The Games That Showed Their System's Power

I think for the PS3, two titles come into mind. I generally think 1st party publisher will do this.

1) Metal Gear Solid 4
2) Uncharted 2

 

One that also impressed me for the PS3 was 'Last of Us'. The graphics were almost on par with the next generation consoles.

 

It certainly made the console work hard - that was the game that finally killed my fat PS3, and I wasn't the only one.

 

Zelda Breath of the Wild for Wii U is an impressive feat for such underpowered system.

 

Final Fantasy XV almost ruined my PS4. I guess you could call that utilizing system power haha.

 

To not let this thread getting abandoned, here's some more examples, this time is the NES/Famicom

 

Here's some other great examples of hardware pushing titles, this time of the SNES/Super Famicom Don't worry though, I'll put some Genesis, TG-16 & Neo Geo love here

 

Here's yet some more great examples...ON THE 2600!

 

To continue where i left off yesterday, here's the 7800-pushers:

 

Here's some great examples from one of the babies of Dave Needle & R.J. Mical, the Atari Lynx. Seriously, this handheld, for 1989, is a freaking beast!

 

Now it's the turn for the Sega Mark-III/Master System! Now there are no limits.

 

For some, Genesis does what Nintendon't.

 

The Wii U got a lot of crap for its graphics, but then Bayonetta 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles X showed up and for my money, those games looked drop-dead gorgeous.

 

Here's some highlights on the Sega Saturn

 

Here's the highlights of the 3DO

 

Here's the highlights of the N64

 

Here's the highlights of the Virtual Boy

 

Here are the highlights of possibly the most powerful 16-bit computer made in japan, the Sharp X68000

 

Last one for the day, here's the highlights of what the TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine could do in the right hands

 

The SNES port of "Another World" is an example of a game that pushed the limits of the hardware (or rather it had to because the publisher was too cheap to fork out for a better cart with the faster ROMs and things)