Crysis X360/PS3 versus PC - First Sample Of Comparison

DSOGaming writes: "It’s pretty obvious from this early comparison that the console version has lower resolution textures. In fact, it looks a bit ugly. SSAO is nowhere to be found – or was toned down – and although Crytek claims that they used a new lighting system, the results of that change are not as good as we’d hoped to."

[NewZealander]

anyone else notice theres wee circle valves on the tanks on the xbox version but not the pc pic?

[WANNAGETHIGH]

Here we go again with this lame articles. I c another 10 incoming today.

[omi25p]

Its not a lame article, Its showing how good a pc game from 2007 looks compared to a brand new console version

[Pixel_Pusher]

That looks...

[Oschino1907]

@omi25p "...it's showing how good a pc game from 2007 looks compared to a brand new console version"

If you're saying "brand new console version" do you mean "brand new CONSOLE version" or "brand new console VERSION".

Current consoles are from 2005-2006 (and not high end at the time) when it comes to anything with processing power and graphics so I guess I am just a little confused with exactly what point you are trying to make?

If you are speaking just of the "version" of the game I don't know exactly what could be done to really make it "brand new" or better considering it still is running on tech from before the time of the games original release.

[pixelsword]

They need to put Crysis on medium settings and then comapare them; as the average PC is probably able to push medium.

...if you want to be fair, that is.

[Denethor_II]

@pixelsword

Sounds fair.

[evrfighter]

Thats the beauty of pc. Its not about fair its about taking it to the next level.

But console gamers wouldn't know anything about that

[RememberThe357]

@evrfighter: And that seems to really bother you.

[fcpthebest]

@pixelsword

Crysis is not impossible to run anymore...

My new pc, parts arriving next week (custom built), plays crysis at full hd, maxed 8x anti-aliasing, at 50-60 fps.

Just to clear some ideas up...

[snipes101]

Oh jeeze who cares. If I buy a port from a pc game I expect it to not look as good. If I jump in a lake I get wet. If it's fun who the hell cares?

I'm sure it will still look good to console gamers. Y'know, the only people that should even be paying attention to the console release of the game anyhow.

[2pacalypsenow]

@evrfighter nah console gamers just worry about having fun playing the game

[Anon1974]

@ 2pacalypsenow. Well, worry about having fun playing games and NOT worrying about resources, what's running in the background, hardware limitations, settings, settings depending on your videocard, videocard drivers in general, playing in front of monitors instead of home theater systems, PC hacks, etc...etc.

Poor console gamers. We just buy our consoles, plug them in, load the games, sink into our couches and play. And to think, our trees could have more leaves on them.

Nothing against PC gamers, if that's how you game, more power to you, but I was a PC gamer for decades it was always a constant battle. I'll take ease of use over slightly better visuals any day. Plus I'm on my PC 8 hours a day for work. Even if I had the best PC gaming rig on the planet, I'd probably still use my 360/PS3 more.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

The first set of pics look better on the 360, but the second set looks better on the PC.

[bozebo]

@pixelsword

or just drop the PC resolution down to whatever its rendered at on consoles.

Even people with weak/mid-range PCs will be playing it at a significantly higher resolutions than consoles will be rendering it at - at the lower res of 1440x720 or something, they could probably nearly max it out at far above 30fps (with a gpu like an nvidia 8600 or something, which you can pick up second hand for about £20 and any standard dual core or better cpu that would be in a pc from 2006 onwards).

Though, it will certainly look good enough on consoles. I didn't think crysis was fun anyway (still better than 2 though), its only value to me was for benchmarking so it probably doesn't need to be on consoles - they are just chucking it on to get a load of easy sales, a lot of people will be dissapointed. Crytek turned crap after farcry, which was brilliant.

[ProjectVulcan]

Surprised they didn't bother including Warhead! Don't tell me they are gonna knock that out too and charge again....

I think the external areas looked reasonable for console, but the part where Psycho is talking looks really rough.

[DragonKnight]

What is seriously the point in this? *sigh* More PC fanboy ego stroking. Only a moron would think the PC wouldn't outperform consoles, so why continue to overstate the obvious? I should have started a betting pool on this.

