Crysis Console Vs PC Comparison: Which version looks better?

"Four years have passed and still there are a few gaming PCs around that can run Crysis at maximum setting and resolution. Recently Crytek and EA announced that the four year old shooter is making its way on consoles, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
We decided to compare some recently released screenshots of the console version and what we did was fire up our beastly PC and compared the exact locations. Mind you we made the resolution 720p but with all the settings on high."

[AngelGirl16]

I think the pics might have been labeled wrong because the 360/PS3 version looked better than the PC version.

[piroh]

in my opinion lightning and effects are better for consoles according to these screenshots

obviously, they have 4 years to polish

now i am excited bring it on

[osamaq]

@piroh what are you talking about !!.... PC is far more realistic as I can see ... the colors is far more natural...

and I'm a console owner by the way ...

[kharma45]

The only reason the colours look difference is the night/day cycle in the game, the console version is quite obviously earlier in the day than the PC which looks like it's getting near to sunset.

[BiggCMan]

It will look fine on the consoles. However, the ability to add mods to the PC version is what makes it superior in the graphics department.

You can't get this on the consoles.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[bozebo]

The screenshots were obviously taken with bias towards the consoles tbh.

The consoles will simply not have enough power to handle the complex shaders that the game uses (sub surface scattering, atmospheric scattering, parralax mapping etc).

Also, the PC screenshots were downscaled to those silly low-res images used in the article which causes quite a lot of blurring and makes the textures look low res.

Just wait until it's actually out on consoles then the differences will be obvious.

Heres a video of the differences in motion:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
but, it is also taken with a bit of bias towards PC I will admit - but at least its actually the same scenes and not totally different parts of the environment like this article.

Also fyi, a PC to max out crysis at 1080p with 50-70fps today costs about £600 (I built one yesterday for a friend with new components). My PC from 2008 that cost £800 can very nearly max it out at 1680x1050 but only at about 30-40fps so it has a lot of input lag which makes it hard to play with a mouse but it feels fine with a controller.

Still, I am impressed with how Crysis 1 looks on consoles overall; certainly looks better than Crysis 2 does.

[Pixel_Pusher]

they mixed up picture 3 of 5 there's no way in hell that's PC.

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-co...

[Kurylo3d]

This article is a joke.. that level has different times of day... so they took a screenshot of when the sun first rises for the pc version and a screenshot of a brighter full noon looking version for the 360/ps3.. and then they say the console version is better. hahhaa your not gonna fool people who actually played crysis ... dumb writer dumb article.

[BlindGuardian]

the Crysis expansion looked better than the main game and it required a lot less resources, and that's because they had time to optimized the performance

is it that surprising that they used the same process for this console port?

not only hardware changes over time but development software as well and what needed a lot of power 4 years ago and now it can be done with a lot less

I can't believe all these PC gamers commenting here don't know that

[decrypt]

Lol its sad watching the lengths console gamers will go to just to defend 6 year old tech.

Its just that most of them are butt hurt that even multiplats look and run better on the pc than console exclusives.

[Megaton]

@Pixel_Pusher - Yeah, that can't be PC. Or at least not "very high" as GB claims. At the very least, AF is clearly turned off in that screenshot.

Not surprised to find this pile from GB, though. I bet they grabbed some of their "screenshots" from trailers.

[specialguest]

This is freaking Gamingbolt. One of the worst sites out there. You will not find a legit comparison here. They are laughing their ass off knowing they just disturbed the PC ant nest on purpose, just to gain hits. So far, they've done a good job at that.

[MaxXAttaxX]

I think that's all that matters as long as the game runs smoothly.

[B00M]

bozebo - a £600 PC that maxes crysis with 50-70 fps? what were the specs? not trolling actually wanna know because I spent about £720 on my rig.

[Theonetheonly]

my 2 cents.

they will gut this game port to cryengine 3
lower texture rez to the rez of those in crysis 2 and switch to their new deferred ligting and shadow system.

Come on people. dont fool yourselves if they couldnt get crysis 2 to be the best looking game on consoles, they have no chance of doing so with arguably the best looking game released on pc. absolutely bogus.

list of things i am almost sure will be squeezed for performance.

1 massive texture resolution downgrade.
2 switch from global illumination to deferred lighting and shadows, which are realtime yet not tied explicitly to framerate.

see http://www.youtube.com/watc...
vs crysis 1 pc
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

notice how physics are not tied to framerate in cryengine 3 meaning slow objects when performance is at risk.

4 say goodbye to volumetric lighting and say hello to post process godrays,

5 the geometry invovled in the original crysis was and still is impossible on consoles, everything will be changed trees and foliage will be less dense and less responsive to shockwaves if shockwaves even make it into the game.

6 volumetric explosions will be gone as well as volumetric clouds.

7 draw distance will at least be cut in half.

8 lod aa af, will be cut in 1/4 ao Parallax occlusion mapping will be nonexistant as well.

9 specular vegetation will only be used on plants with big leaves, like palm trees and those big leaved plants.

all of this will be missing in order to cram this sandbox into 6 year old hardware please dont kid yourselves.

and it will all be justified by the "New Color grading" that will do little more than change the colors of a severely handicapped version of the original CRYSIS.

at least it will be at 720p right.

i get disappointed when people dont understand performance cost/visual fidelity are directly proportional.

/rant

[Sunhammer]

http://gamersyde.com/news_s...

Hey guys, check out that disgusting filth right there.

Sub-HD? Check.
Crytek using bullshots again by releasing blown up "1080p" screen shots of a sub-HD game? Check.
Pretty much nonexistent anti-aliasing? Check.
"Remastered in HD"? How, if the console versions aren't HD and the PC version supported native 1080p from the go? Check.
Laughable downgrade in textures? Check.

