Crytek has DX11 graphics running in Crysis 3 on PS3, Xbox 360

"We want to make sure as much as is humanly possible can translate from a DX11 variant into a DX9 variant, that will work almost as good on an Xbox console to whatever extent we can, because we don't want the experience to be different between the platforms," Rasmus Højengaard, director of creative development at Crytek, told Eurogamer.

[dark-hollow]

it just not not possible without gimping the pc version.
they would look good for consoles, but no way even near DX11 can truly offer.

[enfestid]

Yeah, I'm calling BS on this until I can see it with my own eyes. It's simply not possible to do a lot of the things DX11 can do on a PS3 or 360.

[narked]

Think of DX11 on consoles as Instagram... making you feel like a photographer when in reality it's just some haze...

[saladthieves]

Judging from Crytek's track record with previous Crysis 2 promises...we have to wait and see.

[ninjahunter]

Its physically impossible. Consoles dont have the architecture to even support DX11

[gatormatt80]

Ninjahunter, yeah and DX isnt capable on ps3 at all since it is Linux based. OpenGL is what the ps3 would run.

[MaxXAttaxX]

You PC guys are so sensitive and freak out easily.

Quotes:
* "We want to make sure as much as is humanly possible can translate from a DX11 variant into a DX9 variant"

* "It's render features that shouldn't theoretically work on consoles, but they've managed to construct code that can emulate a similar thing.... they don't have the same streamlined pipeline you would have with a DX11 structure, but they can get to a similar result just by experimenting and using tips and tricks"

* "they managed to make parallax occlusion mapping work, which is an advanced form of bump mapping where you get silhouettes as well, and you have self-shadowing"

You guys should READ first!

[Trebius]

you fools need to learn to read before you post. Made yourselves look like morons.

[Bathyj]

READ an article before commenting on it?

That will never catch on.

[ChrisW]

I also call BS!

If a console using a 6 or 7-year old GPU can do DX11, then why can't graphics cards 2-years old or older also do DX11?!?

Because it can't.

[hakis86]

Give me PS4 already xD

It will be interesting to see how far they can push the DX9-level visuals though.

[ATi_Elite]

1. PS3/360 are not capable of DX11 graphics because they DO NOT HAVE THE DX11 HARDWARE!

The 360 does have a few DX10 capabilities but that is it. No DX11 capabilities on the consoles.

2. the PC version will be capable of running through the DX11 api of course and what Crytek should of said is

"Crysis 3 really isn't using any advance DX11 features so we are just pulling your leg to create false hype for our game. Most of the special effects are just DX9 stuff and we tossed some DX11 crap on top of the PC version to appease PC Gamers"

Anyway Crysis 3 is a console game and the 360 is the lead platform so the PC version is dumbed down from the get go. All this DX11 console talk is just bullsht, fake hype, and misleading gamers!

middle finger goes to Crytek for screwing up Crysis and just stop with the DX11 on console crap cause it's a LIE!

DX11 = hardware.......not software tricks and for Crytek to come out and blatantly lie like this just shows they have no respect for consolers!

[dantesparda]

I know this may sound like a stupid question, but how exactly does DX and OpenGL work? are they like virtual systems/guidelines for how the graphic card manufacturers should make their cards or what?

[Kurylo3d]

microsoft makes and owns direct x... opengl is free for all....

direct x from what i hear just happens to be easier.

[vortis]

Bubbles. It's impossible to add tessellation and soft volumetric effects from DX11 in DX9...even with graphics mods there's an OBVIOUS difference. I was looking at the LP2 DX11 features and most of it is subtle graphic enhancements that simply cannot be done in a DX9 equivalent environment. Crytek is BS'ing.

[Bladesfist]

They are graphics APIs they take your code and translate it into instructions for the graphics cards. This is important otherwise you would need to write code for each individual graphics card if there was no API

[MaxXAttaxX]

Geez, you PC guys freak out so easily.

Quotes:
* "We want to make sure as much as is humanly possible can translate from a DX11 variant into a DX9 variant"

* "It's render features that shouldn't theoretically work on consoles, but they've managed to construct code that can emulate a similar thing.... they don't have the same streamlined pipeline you would have with a DX11 structure, but they can get to a similar result just by experimenting and using tips and tricks"

* "they managed to make parallax occlusion mapping work, which is an advanced form of bump mapping where you get silhouettes as well, and you have self-shadowing"

You guys should READ!

