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The Top 7... prettiest games of 2008

Pick your jaw up off the floor and bask in their rainbow-colored glow

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US
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Hurricrane  - 11 months 19 hours ago 
I'm so glad you guys mentioned Tales of Vesperia... GO AND BUT IT ITS A GREAT GAME!!!!!!!!!3!!!11
Defguru7777  - 11 months 19 hours ago 
I wish Tales of Vesperia or Castle Crashers had made the list. But these are quite the beauties. Prince of Persia definently deserved to win.
nicksayswatzup  - 11 months 19 hours ago 
i thought smash and mgs4 looked good :(

@Wave360:
THAT WOULD BE EPIC FAIL IF HE DIDN'T!
Dr.Mr.Gamer  - 11 months 18 hours ago 
i thought R2 was a great looking game. especiaialy wen u first walk out of that bas in san fransisco and see the huge city being destroyed before your eyes. yes sum part are just a grey-a-thon but most of it is pretty damn nice!
Kattleox  - 11 months 16 hours ago 
Just realized that Elika looks like Meryl from MGS.

And, FierceDiety, the guy playing wipeout STANK. If he got to even zone 50 you would wee yourself.
vic88  - 11 months 16 hours ago 
fable 2 had pretty places but plastic people.
Ravenbom  - 11 months 13 hours ago 
I almost thought this article wasn't written by Elston, until I read the last sentence, that is.
AyJay  - 11 months 12 hours ago 
i was gonna put a comment on about how u shoulda put brawl on, but then i read the last paragraph. ur right, all nintendo games are pretty
TriLink  - 11 months 8 hours ago 
Where the hell is Okami??

I WANT OKAMI!
sixboxes  - 11 months 7 hours ago 
I like the discussion up here. I think that's why maybe GR's top 7 format is good, because there's no way in hell they can do a definitive list with just 7 slots, so that bumps the comment count. I also think this list proves that as this gen strives toward more realistic visuals, they move away from more appealing visuals. Almost every pick was a game with really stylized aesthetics.
BodyDamage  - 11 months 7 hours ago 
I'm very surprised Eternal Sonata didn't make the cut. Even the demo of that game had more color and vibrance than I've seen so far in any of the other 10+ ps3 games I have. I must get Valkyria Chronicles though, must must.
noobeater  - 11 months 6 hours ago 
halo ...halo i remember walking threw miles of dark blue and purple...thats all it is

the never mind nuts n bolts the original is the most colourful games iv ever seen...not that could have been no.1...wat with it being on xbox live
hardcore_gamer1990  - 11 months 6 hours ago 
i was gonna suggest ratchet and clank tools of destruction and DMC4, but there kinda dark in heinsight...

never mind. great article, gr!

ooh, what about star wars the force unleashed?
GamesRadarEricBratcher  - 11 months 3 hours ago 
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I think some of y'all are forgetting it's the prettiest games of 2008. Halo 3 was last year, so it didn't make it. That's also why we left Eternal Sonata and Okami off (the original versions were '07 and '06). Tools of Destruction was 07, though Quest for Booty was this year and we considered that one.



Fable II and the new Geometry Wars were both in the running for sure - I could stare at GW for hours. So those are great suggestions. they just got slightly edged out. This was a good year.
jar-head  - 11 months 1 hour ago 
second page last vid=KOTOR pod racing...ha
Thequestion 121  - 11 months 1 hour ago 
That was great! I'm really considering checking out Valkyria Chronicles> I love games like that!
FancyRat  - 11 months 1 hour ago 
...I was salivating eight years for another 3D romp ‘em up starring the world’s favorite/only bird and bear duo...
screath  - 11 months 44 minutes ago 
I think that Banjo-Kazooie should have been more than just a runner up. It looks like a pixar film come to life. There are few games that even attempt to be this good-looking. It's the prettiest game on the Xbox 360 in my opinion. Maybe it doesn't deserve number one, but runner up? Come on now.
Smeggs  - 11 months 11 minutes ago 
WTF? The girl in the new PoP looks like the main lady in Law and Order: SVU!
MrPinkBAMF  - 10 months 30 days ago 
cmon guys. geometry wars 2.
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