Good job on the "remastered" port, Crytek.

I'm not even a PC gaming fanboy and I can admit that Crysis on consoles looks like Crysis on low settings with slightly redone lighting.

I'm sure PC elitists are laughing right now and so am I. It is amazing what Crytek can get console fantards to believe.

[BattleAxe]

Just another stupid gaming bolt article. This is one of those questions that doesn't even need to be asked as the answer is obvious. Console only gamers should just be happy that they get to play another awesome game that looks good.

[Mr_Lu_Kim]

Even with his little updte claimng this article is real, it's still FAKE and the submitter is a looser and a fanboy...

Grow up kiddies, we all know it won't and physicaly can't on this genertion of console hardware look better than the PC version 4 years ago.

Also Gamingbolt.com? who the F are they again... Oh that's right a nobody site looking for hits.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here are two 1080p videos comparing vanilla DX10 original PC Crysis running under Very High settings against the new console footage:

[slayorofgods]

the lighting and game play effects were huge on pc. It is hard to judge which looks better on a still screen image.

@below
totally agree. One lousy image really doesn't even begin to compare. I know people are excited about getting Crysis on consoles, but you also have to realize what the game is capable of on a pc to really appreciate it. That image doesn't even begin to showcase why the pc version of Crysis was a graphical masterpiece for its time.

[ProjectVulcan]

The low resolution shots help to hide the obvious differences you would see playing it on a decent sized, HD screen. Its a terrible comparison, because it is heavily biased towards the console version this way.

As per usual they are putting the PC version up against console, on the console's terms, at low end 720p which hides major asset differences.

For example most Crysis PC textures are 1024 x 1024, and several are 2048 x 2048!!

This is difficult to see in those low res shots. However i have seen a full size console set of shots on LOT, and it is OBVIOUS the console version has no texture bigger than 512 x 512.

Please for the love of god, ignore this awful comparison. It flatters the console version and destroys much of the detail of the PC version i have come to be accustomed to and are very aware of.

Extremely disappointed with the quality of this article.

[Yukicore]

Of course. Back in 2006 when they were still making the game, those graphics looked so phenomenal, that they didn't have any clue what can they improve graphically.

[saladthieves]

Something tells me that this AngelGirl16 has something to do with WariorPrincess, that trolling troll.

Joined not long ago, commenting first on the articles, yeah..could be the same person.

On the side of things, why are people doing pointless comparisons like Crysis PC version vs a console port?? Seriously? Must we place them side by side just to conclude that the PC version *GHASP* looks better than the console port?

[AngelGirl16]

I have no idea what you're talking about about but if you read the article and the update. The guy tested the pc version at 720p and the settings all on high. So it really amazing that it looks better than the pc at those settings. This might be too good to be true so we might have to wait until the game is released to compare.

[Tanir]

a 500,000 Gajillion dollar computer will always look better than a console..........unless it was a 10 year old diamond encrusted compaq pasario.......lol

[NarooN]

I'm not sure who would pay that much for a PC, but you can build a PC from scratch right now, I'm talkin GPU, CPU, PSU, MOBO, RAM, Sound Card, Case, and any other accessories, and it'd top out at around $600-700 and could run Crysis 1 & 2 maxed @ 1080p with 30fps minimum.

[Tanir]

lol naroon, it was a joke *sigh haha. fact is console = 250-300, pc = 600-1000 depending on your monitor and accesories. i have a 1200$ pc i know. it makes gorgeous games far above ps3 and 360 wen it comes to multiplats buuuuut......price difference is a huge hinderance. not sure any1 can afford that wen people complain that ps3 is 250 lol

[frostyhat123]

Well it is a 4 year old game so I wouldn't be suprised if they looked exactly the same!

[smilydude13]

Hey guys. Something seems bizarre about their comparison and it really doesn't show the differences. I would also like to clarify that the time of day is different in each photo which is extremely misleading.

http://www.gamepur.com/news...

I believe that site does a much, much, MUCH better job at illustrating the difference between the versions. For instance the lighting appears to have been significantly downgraded and doesn't seem nearly as subtle, and the difference in foliage is extremely noticeable.

[DigitalAnalog]

But since they're able to "port" Crysis 1 (a game where most PC fans claims that is impossible to do on consoles). It then makes you wonder why Crysis 2 isn't as open as this?

One thing is for sure, there's going to be numerous setbacks with this port considering the scope is bigger. However, the color palette of the new engine gives it a more updated look then the PC counterpart.

As a note, I think it serves great injustice that they had to force a 720p resolution to compare the consoles, bumping the resolution higher to 1080p would've made a very big difference in image quality.

-End statement

[smilydude13]

The color difference is because it's a different time of day in each of the photos.

The PC version seems to be at dusk, while the console appears to be the afternoon.

I think http://www.gamepur.com/news... does a more accurate comparison between the two versions.

[FlameBaitGod]

PC > Console

[iamgoatman]

Seeing as most of those PC shots look terrible, here's at least what the PC screenshot from the first comparison SHOULD look like.

http://img849.imageshack.us...

It also should be noted that Crytek seem to have altered the TOD and colour grading for the console versions, unless you have everything on medium with the contrast and brightness wacked up, the game never has that blue hue.

[stevenhiggster]

The console shots are clearly from the xbox version, it always has over done contrast ratios.

[Jo0j]

it is xbox pics, on pic 2 you can clearly see the A-Y-X-B buttons on the gun

[awi5951]

Fraps records at very low res. If you try to crank it up it kills your pc. I wouldnt use fraps to capture anything you need lots of detail or to show off graphics. Also fraps has a max res it supports and its not very high. IF you try to record 3min in fraps at 1080P its like a 100gig file.