[Trebius]

Learn to read

[Muffins1223]

Yea true....but i bet this will be outdone by another developer,quality always goes up and every year they say it is maxed out the console.When truth is,they just learn to be better programmers and learn more about the graphics card they work with.See,developers work on just one graphics card on consoles,so that's why they can make really good looking games on a 250 dollar console because they worked on it for 10 years.Pc,may have better hardware but its likely the developer is not using your graphics card to the full potential :C

[TruthSeeker]

Okay, obviously. It says in the first paragraph that they are trying to get some of it running on consoles.

[kevnb]

well first off they didnt even mention ps3, since it uses opengl. And second off, its just basically pr talk about how they want to squeeze as much out of the 360 as possible.
I also would like to see them make crysis 3 run at a decent framerate on console, they failed miserably with crysis 2.
Console gamers shouldn't forget all the lies and false promises crytek fed you last time. And pc gamers shouldn't forget how much they butchered the actual gameplay just to get crysis 2 to run on console at 20 fps while looking pretty good.

[Jazz4108]

Reading the article they never said that they would have dx11 on consoles. On the 360 the only console mentioned in the article they said they will try to emulate dx11 features on dx9 and only if it doesn't slow it down. This headline is used for hits and does not clarify what was actually said.

[Tyre]

Exactly...i'm getting sick and tired of this flamebait and Crytek undermining. Crysis is a fresh series, high quality production value, solid controls, tons of replay value, damn good soundtracks and they look amazing for console games. If you haven't played them yet, go get 1 and 2! Don't listen to these mole-people over here, they are blind with envy and spoiled. I'm certainly looking forward to Crysis 3! Bring it on!

[ritsuka666]

Crytek has DX11 graphics running in Crysis 3 on PS3, Xbox 360"

Probaly this game in consoles will run in LOW quality, like Batlefield 3. -__-

[LackTrue4K]

DX11 can't even run on a console!!! Are they trolling??? Crysis 3 is ONLY good on pc, i was not impress with what crysis 1 or 2 did on my ps3. I already hurd them say "CRYSIS 3 WILL PUSH THE XBOX AND PS3 TO ITS LIMITS!!!" *ROLLS EYES* not this crap again........

[awi5951]

Well almost all of the direct x10 effects worked on windows xp when microsoft and crytek said it couldnt be done. It was a artificial nerf to make us upgrade to vista. I wouldnt be surprised if it did work if they put in the effects another way.

[50Terabytespersec]

Cutt the hype BS out already we are 5 + years into PS3 and only a few games can push the SPU's and GFX architecture Killzone3 ,uncharted 3, GT5 and GOW 3 has proven that if your not exclusive you better bring something real special in terms of technological innovation to the PS3 platform to make any point!!!
I want GT6 in Full HD no Blurr and GOW4 !! NOW!!!!

[DeadlyFire]

Only way DirectX 11 exists on an Xbox = Xbox 3/720. :P

As for this cramming as much graphics as possible stuff. Does this mean we see 20 fps on PS3/X360? I know its not likely to run at 1080 or 720 resolution with all the graphics pushing they are aiming at doing here. Never know though. Its possible that the game will come to next generation consoles as well if its launching in 2013. Just wait until they tweak their engine for next generation. :P

[R6ex]

Consoles are DEAD old-tech.

PC forever !!!

[GamingPerson]

What about the resolution? I rather they make consoles 1080p. But I am buying it on pc anyway.

[Shaman]

Hope they go for tile based deferred rendering. It was added in CE3 that way consoles could be able to render it at 1280x720 or 704 with black lines like BF3.

[Grap]

it can't be PS does not run on DX.. Crytek stop this BullSh!t hype we get it our Console are max out on uncharted and Gears so stop ur hype. end of the story

[TheGameFoxJTV]

WOW! Its sad that you got agrees. Cause you have no idea what you're talking about.

[dirthurts]

PS3 runs on OpenGl. Not Direct X.
It's impossible to run Direct X without modifying the PS3's base code, although the gpu is capable of doing so.
Maybe Direct X 11 "style" graphics, but not true direct x 11.

[DoctorXpro]

DX11 graphics running on PS3, Xbox 360...

yeah right

[GamingPerson]

These guys should all run for office. They've perfected the art of selling dreams and lies.