[juggulator]

Just wanna point out a few things. I work with UDK and SSAO is always enabled by default. It's kinda strange that CE3 isn't using it for this game since its a console engine. However the lack of SSAO is nothing that will gimp the game. Its just a function that makes it easier for the engine to calculate AO because some believe that AO shouldn't need to be manually tweaked.

As for the screenshot comparision, the PC pic has minimal trees and alot of geometry from the rocks, the 360 pic has alot more trees and bushes but less rocks. It's a smart tradeoff and I commend Crytek for doing it. Also there's obvoiusly some additions to the console version which can be seen by the circle valves on the tanks. I know it's not a game changer but it shows that they'll likely be adding more wherever they see fit. Overall the video looked greatvand I'm very excited to have the chance to play the original Crysis. I feel Crytek really is one of those developers that develops to the strengths of each platform.

[ATi_Elite]

Ah yes almost makes me wanna fire up Crysis right now...such an awesome game!

Glad consolers will get a chance to play Crysis the original way which i think is way better than Crysis 2. And the game looks good on consoles, so far looks like Crytek has done a good job.

Crysis PC with immersion mod (how Crysis 2 should have looked)

[john2]

Let's hope that console gamers won't boycott the game just because it was a PC exclusive title all this time.

Most of them were saying that it was simply a tech-demo and nothing more... when in fact its gameplay was way better than the one of Crysis 2 (that those same console gamers enjoyed, despite stating that the first one was sh!t)

[buddymagoo]

Really enjoyed Crysis, one of my favourite games and the reason why I ended up building a gaming PC last year.

I'll be buying this for another play through to have the trophies for one of my favourite games.

[SugarSoSweet]

Well said brother! Not only are the graphics so much better the gameplay is more fun, open and sandbox like

[HellzAssassin]

Oh hell yes, I still play Crysis... I've replayed the damn game so many times by now, haha. (As well as Crysis Warhead). Love it, and by far one of the best FPS's i've ever played

"edit"
and yes, I agree with you john2. There were so many console fanboys from both sides claiming Crysis 2 was "just another shooter", generic and whatnot. Which was complete bullshit... They'll play it, and fall in love with it. Haha...

I mean, I'm more of a console (PS3) gamer then my PC, but there are games that are meant to be played on the PC such as Crysis, Battlefield, The Witcher, and other great games out there. But, to each their own; as long as everyone gets to enjoy great games, that's all that matters! :D

[caperjim]

Pc/console comparison screenshots dont do PC justice. You have to see the two in motion. Most PC screenshots are garbage compared to actually playing the game in person.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here is a high quality video comparison of the two versions: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[meetajhu]

The day consoles will be put to shame

[2pacalypsenow]

consoles have been put to shame by PC for a while but it doesnt matter the games are just as fun or even more fun to some people on consoles and thats all that matters

[SilentNegotiator]

Wow, the console version doesn't look as good as the PC version cranked up to highest settings in DX11? ZOMG!!

We'll probably see those sorts of comparisons all day now, too. Sigh....

Edit: Right, DX10. Regardless, my point remains; "No duh"

[Pjuice]

crysis doesn't support dx11 only dx10, crysis 2 doesn't even really support it, it was patched in which never works out as good as a game built from the ground up for dx11 api....the texture pack for pc made it look allot better than console though for sure. and the console screens of crysis look alright but nothing like the pc version in 2007 which an 8800gtx at that time could run maxed out....low fps @1080p and higher but you could do it, also gtx 460's are like 100 bux now which can own about any game at this time.....

[OpenGL]

The PC version of the game that came out before the first Uncharted.

[Hanif-876]

Lets not forget that your average PC from 2007 couldn't dream of running this!

[Ravenor]

Incorrect, I built a friend a Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4gb of Ram and two 8800 GT's. No, it could not run the game with AA. But short of that it was a marvel to be hitting nearly 30fps at 1680*1050 with everything on V.High.

Keep on rollin with that ignorance.