[SantistaUSA]

very true, fraps kills your performance! GB did a very poor job on this comparison!!!

[bozebo]

Also they are using screenshots... so why use fraps at all lol when there is PrintScr or an in-game screenshot button.

[Bob570]

The only problem with the PC screenshot is the greyed-out color, which is easily remedied with a nice monitor or by adjusting the in-game contrast, brightness, and gamma bars.

The foliage looks better, the particle effects and volumetric clouds/smokes is better, higher resolution textures etc.

[hiredhelp]

Ok could you please state what video card your using what dx your using. and must be at least a core 2 duo. as the 360 has 2 cores. and be nice to see fraps. i see no FPS on screen shots thankyou.

[Bigpappy]

360 has a unique 3 core processor.

[hiredhelp]

Thankyou for correcting me your right. ;)

Xbox 360
Intel Xenon CPU- 3 Cores @ 3.2ghz each (9.6ghhz threaded)
512MB RAM shared between GPU and CPU
ATi

PS3
Cell Broadband SPU - 8Cores (1 disabled as back up) @3.2Ghz each (25.6Ghz Threaded)
256mb system RAM
256mb Dedicated Graphics RAM
Nvidia

Love a pc to run a cell processor imagin what that could do.

[HenryFord]

@hiredhelp
mhm? The XBox uses a PowerPC-CPU, that isn't built by Intel but by AMD (and another dev. when my mind serves me right, I think they built it in a joint-venture). The CPU is thus based upon IBM's PowerPC architecture, has nothing to do with Intel...

You are maybe thinking of Intel Xeon which again has nothing to do with the Xbox...

The Cell-Processors wouldn't do any good for the PC-crowd because they have very limited usability. The raw-processing power might be higher than the usual x86_64-chipsets used nowadays, but it is also highly specific and specialized. The PC-Crowd uses GPU-chipsets in order to achieve the same power, and a regular modern GPU can do much better than the PS3's cell-architecture. The only thing in which the cell-architecture outdoes a modern GPU is distributed-computing, at least that is what they tell is - I don't think that is even true any more.
Another thing is that the cell-architecture has a very difficult instruction-set, making it hard to develope on that thing.

Long story short: You really do not want the cell-architecture inside your PC. And if you want - you can order yourself a blade-center, which utilizes cell-architecture.

Also - you might want to begin to read into this stuff as you will realize that the frequenz of a processor isn't really worth being mentioned, especially when you try to compare different architectures against each other.

[TheXonySbox]

you literally know nothing of computer hardware, lmao please take a comp sci course to enlighten your ignorance.

Lol, thanks for giving me a laugh though.

hiredhelp - xbox360=9.6ghz, LMAO! hahahahahaha
I guess that makes my I7.. 15.6ghz, and 31.2ghz if you count the Hyper thread'n cuz u know it doubles yur ghz.

end /S

[TheXonySbox]

you'd have to be half retarded to think a 6 year old console can trump hardware that still has trouble running crysis on ultra.

Simple as this, if you own a console and need to look a this graphics shit; you seriously need to consider computer gaming, seriously all these games are already gimmped on consoles just due to the resolution alone; let alone the counless other limitations with graphics.

If you care about gameplay, consoles are GREAT; but if you honestly are a graphics whore, comparing PC games you honestly need to open your eyes.

Even ugly PC games look better then most console games because of the sheer clarity that you have before you, let alone the effects that we have the horsepower to create.

Simple

[PtRoLLFacE]

http://s80.photobucket.com/... when i see that in consoles the fuking way console will even match med settings lol

[vickysud]

OH GOD NOT AGAIN PLS EVERYONE KNOWS WAT CRYSIS WAS ON PC N OBV IT WILL BE BETTER THAN CONSOLE.. I DNT THINK THERE SHOULB BE A COMPARISON B/W CONSOLE N PC INSTEAD IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN X360 N PS3

[gameseveryday]

did you even read the post? The point is the console version is looking more 'colorful' than the pc version.

And in some instances it is even looking better than the PC version.

[AngelGirl16]

I don't know why you have disagrees.

[Sunhammer]

More colorful based on what? I can guarantee you the console versions will be loaded with jaggies. Crytek only releases doctored images captured from computers they build, which have Crysis running max settings and full AA, far beyond 30 frames per second. They also speed up their trailers and add motion blur to hide any imperfections with frame rate or jaggies.

How much you wanna bet Crysis on consoles will barely even be locked at 30 fps and will use a very low standard of AA?

Oh wait, it's Rashid Sayed from GamingBolt.com, A.K.A the worst website ever made.

[Motorola]

WHATS WITH THE CAPS LOCK? CALM DOWN.

[SantistaUSA]

hey Rashid S. your site is just looking for hits, which is ok, but you are doing it by misleading tactics!!!

[Karooo]

Read the article.

"We decided to compare some recently released screenshots of the console version and what we did was fire up our beastly PC and compared the exact locations. Mind you we made the resolution 720p but with all the settings on high."

[Pandamobile]

So you take some low res PC screenshots, forget to use the highest settings, then compare it to high-res renders from the console version.

Video game journalism at its finest, ladies and gents.

[contra157]

I dont understand why they put it up against the computer when computers are at least 5yrs ahead. EVERYBODY PC IS BETTER GET OVER IT.

[Optical_Matrix]

Is that a serious question? I don't even..

[lugia 4000]

mmm, I don't know. Maybe my GTX580 is not better than my Xbox. Maybe my xbox is just better. Very stupid article. Want colorful crap? Get a modded config.

[bozebo]

8600GS for £40 is better than your 360.