RAY TRACING ON 360 NEXT WEEK!

[ProjectVulcan]

Gotta eat up that hype consoles boys OM NOM NOM! Seriously though..

You can make anything run on a console, via software rendering. They do not have true DX11 architectures but sure enough you could emulate many effects in software.

The only question is what is your definition of "run". Software rendering is abysmally slow.

More like crawl. Sure enough you could do occlusion mapping, and even tesselate on 360, but with all the other effects it'll "run" about 1 frame every 10 seconds.

The difference being on a modern DX11 hardware accelerated PC, it'll actually RUN at least 30 frames a SECOND.

Hence they are banging on about how they got it "running" but not that it will actually make the finished thing LOL what use is that?

Try not to eat up all this hype we are used to seeing from Crytek regards consoles versions. Just go play the console version of Crysis 2 yourself and then the PC one and see if you believe what they said about that one....

[Mrmagnumman357]

Im from Crytek, and I came to tell you that Separable Subsurface Scattering is also coming to consoles, and they will run at an amazing 7 fps! Also, even though Crysis 1 pc outsold every version of Crysis 2 combined, we still are chasing the dream of Cod sales!

In all seriousness though, I am hoping that Crytek goes back to their roots, and focuses on the pc version, instead of making it a consolized corridor game.

[Ocelot525]

@vulcan

you're right , but i have 2 remarks:

1. software rendering is rendering graphics on the CPU, take note that the devs can also write their own implementation of dx 11 effects in DX9 code (or openGL on the PS3).

2. "Gotta eat up that hype consoles boys OM NOM NOM! Seriously though.."

I would be more ashamed of the neckbeards shouting HUR DUR CONSOLES CANNOT DO DX11. Most people here aren't even able to write a for-lus in C++ , yet they claim to be experts when it's console bashing time.

[shuuwai]

everything in real time using "Global Illumination" including "photon mapping" and nothing is bake.
maybe..

coming soon in ps4, and xbox720.

silly dev are trying to fool the console user.

[jetlian]

lol people on here dont know anything. ps2 could run dx11 stuff. A system can be coded to run whatever you want. however it may not run it well.

you can do tessilation smoke on ps2 but thats all there would be to the game. Question is how much is lost running dx11 tech on ps3/360?

[ProjectVulcan]

It is true Ocelot. You can do a lot with various effects. You'll never get actual DX11 because it is a specific API but you can get certain effects- usually at a performance cost as i highlighted. Often massive.

Part of the point of many of DX11's advancements are creating functions that can be hardware accelerated at a much lower cost than possible before in older APIs. Easier for developers to create.

That means sure enough things you can do in DX11 are possible on older hardware, virtually anything is. But it'll cost so much to actually implement it, its pointless.

So when someone says something can't do X or it isn't POSSIBLE, generally when i say it too, i usually mean its just not PRACTICAL. Technically its not the same thing but realistically it is as good as.

[JsonHenry]

I think the only console that can actually do anything DX11 related is the Xbox and ONLY because it can do tesselation. Nothing else is possible.

[raytraceme]

Well there is dx11 performance enhancements which diced used on the ps3 for bf3 but graphically I agree no chance. However you have to agree uncharted 3 is the closest consoles can get to "dx11" graphics.

[dark-hollow]

^^^^^^^
there is no console game and never will be (at least in this generation) that offer dx11 features.

there is nothing called "dx11 graphics"!
crysis 2 max dx9 still looks better overall than some dx11 games on max. having dx11 features doesnt mean automatic next gen graphics! that depends on the engine too.

dx11 features are simply cannot be done on consoles, which leads console developers resort to "tricks" and smokes and mirrors to make it looks better.

Increased Geometric Detail through Tessellation,
which provides greater geometric detail to curved surfaces like terrain, 3D models, water and such without the need to impair the GPU with increased ploygon count, which is not featured in uncharted 3.

Compute shader is another graphics optimisation feature that allows developers to tap GPU power directly without having to deal with the API mainly for post process chores like blur, bloom, film effects and the likes."

and you guessed it, not possible on consoles.
those two and many other DX11 graphics optimization features are simply not possible on todays consoles.

