# Which game has the best or most beautiful graphics?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186 "2020-08-15T14:48:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/41 "2020-09-10T13:58:00Z")

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What trailer? Electronic Arts has not announced plans for a sequel, and they just released another expansion pack for _The Sims 4_ in June. One very impressive “[trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgQLTAxpnk)” I found is actually [fan-made](https://www.youtube.com/c/GingerPichu/about).

~Max

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/42 "2020-09-10T15:18:37Z")

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Facebook needs to do something about those fans, then. I’ve only seen “Official Trailers” on there until now and they have no disclaimers about not being associated with EA.

😡

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/43 "2020-09-10T15:26:00Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> Electronic Arts has not announced plans for a sequel,

They kinda did.

> **[EA Confirms It's Busy Working on Next-Generation 'Sims 5'](https://www.ccn.com/ea-confirms-its-busy-working-on-next-generation-sims-5/)**
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> During EA's Q3 FY20 earnings call, CEO Andrew Wilson offered the closest thing to a confirmation that The Sims 5 is indeed on the cards.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/44 "2020-09-10T16:24:40Z")

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The straight dope is a let down:

> “As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation across platforms and a cloud-enabled world, you should imagine that while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement motivation, that this notion of social interaction and competition – like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many years ago – will start to become part of the ongoing The Sims experience in the years to come.”

The words “new generation” refer to people and social trends in the video game industry, not video games themselves. And offering new features “in the years to come” does not constitute an announcement for a sequel. I mean, there will probably be one eventually, but _this_ isn’t the proof you’re looking for.

~Max

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/45 "2020-09-10T16:52:31Z")

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Some of my favorites:

Forza Horizon 3, a beautiful virtual Australia complete with day/night cycle and weather.

Far Cry 5, a highly detailed fictional Montana county.

Battlefield 1, captures the beauty and horror of WW1 Europe.

Kingdom Come Deliverance, a realistic RPG set in a real-life slice of Bohemia. The map and characters are true-to-life.

Grand Theft Auto 5, the aesthetic of this game is still great all these years later.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186/46 "2020-09-10T20:12:31Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> What trailer? Electronic Arts has not announced plans for a sequel, and they just released another expansion pack for _The Sims 4_ in June. One very impressive “[trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgQLTAxpnk)” I found is actually [fan-made](https://www.youtube.com/c/GingerPichu/about).

Thanks, I was looking and it took me a few minutes to realize they were all fake.

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