[cliffbo]

@bozebo
"8600GS for £40 is better than your 360."

you do realise a gpu by itself just won`t work at all right?.LOL

[monkeymagik]

bozebo

8600gs, rofl. Your funny.

8600gs does not have the pixel throughput or shader power to even touch the 360. Maybe your thinking of the 8800gs. which would be close.

Or maybe you just underestimate AMD.

[hiredhelp]

no but a 4870 would be cheaper and still dominate consoles. and yes can if this person was knowledgable with this game put it to a ultra setting

[NYC_Gamer]

These type of post bring the worse out of gamers

[SageHonor]

And the sad part is that "these types of articles" gets the most hits. Its like gamers are intentionally going to these articles so they can complain.

[Organization XII]

Colorful? are you for real? does real life look like rainbows? O dont think so, even an ignorant PS3 fanboy (like me) knows that Crysis on current and 2-3 year old PC hardware rips apart anything consoles can do. Does this even support 8xAA and 16xAF and extreme draw distance? Nah I'm sure not, let me see this sustain a solid 30FPS. lol.

[veChuy]

PC BY FAR

[NatureOfLogic]

Really, let me check again something must be wrong with my eyes.

Edit: I know PC can look better and perform better, but those PS3/360 pics look better than the PC ones.

[3GenGames]

One bubble well used, upped.

[Pandamobile]

Obligatory
http://tinyurl.com/3wt7sua

[FlameBaitGod]

People really have to be stupid to believe a console game would ever look better than a pc one.

[Studio-YaMi]

This stupid website(gamingbolt)should never be allowed to post articles or anything related to gaming on N4G,they are just a bunch of liars,they tweak there screens and spread false news.
*they did that more than once*

Anyone who thinks a console can do better than an upgradable PC should go see a doctor right away !

Am not saying that there aren't great gems on consoles (like the Uncharted series for example) but if Uncharted was made for PC too,then you'de fined mind blowing graphics more awesome than what you can see on PS3,if you're not a fanboy you would know that for a fact without being blind about it !

[theonlylolking]

fact

@disagrees

How could you disagree with fact?????

[Miiikeyyy]

Because if you look at the Pics, The consoles screenshots actually look better. It's as if They labelled the pics wrong

[3GenGames]

I disagreed because you didn't look at the pictures, 360/PS3 look far better.

[Motorola]

How can something look better, fact? Its a 100% opinionated question.

[The Iron Sheik]

This is like asking Rosie O'Donnell vs Megan Fox

Who is better?

[Nes_Daze]

More like Rosie O'Donnell vs. Oprah Winfrey, because Crysis sucks anyway.....oh yes I did..lol.

[specialguest]

Because Crysis sucks anyways? That's irrelevant to the subject of the matter, which is comparing graphics or looks.

Dumb statement? Oh yes you did!

[Nes_Daze]

@specialguest It's relevant because it pertains to the game, Crysis is an overrated pretty FPS, still mad??

[specialguest]

It's: U mad?

Sorry, but I had to correct you, because "still mad" doesn't have the same effects.

[HINDERIZATION]

@specialguest
internet memes are pretty dumb too.

[specialguest]

Yes, and I don't use them. If you understood sarcasm without me having to use the /s, you would recognized that I corrected Gloomy_Nes in a sarcastic way which effortlessly defuses the whole meme insult effect.

[HINDERIZATION]

@specialguest
but you did use it lol

[Otheros00]

They aren't even in the exact same place when taking those screens.

[bozebo]

this ^

+ well said bubs

[RyuCloudStrife]

Consoles OWN!!!

[pr0digyZA]

Still havn't managed to figure out how to put all the shots on one page I see.

Anyway not a great comparison considering the PC shots are a lower res and the settings aren't at max. Console shots look good though, they have changed the lighting it seems.

[KillerPwned]

They are really doing this........LMFAO! Take a look at these modded crysis screens.

http://www.gamespot.com/for...

[pr0digyZA]

Whats good about those shots is that they aren't modded they are tweaked lighting so its still same game with different values.

Unlike say this mod which is insane
http://www.facepunch.com/th...

[KillerPwned]

Thanks man I`am looking for a up to date graphics mod for this game. I got the hardware juts gotta find the right mod.

[SnotyTheRocket]

Key word here "modded" figure it out you're self.......

[pr0digyZA]

Those just have lighting changed by upping and lowering decimal points. Crytek changed lighting as well plus a whole bunch of other things to get it to work on console. Technically they modded their own game more than killers pics.

[SnotyTheRocket]

Disagree? Really? Well then, I'm off to cry now. :(

[Orpheus]

Someday I might find an article saying the console version of BF3 looks better than the PC version in this weird world of N4G filled with Dino-Tech Fanboys who think optimization can make those T-Rex work at 200% efficiency .......

[3GenGames]

But BF3 will look better on PC. It's being developer for all platforms, all of which DICE are familiar with, and will pull out the best of each, and PC will look better.

BUT, in the 4 years, developers have learned to use the consoles better than the PC when it was released some years ago, so yes this will look better nearly no matter what, because they will take more advantages of what they've learn. If they remade it on PC today it'd look better than consoles, but that's not happening, so I guess we can say truthfully the consoles have the best version of Crysis? :)

[Orpheus]

You forgot all the other articles in N4G comparing Crysis PC vs Console where there are loads of shots comparing both and you have also forgotten the MODs .... Look at Pandamobile's post right below

[caboose32]

Guess you havent seen the graphics mods for Crysis, poor uninformed troll.

[Shubhankar]

Wow... is it just me, or do the console versions actually looks better? 0_o

[Pandamobile]

When comparing high res down scaled console renders to low res, badly compressed PC screenshots, yeah.

