What are the most beautiful video games you've played?

Shadow of the Colossus hands down.

Loved Age of Empires 1. Great art direction for an RTS game.

More recently, Bastion. A brilliant game.

For me, it's the opening of Chrono Cross. It's wonderful (the charadesigner is Nobuteru Yuuki) and the music is bewitching! It's a chef d'oeuvre!!!

Commandos2&3 with its fantastic axonometric backgrounds

No doubt it's Rapture city from Bioshock. And Aperture laboratory from Portal.

Okay, I like to remain a silent observer, but I'll answer this one. :)

Most. Beautiful. Ever: Uncharted 2. You're right.

Second place: Enslaved. The whole damn game was amazingly beautiful. The game is weak (simple button-mashing), but the story is intriguing... but the art: breath-taking, and often so, not just "in some places".

Third place: Skyrim, duh. :)

Contenders: LIMBO, Uncharted, Uncharted 3, Oblivion: The Shivering Isles, Morrowind (yes, ugly faces, but: PEOPLE LIVE IN GIANT FRIGGIN' MUSHROOMS!), The Force Unleashed (particularly the neon jungle planet), Mass Effect 3 (bad ending notwithstanding), Alone In the Dark (the newest one; gameplay SUCKS, but the opening levels are worth the $5; just quit once you get out of the building and watch the rest on YouTube, trust me), FEAR 2 (also damn scary, but the classic "shooter" sections are annoying)... and a lot of "retro-games," but I'm already rambling.

Surprisingly Good: Crysis 2 ("sheer power" award) and Modern Warfare 2. Yes, they're straight shooters, but... wow. Beautiful! ...I picked them up on a whim, and now I'm going to have to play the rest of all these damn shoot-em-up games (which I normally detest, Half-life excepted for its amazing storyline) just to see the maps. Sigh.

TODO list: Journey (heh), God of War 3 (I began both 1&2 but the PS2 graphics didn't cut it for me and I bailed, but 3 looks like it could be amazing), Ico & Shadow of the Colosus, Castlevania, and... uhh... said shooters.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is possibly the best looking game on consoles, in my opinion. The Witcher 2 is the best looking on PC.

Also: Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Express, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Odin Sphere, Dark Souls, Curse of Monkey Island.

well i couldn't ever play the game since it's only for gaming consoles, just like s Red Dead Redemption. which is a game i also want to play and know i'll never do, but at least they have to publish the production art book of this game !!!

Zelda, anyone?

Not a huge gamer, in fact I still have a PS2 instead of a newer console. The most beautiful games I've played are Ico, and Shadow of the colossus.

I'd like to add the Prince of Persia 2007 reboot. The art style in that game was amazing.

Assassin's creed, all of them, everything is so gorgeous, also dragon age, lineage II, tera, blade and soul

JOURNEY is the most profound work of art I've ever witnessed / experienced. Its simply indescribable in words. Truly ThatGameCompany's magnum opus. The score is ethereal. Along with ICO & SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS, this game needs to be experienced by everyone. It will help you rediscover humanity.. Seriously.

I'll have to agree with FAUNA. Journey is a game where every separate aspect of the game - the graphic style, the use of colour, camera angles, music, story, everything - just seamlessly blends into an experience that leaves you breathless.

Another game that really deserves a mention is The Witcher 2. Absolutely stunning environments with lots of atmosphere and mood.

Without any doubts ------> THE LEGEND OF ZELDA THE WIND WAKER.

The most beautiful game I have played would have to be the first PC game Homeworld

honourable mentions go to the new game Journey, ICO and Guild wars

Assassin's creed, all of them, everything is so gorgeous, also dragon age, lineage II, tera, blade and soul

I agree, especially if you've had the privilege of seeing Wind Waker emulated by dolphin emu in 1080p. It is really incomparable. It makes okami look gawdy.