(logo trills) - [Narrator] Some games choose a cool, fancy stylistic art style. Others go for a more realistic look. So here are 10 new games that are striving to look more like real life. We got a bunch of indie
games, AAA games, AA games, a bunch of stuff to talk about. So let's get started off with number 10, "Death Stranding 2: On The Beach." Now, if you played the
first "Death Stranding," you know that that game was
aiming for some realistic looks. The environments, heavily
inspired by Iceland, really looked gorgeous. The foliage, the mountains,
the waterfalls, the rivers, the draw distance, everything
looked jaw-droppingly real, and then down to a character level. Although the game was pretty minimal, you really spent the most
time with Sam Porter Bridges. He looked real. I mean, he looks like
the actor Norman Reedus, and it seems like they're
pushing that even further this time around with "Death
Stranding 2: On The Beach." Characters look even more
expressive this time around, but also we just get a
good look at the world. It seems like Sam is
venturing into new regions, and we're seeing cities, heavy rainstorms, thunder and lightning. We're seeing vast
deserts, flooding rivers, and all of it really
looks frankly spectacular. Granted, this is like a
realism look in a game that is highly unrealistic. It's got tons of fantastical
elements, more spooky ghosts. The Death Stranding
event is still going on, so humanity is on the
brink of extinction,. Weird creatures, Troy Baker
as a crazy anime ninja. It's ridiculous and absurd, of course, in a Hideo Kojima and
Kojima Productions way, but visually, graphically,
it's looking pretty real. Characters on screen are
expressive and lifelike, and I think that's the point here with telling this strange story. We're looking forward to
hearing more from this one soon. Next over at number nine, we have "Kingdom of Deliverance II", which the original game was famous for embracing realism all around, not just from a visual standpoint, but really from a gameplay one, focused around historical accuracy and storytelling in the
medieval kingdom of Bohemia, dealing with all character stats, keeping your character fed and alive. It was highly detailed
in the realism front, and they strive for that
on the graphical front. But it seems like now with
"Kingdom Come: Deliverance II", after the success of the first game, they're able to push
that a little further. 'cause what we've seen
of this game so far, it looks absolutely gorgeous. Characters look less awkward and look way more realistic and lifelike. Armor is detailed, shiny. The environments are gritty, beautiful, while also a bit mundane,
just like in real life. The other thing to me, just at first glance with the trailers, it seems like lighting has
really gotten an overhaul here, making a big difference in
just how things really look. So if they're continuing to go for realism from a gameplay standpoint,
like with slow, heavy crossbows, and very deliberate sword play, to all the RPG elements
that really challenge you, to now the game actually
looking pretty realistic, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance
II" could really crush it, really knock it out of the park, and make good on some of the
promises of the original game. And we'll be able to check it out soon. 'Cause as of right now, it's
slated for the end of 2024. Next over at number eight, we have "Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra." This one is just insane, and I'm almost still marking
it up as too good to be true. Now, this was shown off
as a big demonstration for Unreal Engine 5 and was touted kind of as a
demonstration of the powers of this engine for building
games and stuff like that. And it does come from Amy Hennig, the creator of "Uncharted." So she's got the pedigree. This studio clearly has the chops here, and the concept is absolutely brilliant. It's Captain America and Black Panther in Nazi-occupied France. As a fan of the Ed Brubaker comics, this is like right up my alley, but it's also not technically
the current Black Panther, it's T'Challa's grandfather. It's also gonna deal with this
apparently S.H.I.E.L.D Hydra and some Wakandan spies. And what we've seen here are just some frighteningly
realistic-looking characters. This Captain America looks more real than Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, but when Black Panther
takes his helmet off, and when they're speaking to one another, it just looks extremely real. Not to mention the environments,
the environmental effects, the snow, the weather, all of it is really downright shocking. Now again, they said
this is Unreal Engine 5 running real time. I really don't think the final game will look quite this good. And we don't even know totally what exactly this game is yet, but at the very least, the
early looks at it like this have been extremely promising. It looks cool as hell. Next up at number seven, we have a game called "Supernatural." No, it's not based on the