This is not what the PC version looks like on very high settings:
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-co...

This is:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/379...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/379...

[Orpheus]

Disagree votes already =)) ..... T-Rex lovers don't even believe their own eyes .... lolz.

[Shaman]

Actually thats essentially it, only you have that really nice Crytek DOF blurring 90% of the screen making it looks smoother than it really is. I have Crysis 1 on PC, I'm one of biggest fanboys, I know what it looks like.

Crytek admited that they went a little over the top with Crysis 1, having HDR post processing taking more than 30ms ported on consoles(basically entire budget),but then they scrapped it and rebuild it and it took 5ms. Its even cheaper on PC with better quality.

[mttrackmaster38]

Those shots you posted actually look kinda blurry.

[veChuy]

Remember Crysis on Pc was released 4 years ago, The Xbox 360 crysis version has new colors palette, that pc screenshots are from 4 years go, Modders are making an amazing job improving graphics on Crysis and Crysis 2 leaving behind console by far and showing the real Pc power in terms of graphics, anyway a official graphics improve was released only on PC for Crysis 2 bringing full directx 11 support and high resolution texture pack, I havent hear about this on console or I am wrong?

[veChuy]

I dont get it why people trying to compare Consoles froms 6 years ago with High en PCs is just stupid, When Xbox 360 was Released at that time really expensive High end PCs had better graphics already and people want compare it now... Common.

[Convas]

Is this a serious question?

[Tsar4ever01]

I think these console pics ARE F**KING FALSE!! There NO WAY the Cryengine3(console versions) of Crysis can EVER compete against the Cryengine2 PC version, the C3 is dumbed down than C2. I believe these pics are a SCAM!!

[Kurylo3d]

This article is a joke... that level has different times of day... so they took a screenshot of when the sun first rises for the pc version and a screenshot of a brighter full noon looking version for the 360/ps3.. and then they say the console version is better. hahhaa your not gonna fool people who actually played crysis ... dumb writer dumb article.

[jmac53]

Haha! Dumb PC fanboys are getting their panties in a twist.

[CapsLocke]

I just have Played Crysis on my PC on very High, and it's nothing like what is showed here in comparison!
I get it now. This article is about how much console version will be close to low-medium settings on PC version. Hand down.
Seriously people, no matter how much you don't believe or disagree, but you simply CAN'T get all that Crysis beauty on weak $300 console. They will wash it, they will bloom it, make lower textures, but it still gonna be what it's always called a "bad port" Only this time it's gonna be "bad PC-to-console port". You'll see it.

[caboose32]

A game made back in 2007, compared to it made in 2011.

Really guys? I'm pretty sure thats 4 years for them to optimize their engine as much as possible.

[i_like_ff7]

Lol console version looks better

[Pandamobile]

http://i.imgur.com/zDHZ0.jp...
http://i.imgur.com/g0TTc.jp...

Guess which one is the console version ;)

I'll give you a hint, it's the one with no foliage.

[caboose32]

This article was a bit unfair.

The author obviously chose certain pc pictures to make the bullshot console ones look better.

Your comment 100% confirms that. And those are the same exact areas arent they?

[Pandamobile]

They are.

[iamgoatman]

Ha! That's just plain awful, if the port requires THAT much foliage and detail to be cut, why bother porting it at all? Theres not going to be much jungle left, may as well make a new game entirely based on some salt falts, nothing is all directions, perfect for the consoles!

[thespaz]

I think it looks better on consoles, but after hating Crysis 2, I probably won't pick this one up.

Any games coming out soon that's not a first person shooter? (I know about Uncharted 3 already).

[Bay]

I think the console screens are doctored anyway...considering the game will probably be running at 720p, the fact that there are absolutely no jaggies is kind of suspicious.

With that said, it seems like Crytek just bumped up the contrast/colors in the console version. You can simply adjust the contrast in the options on the PC Crysis, and as for colors...well, you can grab a ToD mod or one of the many graphics mods for the game, like natural mod or real lifesis (which bumps up the saturation quite a bit, among other things).

[Pandamobile]

They are bullshots. The screens they released (and used in this terrible article) were high res renders.

[Mr Tretton]

Yup, the console shots are bullshots. Remember back when people would actually call out bullshots, now most people just nod their head at them and get into lengthly debates about doctored pictures.

[kcuthbertson]

What a fucking joke

[Shadowaste]

lol...please.....there is not a console game on this planet that looks as good as crysis 1 does running max dx9 on a decent pc, let alone dx10......so, whatever this is, don't get your hopes up.

Uncharted 2, god of war 3, killzone 3 all beautiful and the best console gaming has to offer, look nowhere near as good as crysis dx10 on pc, this port will not either, unless it is coming to next gen consoles!

[zero_cool]

Uncharted 3 easily surpasses uncharted 2 as uncharted 2 surpassed the first uncharted just like many of PS3's exclusives have surpassed each of the previous games in their respective series & each other on occasion so the playstation 3 isn't tapped out of performance fidelity just yet!

UNCHARTED 3 Cruise Ship direct feed - E3 2011 demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

P.S..Proves just how oblivious you are to the truth!

Cheers PS3 Basher!

[Shadowaste]

so i did watch that video and it looked cool for a console game, beautiful even, but, I hope you are watching it in fullscreen, if not, then you are seeing something it will never, EVER look like on an actual screen.

That is the problem with a lot of clips and screens of games, you look at them in this tiny window hyper compressed and then wonder why the actual game looks nothing like it when you play it on a 50" plasma

well, when you take a 10" screen and blow it up to 50", you get a much less clear picture!

