Whenever someone gives me a choice between a game with a good art style and a game that focuses on photorealistic graphics, I’ll always choose the former for one simple reason: I’d rather see something beautiful on screen. rather than something that reminds me of reality without becoming exactly like that. But it’s that they come to light a good handful of video games that push the latter to the extreme.
So much so that it is a series of titles that would be very difficult to distinguish if we associate them with an actual image that tries to copy their elements. Also; In this same article I want to talk about 5 video games so realistic that they are even a little scary, either because they use the technique of photogrammetry perfectly, or because its mechanics are designed to recreate processes that occur in real life. Let’s get down to business, yes, but not before explaining a bit what the first element I just mentioned consists of.
What is photogrammetry?
Photogrammetry is a technique in which photos of real spaces are used to determine the sites where the action will take place. Some video game studios take this to the extreme and manage to recreate situations and places in a hyper-realistic way, as is the case with the games that I will discuss below.
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Unrecord is a game that puts us in the shoes of a policeman in which we will have to make different types of moral decisions and face situations that will push us to the limit. It is defined by the managers like a first person thriller and it has graphics that will knock you out of your chair as soon as you see them. I leave you with a trailer of the game below.
Paranormal Tales
Paranormal Tales is a game that will take us through different short episodes featuring different people who have disappeared under strange circumstances. The most striking thing about the game is how it is made whether what we saw was the recordings from the cameras or the phones that the characters carry with them. Here I leave you with the trailer:
Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Platforms: PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
- Date: now available
- Genre: Simulator
- You can find it on Xbox
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the ultimate aviation simulator. It has the entire world recreated in very realistic scale (so much so that you can seek your home in one of the journeys if you wish) and a depth in playability that other titles would like. Here is its trailer:
Light Memory: Infinite
In its PC version, Bright Memory: Infinite has settings recreated in an ultra-realistic way which, together with the game’s incredible particle effects, generate a worthwhile experience. Here is its trailer:
Zomboid Project
Why the hell are you putting a game here that doesn’t have hyper realistic graphics? You will wonder. Well, to complete this list with these games that are very realistic in their mechanics and really well thought out. This is what Project Zomboid offers: a zombie survival game where every move you make will be crucial in your adventure. I leave you with its trailer below:
What other hyperrealistic titles do you know and think should be on this list? I read you in the comments.