Deus Ex Mankind Divided ... not much of a lush environments though.

Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Editions have some and look really good imo.

As you look more closely, you can also see in today's games that it is just graphics. But I like the environment of Tomb Raider (2013). Also Life is Strange has some nice settings. But do not expect any graphics fireworks from LiS. It's more the Artwork. Hitman has also some beautiful settings. Bioshock Infinite has some hyper realistic settings but the flower textures are really cheap when you examine them. But great artwork.

There are actually a lot of games for Linux, which have a graphically real blow. Insofar as one gets involved. None of the games is anyhow photo-realistic or something like that. They are also not under Windows.

Today I tried the Ark survival game and it was pretty nice graphics-wise, the textures and everything looks super sharp.

As you look more closely, you can also see in today's games that it is just graphics. But I like the environment of Tomb Raider (2013).

THAT is the game where I had my "Wow" moments. I'm really hoping the sequel would get ported to Linux as well.

Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Editions have some and look really good imo.

I'll check those two today as well. I tried 7 ways to die, but it's still in alpha and while it looks promising, I'm not a big fan of survival game. Nevertheless, it gives you a nice detailed environment but no Crysis3-level foliage thus far.

X-Plane 11

:D

You're going to need a bleeding edge system if you want to run it at max.

Hitman :'(

Quoting: Mountain ManX-Plane 11

:D

You're going to need a bleeding edge system if you want to run it at max.

I have over 700 hours on XPlane10 and I consider myself a hardcore flight simmer BUT XPlane10 was such a hog due to issues with the engine itself, not eye-candy. I can't even run XPlane10 at max on my high-end system (Core i7 6800k, NVidia 1080, 32GB RAM @ PC3200) I hope these issues are fixed with XPlane 11 but I'm setting my expectations low as I do not expect them to fix all the performance related issues.

Quoting: knro

Quoting: Mountain ManX-Plane 11

:D

You're going to need a bleeding edge system if you want to run it at max.

I have over 700 hours on XPlane10 and I consider myself a hardcore flight simmer BUT XPlane10 was such a hog due to issues with the engine itself, not eye-candy. I can't even run XPlane10 at max on my high-end system (Core i7 6800k, NVidia 1080, 32GB RAM @ PC3200) I hope these issues are fixed with XPlane 11 but I'm setting my expectations low as I do not expect them to fix all the performance related issues.

You should check out the X-Plane 11 beta. They've greatly simplified the number of things the user can tweak in the interface to avoid the pitfall of "incorrect" configurations that can counter-intuitively hurt performance. There are also a number of under-the-hood improvements that increases the efficiency of the rendering pipeline which doesn't necessarily improve raw speed but does improve overall performance consistency. The visuals have also been noticeably improved with reflections and a new lighting engine.

Dying Light has been one of my favourite Linux games because:

The graphics are really fantastic.
The fighting plays well and feels realistic - very visceral.
The running, climbing and jumping mechanics work very well indeed - I wish more games felt like this.
It's an open world experience, you explore here and there finding secrets in all sorts of nooks and crannies.
Sometimes you just go somewhere in the game, to admire the view, e.g. climbing a skyscraper.
On top of all this, the suspense and imposing danger of traversing the city at night - it gives quite a rush.
And... I haven't even played The Following DLC yet - For me there are still goodies galore left to enjoy.
(One more thing... I've been playing it at 4K resolution, and it has been running at a decent framerate.)

Dying Light, good recommendation.

Tomb Raider is another good one if all you care about is graphics. I thought the game itself was mediocre at best, but it sure did look pretty.

Metro Last Light Redux with smaax4 :p

Graphics doesn't equal immersion. I have been playing Descent 3 through Wine. I love it. Graphics in that are very, very old.

The Overload Demo looks awesome. But the level available in the demo isn't exactly full of eye candy. It's some rooms, rock caverns and robots. The caverns do look very rocky though. Scraggly, no sense of it being made of polygons at all. Awesome lighting I think.

Mad Max is a great looking game, and a good performer, although it doesn't have the lush foliage that the OP is looking for.

Quoting: AlveKattGraphics doesn't equal immersion. I have been playing Descent 3 through Wine. I love it. Graphics in that are very, very old.

It's a simple fact that good gameplay never becomes obsolete. That's why games I played in high school on a Commodore 64 are just as fun today as they were 30-years ago even though they are technologically archaic by today's standards.

Quoting: Mountain ManIt's a simple fact that good gameplay never becomes obsolete. That's why games I played in high school on a Commodore 64 are just as fun today as they were 30-years ago even though they are technologically archaic by today's standards.

Not the topic of this thread, but I experienced the oppostite. Only very few games live up to the sweet memories.

Quoting: knroToday I tried the Ark survival game and it was pretty nice graphics-wise, the textures and everything looks super sharp.

same here, I just noticed there are some different "beta" versions available, experimental and newrendering options.
I played around with using a -vulkan option on the newrendering beta and noticed a 15 to 20% increase in FPS. not sure if it is using vulkan though because I don't get any sort of information in terminal like I do with Unreal Tournament. which UT is using Vulkan now and it has the driver in the terminal information.

it's nice to see most of the effects and shaders working better though, night time is actually dark for a change. but no overlay on the map yet, but I guess that's a bonus feature on linux :) I can run the game on max quality (epic plus most options except tessellation and motion blur.) getting around 60 to 80 fps. using the nvidia 378.13 drivers.

Take a look at Dreamfall Chapters: it uses the latest Unity3d engine, has lots of lights and effects

Arma 3. The new Hitman has nice visuals, oh and I think Dirt Rally looks brilliant. :)