Leaning more into FFXIV's aethestics rather than XV's boy band was the right call
Final Fantasy XVI
Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, PlatinumGames
2
You don't even need the metronome, the entire world is timed to animate to the music
Hi-Fi Rush
Tango Gameworks
3
Devs so committed to graphical fidelity they had to up the requirements so you wouldn't be able to distinguish between the live action sequences and the in-game models
Alan Wake II
Remedy Entertainment
4
Amazing looking water in this game
Pikmin 4
Nintendo EPD, Eighting
5
If you thought the landscapes in Breath of the Wild were great, just wait until you see the new sky islands!
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Nintendo EPD, Monolith Soft
6
Are these aesthetics good? Or is just a testament to how NSMB's decade of copy-pasting was so bad?
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Nintendo EPD, Nintendo Pictures
7
The mech action looks so good, even Tomino would approve
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
FromSoftware Inc.
8
"4 colors... More than enough to empty the bowels of anything that moves..."
World of Horror
panstasz
9
Scratchy and expressive! Just like a real 90s cartoon!
Pizza Tower
Tour De Pizza
10
The kind of cel-shading that would make your Sega-loving uncle shed tears of joy
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Team Reptile
11
Looks like the mechanical circus freaks of your nightmares
Lies of P
Neowiz Games, Round8 Studio
12
Larian's take on the Baldur's Gate setting is almost Divine