The game with the most impressive textures.

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" @TheMustacheHero:  
You are both right. I think the problem is the premise of the OPs question is a little unclear. Textures are bitmaps... but the way the texture is rendered in a game can require so much more, involving multitexturing, normal mapping, light maps, reflection, blending, parallax mapping, HDR, shaders, anti-aliasing, filters, etc. "

I have no idea what multitexturing, normal mapping, light maps, blending, parallax mapping HDR, all that stuff means. I'm basically just asking what wall/ground/object has the most detail in a game. Jeez "

" @Webby: This looks like Half-Life 2. Is this Half-Life 2? If so, I agree whole heartedly. Valve does some great texture work. "

Amazing, thanks. I am hoping for 1080p and 4xAA.

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  I remember looking down at the ground on Blood Gulch and being wowed.  I'm kinda impressed that PDZ actually still looks that good. Shame it's terribly unfun.   "

Let me guess, you never played the game passed normal difficulty? "

No, I don't intentionally make games less fun for the sake of an e-penis. "

Pong, without a doubt. I mean, holy shit. It's so smooth looking. No rough edges or anything.

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What game is that? It looked a lot like Half Life 2. "

Pokemon Red and Blue, I felt as if I could actually reach out and touch each pokemon! 

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What game is that? It looked a lot like Half Life 2. "

ArmA 2 "

While we're talking about textures, did anyone else notice how bad they were in AC2? Still love the game though.

I thought Elder Scrolls IV had some impressive textures.

MGS4 has very good textures.

crysis warhead.

I didn't mention this game, however it also has good textures.  
 

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I thought Elder Scrolls IV had some impressive textures.

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Probably Crysis.

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I thought Elder Scrolls IV had some impressive textures.

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Agreed. I think it has some of the best i have seen. "

Parallax mapping, such as the one seen in the OP example of PD Zero, always look very cool, but also very fake. 
When it comes to actual textures, I think the most impressive game to date is Conquer's Bad Fur Day. What Rare did with the 2kb(!) of texture size in this game is incredible.

I would agree with everyone saying Crysis, but I'll set my PC fanboyism aside and say that Heavy Rain is shaping up to be a pretty impressive looking game. Mass Effect was also pretty awesome looking.

Mass Effect
 
They grow right before your eyes man!  In the future everything is made of organic textures.

Uncharted 2 had some amazing textures as well as Assassin's Creed I and II.

Crysis. No contest. If you have a really good GPU, and you like textures, this game is for you.

Crysis Warhead with Natural Mod 1.0 
 

I hate Perfect Dark Zero. 
 
By the way, The Sims 3 has A LOT OF TEXTURES! MY CAR CAN BE LEOPARD SKIN! 

" I was always impressed by the grass in Halo. Kinda weird, but yeah.  I remember looking down at the ground on Blood Gulch and being wowed.  I'm kinda impressed that PDZ actually still looks that good. Shame it's terribly unfun.   "

  I think I mentioned unreal tournment 3.

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Alright, i'll post a few, however I had to scale the screenshot to a lower resolution, might affect details. Gears of war on the pc, directX 10 lighting and settings, anti aliasing, superior to consoles.

  

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Gears of War 2 looks good from a distance but get close to a wall, personally I think it looks crap, well in multiplayer anyway I can't remember if the graphics are turned down a bit  for multiplayer.

I think this is a hard question since some games do good looking textures at a distance and others do good looking close up textures.

Only game I can think of and played that has both is Crysis/Crysis Warhead, makes me want to play it now but I can't be bothered to download it off steam again.