Crytek Releases CryENGINE 3

GamersDigest:

"Crytek is excited to announce that their latest all-in-one development solution CryENGINE 3 is now available for all developers.

CryENGINE 3 is the first game development platform for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/DX10 that also is truly Next-Gen-Ready – with scalable computation and graphics for all major upcoming platforms."

[Cronnie]

That 'live create' sounds good, I am all for easier multi-platform development.

[GWAVE]

Please God. I know you're up there...let a new game engine replace Unreal Engine 3. The world needs to know you are real, and that is a good way to show it.

[Raoh]

LMFAO @ GWAVE

I hear ya

[darthv72]

wouldn't that be ...wait for it...Unreal Engine 4

[PS3 slim]

LOL

Agreed.

[Perjoss]

@ 1.1

dont blame the engines mate. blame art directors, texture artists, modelers and anyone else responsible for asset creation and overall look. All you have to do is look at games like shadow of colosus, ico and okami to see that you can make good looking stuff regardless of hardware or engines. All you need is talented artists and the person in charge of them to know what he/she is doing.

[edoman20]

Agree x5000

God please kill the developers that use the aged and ugly UE3

[Cronnie]

Just noticed they have added a new trailer to the article!

[Ldubbz]

Whats the problem with UE3? Didnt it power Gears of War 1/2, one of the best looking games this generation? Bioshock? Mass Effect?

Didnt it more recently power Batman Arkham Asylum?

Oh, its cuz it powers more 360 games, got it.

[prunchess]

listen mate, I absolutely love Bioshock. It's a gaming gem that I would advise any gamer out there with a PS3 or 360 to play at least once. (I've played it through twice already, first time on the 360 and then on the PS3. I've just got to play it through one more time to get the platinum trophy. Looking forward to it too.)

The one criticism I have about Bioshock is that the graphics really let it down. The colour pallet used by the Unreal engine is awful and if the story to Bioshock was not as good as it is I would have traded it in just like I did with Turok a week after it was bought.

It's not just the look and colour but things like floating artefacts and the lack of detail in character features really irritated me. I expect a lot more from this gen.

The Unreal engine just can't hack it. The only game I'm willing to give it a pass on is Bioshock and MAYBE Bioshock 2.....

[thewhoopimen]

no lubdzz, it's because UE3 really is outdated at this point. And two, frankly the 360 WOULD benefit from a newer development engine anyway. And yes UE3 games looked GREAT in 2006, but that was THREE (3) years ago.

[house]

if this replaced the unreal engine imagine how big of a leap games would take that would be crazy but im looking forward to seeing this game on the ps3 and 360

[vhero]

Great engine just lets hope a decent dev does something great with it though like Timesplitters 4!

[pixelsword]

...RTE Engine for WarDevil.

I had doubts about this so-called engine for WarDevil, but from what I hear it could in theory put a high-graphical game on the Wii; since it can for the regular xbox. From what I hear, the Wii is supposed to be more powerful than the original xbox.

So this will be interesting; as I personally root for my PC brethren with the CryEngine, but the New Unreal has yet to be revealed, and this WarDevil is impressing people, but what can these engines actually do?

[JonnyBadfinger]

i refuse to believe that they can achieve those graphics (as seen in the first couple of seconds) on a console, even the PS3 i dont think is capable of such reality, i think GT5 and UC2 are gunna be the best looking console games of this generation. Cant see it ever being topped.

But the Cryengine3 is gunna release a new era of OMGness on PCs. I think its almost about time i make the jump to PC gaming.

CAN NOT WAIT for Crysis 2 on the CryENGINE 3. sh*t will be awsome

[Xgamerzus]

although ultimately relegated FPS bland , Amazing tech!

[ShadowCK]

Wow, just wow. This completely destroys Uncharted 2 in the graphics department.

[pixelsword]

A Tech Demo is just eye candy; it's practical application in a game is what is what will make it better than a game that's already out or not.

I'm sure Naughty Dog could put out a tech demo that could put this to shame if it was showcasing one or another thing; I remember some of the best things I've seen in '04-'07 were PS3 tech demos. Remember that tech demo with the guy's head that played doctor octopus?

[SoapShoes]

I don't see why crytek is so hyped up for creating a graphics powerhouse with lousy gameplay. The engine is much better than UE3 though.