[TheIneffableBob]

Well....

The 8800 GT, a mid-range card, was able to play Crysis at 720p, high settings at 30 FPS.

The "official Crysis PC" had this card in it.

[Hanif-876]

@Ravenor your 100% correct. Please refer to this link back in 2007 and tell me now whats so average about that PC that you built back then.

CPU
http://www.overclockersclub...
GPU
http://forums.whirlpool.net...

$535 CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (cheapest)
$319 GPU: 8800GT 512mb (cheapest back then)
$319 GPU: 8800GT 512mb
TOTAL
1173

Also, i haven even included the Ram, motherboard and other peripherals prices. That PC that you built would easily go over $2000.

[Hozi]

The circle valves are on both versions. Look closely. tanks seem to be in diff. positions.

The Console versions looks great imo. So I'll still get in for PS3. Wish we could get both Crysis 1 and 2 on 1 blu ray disc.

[CaliGamer]

Aw man.... here we go.

This is a great test. If PC gamers are indeed as mature as they think they are, a few things will happen.

A) They will be happy that all gamers get to experience this arguably great game.

B) Logic will prevail, and it will be obvious to them as everyone else that consoles and PCs are not geared to be on par graphically.

C) This game is years old, these comparisons will be deemed useless and they all will move on.

Let's see which of the above fails to be true first. Should be fun.

[Letros]

PC gamers don't really give a shit if PC game goes to consoles, it's when a PC game is held back due to consoles that causes a ruckus.

Crysis was an amazing game(so much better than Crysis 2), and now console owners can experience it and stop saying that it was just a tech demo.

[zero_cool]

Wrong consoles don't hold back pc game studios do it by choice because most likely they don't have the time,money or resources to pay extra special attention to just pc hardware when it comes to multi platform games so either deal with it or don't buy that particular game!

[Letros]

Oh I don't buy those games, there are plenty of amazing titles on PC that haven't been consolized, I play SC2 almost everyday.

D3 is a prime example of what I said however, there's a high chance of it coming to consoles and it will be adapted accordingly, however the initial release is PC only and built from the ground up with PC in mind, no complaints, everyone is happy.

[Kurylo3d]

hence consoles holding studios back because it has to run well on consoles to make real money.

[wsoutlaw87]

no thats just a lack of pc sales compared to consoles holding them back

[Pjuice]

@ wsoutlaw87 that was years ago when they had no clue on how much money steam was making because they have no way to track it now that gabe newell is in forbes as one of the richest men in the world devs are changing the way they think about pc sales steam sales rock and devs make tons of money off them no cd's to make no middle man (retail stores such as gamestop) console will start trying to go more digital also it makes buying used games a pain and in the end devs make more money pc usually sets the trend on how console systems and games end up being, now tons of multi plats are coming back to pc and getting better features and better graphics, but its still patch work wish the devs would build the engine for pc then port it to console, this would make the most sense since pc is the more powerful system.

[SnotyTheRocket]

Why is Battlefield 3 not being held back by consoles? Or is it? I don't have an Amazing CPU, mine can barley run Minecraft.......

[LightofDarkness]

Or we could see someone try to institute a field of pre-set criteria and responses, which are engineered to invariably lead to an outcome in the favour of said someone, all to gain some puerile satisfaction gained from people thinking they are "right" on the internet and obviously more mature and intelligent than everyone else?

Do you not see the contradiction? Pointing out the flaw of another while simultaneously demonstrating the same flaw?

[lelo2play]

LOL... sorry!!!... but i find it funny when someone says "all gamers get to experience this arguably great game"... but as soon as exclusives of their console of choice goes multplatform, all hell breaks loose!!!!
Just imagine if Uncharted, LBP, Gears, Forza, etc, whent multiplatform.

[Mr-Dude]

I agree..
Can u imagine if HALO goes to the PS3...

Or Uncharted goed mutiplatform...

MY GOD! All hell breaks loose

[floetry101]

Crysis is by all accounts a great game that should be experienced by everyone, at least, everyone with a PC that can handle it.

