4 Most Beautiful Games of October 2018

Most Beautiful Games of October 2018

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 isn’t just the best exclusive game out for the Xbox One this year, it’s also one of the most beautiful games we’ve seen in years, especially so if you’ve got a 4K TV and an Xbox One X.

During our time with the game, we got to play through it on the Xbox One X, and it looks like all those teraflops actually paid off after all. Forza Horizon 4 is a gorgeous racing game that absolutely pulls no punches when it comes to the lighting effects and other environmental textures that help to make the game look and feel so lifelike.

The game’s dynamic weather cycle and interchanging seasons are also great at showing off just what the Xbox One X is capable of, and the little details and particle effects just come together to create a beautiful, complete package. Forza Horizon 4 stands out as an absolutely stellar racing game that won’t disappoint fans of the genre, and it’s certainly easy on the eyes as well.

Most Beautiful Games of October 2018

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Assassin’s Creed Origins blew us away last year when Ubisoft transported us to Ancient Egypt with all its breathtaking pyramids and endless deserts. This year, Odyssey takes us to Ancient Greece, where we get to take in the beautiful sun-bathed Greek islands. And yes, it’s a very pretty game.

Odyssey is an incredibly large open world game that takes players to iconic locations like Athens and Sparta. Traversal is mostly done via your ship on sea as you’re moving between islands, and while Sea of Thieves still takes the crown for having the most beautiful water in any video game ever, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is no slouch either.

As you might expect from your typical Assassin’s Creed game, Odyssey is filled with gorgeous vistas, views of moon-drenched waters, and Instagram-worthy sunsets. Odyssey also comes with a pretty robust and detailed photo mode that allows you to share your screenshots online. And if you’d like, you can also go online to check out other players’ photos and see who’s got a better eye for photography.

Most Beautiful Games of October 2018

The World Ends With You: Final Remix

While it might not be running on the newest and shiniest graphical engine around, The World Ends With You: Final Remix comes with a very distinct and unique graphical style that makes it charming and timeless. Released on the Switch just this past month, The World Ends With You plays out on what is basically a 2D plane where you’ll drag your character around to explore Shibuya and get into fast-paced fights.

The World Ends With You’s design and graphical style is very cartoonish, but it’s colorful and extremely vibrant. The game does a great job of portraying the stylish street life of Shibuya’s youth, and even the animations are smooth and sleek as hell. The game’s idle animations have pep to spare as well, as Neku would swiftly put his headphones on and start tapping his foot to the beat of the music.

And that’s not all; The World Ends With You also comes packed with an infectiously catchy soundtrack —a nice blend between J-Pop and light rap. While the Switch port does suffer from a fair few issues, there’s no denying that this still holds up as one of the most beautiful games when it comes to art style.

Most Beautiful Games of October 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 spent a lot of time in development, and Rockstar’s efforts have definitely paid off. Not only is it an excellent open world game with a gripping story from start to finish, its game world is also very well-realized, detailed, and unbelievably immersive.

You know how Naughty Dog games like Uncharted and The Last of Us feature worlds that have this insane level of detail and polish? The incredible thing about Red Dead Redemption 2 is that it seems to have that same level of polish as well, except that it’s applied to this staggeringly huge open world map that none of Naughty Dog’s linear, cinematic games have been able to match. Every corner of Rockstar’s vision of the American Frontier is just so beautiful and believable.

The weather and lighting effects are gorgeous, of course, and we loved the way Arthur and his horse could get muddied up from falling to the ground too often, and how they could quickly clean themselves up by wading into the water. The game’s foliage is so well-rendered and smooth, and the game just looks breathtaking on every level. Red Dead Redemption 2 nails it on all fronts, and you’d be remiss to pass up on this one.

And those are our picks for the most beautiful games that released this past month. Do you think we missed anything? Let us know in the comments down below.