[dirthurts]

Amazing.
I'm in my third play through right now. Blows my mind every time.

[SoapShoes]

And when it came out, the general consensus was that the gameplay was average and generic. It was the graphics that was where it was at. Most reviews put it in the 7 range.

[GWAVE]

Sorry, Estranged, but you're trolling is unsuccessful. Crysis was critically acclaimed when it came out and it has a 91/100 average on Metacritic (so much for your claim of a 7/10 average).

Also, you are incorrect about the gameplay. Most reviewers praised the gameplay and how the graphics and physics enhanced the gameplay.

The main complaint was the average storyline.

Try again next time.

[STK026]

really? lat time I checked, Crysis had achieved an 91/100 average on metacritic, most reviewers also took the time to mention that while the graphics were amazing, the gameplay itself was also to praise.

Next time, you might want to back up your claims rather than just spew out numbers from nowhere.

Gamespot wrote : "Crysis is visually stunning, packed with intelligent, thrilling gameplay, and easily one of the greatest shooters ever made."

PC Gamer : "Destined to be a classic, Crysis is a creative and technological marvel that eclipses every other shooter released this year"

And out of 56 critics on metacritic, the lowest one is at 80, so I don't really see your 7s.

Edit : GWAVE beat me to it

[thor]

You see, there is this phenomenon whereby people are blinded by great graphics.

As soon as a game has great graphics, people start asking quesitons.

What would it be like without the great graphics?
Haven't we seen this before, but with worse graphics?
Can the gameplay live up to the awesome graphics?

They have already made up in their heads that because it looks amazing, even if it plays well, the gameplay can never live up to the graphics and thus it is poor. Great graphics raise people's expectations of the gameplay.

Fact is, that both Crysis AND Killzone 2 have FANTASTIC gameplay. They are really fun to play. Take away the great graphics, and they wouldn't have received the hype, sure, but they would have been fun in their own right. Further to that, there are the production values, which transcend just the graphics, and help build atmosphere, pacing, clever AI. Do you want to take all those things away to make it "fair" on games without all that stuff? I even think that graphics improve a game. After all, it's what you're looking at whilst you're playing. How are graphics and gameplay REALLY completely distinct things?

[dirthurts]

Killzone so much. I thought it was boring...
But the graphics where good.

The physics in Crysis make it so much fun. Busting through walls, dropping trees on trucks, popping wheels out from under hummers as they come after you, explosions that devastate, that's fun stuff.

[sikbeta]

Man, every game with CryEngine will kill every custom PC, in a good way obviously... damn is so powerful

[nycredude]

I don't care if the engine bakes apple pie and gives free BJs (well maybe), Let's see what games comes out using it before we start jumping for joy, until then Naughty Dog 2.0 engine will do just fine for me.

@fishy

In case you haven't notice but the tech that went into Naughty Dog's 2.0 is a direct result of the Sony's internal ice tech team. All the Sony 1st and second party games benifit from the tech team and they have been cranking out great games for years now.

I am just saying that up until now I've heard nothing but hype and prerendered stuff on high end pc from this engine. Let's see what it can do when you factor in real life console limitations before we all go gaga over it. Don't get me wrong I buy good games from any engine, just until I see "real" gameplay on consoles I am not buying into the hype.

@ps slim

Anyone who thinks that a multiplatform game engine will "blow" away an internal engine is delusional. All I am saying is that until a game releases using this engine ON THE CONSOLES I am not getting excited. I didn't bring up any multiplat games unlike you so it seems you are the one who feels the need to defend anything. Bookmark this so when thoses games release and IF they "blow" away Uncharted 2 then you can say "I told you so" but until that happens it's just wishfull thinking.

[Fishy Fingers]

Naughty Dog arent going to license their engine to 3rd party developers are they. And I dont know about you, but I'd prefer more than one game every two years.

[PS3 slim]

Yes we have to see if a game using the engine can produce a high scoring game lol. The tech of the Crysis engine blows what ever Uncharted uses out of the water as shown with demos etc.

There is no need to keep defending Uncharted and the platform it's on, there are games coming that blow right past your exclusives. The Games I speak are open world on top of that. Go check out Brink, Battlefield 2 gameplay. Rage and Crysis will most likely be king until MSFT or Sony show something at E3 etc.