My gut feeling is that it should have been left alone. Crysis is synonymous with PC gaming. By cashing-in and squeezing the game onto consoles, it demeans the initial impact Crysis had and only offers a truncated experience for console players. The point of releasing Crysis in the first place was to display the future tech in all its glory, and by all accounts it's still the holy grail when it comes to visuals. To have it cut down for the console market undermines the forward-thinking release that it was in '07.

Consider that. The game was released in 2007, and it's still virtually unmatched by any game on the market (at least until Battlefield 3 drops).

[LightofDarkness]

@Floetry

Metro 2033 and The Witcher 2 certainly give it a run for it's money, IMO.

[Kurylo3d]

your opinion is wrong :/

[lelo2play]

LOL... i still remember when all hell broke loose when FF13 was announced for the X360 !!!

[Aloren]

I agree with LightofDarkness. Dunno about Metro 2033 but witcher 2 definitly looks better than Crysis.

[fcpthebest]

Both metro and witcher 2 look better than crysis, especially metro on ultra dx11 with tesselation. I think is something that is expected, bcause crysis came out in 2007.

[Ravenor]

Yep, Metro and Witcher 2 look great.

But let me know when you get to the part in Witcher 2 where it wasn't a bunch of small areas, the same can be said of Metro.

Crysis does more, it does more then it's own sequel.

[sikbeta]

How a person could be "mature" when he thinks is better than everyone else based on his gaming-rig? the "master race"? come on...

[-Alpha]

It's funny that console gamers tell PC gamers to be mature about a PC game going multiplatform when not too long ago PS3 gamers were getting pissed off with the MGS collection going to the 360

[PCE]

Double standards of manchild PS3 fanboys. As a PC elite I am happy console gamers will have a chance to experience a great game we PC gamers have been playing for years. Fanboyism serves no other purpose than to stir up pointless controversy.

[PCE]

No bud, we PC elites have other priorities in gaming than to bitch about exclusives. We couldn't care less. PC gamers play games for the freedom PC has to offer that consoles don't like mod support, home dedicated servers, 1080P 60FPS glory, etc. We're satisfied with having the superior versions that usually cost $10 less.

Console gamers? Look at FFXIII, irate manchild PS3 fanboys lost an exclusive. Look at MGS Collection, even more irate PS3 fanboys, even though Nintendo had the MG series long before Sony entered the console market. These are the gamers that are not mature and need to grow up.

[Shaman]

This is not vanilla Crysis 1,this is modded one.I should know since I played it like 20 times on my PC...
Here is all high,4xMSAA and AF from PC.
http://h5.abload.de/img/cry...

And be sure its jaggier experience in 1080p,this is downsampled.

console verison with CE3 definitely has great lighting.
http://i.imgur.com/puhU3.jp...

[lastdual]

Nice pic to put things in perspective. Still, the foliage reduction is pretty extreme for the console version. Hopefully some of the jungle areas still feel fairly dense.

[john2]

Actually, you can simply tweak the SSAO and get similar results with the article picture. For example, here are some Crysis shots where I simply played with the SSAO values back in 2007 (nothing really difficult TBH and we are talking about Vanilla Crysis. No mods and no texture packs). The difference though - compared to the default settings - is huge:

http://imageshack.us/photo/...

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[Criminal]

Wow, thanks for linking these.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here is a high quality video comparison between vanilla PC crysis 1 at the highest setting and the new console version: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Bob570]

I don't mean to be an ass, but Crysis goes up to Very High, not just High.

[capcock]

Nice that it comes to console gamers who are interested, but I have a feeling that the game won't sell good at all for the consoles.

Disagrees:

do u seriously think many people will buy it? game isn't even that fun, I just play with the physics and run around in the photo-realistic environment and kill some koreans when I play it xD

it's more like a toy than a game imo

[Kurylo3d]

Its one of my favorite games of all time... singleplayer and multiplayer. Maybe you just sucked at it.

[Gohadouken]

I dont like crysis , and indeed found it to be more a graphical benchmark than a game for my tastes , but let's not pretend its crap .

