GDC 09: CryENGINE 3 Teaser Video

Crytek, the developer of Far Cry and Crysis, announced earlier this month that its in-development multiplatform game engine CryENGINE 3 would be shown off for the first time at Game Developers Conference 2009. Now it's GDC week and IGN got an exclusive sneak peek at Crytek's CryENGINE 3 trailer.

According to Crytek, the trailer features both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 footage.

The video is meant as a tech demo only, so the fact that it features nanosuit-clad soldiers from Crysis running around doesn't necessarily mean anything concrete. It could just be that Crytek recycled some of its existing assets. No titles have been officially announced that will be built on CryENGINE 3 as of yet.

[Cajun Chicken]

Epic need to step up their game.

[N4PS3G]

The gears of war team is supposed to be using this engine for their new game with Microsoft Game Studios

http://darkzero.co.uk/game-...

and actually i hope they do..because this looks ALOT better than Unreal engine

@below

I didn't mention Epic anywhere...only mentioned the gears of war team

[Doctor_Doom]

WOW

Best engine so Far

lol @ disagrees

[Mindboggle]

epic not using their own engine, that sounds like BS to me. But if they are, even they are abandoning it...

[Cajun Chicken]

Eh? Don't Epic usually stick with their own engines?

[Ghoul]

epic is in good shape they just need a wee more time for unreal engine 4.

optopic.
nice to finally see a console version of the cryengine, looks incredible. please dont compare it to killzone they are very different.
though choice for devs to choose wich engine when your not having one inhouse. the choice is incredible these days between highend content engines.

Tech5
Unreal engine 4
Killzone2 engine
Cryengine 3

incredible.

EDIT::

"@below

I didn't mention Epic anywhere...only mentioned the gears of war team "

still wrong since its only some teammebers that went to mgs, its not the gears of war team. Couse those people are the core creative team at epic.

[mintaro]

Geez....

It says that people who were formerly on the Gears team (Epic), now work for Microsoft and are using the Crytek engine to create a new game.

[Ghoul]

its a joblisting for mgs (microsoft game studios) not epic.
those people where former gears of war team members but arent anymore at epic.

http://jobs.gamasutra.com/j...

@disagrees ?
care to explain ? i only posted a fact. A jobpost for mgs has nothing to do with epic. Epic isnt part of mgs.

[Crazyglues]

wouldn't Epic not using there own engine for a new game be an EPIC FAIL... that's like saying we made this engine but it's not that good so instead of improve it we will just use the other guys... LOL

Now back on topic, sorry I just had to laugh at what N4PS3G said right there... but yeah this is looking amazing..

The real Question is, will Crysis now be coming to the consoles... That would be a pretty amazing game to have on the console.

Maybe they could do a Part 2 to Crysis Warhead and give us that...

or just port Crysis 1 and really take advantage of the systems different features.. to try and push the engine

I would indeed buy whatever version of Crysis they give us. the Multi-player would probably be a lot of fun.

[Doctor_Doom]

"epic will never release a game on a non epic engine around this time.
the listing for cry engine is most likely couse they protoype with it for outdoor stuff. "

Who knows ??? lets wait and see and don't take this so seriously its just a game

(Seriously or personal = Fanboy)

@ Ghoul
Cool man

If GG or Epic Used CE3 , Do you think its gonna be good for gamers ??
I'm sure everyone is going to be happy it looks great even from the low res video

[Ghoul]

it would indeed be interesting even for crytek. Crysis on is still one incredible game that most console games didnt come near. only killzone and gears are on the same level. So porting the "old" crysis games would still result in on of the best console shooter to date.

@jimmy
sorry i edited my former post a sec after submit since i re read the story url and saw it wasnt even an epic job listing wich cancled my whole post.
but what do you mean with serious ? where just discussing

[dantesparda]

Who was not impressed at all by it. I thought it looked very low res and aliased and the texture details where very low, both systems are really starting to show their age.

[SuperM]

The funny thing is people say KZ2 isnt close to Crysis in graphics because ps3 is nowhere near as powerfull as a high end pc. But now it seems like we are getting Crysis graphics and maybe even Crysis itself on consoles.

But id keep saying what ive always said, having played both Crysis and KZ2 i think KZ2 definately does compete with Crysis in terms of graphics. If you havent played both games yourself please dont even bother commenting on that. All in all i think KZ2 looks better, although that doesnt mean it has better graphics. Its just a personal opinion. But most of the environments in KZ2 does look truly jawdropping and unless you have played the game yourself you wouldnt know. The demo is nothing to go by imo as the first level in KZ2 is by far the ugliest. The rest of the journey will leave your jaws on the floor.

[Ghoul]

beautifully said.

Killzone for me is a better Graphic experience then crysis. Graphics is more for me than plain polys and textures sizes. Its about Art direction, coloring, mood and overall design. And thats where killzone tops crysis by a mile. The techdesign in crysis is awefull. the only great design is the nanosuit (except the helmet).

Crysis is awesome when it comes to realism in foliage and atmospheric effects (weather, daynight cycles, realism in general)

Killzone is awesome when it comes to a consistent design universe, mood and intense action.

[Joey Greco RULES]

crysis can happen on a console. it just wouldnt be NEARLY as good as the PC version. That would be like putting Kz2 on the Wii----its just not Kz2 anymore. It loses its pizzaz.

[ape007]

outstading

[sumguy81]

This does look like a pretty great engine. but you can see some obvious made-for-console changes to the engine. the biggest one i noticed was the draw distance. on PC, you can see the actual trees that you can interact with from a thousand yards away. it is an incredible game in terms of scale. on the console version in this video, the mountains in the distance are bare. that's because the consoles can't handle that much real time data.

@superM: i own both and i'm actually about to sit down and play through crysis again because this video gave me the itch. but from what you said i can only assume you're playing crysis on a very low end system. killzone, in absolutely no way, can compete with it. killzone is a colorless experience with almost not environmental interaction. you can't climb hills, push through foliage, swim, etc... you also can really only play through the game one time before you've seen everything. there's no breathing room to play with your own unique style. but in crysis you can stealth, you can go in guns blazing, you can steal vehicles, you can shoot down trees to kill guys, or you can shoot down tress and use them as cover.

I didn't help make crysis, and i even i find it insulting when ppl try to make killzone out to be anything more than what it is. an average game with slightly better than average graphics by console standards. in a side by side comparison of crysis on a decent PC vs killzone, there's no way you can say there is competition. if video games were sports, these games would be in completely different divisions. in fact, if video games were sports, crysis wouldn't have any competition sept for maybe farcry 2 (and don't use 360 or ps3 versions of farcry 2 to refute that claim. you have to experience it the way it was meant to be played).

@Ghoul: you don't have clue what you are talking about. and from the dozens of other things i've seen you say in forums, it's obvious you'd make unfounded claims like this as you are a HUGE ps3 fanboy.

[Danja]

wow looking good , other than the texture pop ups...im impressed ..and whats up with the KZ2 hating.....KZ2 still looks better IMO.....the latter stages in KZ2 is draw dropping so I would suggest if ppl haven't played it yet to withhold from the hating .. ;)

[joevfx]

killzone 2 engine looks so much better.

[MNicholas]

Apart from the great hit response on the tree it looks like COD4/5 level at best in terms of geometry, real-time effects and lighting, textures, etc... Then again, that's pretty good for a multi-platform engine!

[The Lazy One]

graphics isn't the same as art.

graphics most often refers to just the tech side of graphics. Higher poly models, visual effects, better textures, and lighting are examples of graphics. Art is art. They combine to make visuals.

[Ghoul]

thanks lazy i know that too :)

im using that term couse people mix up tech and art, and define it under the term graphics(the normal gaming folks). thats why i said graphics.

im more then aware of the differences at least its my job.

btw why do i get the fanboy treatment once again ? i didnt said anything bad about either games or companys, i love crysis killzone gears and halo. dont try to push me into a corner just because you dont want to argue with me instead you try to make my posts fanboy bs

[Jake1111]

This doesnt compare to KZ2.... I cant believe how blog hype has pushed KZ2 out of the spotlight of amazing technical feats!

I have finished KZ2 2x now and it gets more amazing each time I play it. I cant get over the complete game from graphics to AI. It is so intense at times that it feels like you are really there. . .

[Hip Hop Shamer]

and kz2 engine is made for completely different atomospheres. So stop comparing it to kz2

[solidt12]

Looks great but I won't get too excited until I see a actual game on a console and looking that great.