[Mrmagnumman357]

@Dark-Hollow, thanks for showing Ray Trace the way... Its nice to see that their are other people on here that actually know about this stuff

[Pain_Killer]

Tessellation isn't hardware restricted, there were games before DX11 which could render geometric tessellation however the tasks were handled by the CPU.

DX11 tessellation switches that load over to the GPU hence increasing performance and quality at the same time.

Consoles don't have such hardware inside them, The GPU is massively parallel, so GPU tessellation is also going to be way faster than running the equivalent CPU tessellation each frame (at least if you're tessellating enough stuff).

Anyways, Looking forward to Crysis 3. Can't say im that hyped as i was for the second part but still i love the franchise. Gameplay would be improved along with the story line but that's not what makes Crysis.

Crysis has always been all about its gorgeous graphics, The PC version probably beats 99% of the games released when it comes to visuals.

[basilezz3030]

another PR from them once again
does any one here believe that they will push any system ???

[NYC_Gamer]

Crytek needs to stop with the bull shit that's not even possible

[xruiner89]

Yeah....nah.
Consoles GPU can only do DX9, there isn't some magic trick a developer can do to up it to DX11.

[Shaman]

Consoles use custom API so you can code to metal and work around limitations.

[NYC_Gamer]

That's just PR bull shit man...do you really believe the console version will support Dx11/features?its all salesman talk trying to hype/market a product..

[Shaman]

No. All I'm saying is that consoles are not DX9, but have custom API. Deferred rendering for example is not possible with MSAA in DX9, but games like KZ and RDR have MSAA and are deferred rendering games. You can work around limitations on consoles because you can code to metal.

[closnyc]

ya but kz3 and uncharted are not dx games, they are open gl which means they ave far less limitations than dx. if we didnt have ms and direct x we would see generational leaps in graphics already on pcs.

[SandwichHammock]

Finally, half a page of comments later I read something that makes me not think N4G is full of 12 year olds that don't know their ass from their head, yet comment like a short bus full of computer engineers.

[xtreampro]

There's no point in telling him or most of the people here about that simple fact. No one listens on n4g because it's filled with a bunch of fanboys and loyalists from La La land.

It seems everyone on this comment section are big time devs working on major AAA class games.

[Ocelot525]

seriously this comment page makes me want to die,

Everything is possible on every machine, in the 90's people even did raytracing on 30 mhz Commodore amigas. It only took a long time to render (sometimes more than a day to render 1 frame :p)

developers can always write their own 'dx11 effects' with an older API, the downside of this is that it will be more GPU (or CPU) intensive to render these effects.

EVERYTHING is possible on any hardware, please understand this

[kevnb]

well crytek was only talking about the xbox, but somehow whoever wrote the article added ps3 in there for no reason. Also, they werent really saying they were going to use dx11 features, just to transfer as much from how it looks in dx11 over to xbox.
Thats without even arguing whats possible and whats not. People talking about coding to the metal make me laugh, what are they going to do code in machine language? Write their own api that microsoft would have to approve? Its really just not cost efficient to try and reinvent the wheel when there are already apis that have been developed over decades.

@ Valkyre below
PC gaming is about so much more than that. Sure it is capable of much better technically, and 90% of the time you do get better performance and graphics. PC has the most exclusive games, the most user support, certain genres many of us like are pretty much only on pc, more control options, more dedicated servers for online games, fps games don't have forced auto-aim, able to get games cheaper thanks to online stores and the fact that the platform isn't owned by any one company. I used to game alot on console, but I got sick of games being broken with no way of ever fixing them or even brute forcing them with newer hardware. You will never play dark souls or crysis without framerate issues on console, and thats a sin.

It seems you guys get confused about pc gaming, you are used to the super passionate forum goers who run multiple video cards and take it to muscle car levels. But most pc gamers just build modest rigs and upgrade about as often as console gamers. Either that or you are just completely butt hurt and jealous of the people with the $2000 machines who dont give a crap how cheap your console was. You guys know their experience makes yours seem terrible, and you hate them for it.

[x800]

@kevnb spot on!
Some people can't read.

[Valkyre]

yes consoles are old as hell by now, yes Crysis 3 running from a high end PC will look ages better.

But is any PC user out there exploiting the maximum capabilities of his system? No. Not even close.

Consoles even as old as they are by now prove what their cheep aging hardware can accomplish. I would love to see a PC with similar specs to a PS3 or an xbox 360 playing Crysis 3 better than them.