It's still areally well done game , and if people wanna put it above for its technical qualities , then so be it .

[SugarSoSweet]

I actually pefer the gameplay of Crysis 1 as it was more free roam sandbox like

[2pacalypsenow]

i agree i was just looking at the beautiful graphics the whole game it took me like a month to finish cuz i just stoped playing it then i went back just to finish it, the story was ok nothing great

[EdwardS087]

Awe, man now there are no Pc exclusives! lol Im glad to see others get a chance to play this game. Yes, it looks gross on the consoles (had to throw that in there CaliGamer lol) and you owe it to yourself to play it on PC as it still is one of the best looking games to date--way ahead of it's time. If they put a multi-player component in it, I may pick up a copy.

Just before this argument starts: it will look the same on PS3/360 as neither are suited to optimize the engine.

[capcock]

Funny since pc has more exclusives than all the current consoles combined.

PC has 20 exclusives this year so far.

[EdwardS087]

Really? Like what?<<<I will have Skyrim this November to keep me busy 5+years lol MMM, Skyrim on crossfired 6990s! =)

[Oschino1907]

I wasn't aware every PC company chips in money to pay to make all those games the way Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft actually pays money to make a majority of the games that are EXCLUSIVE to their platform. LOL Keep talkin out of your ass....

[capcock]

A developer gain a lot more revenue/pc game
than revenue/console game because there are so many extra costs when it comes to console games that they don't have to pay for when they release a game for pc.

The reason why many are going multiplatform is not pc gaming faults, did u morons forgot that there's an economic decline? they want to make as much money as they can.

exclusives 2011:

PC:20 (look it up)
PS3:10 (many of them are delayed 2010 games)
360: around 3-4 except kinect garbage
wii: 1-3 (zelda is the only one I think)

[Baka-akaB]

the matter isnt how many exclusive each platform got , but their appeal . And that's a point i direct to both sides .

So yeah the wii got one massive only exclusive in your list . So what ? If that one ip is a sufficient and epic enough title to make folks buy a wii for it , they will , if they care .

As long as consoles got those appealing games (just like pc got theirs) AND the fact that they can still enjoy the same multiplatforms (even if not up to everyone standard and tastes) , they thrives , that's all .

Jut like pc got no issues thriving on their own

[Kleptic]

Capcock...you're twisting it around a little...

the potential IS there for a developer/publisher to make more money on PC as a platform...because its a much more open platform to begin with...the only royalty costs needing paid are for use of the windows logo on the box...MS offers zero support for the product entirely (unlike what happens on consoles)...and there is next to zero licensing fees other than the equipment needed to develop for windows in the first place...and to have the game legalized/rated...

a PC game isn't a 'game' in the normal sense...its just software, and the developer is free to do whatever they want with it pretty much from the get go...

so potential profits are already higher because overhead is lower...but it ends there...consoles...no matter how anyone tries to spin it...are currently MORE popular for core gaming...more people have a 360 or PS3 than have a PC capable of running a game like Crysis...or at least more people that are interested in playing the game in the first place (as in plenty of people have a modern pc that could play it, but aren't gamers anyway)...

sales figures for multiplatform core titles almost always have PC in a distant 3rd...the top 5 all time highest selling games are ALL on a console, or had a majority of their sales on a console...THAT is why developers put such a heavy focus on consoles in the first place...

and this is all without even touching the piracy issue PC gaming faces...

[omi25p]

There are thousands of pc only games

[StayStatic]

If i was a console only gamer i would be pissed off they didn't wait till the next generation , just feels like a cash in for Crysis 3, which will no doubt be a beast on PC. Hope they provide mouse support too , like counter strike i can't imagine playing this with a controller , kills the immersion of been a bad ass , also the AI comes from all angles, be annoying aiming with a stick.

[LightofDarkness]

"...Crysis 3, which will no doubt be a beast on PC."

It remains to be seen whether or not Crytek's future developments will return to a PC-centric focus or a console one.

