Which of these SNES RPGs has the 'best' graphics?

Rufus · 08-04-2015

hosler · 08-04-2015

They are all terrible. No one plays snes for the super sweet graphics.

Emera · 08-04-2015

Zelda, and by far in my opinion. Really clean style which plays to the low resolution of the SNES.

5hift · 08-04-2015

Chrono Trigger and Secrets of Mana II look the best to me.

I haven't played any of them.

Toxicturn · 08-04-2015

Going for Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past for these. Though secrets of mana II is an honorable mention.

Crono · 08-04-2015

Chrono Trigger because I grew up playing it and rely on nostalgia to justify my tastes.

Bram- · 08-04-2015

Legend of zelda

Aeko · 08-04-2015

Secret of mana had sorta better graphics, but chrono trigger used the slightly worse graphics in much more interesting ways <3

Admiral · 08-04-2015

Secret of Mana/Breath of Fire II

5hift · 08-04-2015

How the **** is Zelda ALTTP winning?

Graphics reak of Graal.

Coco · 08-04-2015

Posted by Toxicturn

Going for Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past for these. Though secrets of mana II is an honorable mention.

Ditto. Had a hard time choosing between the two because I like them both for different reasons.

Mount · 08-04-2015

Earthbound is the prettiest

Dusty · 08-04-2015

Secret of Mana is technically superior imo, and set a pretty high bar for graphic standards for a long time. It's still one of those games that is used as a reference for aspiring pixel artists. Not only are the tiles really nice, but the sprites and animations are amazing as well:

Stryk · 08-04-2015

Zelda's similarity to Graal may have gathered it more votes than it would get outside of the Graal community. Not that there's any problem with that, but interesting to consider.
edit: probably should say Graal's similarity to Zelda, rather than the other way around

GOAT · 08-04-2015

I prefer the swag style over the simplistic style. That fb classic server tile set was my favorite.

Poll Results: Which of these SNES games has the 'best' graphics?
0%	Secret of Evermore
5.08%	Breath of Fire II
3.39%	Final Fantasy III/VI
23.73%	Secret of Mana II
13.56%	Chrono Trigger
40.68%	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1.69%	Star Ocean
0%	Dragon Quest VI
11.86%	Earthbound / Mother II
Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

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Rufus Registered rufp4 Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,378	Which of these SNES RPGs has the 'best' graphics? Sort of inspired by GOAT's thread and people believing that Air Asia had a 'more realistic' and 'better' tileset on GraalOnline Classic. Which of the following games do you believe has the best graphics? Which is the most aesthetically pleasing to you in terms of its style? I chose SNES games because they mostly have 2D visuals and have limited the selection to RPG games. There was also a heavy 'detailed' style in SNES games and I wonder if people actually find that appealing. Secret of Evermore http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65413-secret-of-evermore-snes-screenshot-pre-game-storyline-2.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65417-secret-of-evermore-snes-screenshot-fighting-a-dinosaur-with.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65414-secret-of-evermore-snes-screenshot-pre-game-storyline-3.png (Unsupported image host) Breath of Fire II http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65773-breath-of-fire-ii-snes-screenshot-in-the-village-many-years.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65775-breath-of-fire-ii-snes-screenshot-in-the-church.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65780-breath-of-fire-ii-snes-screenshot-wow-this-one-looks-tough.png (Unsupported image host) Final Fantasy III/VI http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/66440-final-fantasy-iii-snes-screenshot-in-narshe.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/66456-final-fantasy-iii-snes-screenshot-on-the-airship.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/66458-final-fantasy-iii-snes-screenshot-battle-aginst-strange-green.gif (Unsupported image host) Secret of Mana II http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/472997-seiken-densetsu-3-snes-screenshot-the-knight-thinks-of-his.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/473006-seiken-densetsu-3-snes-screenshot-princess-in-the-lovely-palace.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/473009-seiken-densetsu-3-snes-screenshot-the-amazon-fights-a-strange.png (Unsupported image host) Chrono Trigger http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65821-chrono-trigger-snes-screenshot-lucca-s-house.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65822-chrono-trigger-snes-screenshot-millenial-fair.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/65825-chrono-trigger-snes-screenshot-map-1000-ad-present.png (Unsupported image host) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/396327-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past-snes-screenshot-fighting.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/331092-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past-snes-screenshot-picture.png (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/396328-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past-snes-screenshot-at.png (Unsupported image host) Star Ocean http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53252-star-ocean-snes-screenshot-ratix-in-his-home-town.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53260-star-ocean-snes-screenshot-nice-area-with-an-overview-map.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53259-star-ocean-snes-screenshot-nice-quiet-evening.gif (Unsupported image host) Dragon Quest VI http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/41768-dragon-quest-vi-maboroshi-no-daichi-snes-screenshot-a-seemingly.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/41771-dragon-quest-vi-maboroshi-no-daichi-snes-screenshot-an-open.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/41772-dragon-quest-vi-maboroshi-no-daichi-snes-screenshot-in-a-town.gif (Unsupported image host) Earthbound / Mother II http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/35925-earthbound-snes-screenshot-there-are-two-cops-here.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/117717-earthbound-snes-screenshot-intro.gif (Unsupported image host) http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/117726-earthbound-snes-screenshot-in-your-district.gif (Unsupported image host) Obviously there are probably better screenshots of the games that I've posted. I just got them all from the same website for consistency in size. It might be better to watch a video on YouTube of the game you think looks good before voting.