[AdvanceWarsSgt]

Only a Sony fanboy would try to argue that the PS3 = a PC

LOL silly Sony fans, when will you learn that the PS3 can't do "everything"?

[death2smoochie]

Still thinking the PS3 is a super computer more powerful than a Gaming PC?
LOL
Will you ever stop?

[Semir]

you're playing on 6 year old hardware :( I think thats kinda lame

and I'm enjoying Dx11 :) Tesselation FTW!!!

[EdwardS087]

This is not up for debate. lol I have played this game maxed dozens of time--those pics are not 'very high'. A classic N4G thread.

[ATi_Elite]

I totally agree!

They may be on High settings but Crysis has a Very High setting. Hell this could be DX9 for all we know while Crysis is best in DX10 mode.

then the last thing is the Shader Quality needs to be at Very High for Crysis to go Photo Realistic and they DO NOT have the shader quality set to Very High!

[Zyrusticae]

Indeed, this thread is utterly hilarious.

The PC screenshots aren't taken at Very High, aren't taken at high resolution, and don't have AF/AA maxed out.

A very effective troll article, I must admit. Very effective...

[DFresh]

People are too stupid to realize that Crysis using the original Cry Engine and the remake of Crysis (consoles) uses the Cry Engine 2.
Even though there's no way that in this video Crysis is on high settings in these screens for the PC.
To me it looks like Low-Medium Settings.
Still I gotta admit it looks pretty damn impressive on the consoles.

[Zyrusticae]

For the record, it goes like this:

Far Cry - Cryengine 1
Crysis - Cryengine 2
Crysis 2 - Cryengine 3

[DFresh]

Makes sense now.
But you still get the idea though.

[ATi_Elite]

Crysis at 1080p and Max settings looks Photo realistic in many areas so i do not know what these guys have done to the settings. they did mention 720p (who the hell plays at 720p?) and high settings (although Crysis has a Very High setting) but high settings doesn't mean spit if the Shader Quality is set to low.

DX10 1080p Shader Quality Very High along with Very High for ALL other settings is Crysis at it's best!

Crysis console looks good but i'm not gonna sit here and look at some candy ass photos of Crysis PC vs Crysis console and fall for the false hype. Sure Crytek has had 4 years to make Crysis console shine but NO WAY can Crysis console be on any level of Crysis PC. I've been running Crysis maxed out since 2008 (HD4870 CF) so I know what I'm talking about!

Again Crysis console looks good but don't go GIMPING Crysis PC for a cheap comparison. Run it in all it's glory then compare the two.

Crysis with the immersion mod is even better than Crysis max graphics.

[Ulf]

I find it laughable that people still think a new console gen is "necessary".

Take a look at these shots. It's actually difficult to tell which version is which, in some circumstances.

[BlmThug]

Console versions seem more polished and has a better lighting but im just happy i get to play the game and at a low price

[jbiz330]

theres a bunch of asshat nerds on this article's comment section. jesus the game looks good for a console. A lot of us couldnt play it on a PC at the time. stfu and be happy. If it comes out and is shite THEN complain. Some of you fanboys are the absolute worst.

[ExitToExisT]

http://www.google.com/searc...

[undercovrr]

Maybe vanilla Crysis on pc can be argued as being similar to the console counterpart. But there is NO WAY IN HELL that the modded Crysis (especially with Natural Mod, Extreme Immersion Mod, or CCC) is even remotely close to the same graphical quality as the console one. You have to blind or an idiot to think that

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here, see for yourself! Vanilla PC version at Very High settings against the Xbox 360 version: http://youtu.be/YnTSj4f20Js

[tee_bag242]

For the sake of comparisons we are trying to compare apples with apples. So talking about PC mods is utterly irrelevant fanboy nonsense.
Obviously the PC version is going to be prettier - but the question is - apples vs apples to what degree is the PC version more superior.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Attached to this comment is the latest 1080p video comparing the differences in new locations.

[monkeymagik]

Seriously.

RESISTANCE 3 has some of the best lighting fx and particle fx atm.

Amount of lighting, and on screen madness is nothing short of mindblowing.

Crysis 2 has great lighting as well.

Anyway on topic.

For a Console game it looks fantastic.

[TABSF]

The Lighting in CryEngine 3 is better and same with the colours
Besides that PC version is better in every way.

Hopefully Crytek will release Crysis CryEngine 3 for PC gamers or at least someone mod it.

Have to say not all them PC shots look like they were at very high, the lack of DoF, SSAO, particle effects and specular lighting is screaming at me saying it was either on medium or high.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[AO1JMM]

Gotta love how Crysis fanboys like to post modded pix and not out of the box Crysis pix.

[Hazmat13]

will it have like a sandbox editor?

[Tyre]

I can't believe the attention this game gets, again. 1st PC gamers said this game couldn't come to the consoles, ever (i mean Crysis 1) with the entire original open world gameplay intact and now Crytek has pulled it off and it looks great with even enhanced FX due to the Cryengine 3 usage. And now it still isn't good??? What is ur major malfunction?? STOP ATTACKING THIS GAME bunch of losers, it looks great maybe not DX10 great but WHAT THE HELL, does it matter? NO bunch of negative, self repeating, robots. Why do u people always take it so personal if Crysis is involved??U people must be suffering from a major minority complex? LEAVE the game for what it is, Crytek can do the hell they want with it, PC gamers had their fun million times over since 2007. Now Crytek did their best to give Crysis 1 a second run on console and it's 20 bucks so what? IT'S THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR!!! I played this game so many times and i still love it because of the messing around with enemies and the open world/physics gameplay etc. This Campaign is EPIC! and the sense of scale (also the valleys inbetween the slope of the mountains) is unique! Console gamers are going to be amazed by this game and this is going to be a hit!! It has the complete PC campaign, Amazing work Crytek! Always hoped u pulled it off! I have nothing but respect for Crytek and Crysis 1/Warhead are definitely 2 of the best shooters around!! 20 bucks ladies and gents! This is a steal everybody should check it out, it's massive!!! Still can't believe it's coming for real, Day 1!