I believe this will all come down to how well this port of Crysis performs on consoles (fiscally). If it performs quite poorly, I believe this might send a clear message to Crytek that this is not really a market that they can compete in successfully, whereas if it makes them a lot of money and performs admirably in the charts(which it might, the game is already done, really), we might see their console focus remain and perhaps become even more apparent.

If the latter is true, I can't see Crysis 3 looking much better than Crysis 2 on PC. They just won't bother putting in the extra effort, and tacking it on later (again, a la Crysis 2) would only serve to compound the issue, while only slightly taking better advantage of the PCs capabilities.

[Kleptic]

4 months ago I would have agreed with you...but from what DICE is showing with BF3, I have little doubt Crytek is going to go all out with Crysis 3...and spend 3+ years on it...

and by then, its pretty likely new console hardware will be either releasing, or on the very close horizon...which will leave plenty of room for them to get the full experience on the consoles as well..

I agree with you in the sense though that the next Crysis will PC focused, as its pretty obvious the current gen consoles really aren't able to keep up with their vision...

[Bob570]

"It remains to be seen whether or not Crytek's future developments will return to a PC-centric focus or a console one."

Crysis 2 was completely console-centric. And they pretty much already burnt down their bridge with PC gamers. I don't think they'll be coming back to a PC focused game.

[SnotyTheRocket]

Unless Crysis 3 gets released with the nextgen of consoles, so maybe Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo will make the specs as good as higher end PCs. They probably won't though ........

[Baka-akaB]

it's the other way around , I'd be pissed if a pc only gamer . Why would consoles only gamer be that pissed about a franchise they mostly didnt even knew about ? It's not as if pc got every exclusives consoles games either

On the other hand , again would be pissed as a pc only cgamer , if crytek designed crysis 2 that way , knowing the consoles could still run Crysis 1 fine , even with sacrifices . Sacrifices they've made anyway obviously for the console version of Crysis 2 .

The sequel is still good , but then , they basically made it less open and inferior for no reason .

Crysis 2 could still have been an experience on par with the first game , scope wise

[dkgshiz]

Got pretty bored of Crysis 2 very quickly. The campaign was fun for a little bit. The MP was way too stock and standard for my tastes.

[Kurylo3d]

thats cause crysis 2 sucked. The original crysis mp was awesome.

[Kleptic]

was it?...as the rest of the population was busy playing CoD4 in 2007...I didn't get to play Crysis' MP, but it appears to be even more stripped down than that of Crysis 2...which was nothing more than tacked on hot trash...

[Gran Touring]

@kleptic I wouldn't call the multiplayer of Crysis 1 stripped down, considering Crysis 2's multiplayer was a carbon copy of Call of Duty

[devilhunterx]

Finally people can PLAY Crysis instead of just pixel counting.

[Jdub895O]

ok this is whats weird, i had a pc that could supposedly run it at the time of release. Extreme duo core processor, with nvidia 8800gt.The ps3 and xbox seemed to run perfect and looked great. The pc couldnt even run all great, always lagging and crap. Pissed me off. Thank you EA.

[pr0digyZA]

I have an 8800 and I can run it max, even with mod graphical enhancements so I'm not sure what you are talking about?

[Jdub895O]

well i have no idea you can disagree all you want but it ran like crap. Every otjher game i had ran perfect. I kept thinking it was the os but no....ALOT of other people seemed to have the same problem.Either way ill get to enjoy it on my ps3.

[zero_cool]

Lie-tek have a lot to prove to the PS3 crowd because they made a lot of empty promises with crysis 2 they never kept!

[Mrmagnumman357]

Crysis 2 was the same on ps3, it was triple buffered unlike 360 which took more memory, but it had better texture mapping and 0 screen tear

[PirateThom]

Yeah, Crysis 2, for all its faults as a game, delivered on the tech side of things for the most part on PS3.

[isarai]

the tech was fine as far a visuals, but the AI and area size was not. it was horrible how AI can spawn like five feet in front of your face out of thin air, happened to me all too many times

[death2smoochie]

Yes we know Zero Cool, you believe that Crysis 2 on the PS3 should be exactly like the PC version.........