It proves 100% that PC gaming is a huge waste of money. You never get the full potential of your hardware exploited. Not even half of it actually. And no I dont consider playing the same game at 28250250258720 x 30872502805280 resolution a valid argument of your money's worth. You are still playing the same game, with the same number of polygons, the same level design, the same world and in most cases , just to get rid of you they offer you a higher resolution texture pack.

What a PC gamer doesnt realise is that the hardware he has on his rig is probably capable of creating already next gen graphics but it is not even remotely happening now. It is really, a waste of money. PC gamers will get their moneys' worth just when the next generation arrives with the new consoles. And by then the cycle will continue because games are never optimized for PC hardware as well as they are on consoles, so the PC user needs to buy even better hardware just to play the games that his previous hardware could already deliver if it was exploited properly.

I bet my ass that if I went back in 2006 and showed to PC gamers videos of Uncharted 3, Gears 3, GOWIII, Crysis 2 and told them that these games are running on that machine called PS3 and 360, they would LOL at me saying something along the lines:

"not in your wildest dreams dude...these graphics are not possible in these consoles...only PC can deliver such graphics"

yet...

@ theeg

are you mentally challenged?

Enjoy your uber awesome 390124810 x 23582015 resolution and 29234512 frames per second 47x AA and 19475 X Anisotropic benchmark machine. Have fun playing on it games designed for consoles, like Crysis 2, Skyrim, and pretty much every single game out there.

You are either very very naive or just plain ....because you miss the point ENTIRELY.

Your uber hardware is not exploited because your game runs at super awesome resolution, or at 47 x antialiasing and 120 frames per second etc etc. In fact this proves exactly what I am talking about... that your machine is capable of much more complex graphics and all you use it for at the moment is tons of resolution and tons of frames instead of tons of new graphics technology. Crysis was the last game that pushed your hardware to its limits, breaking new ground. Now all you enjoy is higher resolution console gaming.

Enjoy your benchmarking. When next gen arrives for consoles, maybe you will see what next gen graphics technologies look like in a game. It will be time for an upgrade though because no developer gives a rats ass what your benchmark machine is capable off and they wont bother exploiting its full potential by optimizing them for you.

[solar]

Building and upgrading a PC isnt a "waste of money" if that is what you enjoy doing, like myself.

[goosepoose]

"When next gen arrives for consoles, maybe you will see what next gen graphics technologies look like in a game. It will be time for an upgrade though because no developer gives a rats ass what your benchmark machine is capable off and they wont bother exploiting its full potential by optimizing them for you"

Thank you. that made my day. Never have i ever seen such a relevant post.

[Somebody]

Well, PC gamers are kind people.

We waste our money on super-expensive but under-utilize hardware so that console gamers can buy their consoles cheaper thanks to the graphic chips that we help to AMD/Nvidia to develop every year. We helped to build the foundations for DX9 and Open GL for current consoles and currently busy (with our money and endless benchmarking) making sure that the DX11 transition for next gen console will be a smoother affair.

It's a dirty job (playing around with thermal paste, installing "50" drivers, keep an eye on heat spikes, disabling other resource hogging processes, buying and maintaining Windows even though Microsoft doesn't give a shit about PC gaming, getting heckled online by console gamers who doesn't give a shit about PC gaming, testing out which beverage can keep us going longer) but someone have to do it. It won't be you, I'm sure of that. Do you really think console developers use a Celeron-powered, Geforce 2-enhanced PCs to write up codes, make HD textures or test out DX effects when developing your console exclusives?

When the current gen consoles were announced there were fears of developers having to forget everything they've learned from the previous gen. Makes sense since the PS2 is totally different from the PS3. But it wasn't the case. Current gen are DX9 machines and there's an already established knowledge base of that API for years - from wasteful PC gamers. No to mention the mass migration of DX9 experienced PC developers into consoles. In the end the transition was relatively smooth.

When there was a recent buzz about the next gen, the PS4 and X Box 3, no one's worried about development/experience transition problems. Why? Because there are PC gamers who tirelessly testing out those new DX effects with their overpowered machines. Some even modded out some amazing stuff and some even helped to create some new and super efficient anti aliasing techniques.

