Uncharted 3 is an example of a game that immerses you in its world and story through its use of realistic graphics. For example, at one point you really feel like you're walking through what seems like an endless desert. These graphics are some of the highest quality and most realistic on the PS3, it's almost like playing a movie.
A game that has abstract graphics: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Wind Waker is a fantastic example of a game with abstract graphics. It's clearly not out to make you feel like what you're seeing is real, but its art style is amazing to look at and can just as easily immerse you in its world as a game with realistic graphics. Characters aren't bound by realistic proportions, and therefore can be very expressive. Abstract graphics can even be more impressive than realistic graphics when done right!
A 2D game: Wario Land: Shake It!
The Wario Land series is known for its excellent 2D platforming/puzzle solving, and this game is no exception. New for the series is its entirely hand-animated graphics. Each frame of character animation, as well as cutscenes, was drawn by famous anime studio Production IG, known for their work on Ghost in the Shell, among other animations. This brings an anime style to the game that normal sprites couldn't achieve.
A 3D game: Psychonauts
From the mind of Tim Schafer and his team known as Double Fine Productions, Psychonauts is a 3D action platformer where you travel into the minds of various people, helping them sort out their problems as well as solving the mystery of the differences at your psychic training camp. Each level is totally unique and well designed. Being a 3D game, there are slight issues with the 3rd person camera, but the game's sense of humor and tons of collectibles in each world more than makes up for it.
A game that uses first person/third person: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
A spin-off of the popular Oddworld series, Stranger's Wrath has you play as a bounty hunter known simply as Stranger. Stranger is trying to get enough money for a very expensive operation. He won't say what it's for, but it seems bounty hunting is the only way to get so much money in a short amount of time. As Stranger, you run around a 3D world in a third person perspective, accepting bounties, helping townsfolk, and catching outlaws. Dead or Alive. When you want to shoot someone, you can press a button to switch to a first person perspective. From here, Stranger can shoot enemies with his two currently equipped weapons. Stranger doesn't like guns, so instead you must run around collecting various animals to shoot at enemies.
A game that originally was created for the real world and has been reinvented in "gameworld": Super Dodgeball Brawlers
Dodgeball is a game everybody knows. Who doesn't love a good game of dodgeball? Now imagine if you had the option to beat the ever-loving crap out of your opponents through any means necessary without any penalties? That's pretty much Super Dodgeball Brawlers in a nutshell. A spin-off of the River City Ransom games, Super Dodgeball Brawlers takes the game of dodgeball and incorporates the majority of River City Ransom's beat-em'-up gameplay. You can use items laying on the ground as weapons, you can punch and kick your opponents, and you can even preform super throws that knock an opponent flat on their face! It's incredibly fun and only something that can be done in a "gameworld".
A game that has a vivid, compelling and memorable storyline: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Enslaved is a modern, post-apocalyptic take on the classic Chinese fable, Journey to the West. It follows the basic structure, but quickly branches off into its own unique and emotionally engaging story. You play as Monkey, named for his ability to quickly scale structures like a monkey, and based off of the Monkey King from the fable. As Monkey you must help a girl named Trip, at first against your own will, as she attempts to make her way home after escaping from a slave transport ship. I don't want to give too much away, but let's say the story isn't close to finished when the duo finally make their way home. With well developed characters, plot twists, and a script written by the talented Andy Serkis, who you may recognize as the voice and motion capture for Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies, as well as the voice and motion capture for Monkey in this game, this is a game that should be played by anyone who loves an excellent story.
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