7 of the most visually impressive games in recent years [Gallery]

This generation of gaming has been the most impressive as far as the evolution of graphics are concerned. Today we take a look at 7 such games, released in the last few years which were visually impressive both from the artistic side and the technical side.
Editors note: Since we are covering only 7 of the best games you may not find your favorite game up there. But hey, there is always the comments section to let us know your favorites.
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Assassin's Creed II (Xbox 360/PS3)

I think Assassin's Creed II to be a visually beautiful game for basically the same reasons as Red Dead Redemption. With ACII, Ubisoft Montreal perfectly recreated Renaissance Italy, with the amazing architecture one would expect to see in Italian territory, wonderfully woven environments and all 'round just wonderfully polished and perfected visuals, with next to no graphical hiccups.