Here's an example. Metro 2033 is such a DX11 beast that is unplayable on my PC. I don't mind since it's still amazing in DX9 (hey, like the console said, graphic isn't everything). Will they optimize it for the next game? Yes, they are currently doing that as we speak. Will they mastered DX11 by the time the next gen consoles are launched? Yes, they will. Wouldn't that mean that a lot of developers are future proof for the next gen consoles even though they are bound by DX9 in the current console?

Have you noticed that since the next gen announcements more games are receiving DX11 support for the PC version? They wouldn't touch DX11 with a pole a year ago suddenly there's a quiet, almost subtle, addition of DX11 in their games. Yeah, the developers getting ready for the next gen and luckily there's are games who willing to help them.

Say what you want of PC gamers -naive, snobs, money and time wasters, or Beta testers for consoles - but be sure to thank us when playing all those true DX11 launch titles on the next gen consoles. God knows what we've been through to help those developers learn DX11 properly in time for next gen consoles (What? Do you really expect them to suddenly become masters of DX11 by testing it out on the PS3?).

[xtreampro]

Next-gen will start on PC and anyone who built a rig this year, last year or the year before won't have to update at all. The PC version of Crysis 3 won't just look slightly sharper and have higher fps, it'll look completely different and will be leaps and bounds ahead of the consoles versions.

Next-gen PC games won't be 10x's better than console games, they'll look 150x's better thanks to PC like architecture of the new consoles.

The only people who try to bash PC gaming are people without jobs, and what's wrong in making you games look better? once you see it with your own eyes you'll be eating crow for a week.

[theeg]

@Valkrye

your statement is way off, an 8800 gtx came out when the ps3 did, it will utterly DECIMATE the ps3 and 360, it can still play games in higher resolutions with way more anti aliasing and better framerates than either "hd" console (which are not hd)

as far as next gen graphics, you are a funnny guy, next gen, ps4 and nextbox will not even come close to the graphics i am playing right now, do you honestly think your $400 ps4/720 is going to be able to play crysis 3 in 1600p at 60 frames with 4x-8x anti aliasing, my pc will, just like it doess with metro2033, bf3 skyrim and any other games that come out.

next gen you will be lucky to get 1080p @30 frames with 2x anti aliasnng in games, on pc, thats 2005 graphics man, pc is two generations beyond ps3/360, nothing amazing has happened on console since uncharted 2

on topic, crysis 3 =

confirmed sub-hd, tons of jaggies, choppy framerate and tons of screen tear for ps3 and 360 crysis 3

also, it will look like the pc version on the LOWEST POSSIBLE settings, just like crysis 1 and 2 did on console. Do not believe any dev about how amazing and cutting edge their game looks on 8 year old hardware, you have al;ready seen the absolute pinnacle of ps3/360 graphics.

uncharted 2

no console game will ever surpass it as proven by uncharted 3 looking WORSE than uncharted 2!

Time for new consoles!

Devs are just trying to sell you, it's a joke, you guys should see right through it, but, again, millions fall for it!

basilezz3030,

it is a matter of opinion, but, to me, and i am a outspoken graphics whore, uncharted 2 look way, WAY smoother, 10x less jaggies, softer lighting

example

the part where you play as "little drake" in the beging as a little street rat (which i hated playing as that kid) look around at the crowd, they look like sims 1 charachters, covered in jaggies, inside, when you are trying to steal something (anti spoiler) the cases look terrible sub hd, then later and every time we see drake, even drake himself he is covered in jaggies, backround details are very sub hd.

there are parts of 3 that look almost as good, and areas where the set pieces are cooler like the cruise ship was an AMAZING set piece, but again, the jaggies were worse than uncharted 2.

i liked uncharted 3 a lot, I freaking LOVED uncharted 2, i just think it was better looking, better controlling, and a better narative, all around better game.....that is 100% an opinion though

[basilezz3030]

i agreed with every thing you said untill you said uncharted 2 look better than 3
either you are never played the game or you need to check your eyes man
can you even back up what you just said ???

[Ducky]

Depends what part of the game you compare.

I thought Borneo in UC2 looked better than the Chateau in UC3.

It comes down to opinion in the ended. UC2 looked a bit cleaner, while UC3 has some nifty new lighting effects.

[Nac]

"no console game will ever surpass it as proven by uncharted 3 looking WORSE than uncharted 2!"

Bring your face to my hand!!!