[Ingram]

Whoa whoa...some Master Race individuals having gastric ulcers about some obvious stuff they shouldn't even defend I see.

PC is better, OK, ok. Your mom's cooking is the best too, please put down that .50 cal weapon.

...Theere we go.

[Mrmagnumman357]

looks very good on consoles, and pc crysis with realism mod is mindblowing

[Bathyj]

Wow, what a bunch of clowns in this thread.

Instead of getting all upset over the wording of the title, why not be happy that Crysis is coming to consoles and it actually looks nice.

No, not $2000 PC, Quad core, 512 Graphics, 8 Gb RAM nice, but PS3, Xbox nice.

I think thats the main point to take away from this and since I never played the original thats all I care about.

[unicronic]

As long as the gameplay remains intact I don't care.

[fullmetal297]

Crysis on consoles vs. Vanilla Crysis: Consoles wins.
Crysis on consoles vs. Crysis with mods: no contest, its Crysis with mods.

[ATi_Elite]

That's not Crysis running on VERY HIGH SETTINGS and it's dam sure not running with VERY HIGH SHADER QUALITY! They already said they got it running at 720p and I'm positive they have it running in DX9 mode.

So phuck this bullshite article cause they have a gimped PC version of Crysis running and that's why The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race is angry. We can careless that consolers are getting Crysis (actually we are happy for you cause Crysis2 sucks ass) but to compare a Gimped PC version to the console version is stupid and has consolers brainwashed thinking their consoles can do Crysis as good as a PC.

Crysis PC set to Very High in DX10 mode kills Crysis Console. But for a console game Crysis so far looks good.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here are two 1080p videos comparing vanilla DX10 original PC Crysis running under Very High settings against the new console footage:

#1= http://youtu.be/hsBU0b-0klE

#2= http://youtu.be/YnTSj4f20Js

[ninjahunter]

Lol, high settings (max is Very high). lets just cut out all the cool featurs for the compariison. Then lets pre render so console screens in HD with AA and AF beyond believable. Oh and then wele compare pics with different TOD and different locations.

[pijinio212]

let the flame wars begin ''ROUND 1 FIIGHTTT''

[zero_cool]

Still crytek could push the performance fidelity with crysis on the PS3's console hardware architecture much more further then they could with the 360's console hardware architecture if they wanted too!Let's not deny what the PS3 is truly capable of at 100% performance with both processors running in parallel attacking different stages of the fidelity intensive workload process!

[qwertyz]

you are wrong the 360 is more powerful than the ps3 in some areas and also has more usable ram, better memory architecture(unified) and more memory bandwidth available to the gpu.

the 360s cpu is faster than the cell at processing general purpose instructions IPS), double precision floating point calculations and branch prediction so xenon can only beat the ps3 cell at running an OS like linux etc or unscripted AI which is branch intensive but NOT at graphics rendering or physics

the cell is MUCH faster than the 360 cpu only in single precision floating point calculations(which are very important for graphics and physics calculations branch and double precision is almost completely useless in these areas) and has more hardware threads and thats about it xenon beats it at everything other area the cell is also generally more flexible than xenon. xenon can also handle some graphics calculations using the vmx units but not nearly as much as the 6 spus game devs have access to on ps3

in the gpu department the 360s gpu wins in every area. it has unified shader architecture which makes it very efficient and flexible compared to the rsx, higher fillrates, higher memory bandwidth, directx 10 programability so its much more flexible than the RSX, multiple pass tessellation, higher geometry and shader throughput, double the peak polygon performance lol it destroys the rsx even IBM said that xenos is very sophisticated compared to the rsx

in all both consoles are roughly equal but have advantages and disadvantages if you look at gears 3, crysis 2, crysis 1 360 gameplay, forza 4, RAGE, skyrim and witcher 2 360 you'd realize that the 360 isn't as far behind as you think its just MS thats too greedy to get create talented first party studios to push the console and instead rely on 3rd party devs.

crysis 2 on consoles is inferior to the pc verison in every way. the console version has MUCH less geometry(less trees, rocks etc), static skyboxes(instead of realtime volumic clouds available on pc), NO draw distance, NO SSAO, NO godrays, TERRIBLY low resolution textures(its actually using pc low resolution texture settings), VERY low resolution alpha effects, not all objects have shadowing(which fails compared to pc where everything has shadowing, TERRIBLE texture filtering etc

The pc verison running medium at 1080p with 8xaa and 16xAF looks better than crysis 1 consoles and anything else on consoles including crysis 2, RAGE, gears 3 and uncharted 3.

neither console is as powerful as even a 2005 dual gpu high end pc lol 512 mb ram both consoles have(out of which 504mb is available to devs on 360 and 480 is available to devs on ps3) has been outdated since 2004! consoles fail even a 2006 high end pc is 5-7 times more powerful then ps3/360 all that talk about ps3 power was all marketing B.S didn't sony say ps3 will render 4d graphics and all games at 120fps ? what happened to that ?

the guys that wrote this article are lying thats not crysis 1 on high more like crysis 1 running in between low and medium with NO AA NO AF at low resloultions

[Ulf]

It amazes me how kids can throw together so many big words while only half understanding their relevance to the problem at hand.

