All right, the Persona 5 style UI really does work even in the older games. I'll give you that much.
Persona 3 Reload
P-Studio
2
Phillip K. Dick's Taoist-cyberpunk fever dream.
Nine Sols
Red Candle Games
3
How the hell did they make a zone made entirely of fingers look so damn good?
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
FromSoftware Inc.
4
The character animations are truly something to behold. And god, do I wish I could hold those... ehm... guns.
Zenless Zone Zero
miHoYo
5
90 years of comic history, $90 million in Chinese artistry.
Marvel Rivals
NetEase Games
6
A collaboration of Playstation's greats, all slightly altered to fit that plastic-y, friendly, new age technology look with the feel of the originals completely in-tact.
Astro Bot
Team ASOBI
7
Bright, bombastic, BLASTing with color that becomes a spectacle for your senses, John Kricfalusi would be proud.
ANTONBLAST
Summitsphere
8
Loose cables and grime help to make the mouth recognize that iron taste even if you aren't there yourself. A beautiful mess of abandonment and a bygone era.
Stellar Blade
Shift Up
9
Impressive amounts of detail are in the hand-drawn animations, a stop-motion short, antiquity-style paintings, and every in-game texture. It's a Chinese feast for the eyes.
Black Myth: Wukong
Game Science
10
Elaborate castles that stretch into the heavens, combined with subtle brush and shading textures to make the fantasy setting pop like a story book.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Studio Zero
11
Vanillaware mixes their already gorgeous 2D art with complex armor sets and a soft bloom to give the characters a real glow up.
Unicorn Overlord
Vanillaware
12
Backgrounds as hypnotizing as the gameplay itself, a swath of colors blending together to form a tranquil experience.