[Monkeysmoke]

@Theeg

I stoped reading where you said uncharted 2 is smoother and less jaggy than uncharted 3 lol .
If you're not aware let me let you know:
uncharted 2 has 0 AA while uncharted 3 used MLAA which is equivalent to 4MSAA.

Uncharted 3 has better shader texture and complex physics than uncharted 2.

Uncharted 3 has better shadow and better particle effects (explosion and water) than uncharted 2.

Stop watching Unchated 3 on those small Youtube box and actually go play it yourself so you'll stop yelling lies.
Or may be you need get your eyes checked because since i didn't notice any jaggy in uncharted 3, the game is realy smooth.

[basilezz3030]

well since you said it's your opinion... carry on
no harm in opinions

[Hufandpuf]

Do they even know what they are saying anymore!?

[WeskerChildReborned]

Would be awesome if they could but i'm not expecting it.

[pandehz]

I'll wait for actual Pc gameplay vids.

Till then I can still smell the dodgy port in the oven

[Cosmo811]

Ho.ly.shit.

[FATAL1TY]

Uncharted 3, The Last of Us > crysis 2.5: dark edition!

Crytek/crysis 3 = Epic Fail. Repetitive enemies/jungle, bad story

[Game3s]

No comment.

[BrianG]

A "no comment" comment.

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[FlyShootRaceSims]

Uncharted and Crysis are both great in their own respective ways. To think otherwise, is FATALity.

[bunfighterii]

Crysis 2 on PS3 and 360 was talked up so much, but graphically it was bit of a let down. It looked alright standing still, but in motion it had a poor framerate, its resolution was low and blurry, and if suffered from lots of pop-in.

So I doubt the claims that 3 will be any better.

[qwertyz]

why didnt you try the pc version ? makes all console games including UC3 look worse than a ps2 game maxed out. The pc version at lowest settings 720p even looks better than just about ANY console game :/

Crysis 2 on consoles tried to do things consoles just CANT do thats why the frame rate was crappy and had pop-in problems. PC is already over 2 genearations ahead of consoles

@AdmiralSnake

Attacking be because of VIDEOGAMES ? really ? By the way Crysis 2 pc maxed out is over a generation ahead of UC3 and crysis 2 minimum pc settings at 720p DOES look better than UC3 get over it. Console hardware is ancient or do you honestly believe technology stood still ever since ps3 released ? even high end 2006 pcs are much more powerful than either console.

For their age consoles have been able to pull of pretty impressive visuals but even at best they are no match for pc games that actually take advantage of a tiny bit of the enormous potential current pcs possess.

Do you know a single midrange kepler can run the saaritan tech demo in REALTIME ? and thats not even nearly as powerful as the high end keplers that will be released soon. I'm sure you believe teh ps3/360 can match that.

[bunfighterii]

I don't have a gaming PC. I've got an iMac.

[aquamala]

Crysis 2 looks damned good for a console game. Definitely still one of the best looking games on consoles.

[Tyre]

@Aquamala Hell yes! @Knushwood below me...go get it! U've missed a great game!

[Knushwood Butt]

Wasn't the game itself meh? (never played it myself, just that's the overall impression I got).

[Letros]

Crytek should know POM isn't a DX11 feature..been around for many years, just another PR hype from them.

[TheModernKamikaze]

Did ya hear? They're making it 60fps lock.

[x800]

PC all the way! :) i dont need to worry about crysis 3 having dx11 or better graphics because i know it has it all :D

[FrigidDARKNESS]

There is n wY dx11 can run on the 360 and ps3. It will have to be next gen xbox that will support dx11

[mamotte]

"We maxed consoles. Again. Still wont look as everyone of you thinks."

[SKUD]

Crytek. Full time console dev.

[capcock]

Crysis 2 both looked and played like dogshit on the consoles, it dropped below 25fps during non hectic parts and it was sub hd so what makes you think crysis 3 will be anywhere NEAR DX11 quality on the consoles?

If you are, then you're fooling yourself.

[andron]

Yeah, it'll look great, but have Crytek fixed the performance on consoles? I didn't play it as much as I would have if the framerate was better...

[MrCrimson]

The article title is contradicted by the first sentence....

[stannyman73]

Why just not wait for for nextgen consoles,then we can have dx11 60fps max in full 1080p 3d so lame bringing it to 6-7 year old consoles!sort it out crytek.....

