Well, we haven't seen the single-player yet.
But from what I read, CryEngine 3 is basically an upgraded engine specifically in terms of optimization. I guess Crytek wanted people to not ***** about the game.
Anywhoo, just finished playing Crysis. It still the best looking game out there. It's beautiful and with the new video card (same system), I ran it at high and got probably 40-60 FPS. Even during the Ice levels, final level. I was very surprised.
If anybody remembers, during the nuke sequence in the first game, the Admiral and scientist mentioned that a transmissions was sent to a galaxy 4 million light years away. I betcha any money that is how Crysis 2 will relate to the first.
Can't wait now.
40-60 fps on high. nice. what's in your rig?
anyway, blaxican is right. optimization is what's happened here.
the cry engine is one of my top 3 engines and i have alot of hope for cry engine 3 and i even think it'll be the best and most promoising engine of the year. but as far as crysis 1 being the best looking game out there, that maybe so but the graphical power house now is metro 2033. since march 16, 2010. it's been dubbed the new crysis. i have it and way more that any other game, it does to mid/high end systems systems what crysis did to 'em in '07.
but crysis 2 to is shaping up to be my favorite shotter. it might top bf:bc2 as my favorite shooter so far..
Metro 2033 on PC look good but I don't think it compared to Crysis. Could be that the jungle aspect makes it look better but the game is ****ing gorgeous.
My rig is an old q6600, 4 GB of RAM and a new 560 Ti vid card. I don't know what the FPS was, it might of been low but it was pretty smooth. In the Ice levels, it slowed down when there was a ton of NPC's and fighting and shit but everything was good.
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
That's kind of interesting actually, considering Metro 2033 looks like shit. I guess that's a great example of not optimized.
no offence but that's maybe because your pc was probably sh*t. the game's a system killer. it's well known that graphically it's proper requirements to run it an ultra with direct x 11 is the highest there is out there with it trumping ever other release in '10.
running metro 2033 on all high setting will give systems more of an issue that crysis one would.
and the game's graphics don't suck. you're not gonna look too bad if you've got methods like ambient occlusion, physx, and tessilation hammering and rendering out the visuals..
Originally posted by Smasandian
Metro 2033 on PC look good but I don't think it compared to Crysis. Could be that the jungle aspect makes it look better but the game is ****ing gorgeous.My rig is an old q6600, 4 GB of RAM and a new 560 Ti vid card. I don't know what the FPS was, it might of been low but it was pretty smooth. In the Ice levels, it slowed down when there was a ton of NPC's and fighting and shit but everything was good.
I think Metro 2033 has more detail. sure with crysis you have the lushness of plants all around but metro 2033 just has a whole bunch of differrent things all around all at once and they're all detailed to the t. from photorealistic stains on dirty tool belts, to fire that you swear was taken from video of a real fire and pasted on there somehow, to how detailed the bizzare guns were. it has the most realistic looking smoke i've seen in video games ever. and more.
and the 560 ti, hu. great card. they're based of the gtx 460's. (i have 2 of them running in sli) but yea you're gonna get a lower fps during action times especially when there's alot going on which causes a bottleneck which is the case soem to most of the time with metro 2033
ever consider a second card, that's if you have a board with sli capabilities..
I kinda agree with Blax, Metro while very "heavy" on the system, or well how should I say, I think what Blax ment was that you dont get as much ot of the engine compared to what it requiers.
When Crysis came out everyone said, yeah it kills the pc. But you could understand why, cause it looked good. Then Metro comes along and it soaks up even more then Crysis 1 dose, but it still dosent look as good, maybe there are some things here and there that look better. I mean lightning in dark places and all is really good, but look at the models, and characters. soooo stuff and ugly, and the movements, omg. if Crysis 1 ran as good as Crysis 2, it would be a MUCH better engine, thats the only thing I can tell that Crysis 2 has on Crysis 1, the ability to run on just about any PC/console.
This just in..
Achieved with Cry Engine 3..
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-cryengine-3/711208
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-cryengine-3/711319
i loved this comment someone made on the site cause it's true.
"fcuking consoles...wasting crytek's time and millions of dollars developing a console-specific engine, that's already outdated with fcuking lameshit directx9.
where's the nextgen original engine that made the bar for the industry back with the original crysis?"
Metro 2033 is a great looking game but once you went outside, the graphics turned to not as good.
I find that Crysis is better looking just because it can do much bigger arenas. Doesn't really matter, both are great looking.
I just have one card. My computer is old so I didn't see a reason to get two when my processor isn't up to snuff.
As for the comment, I don't get it. Just because it has DirectX 9 doesn't mean its outdated. All engines need to support it because your cutting out a lot of people that do not have DirectX 10 or 11. It's like other technologys like Blu Ray players that support CD's and DVD's media also. All technology should have backward compatibility in it.
I'm really enjoying the game.
The SP is very similar to Crysis except that its not a jungle and the levels are a bit more constricted but the idea behind the game play is the same. Use your nano powers to attack a group of enemies in areas. The difference is that there is a lot of height to the game. It's more evolved I guess and the game is streamlined compared to the original. It seems that the story is going to better and how the tell the story has improved dramatically. The setting is also better. You feel like your in New York instead of some non-identified island.
Graphics and sound are top notch and outside of a new 560 Ti video card, my older computer, which balked a Crysis a bit, runs it at super smooth highest settings.
The MP is like CoD. Same thing but I find it better developed. The idea of the suit with cloak, armor and the ability to jump really high gives the MP a different spin. Also, I love the idea that you get killstreaks by picking up dog tags. It gives the special abilities a more useful thing. You see maybe one or two used in a game so its not overblown like CoD was. I really enjoy it. It's not totally unique but I find it better than CoD. A lot more strategy involved.
Overall, kick ass game. Worth picking up. If you liked/loved the first, this is technically a better game.
Good game. I keep hearing complains from my cousin who loved the first but I just shrug them off. Heard all about the sandbox and the uber powerful suit and all the other stuff but since I never experienced them it doesn't detract from my experience with this game. I like what I got for my 60 bucks. Granted the CoDesque controls combined with the Halo Reach armor mechanics is somewhat uninspired, but they did a great job implementing both things and the maps are phenomenal. I also love the dog tags in multiplayer.
Halo Reach mechanics?
Calling the first game "sandbox" is full of shit. It's the same linear path as Crysis 2. Difference is that the levels are smaller but the idea behind the game is the same. Also, the suit is identical to the first. The difference is that they put strength and speed together as one suit power. Stealth and armour are identical.
In reality, the game is better for the single player because its more refined and it tells the story better. It's the same game. People just like bitching especially PC gamers because they're pissed that a PC exclusive developer (Far Cry and Crysis) is now developing for the console.
When I talked about Halo mechanics I was only talking about the cloak/sprint/armor abilities that are similar. I agree about the bitching, lol. My cousin who was bitching about the game(evennthough he still played it) even admitted the PC community is full of whinners. I don't blame them,but at the same time I really don't care, but I understand their concerns.