. Can be picked up for a bargain bin 480 yen and it's a very very good game. Once you click it's more rhythm based than a pure corridor/room shooter, it really is great.

The first "out in the open" section gave a bad initial impression , but definitely worth getting through.

Also, someone else mentioned Killer 7 which has a very interesting art style indeed

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:13 am

Twilight Princes looks incredibly good also in some areas. Some parts are simple looking like the characters but the lighting and environments looks fantastic in sometimes.

I can be a sucker for really super glowy bloom lighting though.

Metal Gear isn't bad looking either.

I'd have to say:

RE4
F-Zero
Twilight Princes
Metroid Prime 1 and 2

were the most stand out to me... it's been awhile since I've played them though.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:58 am

Metroid Prime 2 was very impressive for me both technically and design-wise.

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:21 pm

Off the top of my head:
Metroid Prime, F-Zero GX, and Resident Evil 4