What's your favorite screenshot that you've taken?

[YaBish]

So with the proliferation of photomodes and photo-sharing on consoles, we've entered a golden age of user created screenshots. What used to be the domain of PC gaming has become widespread, and now pretty much anybody can scratch that photography bug in several digital worlds.

I think it'd be cool to highlight some of the screenshots that this community has created over the years. I picture this thread being loose as far as listing what game/system your screenshot is from, but please limit your selection to a single screenshot that you've personally taken (I did say favorite, not favorites). If you want to tell a little bit about the screenshot too, that's fair game.

I'll start it off with my contribution, from Horizon: Zero Dawn.

I loved this game dearly, and that this shot was possible without any filters or photoshop endears me to the game even more. It almost appears to be from a completely different game.

 

[Ghos]

God of War 2018

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[Van Bur3n]

When you need to go to the bathroom but all of the toilets are left unflushed.

It's from Fallout New Vegas and I had to kill this bureaucratic old hag to save someone. Had to hide the body before anyone noticed.

 

[BurningNad]

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

I've always felt this looked like concept art that Gameinformer would use for their front and back cover spread.

 

[F31 Leopard]

Ys VIII/Switch

 

[antitrop]

Batman Arkham City

That's one good looking moon, I just wish there was more of the city in the shot and less of the water.

 

[Ricky_R]

I took this one of Galahad that I've always liked a lot.

 

[EchoSmoker]

Prob this one:
Uncharted 4

 

[Forerunner]

I haven't played it in a bit, but most of them come from Elite Dangerous. A couple of took on my journeys.

 

[Venture]

Oh, this thread will be good. I might dig through mine later. 90% certain it'll be from Horizon Zero Dawn.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

From Batman Arkham Knight, just because the no-clip camera mod made for a rare perspective

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

We had a really unflattering photo of the noodle otaku in FFXV
What made it amazing is the option to choose your most meaningful photo, and anyone whose played it knows the rest.

 

[YaBish]

From Batman Arkham Knight, just because the no-clip camera mod made for a rare perspective

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That's incredible! I thought Arkham Knight had one of the best photomodes in gaming, but as I don't play on PC, I can't exactly mod the game.

 

[KomandaHeck]

There's nothing particularly great about it, but I returned to the game after something drew my attention away long enough for Jill to perform this idle animation and I just thought the framing of the scene looked kinda cool.

 

[Falchion]

I have a ton of favorites that I've printed and hung in my room, guess I'll pick this one.

 

[ghibli99]

Recently, my BatMario shot from Super Mario Odyssey:

 

[Ghos]

I haven't played it in a bit, but most of them come from Elite Dangerous. A couple of took on my journeys

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I have a ton of favorites that I've printed and hung in my room but these are a few of them.

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Recently, my BatMario shot from Super Mario Odyssey:


I like the way this one from GT Sport turned out:

And a silly one from Horizon Zero Dawn (lots of clipping and missing geometry issues in this game, but I do love the lighting):

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op says a single shot

but please limit your selection to a single screenshot that you've personally taken (I did say favorite, not favorites).

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[ghibli99]

op says a single shot

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Edited.

 

[YaBish]

op says a single shot

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Edited.

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I'm not gonna police people, but I appreciate the intent. Heck, it's been 24 hours and there's less than 20 replies so I'll take what I can get at this point.

 

[Parsnip]

Just one? Man, that's mean.

Maybe this one from Hitman.

 

[Shark]

When Geralt releases his blues album he will probably use this for the cover.

 

[Hispanicguy]

My favorite one ever!

 

[Hey Please]

I take far too many pictures to able to pull this off. I can post one per game but not one overall. If the YaBish obliges, I will submit a few.

 

[eZipsis]

I quite like this Shadow of The Colossus screen shot I took a while ago.

 

[Deleted member 6263]

From Batman Arkham Knight, just because the no-clip camera mod made for a rare perspective

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This is badass! Great shot.

 

[Spamlynguist]

I quite like this Shadow of The Colossus screen shot I took a while ago.

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That's a really nice shot man! SOTC is such a gorgeous game to take screenshots in.

Here's mine, it's still one of the best shots I've taken in Skyrim SE

 

[Android 18]

Goes along great with my Giant Bomb slash fan fiction, lol

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lol, I couldn't really find anything in my screenshots that were any good, I just wanted an excuse to post this

 

[Chocobo Blade]

 

[maximumzero]

Runner-Ups:

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[Spring-Loaded]

That's incredible! I thought Arkham Knight had one of the best photomodes in gaming, but as I don't play on PC, I can't exactly mod the game.