[XLiveGamer]

This quality of Graphics on Xbox 360? Thats B.S. !!! X360 can't give us that quality! Buuuuuuuuuuu!!!! That's No ingame trailers.

XD LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ DaTruth
Welcome to the Gamers Side

[EXCLUSIVEGAMER]

thats it?

[DaTruth]

I said(and many others) that the 360 was at its limit and as a PS3 owner to all the 360 owners, I am glad for your sake I was proven wrong! Both PS3 and 360 owners get to play awesome multiconsole games on this fantastic engine with incredible graphics and full destructibility.

Please fanboys, don't make me regret this.

[MNicholas]

My initial impression was from the small, low res video on IGN which appeared to show some decent lighting. A small video will hide poor textures and even poor geometry.

Now that I've seen in HD, it's clear that CryEngine 3.0 is simply not in the same class as existing multiplatform engines and certainly nowhere near the quality that certain exclusives are pumping out in terms of geometry, texture quality and filtering, lighting and even draw-distance.

See for yourself and, if you disagree, please explain in what regard the visuals from this demo meet or exceed those of existing multiplatform games like COD 4 & 5 and Fallout 3:

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HD Video (extract from .rar compressed file with application like 7-Zip first):

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[JsonHenry]

Yes, yes - give us your best "PC-Like" engine and watch console boys eat it up all the while talking down about PC gaming.

Looks good. Hopefully it makes it to market BEFORE the next round of consoles.

[JsonHenry]

Those pics look as good or better than MOST games on the market right now man. I agree about the textures and stuff, but it is made for consoles with a a lowly amount of CPU/GPU RAM. Hell, my video card has faster and more RAM than both consoles do. And that is just my video card.

If you expected it to look like the PC cryengine games then I can see why you are upset. But for a console? It looks FANTASTIC.

[MNicholas]

Those do not look as good as many multiplatform games on the market today. They fare even worse when compared to platform exclusives.

The lesser RAM of consoles compared to PCs has absolutely nothing to do with the poor visuals of the CryEngine3 demo. Lots of existing games on 360 and PS3 easily outperform the demo.

[EXCLUSIVEGAMER]

Henry you were never too smart with your dumass posts.

crytec should stay on the pc it has no business on consoles. guerilla games has shown what a certain console can do. You can enjoy cryengine if thats all you have within your reach.

and before you come up with some retarded remark. i have my own top of the line pc and my own copy of crysis........................ ......havent played it since i beat it once. I BEAT KILLZONE 2 twice, and am now beating it on elite. so yeah, you can eat your cryengine.

[ThanatosDMC]

Didnt they say CryEngine is gonna be limited by the hardware that it is on... i wonder who'll be getting the short end of the stick.

Also, the video sucked since it was low res. There's all ready noticeable "random change" in the amount of leaves when the camera move left to right. We'll see how it all works out.

[JsonHenry]

Lol, you must live in a perpetual state of denial! Your other posts crack me up!

**EDIT - Why so angry? You afraid that a mutli-plat game might look as good/better than your second coming in the form of KZ2? I never mentioned KZ2 in my posts... so why did you bring it up? You are a Fanboy maybe?

I liked KZ2 as well. But that is not gonna stop me from enjoying other nice looking games from other companies. You can keep your fanboyish ideals and keep lying to yourself. I just play the games. And it would seem console games based off of CE3 are going to look better than most. Now if the game is good or not... that has yet to be seen.

[thewhoopimen]

This Cry Engine 3 looks like it compromised big time in order to fit on consoles.

The lighting isn't anywhere near Crysis 1's level on the PC.
The rural building polygons look about the same as Far Cry2's and the urban city looks like it could've come out of gears of war 2. It's got that hyper-realistic plastic feel to it.

The landscape has interactive plant detail but look at how far out it actually extends.... My guess is we can only see foliage in our immediate view up to a few hundred feet. I think Crysis 1's extends tree line extends out to a few visible miles.

The smoke that emanates from the gun fire explosions aren't even real volumetric smoke. It looks exactly the same between the first shot and the next shot. Crysis had really impressive explosions and smoke.

There are compromises all over the place and though I respect that they were able to cram all the features into consoles and i know it isn't polished yet, I don't think this is engine is as impressive as the original cry engine even. It's still a multiplat engine and it shows.

[Aquanox]

Shut up guys... fanboys from both sides. This looks better than anything ever released on consoles.

I highly doubt this is any console, it should be running in a very high end PC... Sli and all candy.

IF something doesn't look as good is because of the crappy video quality you spinners.

[FamilyGuy]

I've never felt the saying OMG! to be more relevant.
Did you see the friggin palmtree get shot?

Amazing stuff I'd have to say. Can't wait for an actual console game to be released using to engine to it's potential.

[y0haN]

This demonstration looks like Crysis with poorer graphics and fixed weapon cameras.

[MNicholas]

have nothing to do with real or perceived console limitations. Plenty of console games look noticeably better than this demo despite facing the same hardware "limitations". The frame-rate of this demo is pretty poor as well. This is especially noticable where the small shack collapses.

Let's just acknowledge the harsh reality: This is just a poorly performing engine all around. They did a fine job building a PC engine but a poor job porting it over to consoles. It happens. Deal with it.

PC developers have always struggled on consoles (notice how utterly ugly Race Pro looks compared to PGR4) and it appears these guys are no exception. Since the release date is a long way off, let's hope they put that time to good use and at least bring it up to par with games like COD 4.

[Spydiggity]

so many ps3 fanboys coming outta the woodwork to talk about how great killzone is and how much better ps3 is than 360 and how 360 can't top ps3 visuals. give me a break!

first of all, killzone is not a technical feat. problem is, this community is dominated by ps3 only owners. and they live there lives in a little gaming box where they are never exposed to anything but the sub par games that come to that one system. yes, metal gear was good, yes ratchet and clank was great and, of course, farcry 2.. but outside of those 3 games, it's got nothing.

and farcry 2 embarrasses killzone.

there is no question the cryengine 3 will be the best console engine this generation. stop giving killzone more credit than it deserves simply because you have a VERY narrow perspective on gaming. sony slaves should actually try playing a 360 or a pc before they go around claiming it's the greatest thing ever.

KZ2 is a completely bland to look at game with no unique characters, level design, story telling, or enemies. i could go on, but i'm tired of talking about and hearing about KZ2. i was the ONLY person at the midnight launch and that should have tipped me off to how lame of a game this was going to be. but i stupidly made the purchase anyway, and i haven't touched that joke of a game since the first week i had it. and there's another article floating around on here about how kz isn't selling well. there's a reason for that too. and it's the same one (many).

and before any fanboys accuse me of not having it, you can compare trophies with me on PSN and you'll see it's there. but you wouldn't go through that trouble, you're much more content doing what you do best: going around on n4g forums making non-factual claims about the only system you know anything about.

EDIT: Sumguy81 nailed it. kz2 is a completely linear game, with virtually no interaction with the environment. comparing it to Crysis really is insulting. it would be like comparing Bach to Li'l Wayne.
EDIT2: I love reading the comments from the ps3 fanboys saying that it won't be as good on 360 cuz the hardware can't support it. lol what planet you ppl living on? every 3rd party title gets slightly better reviews on 360. i can only think of ONE game where ps3 got the better version (quake wars -- and who plays that?).

[CaseyRyback_CPO]

Honest question. How many of you are retarded? Im going to continue laughing at the people that honestly think they will see crysis/kz2 graphics on a engine designed to run on the core 360 without a hdd.

So when are we waiting for these games to be released? 2012? I thought Alan Wake was the poster child for the 360's non plateauing graphics..? It changes daily... but at least we can all agree on 1 thing, Epic is sweating bullets right now.

The unreal engine was so old in 2005, and its much much older with PS3 exclusives & newer game engines looking better, multiplatform too. if they get their act together and make it as approachable as UE3, i think thet days of every single game looking like a glossy normal mapped mess that you have to pretend looks amazing are over! welcome to next gen.

try the roast beef.

[s8anicslayer]

very nice!

[thebigcheese]

HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE SOME MORE ON THIS SOON.

[indysurfn]

You sir are a irrational LIAR. What kind of PC plays crysis that dont look way better than any console game around? KZ2? Hello! Mcfly! Stop lying your not fooling anyone!!! Your just showing how irrational people are about exaggerating the graphics in Killzone2. I'd love for a console to be as powerfull as a high end PC I just built my budy one with one three Phenom CPU's and a 1 gigabyte video card and four megs of ram before I gave it to him I played crysis and it stomps down every console game around. Wait until you shot a three and while it is falling off shot the part that is falling and it two splits off you will see real physics and awesome graphics. Not no dang on Killzone 2 level graphics please! And this is coming from a non pc gamer. Lets see modern CPU check....three of them check....8 times more memory for just the cpu than the whole PS3 has combined check plus two times the memory for the GPU then the PS3 has combined check. And this is just a basic medium-high end PC too..... BLOW out. Fanytoy please!