[qwertyz]

zero cool, you are delusional. the pc verison of crysis 2 running at LOWEST settings looks better than uncharted 3, gears 3, crysis 2 console version and all your other console games lol and the pc crysis 1 at medium with 8xAA and 16xAF @1080p looks better than all current or upcoming console games including this so as you can see the ps3 ain't sh*t just like the 360. neither of them are as powerful as a dual gpu high end pc from 2005!

the 360 version of crysis 1 does look to be the best looking console game though

check out some footage

http://n4g.com/news/841084/...
@Mrmagnumman357

the ps3 crysis 2 ran at lower native resolution(which made it look blurry compared to the 360 version), alpha effects and textures also an at lower res compared to the 360 version in all they where roughly equal because the ps3 version did do some things better than the 360 version for example the ps3 version ran higher Anisotropic texture filtering and was triple buffered

@Parallax_Films

the 360 version is inferior to the pc version in just about every way. There is much less geometry on screen(less trees, rocks etc), very low resolution textures, no SSAO, no Godrays, static skyboxes(instead of volumetric clouds available on pc), low resolution alpha effects, not all objects have shadows and those that do use low quality shadows, low anisotropic filtering

the color grading in the 360 version does give it a nice look though but overall the 360 version fails compared to the pc version running medium with 16xAF 8xAA @1080p but still looks better than anything on consoles. crytek did an amazing job once again.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here is a high quality comparison video of the two versions: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[sriki007]

console gamers dont.miss this.!!!!

[beast242tru]

the pc destroys the consoles

[maxmill]

pixel counting again i see?

[SAE]

crysis 1 is much better then crysis 2 but i enjoyed crysis 2 , i liked the multiplayer a little because i was good at it , the campaign was a disappointing because it wasntan open world , it didn't felt like cryysis 1 , it only have 3 powers , attachment wasn't good , less weapons ...etc

[MasterCornholio]

I am worried about the PS3 version because they only showed footage of the 360 one. Looks like it will be Crysis 2 all over again which is why i wont buy it.

When i get my gaming rig i shall pick this title up.

[Jumper09]

same can people say with battlefield 3 and the 360 version

[Richdad]

Some of the advanced light effects are missing. I agree But overall certain features are still better. Like lighting has coolness to it and the color grading is nice. Game is looking overall smooth, its not rough aroung edges as it is in Medium or low settings of Crysis 1. Textures are high res expcept for some small objects. Also this game will play without a hitch on 360 or PS3. THats the biggest point.

On top of that the game looks really good on par with Crysis 2. Which is best looking xbox 360 game as per critics.

[MasterCornholio]

So your saying that it failed to be the best looking game on consoles? Which means that in this year it was the PS3 which had an exclusive that looked better than any console game on the market.

So in conclusion according to you Crytek has failed to produce the best looking console game. Which means that Crtytek lied to us.

Is this what you mean by your comment?

[Tommykrem]

If the physics are intact I might pick this up! But it's a busy part of year.

[thespaz]

What did people expect?

[Shinuz]

When Crysis came out i was playing it on a P4 3Ghz, 2Gb sdram and a 7800Gs(agp) at medium setting at 1360x768 and it was running smooth (30+fps)so i`m pretty sure those console won`t have trouble running it at similar or slightly above settings.

[Dfooster]

yeah and crysis 2 looked way better than the orange box on the 360 and i know that one of these games has been in my collection for years and regularly gets played and the other one i traded in after 3 days.

[Modestmex]

Well good news for consolers you get to play crysis its much more fun than the second one in my opinion.

[fullmetal297]

I'm kinda glad its coming to consoles. Now they can understand the back story of Crysis and we will most defiantly get a TRUE sequel to Crysis so I can finally know what happens to Nomad and Psycho.

[tsunami901]

I remember a year ago 360 fanboys used to bash the PS3 for not being able to render grass in Mafia 2.

Well, 360 fanboys, where's your box's grass rendering capability now?

On-topic: Meh, nothing new. :/

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here's a high quality video comparing the same thing: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Brownghost]

It better be $20 or at least $30 if there's bonuses

[jbiz330]

its 20 dollars. confirmed.

