G4TV- Crysis 3 First Look Preview- It's an Urban Jungle Out There

G4TV- The Crysis series has, so far, been somewhat of a confusing/mixed bag. Crysis, Crysis Warhead, and last year's Crysis 2 were certainly easy on the eyes (assuming your PC was up for the challenge posed by the first two), but despite the visuals and the sandbox, Nanosuit-based gameplay, the series has yet to really find its voice in the ever-populated FPS genre, even with all the technical wizadry on display thanks to Crytek's proprietary CryEngine.

With Crysis 3, the “pinnacle of the Crysis franchise” due out early next year, Crytek is looking to hit its stride, as the game is being developed equally across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC using the same modified version of the CryEngine 3 the team developed for Crysis 2. Since the developers don't have to worry about building the engine alongside the game, they can focus the majority of their attention on bringing their vision and story to life rather than trying to do so while also figuring out the ones and zeroes needed to pull it off.