[SL1M DADDY]

Let them cook their own goose with their own engine. Let's all just be excited that there is a cryENGINE for consoles that looks stunning.

And to the guy who thought the Gears team would use something other than Unreal... LOL

[Marquis_de_Sade]

On the same level as CoD engine? Hahahaha, honestly, don't lie to yourselves silly fanatics, this looks far better than anything I've seen on those 2 games.

[Aquanox]

MNicholas

What a cheap attempt to try to make this look not as good. Grabbing the few screenies that don't look as good and not those that look spectacular.

I swear I can grab screenshots from every game out there (Gears 2, KZ2, RE5) and make it look like crap if chosing the worse ones.

Why not showing the bridge on fire, the incredible waterfall, the lightning among the vegetation.

This Demo looks above anything seen so far in consoles... which doesn't mean final games will look as good. Remember this is a controlled demo not a game (at least it seems so)

[N4PS3G]

Damn! Looks really good...but the video is not High Def..kinda worthless to see the details of the engine

[HS83]

I wasnt sure what to expect when I saw it, but I was impressed!!

[StephanieBBB]

But it's probably still an early build. I hope that it's custom made for both the 360 and the PS3 so it use's em both to thier true potential.

Still looks very, very, very good.

[TheIneffableBob]

I watched the HD video.

Crytek made a lot of compromises. It may be just because it's unfinished and unpolished, but in its current state it's rather unimpressive. It's like CE2 medium settings. You can see that some of the environment textures are fairly low-res with little filtering and the LOD is some areas are just downright atrocious.

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[caladbolg777]

Yea, there was a lot of pop-in, a few shadow/lighting issues dabbled around, and a LOT of jaggies but overall it looks good, especially on current-gen consoles.

[Hip Hop Shamer]

this engine can come up with inpressive graphics

[bakalhau]

The "Crysis" stuff... I found it, at least in this crappy low-res trailer, to be very, very close to the High/Gamer settings of the Crysis games. It seems much closer to high than medium. The trees look very good, the draw distance is pretty big, the lighting is definitely of a much higher quality than the Medium settings, the character models are solid... The motion blur has the same awesome effect as in the game... As I said, it looks on par with High imo.

Which is, in all honesty, what I always expected the consoles to be able to do with the CryEngine. They can't do much more than High settings due to (but not only) the graphic cards they use. Optimization can only go so far...

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I was impressed by the detail and density of the foliage, I imagine it to be an early build though. Can't wait to see a final build of it, will be interesting to see how it compares to the PC version, but for me it already looks better than pretty much any finished console title, Gears 2 and KZ2 withstanding.

[Skyreno]

Nice!!!!!

[Marie]

Hot stuff indeed.

[El_Colombiano]

Oh man that is beautiful!

[solar]

that looked 100 times better than KZ2....

[ToastyMcNibbles]

absolutely stunning! i wouldnt go so far as to say it looks better than killzone 2's engine...theres something about killzone 2 that just gives it such a realistic and gritty look to it..not knocking the cryengine because i think it looks beautiful

edit: mindboggle.. uncharted is a good comparison...far cry 2 would be another one considering its from crytek

[Mindboggle]

Come on stop being a fanboy all your life. Its obviously not 100 times better than killzone 2 and its a different style of design, so you cant compare them.

However you can compare it with uncharted and I would probably say its on par with uncharted, and anyone who doesnt agree with that is just blind. Its the same tropical style as uncharted and is visually very similar.

[poopsack]

not really cause they cant be compared, but if this turns into the next mainstream engine im all for it.

[Nightfallen]

The gritty city in the beginning of the trailer looks no better then Killzone 2, if your comparing the tropic and woodsy areas of that trailer then yeah, but you really can't compare that since Killzone 2 doesn't have such environments.

[solar]

nice. 10 disagrees in 10 minutes. KZ2 looked good, but not as good as that or Crysis cranked up.

@ above:

i do agree with you there. the city parts definitely need a lil pick me up.

[poopsack]

maybe its cause of ur slight exageration?

Edit: see now ur doing a better job of explaining your statements.

[solar]

KnaveX:

hey, i like to start arguments with all types of fanboys over something subjective such as "better graphics". everyone has their opinions and mine is Crysis and this > KZ2 (which i must say was a BORING) game and couldnt bring myself to finish.

im just waiting on the 720p graphics comparisons now! ahhhhhh!

[Ghoul]

solar

maybe because most of us grow tired that if someone didnt like killzone2 (wich is abolutly ok) bashes it, wich is utter nonsense. As much as people dislike killzone2 you cant deny its technical achievements and that it still is a masterpiece.

i bet you wouldnt get so many disagree if you would talk about killzone is a respectfull matter.

[solar]

@ Ghoul

it doesnt matter if you are civil or not on this website. ive done both, criticized ps3 exclusives and was thrown to the dogs. you can not criticize anything ps3 on this site without backlash.

imo KZ2 is boring and doesnt look better than Crysis. was it a great, 4 year technical achievement for the ps3? sure. but when a community thrives on lynching all things deemed "anti ps3" who wants to be civil? hell how many ppl here black listed sites for giving KZ2 anything lower than a 9? im sure an ass load AND THEY DIDNT EVEN PLAY THE GAME YET.

as a ps3 owner i guess i cant trust Edge Online because God forbid! they gave KZ2 a 7/10. its so childish it makes me laugh...kinda like how childish i act here to entertain myself.

[nycredude]

Care to explain how this looks 100 better than Killzone 2. If you think Killzone 2 is boring then that is your opinion but give it respect it is due. It looks great. BTW maybe you should play Killzone 2 on veteran and elite before you call it boring cause it is bar none the most intense fps so far. Boring... lol you either never played it or you played it on easy.

Also this doesn't even look much better than uncharted one engine. Wait until uncharted 2 comes out, then it's back to the drawing board, suckers.

[HBK619]

You've never played Killzone 2 you bullsh*t artist(I've checked!).

Why the hell would you lie, play the game and realise that the game isn't actually boring, but in fact anything but, it may not be the greatest game every, but one thing it isn't is boring.

[Hip Hop Shamer]

did u mean GeOW 2?

[acertainkid102]

Do you really think it looks better than Killzone. Just look at the image
http://www.wegame.com/view/...

[evrfighter]

lol wow....the last couple of responses really proved Solar's point. I don't blame him

[Marquis_de_Sade]

The Sony fanatics only proved Solar to be dead on with his statement. Say anything negative about Killzone 2, even a fair criticism, and you will be punished. Hell hath no fury like a fanboys scorn.

[Raoh]

very nice cant wait to see the first few gmaes using this engine.

[s8anicslayer]

Said a long time ago, no matter if you want to admit it or not Kz2 will hence forth be compared to as the standard for console graphics comparisons

[OhReginald]

killzone 2 PWNS this crap.

[Doctor_Doom]

Scarsam mode = ON

[N4PS3G]

man..this is not a game..just a demonstration of the engine in some different environments ...devs can do more with this

[OhReginald]

i wasn't being sarcastic. Killzone 2 really does look better...check out these screen comparisons...and dont even get me started about the frame-rate in the video....it looked like it could barely run the demonstration....

ugh my pics arent coming up....w.e

this demo video still looks like horse crap

[Hip Hop Shamer]

both are impressive. Im not sure which looks better though. Since these engines are made for two defferent games.

[phosphor112]

I still think Crysis looks better STILL FRAME. If GG can achieve both the still frame AND moving picture(which they clearly have dominated right now) in their next KZ, I'll cry with joy. I think GG has the potential of doing so, because so far, their engine is the best on console yet.

Gotta love competition though, I'm sure GG will try to match (if not exceed) all the foliage and destruction of things. You know why? Because if they can make something the best, they will. Gamers everywhere should be happy.

[N4PS3G]

Already spotted some pop up textures on the trailer hahaha but whatever..it still looks great

[San anto]

yeah I noticed also XD, good eyes =].