show that everybody loves. This is a first-person horror shooter. The two big gimmicks here is that it uses your PC's microphone to implement scares in the game, and apparently you're
going to speak to a ghost, but the other aspect is
that it's pretty gorgeous. At Least from the release
trailer we've seen, it seems like a lot of
the game is centered around solving puzzles and
doing detective work in a house. And this house looks strikingly realistic. The kitchen, where a lot of
this trailer was featured, looked incredible. The lighting, the atmospheric
effects coming from outside, things coming through the window,
all of it looks damn good. That's where it seems like
the immersion and the scares are really gonna lie. They show some other stuff that
doesn't look quite as good. Once they start showing characters faces, the realism kind of drops off, but I will say those
environments are pretty stunning. To be completely honest, it's
interesting to talk about, but we are skeptical of this one. We're not sure if it's
gonna really work out, Thankfully, it's just kind of like a small two-hour horror
detective mystery experience. It's made by one developer,
so we're gonna give it a shot. Hey, either way, hope it works out. But either way, right now, "Supernatural" is
releasing July 15th, 2024. Next over at number six, we have "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
2: Heart of Chornobyl." "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2" is carrying a lot of the gameplay concepts
from the original game. Hardcore survival, resource management, intense, challenging shootouts, a harsh, unforgivable world dealing with scientific anomalies out in this irradiated wasteland. But this time around, it's
amping up the graphics. If you've seen any reveal trailers or gameplay trailers
for "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2", it looks really damn good. The foliage, the lighting, everything on display
is really impressive. I got to play an early version of it and preview it for about 30-40 minutes. And while I didn't think it looked quite as good as the trailers, it's still looking pretty darn good. Nothing about it is overly
flashy or heightened, it's just going for gritty realism, and that's what we really appreciate here. As of right now, "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2" is
releasing September 5th, 2024, and we're really looking
to get our hands on it and judging the final product. Next at number five, we have "Unrecord." Now, this is that game that went viral about a year or so ago for
being the body cam footage game. It looked strikingly realistic. Developed by one solo developer, some people expressed their doubts, but with the visual effects,
the filter, the camera angle, the beautiful environments,
it did really look realistic. Obviously, heavily filtered
because it's through a low resolution police-style body camera, but that actually helps heighten things. It makes things look more real when the environments are a little grainy. The animation's a little bit more fuzzy through this filtered,
realistic lens, ya know? Other than visually, it's just little things that help make it look a little bit more real. The enemy character's
faces being blurred out almost like it's kind of
like a redacted footage, to shootouts being quick,
loud, punchy, and chaotic with things usually ending
with just a couple of gunshots. It just seems like they're thinking about things differently with this one. As of right now, we don't
know when it's releasing. It is still very much a work-in-progress, but it has taken the world by storm, and we've already seen
other games trying to go and replicate that style, one of which we'll talk
about in a little bit. Next, over at number
four, we have "Project M." This was revealed at the State
of Unreal showcase in 2023, and it's an ambitious project from NCSoft. It's centered around a concept where the particles or
the fabric of reality are constantly shifting and changing, making for a kind of world-bending
action adventure game centered around making choices, and then the game world and adventure reflecting those choices,
essentially right away, in real time. To me, it looks like
something that amounts to like a Quantic Dream game, like a "Heavy Rain", "Detroit:
Become Human" type of thing, but with a little bit
of third-person shooting and walking around added in. But it's really the graphics here, the Unreal Engine 5 graphics
are clearly flexing. We don't know how much of this is real and how much of this is
just like a concept trailer. We did get some glimpses of what did look like shootout gameplay, and overall the game does look
glitzy and glossy and flashy. But I don't know, to be
frank, it fits on this list, but it's still a bit too early to tell what the deal actually is with this one. It's still only just called "Project M". It is still very much a
work-in-progress concept. So it might be a few more years until we actually hear