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This is badass! Great shot.

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Thanks (:

 

[Spamlynguist]

When Geralt releases his blues album he will probably use this for the cover.

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I just had to

 

[Shark]

I just had to

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I love you.

 

[ClearMetal]

I wish more games I played had photo modes. Monster Hunter World and Dark Souls 3 are great examples of beautiful games with no photo option aside from turning the HUD off.

Gravity Rush 2 had a photo mode, though. A literal photo mode, since you were taking Polaroids, basically. This is by far my favorite:

Slightly scaled down to make it come out better.

Yes that's a 2B outfit.

Edit: Hadn't read the OP well enough. Removed the MHW screenshot.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Just one pic is tough, I boiled it down to Pikmin 3 because they were easily the most fun for me to take and I've got a lot of dynamic snaps
But this one here which may not look like much was actually an incredibly lucky shot

Brittany in a bubble, viewed...through another bubble

 

[Spamlynguist]

I wish more games I played had photo modes. Monster Hunter World and Dark Souls 3 are great examples of beautiful games with no photo option aside from turning the HUD off.

Gravity Rush 2 had a photo mode, though. A literal photo mode, since you were taking Polaroids, basically. This is by far my favorite:

Slightly scaled down to make it come out better.

Yes that's a 2B outfit.

From Monster Hunter World, I really like this one. Not that impressive from an artistic standpoint, but it was one of those moments where everything came together in the worst possible way:

Bazelgeuse (middle) was just landing, Black Diablos (right) screamed at it as she does at everything, and regular Diablos (left) had just spotted me.

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Oh man I also made so many pictures in Gravity Rush 2, that game had a really good Photo Mode.

ᵃᶫˢᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ²ᴮ ᵒᵘᵗᶠᶦᵗ ᶦˢ ˢᵗᶦᶫᶫ ᵒᶰᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵉˢᵗ ᶦᶰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ

 

[MaitreWakou]

Recently, my BatMario shot from Super Mario Odyssey:

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Awesome

 

[Asbsand]

There's nothing particularly great about it, but I returned to the game after something drew my attention away long enough for Jill to perform this idle animation and I just thought the framing of the scene looked kinda cool.

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This game makes me crave from-the-ground-up modern games that try using pre-rendered backgrounds that are either real photos or just top tier photorealistic 3D that's generations ahead while all the 3D rendering budget is spent on few characters to push current gen hardware way ahead of its usual capabilities.

 

[tiebreaker]

Horizon is a gorgeous game.

 

[ghibli99]

I'm not gonna police people, but I appreciate the intent. Heck, it's been 24 hours and there's less than 20 replies so I'll take what I can get at this point.

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Thread cops annoy me, but I'm happy to play by the rules. :) That's what I get for clicking on the thread title to jump to the end instead of reading the OP first. LOL

Awesome

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Thanks!

 

[KingParappa]

Just so cool.

 

[Extremely Solid]

When Xenoverse 1 dropped in 2015, I played it on PS4. Couldn't really get into it due to its performance not being spectacular. Booted it up on PC a year later and fell in love. Spent 85 hours with it in a single summer, the summer leading up to the release of Xenoverse 2. Stepping into Xenoverse 2 was so satisfying, because it was like closing one door and opening another. The weekend after its release, I was free, and played about 30+ hours in that two-day span. Exploring Conton was as magical as playing Dragon Ball Online for the first time. Still playing XV2 to this day. Looking forward to the next DLC pack, as well as what's to come in Xenoverse 3.

 

[swift-darius]

I have a ridiculous amount of sotc shots from the beautiful remake that I can't access right now; I may pick one and come back later. but for now, this was fun:

(also: my kingdom for a botw photo mode)

 

[Mory Dunz]

old school filter

 

[Post Reply]

This isn't my screenshot, but I took one just like it and every time I look at it it makes me wish I could play Breath of the Wild for the first time again. At the time, I had no idea what I was really getting into and now, I've dumped like 400 hours into the game and I still am having a blast.

 

[Snormy]

I have a ton of favorites that I've printed and hung in my room, guess I'll pick this one.

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This looks fantastic. What game is it?

 

[Spamlynguist]

This looks fantastic. What game is it?

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That's Forza Horizon 3, specifically the Hot Wheels DLC.

 

[AbandonedTrolley]

Probably this just for showing the amount of detail Evolution put in to DRIVECLUB, if it wasn't for the low res reflection on the back screen I'd say that's pretty close to a photo in terms of lighting etc

 

[Venture]

So damn hard to pick only one from Horizon Zero Dawn. I really liked the way this one turned out though.

 

[Bishop89]