[poopsack]

yeah the vegetation scene is very noticeable but if the scale is up to that mountain then its forgiven

[N4PS3G]

of course its forgiven....its impressive! Its just funny ..to see pop ups on tech demo...but aside from some pop ups and a not so hot Frame rate ...it looks might impressive

[ShabzS]

duuuuuuuude... can they do crysis on consoles now? ... please

[Perjoss]

insane graphics aside, Crysis is actually a very good game, I would even go as far as to say there were some quite epic areas in it. I hated the last level myself but I will not spoil that for anyone. Fingers crossed for Crysis console 'port'.

[Omega4]

WOW, never would of thought is possible on current gen consoles

Just goes to show how much power remains untapped

[Fishy Fingers]

Just shows how unified hardware can really help the developer. I'm really impressed by what they've achieved. Hopefully they have a game to go with the tech demo :)

Mind you, I bet they've been beavering away on this for years.

[HS83]

Knowing now Xbox 360 can pull off graphics like in the video, I have no doubt we will see devs push games to the edge with both Xbox 360 and PS3

[TheColbertinator]

That looks real good

[morganfell]

It looks good but having been through Killzone 2 twice and logging tons of hours in MP - was up till 5 AM this morning - I am not impressed. The urban scenes at the beginning were downright lacking.

[TheColbertinator]

lol its just a teaser,morganfell.

More polish is expected within the next several months for CryEngine 3.Don't you remember how Killzone 2 looked even better after the 2008 E3 trailer.

[Nelson M]

ColBoT

[Shane Kim]

Jungle environment was very, very nice but I have to agree with morgan. The urban environments and the weapon detail is ugly indeed.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

"But but Killzone graphics couldn't be done on a 360" OUCH! I bet that sh!t stings.

[Nelson M]

You bet that sh!t stings

You Must Know
You Get First Hand Experience every day
When you see Killzone 2 and Know that there isn't a single game on the your Xbox that aint gonna look that Good Ever !!!

Served !!

[morganfell]

By the time this is even close to release we will be looking at the second iteration of the Killzone 2 engine. Cry 3 is an okay engine for multiplatform development and it does support SPU iteration - a PS3 strength - but the Killzone 2 engine will stay ahead of any multiplatform engine because it is a dedicated effort. The Rage engine will be ahead of the Crytek stuff anyway.

Everyone in the game industry knows that Crytek's problem has always been licensing. Here is an example. No two U3 engine deals are the same. They are shaped and priced to suit the customer and the customers particular game (with it's intended market and method of distro). If you call sales, you get the BS line on cost from Epic. But everyone knows you talkj directly to Mark Rein.

Back when Mark Rein was making backroom deals for nothing on the U3 engine and allowing smaller companies to pay when they shipped, or pay a reduced fee in exchange for profit percentages, Crytek said all contracts are the same and they wanted a 1 mil fee up front....per game. They screwed themselves which is a shame because an engine is only as good as it's tools and Cryteks were at that time better than anyone - including U3. But those are the most arrogant bunch of guys at Crytek I have ever met. Far worse than me.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

PS3 owners will get 'cryENGINE 3'(Better looking Version)
And
xBox 360 owners will get 'cryingENGINE 3'(i.e the CR*P Version, hence the CRYING)

;-D

[7thNightvolley]

coz with this game engine things will realllllllly get intresting ... coz now kz2 is being hailed as graphic king that position seems like its gonna be movin to another champ.. in not too long and from what the footage says its runs on both the ps3 and 360.. now my question is this ...
if X game which is running cryengine3 comes out and looks better than kz2 and runs on both consoles... that would nulify all the big talk of sony saying kz2 cant run on 360(normal logic)..(*raises an eyebrow*) .. and other than that i am sure the fanboys of both camps be so be sharpin their forks to stab at each other sonyfans would go into UBER-PROTECT MODE while the 360fans would just rain hell ... i am so gonna get the best popcorn to watch.. cant miss a second... i love u crytec .. loooool this would be fun..

[360_Rules]

Crysis has better graphics then Killzone 2 sonytards.

[talltony]

hate to say it but while that trailer did look amazing. This engine is a multiplatform engine so its only as good as the weaker console is. Still this is great news.

[thebigcheese]

THIS IS THE PROOF, CAUSE ONCE THE ENGINE IS COMPLETE IT WILL LOOK BETTER ON ANY GAME RUNNING ON EITHER SYSTEM.

THE THOUGHT OF KILLZONE BEING THE LIMIT IS A FANBOY THOUGHT.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I agree, the urban area was not impressive. The jungle scenes were extremely impressive though, as were the physics. Hopefully the urban area was just quickly put together for the demo, because I would like to see this engine used as much as the Unreal engine is currently used.

[commodore64]

Woweeeee!

Looks like KZ2 is about to be dethroned in a major way.

And anybody that disagrees is just showing their extreme fanboyism.

[Dimitri]

Yea that right Jason 360, Killzone 2 is only possible on the PS3.

Try fitting this whole game on to 10 DVDs ;) Bye bye n good luck.

And by the way, this looks much better than Killzone 2 ;)

as Crytek said, only one console will benefit from CryEngine3, and thats the PS3. Its got power and a lot of space on the discs.

Crytek also officialy confirmed that PS3 is getting a superior version of CryEngine 3 anyway.

[kewlkat007]

What games will use this Engine?

COD would look nice with this....

[Fishy Fingers]

Any game. Like Epic with UE3, Crytek licence their engine (and support) to 'anyone'.

[Mighty Healthy]

Simply amazing...

[free3sixty]

so after 4 years in development, much hype and poor sales- killzone2 got already owned by Crytek.

[solar]

you are correct. /clap.

[pwnsause]

"so after 4 years in development, much hype and poor sales- killzone2 got already owned by Crytek."

Dude, the game sold over a million copies already, why dont you STFU and go to the open zone were you belong?

Other than that, this engine looks good.

[Jaces]

Oh jeeze, you fanboys leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Get over yourselves.

Anyway, everything looked stunning. Just amazing.

[Beg For Mercy]

fanboy this is no where near killzone2 level of quality, if you played killzone you would obviously know this the train level says hello my god man the amount of things going on at the same time in killone while keepin the frame rate steady and a high level of detail is already pass this, go play the train level from killzone where you have to waste the higs with the mg and blow the barrels and watch the particle effects and helghast explode in the air without the framerate dipping, this is about on par with uncharted without all the animation uncharted has, better luck next time 360 fanboy, you guys are just dying for a game to come to 360 that looks better than killzone, guess what you still have to find a uncharted 2 killer and a heavy rain killer good luck with that.

[Perjoss]

I only played the Killzone 2 demo, it was very impressive graphically, I kind of got the feeling it was mainly good at medium to small environments, kind of like the old quake 3 engine. I really don't know maybe it has much larger open areas later on. Anyone who has played crysis knows that the engine can handle massive outdoor areas and still keep the nice graphical effects coming, like 'god rays' through each leaf on trees, shadows that look too good to be true and a very nice motion blur effect that is as close to real life as can get (adjustable if you don't mind getting your hands dirty).

Obviously the biggest downside of the Cryengine 2 is that to run it on MAX settings you need a computer that requires its own nuclear power station to run.

[jwatt]

Well I would be sort of pissed off If I didn't see games looking better than Killzone but the game is not even out yet anyways. Plus where do you get Killzone having poor sales from?

[ultimolu]

Anything to bash Killzone 2.

1. You're off-topic.
2. Openzone is a click away.
3. You couldn't just say the engine (which by the way looks awesome to me) looks good and leave Killzone 2 out of this?

LOL AND THE PEOPLE AGREEING WITH YOU. -_-

[callahan09]

I don't think so. The cities in the beginning of this video don't even look as good as the city-scapes of Killzone 2. There's no weather effects going on, the architecture is plain as all hell, and there is a minimal number of light sources. The outdoor sort of tropical environments look as beautiful as Crysis, but can't be compared to anything in Killzone 2 because they're totally different in terms of environment and art. The physics, detail, and lighting of Killzone 2's engine is on par with this, I'd say. Not only that, but Killzone 2 is in gamers hands, and what you see is being controlled by real players. This is just a tech demo and who knows when any games will come out using it. Not only that, but this engine has been in development for a long time, as well. The four years of development for Killzone 2 could easily be said to be one part engine development, one part game development, and one part final polish. No need to knock Killzone 2 for the fact that it was a while ago when we first heard about it (by the way, it was LESS THAN 4 years ago that it was announced, and it wasn't even really in full production at that point in time, all they'd done is a target render, so this four years production time thing is a pretty baseless criticism).

Anyway, for a multiplatform engine, though, CryEngine 3 is looking absolutely stunning, and I can't wait to see a lot of the devs out there use this for their games and put a rest to UE3. This generation has gone up a notch! We're just getting started.