something else from this. But it is from NCSoft, a big publisher that does
have a bunch of money, so maybe they can really nail this idea, but we'll just have to wait and see. (light music) Next down at number three,
we got something interesting, kind of different with "Instinction." In "Instinction," you play as an ecologist
stranded on a mysterious island near the Yucatan Peninsula, and it's an island inhabited by dinosaurs. Yep, it's a first-person dinosaur game. And you are an ecologist, like
I said, but you have a gun. So this looks very much
centered around survival, avoiding these dinosaurs, and treacherous ancient traps
strewed about the island, and solving some ancient puzzles too. But really here what took us by surprise were the look of the dinosaurs. Yes, we could say they're realistic, even though we don't really totally know what they look like. Of course, we've never
seen dinosaurs in real life in front of our eyes, but they look good. But it's really the environments: the lush jungles, and foliage,
and atmospheric effects here really seem to be nailing it. It could really heighten a project that otherwise would
feel a little bit silly, a little amateur. We've seen game concepts like this before, but never one that quite looks this good and realistic graphically. Now, it is a little too early to tell what exactly is the deal with this one, but we're keeping our eye on it. It was supposed to hit
early access in 2023, but as of right now, no early access yet. It's still just slated as coming soon. Now down at number two, we have "Bodycam." This is like the game I
mentioned earlier, "Unrecord," which is centered around
first-person shooter gameplay, but under the guise of it appearing as though it's from the lens
of a police-mounted body cam. This game, "Bodycam", took
that concept and ran with it, releasing in early access in June. We're still counting it on this list because it's still technically
a work-in-progress, but as of right now, it
released two mostly positive, and it doesn't look as
quite graphically realistic "as Unrecord." It's still got a lot going on. It's got the blurred faces, it's got the realistic
environments, good sound effects, impressive lighting, grainy
footage that just looks real. It seems like people
are enjoying it so far. It's still, like I said, an early access work-in-progress
first-person shooter. So with that, there are
definitely some things that can be added, some
things that can be tweaked, and, of course, more content,
more maps, more modes. But visually, it seems like they've already
nailed it pretty well. "Bodycam" does look pretty real. It's actually kind of creepy. Now down at number one, I'm sorry, we're going with an obvious one, but it's "Grand Theft Auto VI". As of right now, we've got one
trailer to go on with GTA 6. Rockstar graced our eyes with this first look at the game centered around the fictional Vice City and surrounding fake Florida. What they have going here
does look absolutely gorgeous and pretty realistic. It's got a heightened style, yes, but a lot of it comes
down to the environments: the world design that just
looks strikingly real; the detail of the convenience
store that the characters rob; some of the emotions
expressed on their faces in the cut scenes; the beaches filled with a
staggering amount of NPCs, pedestrians milling about; the traffic, the long
bridges across beautiful, bright waters. It sure as hell looks convincing to me. It reminds me of Florida. So again, while we haven't
seen too much of this one yet, I think it's a safe bet,
if it looks anything like "Red Dead Redemption 2" graphically, I don't think people are prepared
for "Grand Theft Auto VI". This game is gonna look real as hell. But the bottom line is how fun it is. We hope it's fun. But hey, along with that, we got a bonus one I wanted to
mention called "Project LLL." This actually flew under my radar when this trailer dropped a year ago. It is a gameplay trailer, and this is a massively multiplayer
online third-person shooter, looking kind of like a sci-fi
version of "The Division". And this thing is absolutely gorgeous. The visuals, the particle effects, the lighting, the detailed environments, all of this looks absolutely crazy. I would say almost too good to be true. We've been fooled before. And I still think of "The Day Before" and how that looked really cool, and then it ended up being a total scam. But this one is being developed and published by NCSoft, of course, a big publisher that has a bunch of money. I mentioned that earlier in this video, so we're keeping an eye
on this one as well. As of right now, it's
just called "Project LLL", and we're hoping we hear more soon. But like I said, those are 10 games going
for realistic graphics. In one way or another, some we still have
skepticism of, some we don't. There's a lot to talk about. So let us know in the comments some of your picks, but also
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