Crysis 2 Is About To Look A Whole Lot Better

10 responses to “Crysis 2 Is About To Look A Whole Lot Better”

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   706

   June 23, 2011 at 5:04 pm

   Will have to check this out. I wonder if it will take Crysis 2 to the level that Crysis 1 was when it was released. I still think Crysis 2 is probably the prettiest game around, but it didn’t seem quite so ground breaking as the first game.

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      Switch296

      June 23, 2011 at 6:34 pm

      You are stark raving mad if you think Crysis 2 looks better than Crysis 1.

      It is a proven fact that Crysis 2 has textures anywhere from 1/4 the size to 1/2 the size of those in Crysis 1 and it lacks all the Direct x 10 and Direct x 11 features.

      It looks and plays HORRIBLE. Hopefully this patch at least makes it look better.

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      1. 

         Dissection

         June 23, 2011 at 8:34 pm

         Certain textures where an issue not all.

         30 seconds of googling.

         http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Crysis_3.jpg

         http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/crysis-2-vs-crysis-1-1080p-in-game-screenshot-comparison/crysis-2-versus-crysis-1-screen-1.jpg

         Oh and in that second image, notice that the Crysis 2 picture has been resized and that has caused the quality to drop and it still looks better than Crysis 1.

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            Skarteh

            June 23, 2011 at 9:16 pm

            Yeah the second picture Crysis 1 looks much better… The first picture both look like Pre-Renders.

            If you actually play both games maxed out you can see the difference, Crysis 1 basically never looks as good in screenshots as actually playing it. Playing them both, Crysis as a base looks much better, but Crysis 2 can fool you because it has more effects. If you pretty much look at an object, look at the texture quality, Crysis annihilates Crysis 2. All the effects fool you into thinking Crysis 2 looks better, but it really doesn’t. Crysis levels of model complexity and texture size and detail combined with the newer effects used in Crysis 2 would finally knock Crysis off its throne.

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   Simon

   June 23, 2011 at 5:35 pm

   Witcher 2 is the new benchmark, unless this makes Crysis 2 MUCH better.

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   1. 

      toolboy

      June 23, 2011 at 7:26 pm

      Agreed! The Witcher 2 is just gorgeous, it really helps to up the immersion level.

      Also, Crytek have always seemed to pride themselves on having a cutting edge engine and crysis 2 I think was a step backwards compared with tech demo footage that has been released in the past.

      These guys are capable of so much better!

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         Bloggo

         June 23, 2011 at 7:50 pm

         NOT a step backwards. The doohickery they performed to Cryengine 1 was a performance boost on a monstrous scale. Its runs on an Xbox, which is hopelessly outdated.

         Better engine = faster performance, not necessarily prettier graphics. You need better artists and designers if you want photorealism.

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3. 

   Ty

   June 23, 2011 at 10:22 pm

   Cryengine 3 game up to par with Cryengine 2? Oh, no wait. Environments are still less populated. Maybe next time, Crytek. I appreciate the attempt to save your fumble, at least, but nothing short of a remodeled world would put it on level with Warhead.

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4. 

   Lillee

   June 24, 2011 at 10:53 am

   What’s the point? it’s still a boring game…

   Agree about Witcher 2

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5. 

   Zack

   June 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

   I would have preferred a game play and server browser update to be honest, doesn’t matter how pretty the game is if you can’t find any servers because of how shitty game spy is.

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