EDIT: You know, if you disagree, I for one would appreciate an argument and explanation of your disagreement. Killzone 2 is a gorgeous game with impeccable physics and lighting. The city environments in this CryEngine 3 demonstration do not in any way put the Killzone 2 city environments to shame. The island environments in this demonstration looks incredible, but there's nothing in Killzone 2's level designs to compare that to. I think it's a bit ahead of the curve to say that Killzone 2 has been outdone by this engine considering these things. If you disagree with anything I've said, why don't you tell us all why?

[Sevir04]

so much for pwning KZ2.. This engine will probably be ready for xbox 720 and pS4.. by then we'll have seen KZ3 and God of war 3, Gt5, MGS5 Gears 3 and uncharted 2, and resistance 3, new call of duty from infinity ward, that look just like this engine that cryteck is showing... ^^ please the fanboy banter has to stop. just be glad you'll have a game engine that finally looks better than Gears 1 and 2... sigh Ps3 gamers will just have too many to count. as first party games all look progressively better than there first my leaps and bounds.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Looks pretty good...

...but I'm running Crysis on DX10 and at full. This is nowhere CLOSE to Crysis right now.

It seems like they took the CE2 and...down-ported it for consoles.

It doesn't look anywhere close to Killzone 2 either though...so, we'll see what happens.

[BGDad]

You arent going to have that crispness you find on PC's its just not going to happen. Also i imagine consoles run this at 720p compared to 1900 x 1200 on pc.

This demo doesnt look bad but after Killzone 2 the animation and character models destroy this pretty bad. Not to mention the demo has a already been there done that feel being as I have played crysis for 100+ hours on PC.

Add that to the fact Crysis online sucked pretty bad.

Just watched the video again and I dont know whats up with the jaggies in that small of video hopefully that will be fixed. Some of those buildings remind me a lot of Unreal Tournament buildings and lighting.

[Beg For Mercy]

does look good but before everyone says this looks better than killzone it dosent but it does look good though im not gonna lie this is a very good step in the right direction especially for xbox360 to show off some graphical capabilities other than the unreal engine with its stiff animations and texture pop in.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I agree entirely.

Look at the gamer zone. Some people are saying it looks better than Killzone 2.

Haha...

[thebigcheese]

I'M SURE THIS IS NOT THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND THAT WOULD BE THE POINT IS TO OUT DO KILLZONE. SO I WOULD FIGURE THIS WILL BE SHARPENED AND POLISHED TO MAKE THE GRAPHICS LOOK RIGHT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW THEY STILL GOT WORK TO DO.
I'M SURE WE WILL SEE SOME MORE FROM THIS.

DIFFENTLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

[Dimitri]

You both are extreme f**** fanboys. How can you even say that Killzone 2 looks better hahahaha. I am ashamed of owning the PS3, knowing that there are people like you, who lie to themselves just to defend their "great" exclusive. The waterfall, jungle OWNS Killzone 2 big time !

I knew that there are idiots in the world, but i didnt know of that kind of idiots.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

the lighting is amazing and the reflections are awesome but the character models dont wow me as much as everything else does. id much rather have a new game instead of a console version of crysis. i wanna see what else crytek can do with their tech

[Reibooi]

Looks great to be sure but to be honest I am getting sick of these Uber realistic graphics every single game seems to have now. I much prefer a creative art style over realism like Okami or Persona or the like.

[kewlkat007]

Your probably referring to these two categories.

Every time I see that CryEngine Jungle + Physics, I can't believe it's just a game. It looks like a Vietnam war movie.

Art direction, I think, will always be what sets games apart. You just can't have every game looking REAL.

[Chrisy]

Resident Evil 5 destroyed!! We have a new console graphics king. Sorry capcom.

[TheColbertinator]

*facepalm*

[Beg For Mercy]

Resident Evil 5,HA when was that even in the running for best graphics have you seen how stiff the animations are in resident evil it looks good but its no where near a technical achievement, its looks good enough for a next gen game.

[Dacapn]

Fact

RE5 is your graphics king if you only own a 360.

[imabeast48]

sorry but RE5 was never graphics king. kz2 looked better

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I disagree, Resident Evil 5 is not the best looking game on the 360. Gears of War 2 remains the best, close to the level of Killzone 2, superior textures but lacking the scale plus inferior lighting and physics. I guess that's the cue for disagrees.

[killzone2ownsallfps]

this engine NOT looks better than kz2 engine imo.....

[TheColbertinator]

*double facepalm*

[BGDad]

Killzone 2 graphically is a beast. Xbots can pretend it looks just as good but people who played it know.

Not to mention killzone 2 had very few jaggie issues if any, and looking at that tiny video I can even see jaggies so obviously AA and probably vsync as well isnt even turned on for this demo.

[II Necroplasm II]

He will be saying the same thing 5 years from now when a few games will surpass Killzone 2

[Nelson M]

.

[II Necroplasm II]

HA HAAAA

[UnwanteDreamz]

I'm a huge fan of KZ2 but if it takes 5 years for only a handful of games to surpass it I will be unhappy. I am hoping we have a few surpass it by this time next year.

[poopsack]

physics look amazing, see that dice? thats destruction.

[HS83]

I only own a 360. But I admit, killzone 2 graphics, I always wanted something to compare to them. While it is up for debate if killzone 2 engine is better, thats a matter of opinion. To me killzone 2 engine is AWESOME! And I do not own a PS3 but as a 360 guy seeing this cryENGINE 3 makes me excited. We can finally get good graphics, to some maybe not as good as killzone 2 or crysis on computer but good enough and thats fine by me.

[LiquifiedArt]

After being an owner of killzone, i can tell you, KZ2 looks better. Graphics, Animation, and physics.

Besides the Foliage (which is awesome), the other areas look meh.

maybe i'm spoiled. (also i noticed some choppyness)

[thewhoopimen]

agreed. the foliage is definitely impressive, but the graphics look only marginally better than far cry 2.

Who knows wait until console crysis comes i guess.

[ultimolu]

It looks awesome so far.

[HS83]

I wouldnt say it looks better then killzone 2 and I am a xbox 360 guy! BUT it is a step in getting better graphics, not killzone 2 quality but good enough for the 360. Thats fine by me.

[Shane Kim]

Agreeing with this guy. You can't argue with some of the jungle environments. It looks freaking amazing, but overall KZ2 looks better and animations and physics looks better on KZ2 as well.

[thebigcheese]

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE A GAME REALISED AND TESTED. SO UNTIL THEN KZ2 WILL HOLD THE CROWN. I WOULD THINK THAT THE NEW ENGINE CAN OUT DO KZ2 GIVIN IT KNOWS THE POTENTIAL OF THERE FOES.

YOU WILL SEE BETTER CONTENT.

[GhostFaceGamer]

was very weak... didnt impressed me...

but the end showed nice effects :)

looking forward to it

[Beg For Mercy]

Face palm, OK have you guys played killzone2 dude the animations and particle effects destroys this, dont get me wrong this does look good but cmon man this is not killzone quality, go play killzone2 then come back to this video again. like i said above step in the right direction for the 360.

[RuffRyder]

That was simply stunning, i cant believe people are saying killzone2 looks better LMAO...funny sh!t.

[Jaces]

Open zone right this way---->

[thewhoopimen]

but it isn't.

[free3sixty]

KIllZone.

First 4 years development.
2nd: poor sales for so much hype
3rd: KZ2 gets owned by cryteEngine3

Poor Sony droids. But maybe in the next 2-3 years you will have a game, .. AFTER 5 years you will be able to say "This cant handle the 360 finally".. LOL

[killzone2ownsallfps]

more like 2.5 engine and nothing more than that....

[Dacapn]

The real question is how many 360s will this engine brick?

[DroN4eG]

you fail.

[evilmonkey501]

That's why I keep my xbox in the fridge and run the wires from there.
no, seriously.
lol

[xionpunk]

Holy crap, When he shot the palm tree and the light poured around as the branches moved...I think I just had an aneurysm.

[fredy]

im on my 4th pair of boxers..

[hippo24]

you needed to change your boxers from your aneurysm...I sure hope not

[no-spin]

this engine can shattered the Sony argument of "Only Possible in PS3"
But the tech demo can be far from the reality of games. Wait and see

[imabeast48]

actually killzone2 looks better than this. and that is not possible on the 360

[thewhoopimen]

Unfortunately, i disagree as well. This engine doesn't even look as good as the first cry engine. The last part of the video with the bridge exploding is a direct challenge to kz2's demo i think... but it doesn't have any volumetric smoke or anything. It's just an explosion. No rocking of the screen or anything.

