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Crysis meets Avatar: Pandora Map Shots released

Some impressive screenshots of Pandora, the upcoming Crysis-CryEngine 2 mod.

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mrv3215182d ago

In fairness I don't think the mod team didn't have $238 million to spend on fancy CGI to make up for a mediocore story and poorly written love story.

Avatar reminds me of a Russian film called 9th company but 9th company HAS THE BEST CHARACTIZATION in any film I've seen.

tdrules5182d ago

your double negatives are simply perplexing

Kurylo3d5182d ago

Judging by the fact that avatar is about the become the highest grossing film in history, beating out titanic... well kinda means your opinion of the story is pretty meaningless and the rest of the world thinks its great.

mrv3215182d ago

That's ONE element of the film. So your telling me that Avatar has the best story EVER. No film before it has had a better story because they haven't 'grossed' it.

Ok then, by that definition then Clerks is the best CGI movie because it make 7,000 times the amount it cost to make. NO. Because popularity =/= quality. Want more proof Twilight and the countless over film which make millions but end up not being as good as films like 'To end All War'

But hey what would I know about what I saw...

Avatar in my opinion only feature that was slightly amusing was the graphics and that whore off after 2 minute leaving the other 2 hours and 28 minutes feeling an empty excuse to have good graphics.

Here's an idea... watch movies who's main features and the fact it's in 3D and cost 200 million and you'll realise how pointless, irrelevant and simple the Avatar story is. And don't give me the enviroment nonsense it's not relevant. Sure here on earth we are destroying our home tree or what ever but seriously... stop simplifying the story, the majority of human can understand stories more complicated than for example

Guy switches side which is poorly forshadowed and predicatable from the outset. Seriously... is it really that hard to make a film that features actual real world situations instead of the perfect simple ones. Here's an idea for a film.

The bad guy wins, the good guy doesn't get the girl and there's no happy ending. I dislike films with happy endings, it's pointless we all want a happy ending so when we get to the end there's no surprises and we don't have to think, but a unhappy ending we are left to wonder. Here's the example I have the original Clerks ending and the new one. The original Clerks ending WAS FAAR better... but didn't sit too happy with the viewers.

FantasyStar5182d ago

Dood, I totally understand where you're coming from, but Avatar is just a kids' film for the most part. When I was watching the film the plot was just sooooo predictable and there's barely anything there to make us think on a deeper level about the morality of uhh......smurfs?

Regardless, Avatar is a solid "feel-good" movie. And that's what most people want anyways.

Arnon5182d ago

Yes, it looks weird for me to comment on it because of my avatar, but you're downplaying the movie because it follows one of the 7 archetypal storyline scenarios. Can you honestly name me a movie that had an original plot?

Also, it was around $500 million for the cost of the movie. Avatar was what it was. It was a great movie that, while not having an original plot, sucked you into a world and made you actually feel that you were on this new, uncharted... moon, I guess is what it was.

On topic:

Agreed. The screenshots look kinda meh.

mrv3215181d ago

Can I ask you a question... I don't think I can name a original story not truely but I could name a few which actually tried to spice it up a bit.

Blues Brothers comes to mind, haven't seen a film like it before or since
KhottaBych is WONDERFUL, funnier than most of the films I've seen and the love story WORKED, you wheren't surprised but it kinda worked, it was nice. Also name me a film with a Hacker who find a Genie in a Jug go on.
How about Clerks then, I was taken into that world more than I was with Avatar
Pay it Forward, the love worked the story's ending was PERFECT.

All better than Avatar most with Romance which worked. Avatar was a waste of money, no other way to put it.

Arnon5181d ago

I... what?

Your entire comment was almost impossible to read.

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Premonition5181d ago

the game avatar looks graphically better than this. and about the movie it wasnt the best but it was a good movie to me, and im happy that it made 2.2 billion at the end of the day, so if you dont like it go some where else.

1PC2PS333605181d ago

....the absolute most original movie (book) in the past 30 years!!!

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Can You Run Crysis In VR? You Can, Thanks To A New Mod

A Crysis VR mod is now available for download, allowing users to experience the first entry in the series in VR

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Rynxie380d ago (Edited 380d ago )

No one cares. The whole can it run Crysis is old, dead and stupid. It's also irrelevant, considering only less than one percent of pc owners, own a high-end PC. Second, I believe Crysis wasn't even optimized properly.

TheColbertinator380d ago

Crysis blew my mind back then and still kinda does.

bunt-custardly380d ago

Let's hope the modders can get the other Crysis games working in VR as they use the same Cryengine.

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10 Old Games With Outstanding Graphics

GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."

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ShwaaMan451d ago

Bioshock still looks fantastic, one of my all time favorites.

Yui_Suzumiya451d ago

Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 can compete with modern day graphics.

SonyStyled451d ago (Edited 451d ago )

Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3

jasonismoney451d ago

I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.

SonyStyled451d ago

@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think

cthulhucultist451d ago

Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen

Fist4achin451d ago

I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.

SonyStyled451d ago

They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though

JEECE451d ago

Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.

iNcRiMiNaTi451d ago

It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good

JEECE451d ago

In terms of art style it still holds up.

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Can It Run Crysis? The Only Steam Deck Question That Matters

Digital Foundry: "When Alex Battaglia got his hands on a Steam Deck, this was inevitable, right? So can the Steam Deck really run Crysis? And if so, what type of optimised settings produce the best performance? What's the best balance of features and battery life... and what about 60fps?"

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