[Brownghost]

really hope it doesnt have bugs or end up as a crappy port still a great deal

[YodaCracker]

This is a completely terrible comparison. They only have two screenshot comparisons, and the second set isn't even comparable at all.

[a_bro]

one thing i noticed from the trailer was the lack of volumetric clouds..

[TBONEJF]

This game doesn't gets me excited and besides I only see PC/Xbox 360 pictures and a Xbox 360 only trailer. what are they trying to prove?

[SITH]

Yeah the PC version on newer hardware looks better than the consoles on older hardware. And crysis still looks impressive on consoles regardless.

[tubers]

Wow those are the only comparison? Bad example.

Wait for more pics and details.

Yawn.

[SpaceSquirrel]

I think they did a good job with the port

[clrlite]

Lol @ "gamers" obsession with graphics. They are GREAT, but shouldn't be the main focus, imo.

[RedDead2067]

Read the link. Look at the screenshot.

They significantly reduced the number of trees. That dumbs down the gameplay into a standard shooter. Crysis jungles were all about the hunter/killer stalking from behind the trees.

[monkeymagik]

This version is xbox360, says nothing of PS3.

[Shadowaste]

ouch....with next gen just around the corner for consoles, might have been smarter to just wait.

The thing is though, if you are a console only gamer, and have never seen or played crysis maxed out on pc, you'll never know what you're missing so who cares, crysis is an EPIC shooter, very very well made, cool sci fi story, great gunplay, decent ai, and fun weapons, so I am happy more people get to play this badass game!

[ExcessiveGBH]

I'm with you, they should've waited until the next generation consoles where out. Way better to have the game running at 60fps or more.

[SnotyTheRocket]

Why is Battlefield 3 not being held back by consoles? Or is it? I don't have an Amazing CPU, mine can barley run Minecraft.......

[Megaton]

Yikes. That 2nd pair. Where'd all the foliage go?

[Somebody]

So Crytek stopped suoporting Crysis after 2 patches.

Now they made an effort to make a console version of Crysis. I'm sure they will be supporting this version with a lot of patches and updates in the future. Not to mention DLCs (maybe).

I've always wondered why PC gamers are angry all the time.

[Trekster_Gamer]

They stop supporting the PC version earlier because of the rampant piracy. I would be willing to be that most of the PCBOTS here didn't even purchase the game, yet they defend it as if it was the 2nd coming.

Yup there are a few less tree, but still the same gameplay, same story and might even be better online.

You PC Girls need to get a life and stop worrying so much about what us console gamers like,

[spdarksky]

Please somebody compare medium settings PC equivalent to Crysis console. And we can see the current strength of the console and how well it compares to the same PC on its launched year.

[veChuy]

Omg consoles looks like crap

[Pjuice]

the pc screen looks so much better... look at the grass and the shadow quality alone.

[TyrannoTaurus]

I found Crysis to be the most beautiful boring game I've ever played on my PC. Wasn't really having fun, but couldn't look away, lol!

[leogets]

But crysis was a shit game none of the less

[spdarksky]

Crysis is a sh1t game? did you ever play it? If Crysis is a sh1t game, then Killzone is even shittier.

[llMurcielagoll]

To be honest I will wait until it comes out, video comparisons of gameplay will swarm youtube when C1 releases for Xbox and ps3.

However the trailer is looking good. According to the screenshot comparison. I guess finally my friends would realize how annoying those Korean soldiers are because they never got a chance to play C1 on PC. They freakin shout everything their about to do..

HAAAH!! RELODING!! FIRING!! *Cloak Engaged* HAAAAH! SOMEONE THERE?!!!!

You gotta love it when you squeeze their nicks with MAX strength and send them flying!

[tubers]

DO NOT trust compressed screenshots comparison.

Wait for sharper and clearer comparisons.

As for your friends, then that's awesome. Now they can experience the game comfortably in their consoles (assuming they dislike PC nor just not comfy with it).

[clrlite]

god you guys are nubs