[free3sixty]

omg.. this damn fanboys here:D

KZ2 looks great but if you zoom to the textures you will see that KZ2 has low res textures. CRytek and i see it already in this video uses high res textures here.. so wtf do you want to compare here?

But we know all when ps3tards on n4sony said that Killzone2 looks better as Crysis on MAX, LOL. There was a comparison here on n4g.. 90% votes for KZ2 and only 10% for crysis on MAX, haha.

[heyheyhey]

nothing is funnier on N4G than when uber-fanboys call other people fanboys

your a FANBOY, just admit it... i do

[Sevir04]

your comment is killing me.. please wake up.. the tech demo shows it's just still in progress. it's foliage looks great and interaction looks amazing but please. as of right now the KZ2 engine is still the best right now.. since this engine isn't out for either console till 2012 you've got alot of waiting to do till it hits and by then games will already be looking better. ^^

the physics interaction is still miles behind KZ2's and you only gotta play it to know that... But fanboys like you will deny it till even when the truth hits you in the face. i guess like you have too look for multiplatform games to show 360's power because it's excluisves cant

[hippo24]

Cant we just say..."hay thats a cool engine I cant wait to play a game with it", maybe the giant corporations lied to you when they said "multi-platform engines don't work on the PS3", and "the xbox cant have graphically demanding games".

Is having a new standard engine that will help devs work faster for the PS3, and create higher quality for the xbox a bad thing in the slightest.

Cmon, I mean are you really going to tell me thats a bad thing...even in the slightest.

[fredy]

oh well always something new to come along

[Xi]

Can't wait to see the results after they apply a more interesting land-scape and some art-direction (realism is great, but can be limiting).

Defenitely the most impressive visuals I've seen on a console along with tech 5.

[electricgta]

lol, tbh i wish this engine was only on ps3 because i know it is better, i have both consoles but IMO ps3 is for the hardcore gamer idk why people say the 360 is.. but if this was on ps3 it could be so much better :-/

[OOG]

purdy.... it will be interesting to see what crytek does with and engine when they already have the technology it will be using in front of them....

They have been known for pushing the limits of pc and making people upgrade.... so it will be cool to see how good they are when they have to use tech already established.

[Ashton]

but the jungles look insane.

[Nikkelz]

this is what its all about,my pc was never able to handle crysis so when people talked about it i would get pissed,but now after seeing this....knowing that this CAN be done on my ps3 is awesome

peace and game on.....and to my homey ultimolu....what up

[tudors]

some parts looked stunning but others didn't, if you look at Crysis on youtube in HD then this version is close but not on the same level yet thats for sure.

[Highatus]

Color me impressed, This will help gamers and Devs :D

[tudors]

interesting.

[Dark General]

It seems like i'm the only one unimpressed. Maybe some HD direct feed video's (when they come out) will change my opinion.

[tudors]

at the begining when the tall building comes into view they change colour schemes, i bet this is PS3/Xbox-360 changeover?

[Ldubbz]

Pretty damn good. Especially when 'it' started shooting up the tree...the physics there were awesome.

Looks to be a great engine.

But all of this misdirected hate on the UE engine is bullplop. UE has powered a lot of great looking games this generation, and provides a lot of studios with powerful middleware to use.

If some of you wanna come out and dis Gears specifically, just come out and say it...stop trying to bash UE as some cowardly way of bashing Gears without having to say it.

And dont play stupid, those of you know exactly what i am talking about.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Poor droids, Killzone 2 has been out a month and it already got owned "twice".

[OmarJA]

Poor bot relying on a multiplatform game engine...

try harder next time.

[ToastyMcNibbles]

lmao how is it owned if that same engine is on the PS3...its okaaaaay just "wait" till E3 to hear about some new xbox 360 exclusives just wait :)

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Logging onto all your accounts and bubbling yourself up again Nasim?

[Major_Tom]

Haha Jason is going crazy, confuse him to death. Actually just bubble him down.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Returned Tom :)

[Major_Tom]

Looks like you've lost before you've started.

[MainstreamGamer]

you can really see the fear in the xbox fanboys when they have to look forward to a multiplat engine to get a game that rivals the graphical power of killzone 2 on their console. Why don't you guys hype up the graphics of any of microsoft 1st party developers games.....wait, what developers? lol.

[outlawlife]

now the tech is there lets see who puts it to good use outside of crytek

imagine a vietnam era shooter using the cryengine vegetation system for insane jungle warfare

lets have it...now...please

[solar]

it still boggles my mind that some are still dead set that KZ2 looks better than Crysis....double u oh double u.

[TheColbertinator]

lol nice one,Solar

[solar]

:D

your avatar reminds me of how much i miss my dreamcast....sniffle...

[Dacapn]

I dunno who's saying KZ2 looks better than Crysis ON PC. Tho from this tiny tech demo, I'll say KZ2 still dominates the console world.

Doesn't matter tho. By the time, this engine is complete and we get a game that uses it, KZ3 will be out lol.

[IQUITN4G]

The interesting thing i think regarding the PS3 being better than 360 argument, is that your average casual players just wont be able to see anything any better than what we're seeing here - even if an engine is indeed better from a tech point

360 if using this or indeed a similar spec engine is going to be just fine when it comes to how games compare to PS3 - i mean do games even need to look better than what this demonstration shows?

[Joey Greco RULES]

TECH DEMO
TECH DEMO
TECH DEMO

No that we have that out of the way---i expect great things from this.

[bigjclassic]

a little inconsistent in certain areas of the demo but impressive none the less. I wonder which part of the demo were the 360 version and vice versa. As far as KZ2 goes, its already out. The finished product of KZ2 is still super impressive compared to its peers.

[Dacapn]

Jungle scenes look dope.

Industrial scenes look bad :/

Since everyone's comparing Killzone2 to this, I suppose I will as well. I'll compare what can be compared from that little vid, and keep in mind, the cryengine2 on PC still dominates the console engine. When looking at that rundown city scene at the beginning, KZ2 set the tone so heavily, that the engine is appropriately named the Cry(like a b1tch)ENGINE3. I would even go as far as to say GeOW2 pwns that scene as well.

As far as lighting goes, it seems the cryEngine3's big strength is having very accurate lighting from one giant light source aka the sun. Very nice. Tho again in that gritty city scene at the beginning when there were multiple light sources, the lighting sucked, and the framerate took a megadrop.

Physics seem to be very good in this engine demo and KZ2. What I found hilarious tho was that they threw in that same scripted scene from KZ2 with the bridge exploding, and KZ2 pwned haha.

Then there's animations. Yeah no need to comment on that.

So in my opinion cryENGINE3 doesn't surpass KZ2, but it does make for an excellent, and much needed, replacement for the Unreal Engine.

As for the incomparable stuff, it does pose some really good questions. I wonder what the KZ2 engine would be like in a setting with plantlife? Or I wonder what the KZ2 engine would be capable of if they chose to take this engine's route and not have a million things going on at once?

[MmaFanQc]

....this demo was....

meh.... banal

[rhood022]

Yeah, and the TECH DEMO for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed looked awesome too--then the game was released.

[DroN4eG]

Killzone2 will stay on the top as the best looking game on consoles. Maybe Uncharted 2 will beat KZ2. I hope. :)

[Hallucinate]

i was exoecting crysis level graphics..but holy hell was i wrong

[cmrbe]

Looks good but to be honest its nowhere near as good as crysis. Its great though that they managed to run it on consoles. This is sort of a demo anyways and i am sure devs will be able to do more, i hope.

Its good we have another new game engine for consoles. The more the better.

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Ooh! Pretty.

[koehler83]

Much like Epic and the Unreal Engine, unless Crytek themselves are going to start making console games (which they're not,) this is wholly pointless.

[GarandShooter]

Licensing.

[Snatcher]

You just have to go out of your house, and there you have it. Best graphics ever.

[Says you]

From Cryengine 2 and you guys are impressed by this crap? this is nothing impressive its like they only optimized Cryengine 2 and called it Cryengine 3 they should just call it Cryengine 2.3 its the same graphics same crap! same of everything! and to top it all off there was nothing new in that trailer that they showed except a city and a forest that's been done before in Crysis well the forest part anway unless there was a city in the expansion one.

and all this stuff Cryengine 2 can already do so whats new about this the graphics aren't new and Crytek only looked like they optimized the engine instead if this is Cryengine 3 it would have different graphics and different of everything!.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

that looked absolutely RUBBISH!!!

and by the way Jason360 'Crashbandicoot:The wrath of Cortex' looks better then 'Giant Fat Obease people of War 1.1'

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

How dare you?