"even a 2006 high end pc is 5-7 times more powerful then ps3/360 all that talk about ps3 power was all marketing B.S didn't sony say ps3 will render 4d graphics and all games at 120fps ? what happened to that ? "

I dunno. What did happen to the 2006-era PC that could render 1080p at 120fps in 4D? Did it walk into a bar with a PS3? What did the bartender say?

[death2smoochie]

And all that with 512 megs of split memory pools of ram....good luck with that...
The PS3 version should have looked better...but it would not be by much. Stop thinking the PS3 is a gaming PC. It is not. Too much Sony kool Aid to the brain

[Semir]

LMAO @ all console fangirls who think Crysis looks better on consoles.

Even without graphics mods the PC version is clearly superior. If you can't see how washed out the console textures are, then you must be blind.

Crysis is a true PC game. And will never look so good on consoles. I'm talking about the vanilla version of the game.

If we add a couple of graphic enhancement mods, that just destroys the crappy console port, that console fangirls are so excited about.

And Crysis 2 PC version (dx11) has still the best graphics on Earth. Forget about Uncharted 2 or 3. That's child's play. Old hardware = fail

[ficgic]

How can you fucking compare if pc version of Crisis was not updated....? Everyone knows that you can't compare shity console with pc, same as you can't compare old game to the new one. Better compare your stupid joystick to keyboard + mouse and get owned... :D idiots.
PC IS BEST AND WILL ALWAYS BE.

[Platinum_k]

Are we seriously STILL on this case???

The game came out months ago...

[Dynasty2021]

Most pointless topics ever compare consoles to PCs.

The PC does and will forever look better than consoles.

End. Bye bye.

[jacen100]

once the gameplay starts we all know which is gonna come out the winner, pc ofcourse screenshots mean nothin

[Eyesoftheraven]

Here are two 1080p videos comparing vanilla DX10 original PC Crysis running under Very High settings against the new console footage:

#1= http://youtu.be/hsBU0b-0klE

#2= http://youtu.be/YnTSj4f20Js

[2pacalypsenow]

why is this even a question The PC version wins . And this comparison is flawed Crysis should be set to Very High for a real comparison and at least 1920x1080 ir 1200

[mcnablejr]

wouldn't buy the game even if i did have a rig, it is terrible.

[tnator]

Am I the only one that's tired of these PC V Console comparisons. We all know that ultimately the PC will have the better looking version...so what. It's an ace game on whatever format it's played.

[dragunrising]

I think the PC comes out on top once you factor in the faster framerate, better textures, anti-aliasing, resolution, etc. However- I don't have a PC that can handle much more than Half-Life 2 nor do I like gaming on PC. Win for everyone that wanted to play Crysis but couldn't and/or those that prefer gaming on consoles.

The most amazing thing is that the game will release for $20. Not bad! :-)

[TBONEJF]

why are they still talking bout Crysis? All week they keep talking bout which look system Crysis looks better on. can we talk bout something else other than Crysis?

[Hayabusa 117]

lol, can't believe the number of people in denial. "Crysis 1 is the best looking PC game EVAR! Graphics settings x10 blah, blah, blah..."

Yes, it is one of the best looking games to this day, but it's gona be surpassed at some point :) Get real.

As far as these screenshots go, the console version looks better. End of story.

It's taken years for consoles to catch up and any PC game looks better than consoles when maxed out + mods. I'd be worried if there was a console game that PCs COULDN'T match.

As for Crysis 1, Crysis 2 was dog poo on the 360, not visually but in terms of gameplay. I'd like to play Crysis 1 because of it's open environments: how the game was meant to be played. So I'll give it a try but I don't hold the series in high regard gameplay wise.

[Tunerboy8732]

It looks good to me.I enjoyed Crysis 2 so much and still am that i'll be getting Crysis on psn regardless of what the differences are in the visuals.

[Rob946]

Honestly the PS3/360 screenshots do look better, it looks amzing to me! I can't wait to give it a go.

[Tikicobra]

The console version looks way better in my opinion. How is this going to fit on XBLA and PSN?

[Neurotoxin]

What is wrong with you people... Seriously! !! There is no F**ing way that a PC game will look better on a console, Unless the PC hardware is 5 years old!!! Or you have retarded eyes!

End of.... ( And Don't mention Uncharted, Killzone Etc Etc, Because anyone with a brain wouldn't)

[Tzuno]

This article is stupid. Pc has Dx11 and consoles have advanced versions of 9 and 10. Pointless article

[SuperSaiyan4]

Both images look garbage.

[StitchJones]

It looks good but the PC version still has a warmer look and better fog/shading effects. This will be a cool addition to both the PS3 and 360 lineup.

[yamzilla]

the worst part is this from the article

"We decided to compare some recently released screenshots of the console version and what we did was fire up our beastly PC and compared the exact locations. Mind you we made the resolution 720p but with all the settings on high"

Well then, tard who wrote this article, you are NOT comparing anything

The pc does 900p, 1080p, 1200p, 1400p, 1600p

Also high, is really medium, because there is a Very High setting

so basically you gimped the pc version down to try and make a point yet you fail, because when this game comes out and is a sub-hd jaggie mess, who will really get screwed over, the dumb asses who believed your trash and think they are buying a version of crysis that will look as good or "better" than the pc version.

NEWSFLASH!!!!

There is not, nor will there ever be this generation of consoles, a game that looks even close to crysis 1

let alone;
warhead
metro2033
dirt 2
Shogun 2
X3
crysis 2 dx11

hell, why am i bothering with a list

freaking black ops on pc in 1080p with all settings maxed makes uncharted 3 look 5 years old.

Quit with the dream that consoles will ever have anything graphically to say this gen since 2007 when crysis dropped, after crysis came out in 2007, consoles were INSTANTLY rendered graphically IRRELEVENT!