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hosler Banned Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,059	They are all terrible. No one plays snes for the super sweet graphics.

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Emera Nerd Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Berlin Posts: 3,825	Zelda, and by far in my opinion. Really clean style which plays to the low resolution of the SNES.

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5hift ✔️TURBO✔️VERIFIED✔️ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Larunda Relay Posts: 6,481	Chrono Trigger and Secrets of Mana II look the best to me. I haven't played any of them.

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Toxicturn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 192	Going for Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past for these. Though secrets of mana II is an honorable mention.

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Crono :pluffy: Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 5,946	Chrono Trigger because I grew up playing it and rely on nostalgia to justify my tastes.

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Bram- Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Belgium Posts: 870	Legend of zelda

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Aeko Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 168	Secret of mana had sorta better graphics, but chrono trigger used the slightly worse graphics in much more interesting ways <3

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Admiral Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,912	Secret of Mana/Breath of Fire II

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Mount Banned Join Date: May 2013 Location: California Posts: 894	Earthbound is the prettiest

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Dusty Should be fixed. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,359	Secret of Mana is technically superior imo, and set a pretty high bar for graphic standards for a long time. It's still one of those games that is used as a reference for aspiring pixel artists. Not only are the tiles really nice, but the sprites and animations are amazing as well: http://images.nintendolife.com/screenshots/23935/large.jpg (Unsupported image host)http://www.gamers-tavern.com/assets/screenshots/sd3_06.png (Unsupported image host)http://lparchive.org/Seiken-Densetsu-3-%28by-ddegenha%29/Update%2020/6-SD3_19_3.png (Unsupported image host)http://lparchive.org/Seiken-Densetsu-3-%28by-ddegenha%29/Update%2002/36-SD3_2_36.png (Unsupported image host)http://lparchive.org/Seiken-Densetsu-3-%28by-ddegenha%29/Update%2016/24-SD3_15_17.png (Unsupported image host) Another honorable mention(and somewhat unknown game) is Tales of Phantasia. Not technically pretty, but in-game everything is so fluent and appealing to look at, sadly screenshots don't do it justice, though: http://s.emuparadise.org/Super%20Nintendo/Snaps/Tales%20of%20Phantasia%20%28J%29.png (Unsupported image host)http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53201-tales-of-phantasia-snes-screenshot-no.gif (Unsupported image host)http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53196-tales-of-phantasia-snes-screenshot-nice-shadows.gif (Unsupported image host)http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53193-tales-of-phantasia-snes-screenshot-nica-attention-to-detail.gif (Unsupported image host)http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53198-tales-of-phantasia-snes-screenshot-forest.gif (Unsupported image host)http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/53200-tales-of-phantasia-snes-screenshot-there-are-many-really-beautiful.gif (Unsupported image host) Zelda is of course really appealing in its simplicity, but it's hard to overlook some really bad flaws the game had in some of its graphics. I feel like the screenshots should have shown some variation(such as Dark World, which has a better tileset I think, personally). Last edited by Dusty; 08-05-2015 at 05:45 PM.

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Stryk Graalian Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 42	Zelda's similarity to Graal may have gathered it more votes than it would get outside of the Graal community. Not that there's any problem with that, but interesting to consider. edit: probably should say Graal's similarity to Zelda, rather than the other way around

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GOAT Hyrule Knights Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In your head 24/7 Posts: 6,348	I prefer the swag style over the simplistic style. That fb classic server tile set was my favorite.