The year 2022 is slowly ending and it’s time to take stock of the biggest graphic slaps in video games. If The Game Awards have already selected their winner, the experts at Digital Foundry have another ranking in mind. And it’s not necessarily the one you’re thinking of.
If God of War: Ragnarök won almost all the awards at the Game Awards this year, it was Elden Ring who won Game of the Year. Acclaimed by all for its extremely rich gameplay and its gigantic open world, From Software’s latest title also stood out for its sumptuous graphics, which also won it the award for best art direction.
However, these prices being relatively subjective, not everyone is necessarily of this opinion. This is particularly the case for the members of the Digital Foundry, true experts in everything relating to PC and console performance in video games. The opinion of the latter has over time become a real Bible for all players hungry for data on the latest graphics cards and other PS5 / Xbox Series X comparisons.
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And the most beautiful game of 2022 according to Digital Foundry is…
Also, when Digital Foundry unveils its list of video games with the best graphics of the year, we can undoubtedly say that these titles in question are truly beautiful, very beautiful even. So let’s start without further ado with the 3rd step of the podium, which is occupied by a little surprise. In fact, it is Portal RTXthe ray tracing version of the cult game developed with Nvidia’s RTX Remix technology.
In second place, we find The Callisto Protocol. The new baby of Glen Schofield, creator of Dead Space, received a rather mixed reception due to its disappointing gameplay, but its graphics are undoubtedly among the best of the year. Finally, the big winner of this top 3 is none other than Horizon Forbidden West, whose beauty we have already praised in our dedicated test. If you’re looking for a lavish world to explore, look no further.