No gamer in his or her right mind mentions that atrocious game.

I'm so sad that Crash has come to this.

[Socomer 1979]

i want to be amazed but ummm... well killzone 2 has it all.
i like the effects of the palm tree being hit but good luck with the 360 there crytec. youre gonna need it.

these tech demos never look like this when they are released.
Killzone 2 has it all today. Its 2009. Keep dreaming x sluts.

[memots]

This is a tech demo running on a PC this not running on any of "teh console"

So please fanboy don't get your panties in a knot!

[LoLerskates]

"According to Crytek, the trailer features both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 footage"

i think ill take crytek's and IGN's word over yours

[outlawlife]

why would they run a demo of a console engine on a pc? especially when all of this has already bee seen on pc in full game form in crysis

the article as well as many other sources state that the demo is comprised of footage from 360 and ps3

[Jamaicangmr]

Oh God please let the final games using this engine be just a pretty an then some. I didn't really like the urban part it really didn't look special. However the jungle area was really nice, specially the tree interactions.

[HDgamer]

Already fanboys are stating that a non playable preview of a game engine is better than killzone 2 especially when this isn't out nor its not available until any titles announced. Completely AMAZING

[badboy808]

I have to agree with most of these sony fanboys. After playing killzone 2 the cryengine3 is a epic fail. Also their will problly be a new killzone2 engine by then that blows it out the water even more.

[moses]

I have a feeling the CryEngine 3 is just a step down from the CryEngine 2 behemoth for consoles. If you notice, there is a gigantic lack in distant vegetation in the video.

[N4Garbage]

Wow man after reading some posts here... I read over some guy saying the environments in KZ2 is jaw dropping and that the first level is ugly compared to the rest of the game...

Ok... after the first level, you touchdown with Narville and that stage is Gray.

After that the deserted mines....orange.

After that the train gray and orange.

After that the New Sun.... Blue.

After that the raid on the Palace was orange EVEN ON THE INSIDE.

That's where I still am Radec fight is pretty gay...but still I don't see the environments being jaw dropping sir unless after the stage I'm on you end up in a lush jungle.

The lighting and particle effects are A+++ tho.

But this is N4G KZ2 is the greatest game alive...

A game where enemies know how to duck behind cover and flank, has cool death animations, and has a total of 5 colors in it's environments.

Automatically gives it the best AI, physics and graphics.

From this demo you can see better physics and graphics... I mean can you shoot past a Helghan Flag and watch it move?????????

NO

But meh.. who cares tho eh?

[Dacapn]

Dude you can b1tch and moan all you want. This is not comparable to KZ2 or even Gears for that matter.

1. KZ2 and Gears are games, not game engines, demos whatever. It's clear that you're not the only one here who wants there to be something that can graphically surpass KZ2 on the consoles, that you'll settle for anything that looks legitimately better than most of the garbage out there...even a nice looking tech demo.

2. The reason KZ2, Gears 2 and, Crysis are so high above the rest is really because of the density of their environments. KZ2 is so graphically saturated with so many different effects it's ridiculous. Gears does the same for the 360, and Crysis for the PC. The Cryengine3 for the consoles is literally a severely watered down version of cryengine2 on PC. It takes everything Crysis does on the PC, and does it worse on the consoles (which is still better than most games out).

You just look retarded grasping for straws.

[N4Garbage]

Your contradicting yourself.

At first you say this is just a demo not a game....then say the CryEngine3 will suck...from speculation of watching a DEMO nice thinking there.

Go home.

Sorry to say Sony Boy...errrrr Sonny** boy but this demo indeed does look better than probably anything out there and I don't give a rats ass about KZ2 enough for me to care if a game surpasses it graphically.

It's running on both consoles but you guys just come out the closet when somethings looking great and on the 360.

Get over it...

This gen isn't over games will start looking better than KZ2...I'm sorry it busted your vagina bubble for coming so soon.

[Dacapn]

Wow. This is why I hate people who only play console games. I own Crysis. Aside from the undisputed graphical feast that game is, the gameplay is above average. But to keep things simple for your dumbass, I'm just gonna stick to visuals.

Cryengine3 on consoles:
Jungle outdoor environments look dope.

Industrial environments do not.

Cryengine2 running on PC:
Everything looks dope.

Again, this is just a tech demo, but if you can go ahead judge all games in existance by a tech demo, then I can judge this tech demo by looking at all complete games out.

If you have jungle fever, like your retarded ass apparently does, then this is the engine for you. From what I've seen if devs try to do anything outside a jungle, the game will look average. Unreal Tournament 3's environments looked better than what they showed in that city scene.

The difference here is KZ2 engine did not do any environments with plantlife, so there's no saying what that would look like. This engine showed what it could do with foliage, which is incredible. It also showed what it could in a city setting, and it looked average.

Either way, this engine isn't even complete yet, and by the time it is, and there's a game to go along with it, KZ3 will be out for the consoles. I don't care if something looks good on 360. You ever heard of the game Warhound? The game looks phenomenal. It's got lots of trees so it should give you a hard on. Marinate on that.

[Pootie Tang]

Looks like good news for both consoles

[badboy808]

I have to agree with most of these sony fanboys. After playing killzone 2 the cryengine3 is a epic fail. Also their will probally be a new killzone2 engine by then that blows it out the water even more.

[ssbains]

otherwise looks good as a demo

[keeponjammin08]

There is no way it will look like this on a console.

[LoydX-mas]

Quote:"According to Crytek, the trailer features both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 footage."

[sephy 9 2 5]

at first, anybody else think so with the city? As the locales changed the game got a heck of a lot better. The lighting in the forest was impressive. KZ2 doesn't have those type of environments so I'm not sure how you could compare the two. Definitely outclasses Farcry 2, Resistance 2, and GoW 3's (very early forest footage). As for the best looking console engine um Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2, and Rage look better at this point I think.

[fossilfern]

HOLY GOD! that looked amazing cant wait to see what games come out of this engine the city looking part of the video looked amazing too why arnt more games set in a city or something makes it alot better with close quaters combat and running through ally ways and all but anyway this does look extremley impresive

[Space_cancer]

According to Sony fanbois 360 was maxed out 2 years ago.

What happened? lol.

[commodore64]

wouldn't it be funny if the multiplats based on this crytec3 engine looked and played better on the 360?

I can't wait for the multiplat comparisons, when games using this engine are released on both platforms.

[Bladestar]

lol! look at the SOny leg humpers bashing the CryEngine... simply because they know there is a chance that a game on the xbox 360 may surpass kill zone 2.. in terms of graphics...

It does not matter of the Kill Zone 2 engine evolves and keep getting better..

Sony and their fanboys said... that the graphics on kill Zone 2 were not possible on the xbox 360 hardware...

Notice that this is not about Engines... it's about the hardware.

Lots of Sony leg humpers believed Sony's bull crap... that it's not about the Engines, software, etc... that it's only about the cell and blu-ray...

So, all it takes is one game to match Kill Zone 2 in terms of graphics... and it would prove that the entire PS3 was just a Sony scam.

Sad Sony leg humpers have to call on Kill Zone 2 which sold pathetically compared to xbox 360 AAA titles... to brag about graphics... sad..

[NateDPG]

Ok folks I would say the new sheriff is in town!

[7thNightvolley]

that looks freaking good.. i have played kz2.. but this would be bigger i am sure of that..lets see what games would be looking like with this baby under the hood..

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

He definitely didn't play it.

[Superduper09]

I think cryEngine 3 is an impressive engine. I'm just glad that game visuals are getting better and better.

[SSJSubgeta]

I am a bit disappointed and expected better of the cryengine3 as we all know. Crysis is touted as a benchmark beast for its PC counterpart. Video is only 1min:07sec. The quality is some what ok, if there is an high resolution or HD version please direct me to it.

But for all the developers and artists new or old. Did you notice some things as I did, The initial scene from 4sec to 6sec we can see that glossy texture material we are accustomed to see in games. The next scene from 7sec to 15sec is a futuristic cyber plaza with some light vegetation. You can see some nice lighting work. At the 10th second you see somewhat of an amateurish geometric polygon work in that slum area. Then at 11sec you see a nicely model building from day to night. At 29sec into the video when he is stepping out to the wilderness and nature themed environments it looks great(Not as great as Crysis). The far distance vegetation and background is GONE! This was heavily used in Crysis, the mountain background and the sky look like any regular game. Some slight inconsistency in the tech demo reel, then again it is a demo. But I can sum up that the Cryengine3, like its predecessor Cryengine2 is heavily based on out side nature theme environments. The physics of the engine are still intact which is awesome. If anyone ever wondered what Crysis would look like on a console, here it is.