[Incipio]

This = gimped PC version

[sjaakiejj]

Sounds like PR to me. Most of the features that really make Dx11 stand out are there as hardware, not software features. You can do it in software, but it's a lot slower.

Aside from that, I could reasonably believe they use some OpenGL extensions to get some extra functionality out of the drivers. It's a lot harder with DirectX.

[Pandamobile]

What? They get parallax occlusion mapping working on consoles and suddenly that's "DX11 Graphics on Consoles"?

[Kahvipannu]

"Crytek has DX11 graphics running in Crysis 3 on PS3, Xbox 360"

Hmmm, don't know who wrote that title, but that isn't possible, X0 or PS3 can't do it, and PS3 doesn't even use Dx...

About using DX9, yeah, tou can make some seriously good looking stuff with it, but I highly doubt it with current gen consoles hardware, that it is anything near Dx11. We'll wee..

[banner]

Why not... Why can't they just use each console to its fullest potential?! It's done for pc with. O shame so why be shameful on the console version. I don't care what console the game looks and runs better on cause I will just buy it for what ever console that is.

Why do devs insist On having the same exact experience on 2different consoles. I just don't get it!

[hiredhelp]

Not sure if theres room for another comment.
Wait think just have Doh"

[MadMen]

If its running on PS3 and Xbox then we know it isnt going to be worth a flip - they should wait for next gen to worrying about it

[Bluemaster77]

They delivered on consoles , for the most part with crysis 2 . The PC was a different story it was undoubtedly lessened

[Zephol]

curse not! Is imposible. Because the graphic cards from console its only works with directx 10.

[BlackPrince 42]

Ahem

[turgore]

Lol PC tards getting excited for Crysis 2.5

[JONESY6]

Why dont they just give up on the consoles already. its getting ridiculous. its not graphics that the consoles are holding back, its gameplay mechanics.

Time for a new generation or some games made for teh PC ground up.

[4lc4pon3]

They are going to screw us PC users over as always. Crytek went console and that was it. They made Crysis 2 which was a console port through n through & it looked decent on PC but was still crap.

Now they are going to create Crysis 3 for Console then give us a lame ass garbage port of the game instead of giving us a great game to push our hardware.

a BIG FINGER to you Crytek for investing on consoles.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

so this will be on PS4 and Xbox 720?

[annus]

"Crytek has DX11 graphics running in Crysis 3 on PS3, Xbox 360".

I have decoded this message and come to the conclusion that it will be on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

[josephayal]

The PS3 is a Super Gaming PC

[StraightPath]

I can not wait to see this game in action. Crysis a 5 year old game still looks better then 90% of games out today. It shows crytec are brast creating a game that was ahead of its time.

[Somebody]

Why do I have the feeling this is nothing more than an ego boost for Crytek. They promised that Crysis 2 will look awesome and optimized for all platform. They partly succeeded although the PC version wasn't that up to it.

Then came along CDP with The Witcher 2 and their own grand promise of nearly indiscernible similarities between the PC and X Box 360 versions. They actually succeeded. They even have a DX9 effects that requires high end card to play. For once a game developer actually made true of their promises.

I guess some developers are feeling the heat from CDP's success so they are promising more astounding things to come. DX11-like effects for consoles? Console games kept saying that DX11 or superior graphic is irrelevant in gaming (gameplay does) so why should Crytek bother anyway. Console gamers are true gamers, not graphic whores.

[RacingLightning01]

You had me up to, "Console gamers are true gamers, not graphic whores."

[shadowboricua]

Let the whole year of bullshit until release begin!

[FarCryLover182]

If Crysis 3 does have DX11 level graphics on console, then props to Crytek!

[OpiZA]

THE FUTURE!!!

/s

[2pacalypsenow]

at what 420p?

[Voxelman]

Parallax occlusion mapping isn't a DX11 effect, several DX9 titles have used it.

Call me when they have tessellation based displacement mapping...

[Tzuno]

360 can do an advanced version of DX9 and ps3 an advanced version of dx10 therefore Crytek is lying just to sell.

[Mkai28]

Yeah 360 is more like DX 9.5, but the PS3 is not capable of direct x. I think you mean PS3 is capable of producing visuals close to DX 10 using OpenGL.