[Blackcanary]

That's Fantastic does anyone know what is the name of the music they used for the trailer?

[The_Zeitgeist]

Funny I remember two weeks ago everyone bagging on HHG's and his writer's for saying that the CryEngine3 would put Killzone 2 to shame. Well looks like HHG was right people. That looks awesome! The console war just got a whole lot more interesting.

[XLiveGamer]

some gamers here are posting that this engine looks way better than KZ2 engine and naturally PS3fanatics gamers are screaming and acting like the mutant humans on I am Legend Movie right?

COME ON !!! This quality of Graphics on Xbox 360? Thats B.S. !!! X360 can't give us that quality! Buuuuuuuuuuu!!!! That's No ingame trailers.

XD LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ Gun_Senshi #43 down there
NO... d-_-b its the quality of the video

[Gun_Senshi]

is it me or its lower graphics then Crysis on Ultra...

[Montrealien]

so true, and what kind of a computer can play Crysis on Ultra?

[M337ING]

That's because its running on weak, console hardware.

[Blackcanary]

Anyone know where i can get that sound track from?

[TABSF]

i have all platforms besides the DS and anyone can see that this is a dumbed down version of cryengine 2, the lighting is worse, shadows are worse, you can see big pixels but this could be because of the low res vid, no AA again res may be and i have seen comments on killzone engine vs cryengine 3 and its just stupid

killzone engine my be better than cryengine 3 but not 2 i have a GTX 285 and i can play crysis warhead maxed at 1920 by 1080 with 8 X AA and nothing has ever come close besides the PC tech demo of alan wake and by the way alan wake will look bad on 360, not a fanboy statment its just fact PC owns consoles and consoles try copying PC with dumbed down version of everything

[poeo]

uhhh... NO ONE expected the cryengine to look better on consoles.

it looks very decent, considering the simple fact that the Xbox 360 and PS3 are not high-end PCs.

i'd say they did a good job! especially if they can iron out some of the pop-up and improve the framerate, which im sure they will do.

[TABSF]

oh yeah deffo, im very happy that they are opening there games to other platforms, im all for it but i just dont want to see PC games dragged down to the console level

with out a doubt this is very good for consoles but no were near PC

BTW my previous comment was to state that PC is far superoir and that you can achieve this level of gaming with out the price tag that you all think, you could build a rig for less than $800 which will play game way better than PS3 or 360 fact, all you need to do is get to the right place and get the right hardware, if i did not get the GTX 285 and got a 9600GT it would of cost me about £800

[hippo24]

So basically the discussion is:
-----------------------------
News:Hay look, I got you both a great new engine that can help you run all your latest games!!

Xbox Fanboy: LOL Iz better then Killzone, killzone sucks now.

PS3 Fanboy: We don't want it we already have killzone, lolz and its better.

-----------------------------
Please grow up....This is why we cant have nice things.

(the fact that I'm using impersonation debate tactics aside)

[Silly gameAr]

Looks very nice.

[Xi]

A lot of people aren't factoring in the context of what we're seeing.

This is a video of a sandox style game in the first person. What you see is the equivelent of gta 4 in the first person. This isn't some corridor shooter like killzone 2 or gears 2, were you spend 90% of the time taking a selected path from one room to the next.

[hippo24]

shh quiet, you might hurt a fanboy's feeling with your fancy logic.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Do you honestly believe people needed clarification on what crisis is and killzone, or gears isn't.

[Xi]

yes, my answer would have to be yes.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Win win!

[NoBullsh1t]

---ONLY POSSIBLE ON PLAYSTATION 3----

[Timesplitter14]

I can still see a significant difference when compared to PC

[hippo24]

well I see a small difference from the scaling of the lights, and the night environment, that they show roughly 3 seconds of, has a much harder time dealing with multiple light sources as is evident by their abrupt halt when another light source is detected.

Also the res is a lot lower then is displayed in the full game of cryis, but that may be a simple video player limitation.

[FantasyStar]

That's all? Looks like a slightly tuned-down CryEngine2. Well, considering it's for consoles, it's definitely a step in the right direction. Can't wait to see the PC Version shock-n-awe!

[PtRoLLFacE]

cool now we cant crysis on consoles i hope it comes out soon, and the unreal engine just got murder lol

[4Sh0w]

where did this come from? Did they say the footage was 360 and PS3? OMG that was impressive, damm I bet they've been working secretly on bringing CryEngine3 to consoles for awhile now, if Microsoft was smart they would put some money in Crytek's pockets like yesterday because imo it looks like it could very well be the new king of graphics engines for consoles, I know its a tech demo but I mean damm its like I can hear Crytek saying "hey Epic & GG, I'm the new bus driver, the names CryEngine now go have a seat"

[anubis12]

either why crytek is on the PC.....who is on close terms....."Microsoft" ;"pc".....see where im going $$$$$

[PS360PCROCKS]

Whoa, the jungle scenes with the lighting, water plants that respond to you and bullets etc. wow just wow I think it just hit me that the games from here on out will only get even better!

[Sanhlami]

multiplatform games will now look a lot more incredible if many developers use the cryengine 3. Plus for gaming industry.

[jlemdon]

I hope this becomes a middleware engine so we can see other genre type games.:)

[DelbertGrady]

All of the 200+ comments that try their best to downplay this demo and say Killzone 2 looks better is proof of the opposite.

[ChickeyCantor]

And people cry about the pop-ins from UE3... i have seen plenty in this video.

BUUUUT whatever. As long it doesn't end up in countless FPS games.

[bviperz]

But looks promising!

[paulbloem]

Seems nice.. if this is early stage.. then we can expect a great engine.

[commodore64]

Woah!

This video looks mightily impressive.
Especially the jungle scenes make me think that KZ2 will be a short lived victory for ps3 fanboys.

Of course, the plethora of Sony fanboys in "UEBER PROTECT MODE" do nothing to help their cause, once again.
On the contrary!

[piramides30]

I'm not impressed at all. But is not bad.

[Bengoshi-San]

This is some seriously exhilarating stuff!

Looks phenomenal.

[THE_GLOW]

A lot of you are easily impressed, some strange comments throughout. I wasnt "blown away" especially as the vid was standard def. I dont se how any of you can get so overjoyed over this vid. I expected more, maybe i expect too much.

[monkfish]

sorry but anyone who thinks killzone is graphically better than crysis is in serius denial.....anyone who knows anything knows this....the rest of you must need glasses if you cant see how much better cyrsis is......

were not seriously going to have to discuss this point are we?

[interrergator]

i wonder if they use this on new games like gears of war 3 i want them to go nuts with the third game

[Solid_SnakeXx]

Are your for real?

sorry if i sound like a fanboy but killzones's 2 engine is much better :s

[Punisher95]

wow this Engine looks great but KZ2 looks a little bit better

[prof16440]

its better than killzone 2 by miles

[xdye017]

Wow good to see Cryengine 3 looking better then KZ2!!!!!!!!!!

[bob saget remix]

If you think this engine looks better then KZ2.

[Gm0n]

You console gamers crack me up! Killzone 2 is a great looking game but don't tell me Killzone looks better than Crysis if you have not had the opportunity to play it if full DirectX 10 on a decent spec PC. It's obvious that this engine had to be dumbed down to run on the current generation of consoles.

For all of you that have the luxury of owning a killer PC rig and a PS3, I would like to hear from you...the rest of you Sony fanboys need to get stop wasting your time defending a game that is all graphics and brings marginal FPS innovation!

[bob saget remix]

Nothing more to say

[jerethdagryphon]

its not finished
i can guarentee it will be much better when done as it is its probobly just about viewable the assets in it were pulled rom crysis and havent been made engine specific

lighting and particle eects will be worked on for ages

[tonywood]

Looks good, NOT Killzone 2 good!

[manwich25]

Wow, I am speechless.

[donnie-2105]

maybe crytec arent the best at optimisation judging by cysis,so i dont hold that much hope for the console games.although because of the greatly declining pc gaming market(highend,not mmorg) this will be their main priority from now on.

[SoulKillah]

i dont care about graphics, destructible environments are what matters and this looks promising

[Minted]

could of been so much better if just on ps3....

[commodore64]

will be funny when the multiplat comparison shows the ps3 lagging behind the 360 again.

:)

[commodore64]

double post. sorry.