EDIT

These new game simply blow anything out right now out of the water. http://www.gamersdigest.net... I can't find anymore leaked Brink gameplay footage because bethesda are tracking the leaks and having them removed.

[dirthurts]

I'm playing Uncharted 2, and I'm loving it. Amazing game. I really can't believe what they can do on the PS3. Didn't think it had it in it.

But yes, the Cryengine does give it a hurtin. It drags it out back and beats it with a wet inner tube. Even the nearly 3 year old game Crysis, which is running on Cryengine is still above the Naughty dog engine.

In all areas but one that is, optimization. The Naughty Dog engine runs great. Crysis takes a lot more power. Cryengine 3 seems to have fixed that.

It's a shame that only Naughty Dog can use their engine. I'm happy that Cryengine is going to be open for use.

[SoapShoes]

Dude, it's multiplatform. I doubt it'll blow away the Uncharted Engine and currently the Uncharted engine is the best looking engine on consoles. Yes Crysis had better graphics, but that was on PC. I'll be waiting to see if they can pull off similar graphics on consoles.

[nycredude]

What the heck are you knuckle heads talking about? Are we talking consoles here, or PC. Crisis, although it has great graphics the game is mediocre at best and the environments are stale, there is not much going on most of the time. And why are we comparing pc graphics to Uncharted 2 again? You guys need to chill a bit I am not bashing Cryengine. I'm just saying I hope it's not all hype. I haven't seen anything done with it on the consoles yet so I will reserve judgement.

I have 360 , ps3, and Pc. Relax people, damn this n4g stuff is serious.

[raztad]

"The tech of the Crysis engine blows what ever Uncharted uses out of the water as shown with demos " <---DEMOS is the keyword here.

TECH DEMO =/= FULL RETAIL GAME.

I'm wondering if I missed something because I didnt know Brink, BF:BC 2 and all the other PS3 slim is talking about were already out. And about Crysis, isnt it a PC game?

[Cenobia]

FarCry was a Crysis Engine game.

Unfortunately it also blew chunks. It looked good, but not that good. I always saw jagged lines in the leaves. That might've been a PS3 vs 360/PC development issue, but if you expect their games to look better than Uncharted that is an hump they have to get over.

And is this engine limited to FPS, or have I just not seen anything else done by them?

[STK026]

why are you bringing in FarCry? you mean, the game that was released years ago on PC and had some console spin-offs on the orinal Xbox and PS2? Of course it will look dated compared to Uncharted 2, but what's the point? Might also want to say that Killzone 2 looks better than Unreal Tournament 2004?

[Ju]

FarCry was a CryEngine game for the PC.
FarCry2 was a Tunia Engine game for the PC/360/PS3.

CryEngine(3) has not delivered any game on consoles, yet.

[thor]

I remember people going on about Operation Flashpoint 2, and how it would blow away all PS3 exclusives in terms of graphics.

Guess what, the graphics were disappointing.

Don't show anybody clips/trailers of upcoming games saying they will have such amazing graphics. For one thing, 90% of games have about the same graphical quality. Even those that we say have amazing graphics are not that far ahead.

Bad Company 2's graphics look about standard for this gen. They look about on par with Modern Warfare 2's. Uncharted 2 bests it. Killzone 2 bests it in turn.

[dirthurts]

Not consoles or games.

[thor]

Actually the CryEngine 2, whilst very advanced in terms of features, doesn't completely blow away Uncharted 2's engine. Imagine if the PS3 had the latest PC tech - then Naughty Dog's engine would be able to render Crysis-esque scenes. Sure, the CryEngine 2 supports advanced features such as Subsurface Scattering, but then, so does Uncharted 2's engine! They are closer than you think. CryEngine 2 just allows you to do more since it's not restricted by the limitations of the PS3.

[Cenobia]

Ah, that clears things up.

I thought 'Cry' was a prerequisite for all Crysis engine games.

Now it makes even less sense why the game was called "FarCry2"

[Ju]

Because FarCry is a Ubisoft intellectual property, developed by Crytek (CryEngine1). FarCry 2 is still owned by Ubisoft, while the engine remain(ed) the property of Crytek.

Crytek is associated with EA now a days, and thus Ubi had no interest in working with Crytek on FarCry2, thus resulting in their own proprietary Tunia engine used in FarCry2.

Crytek moved on to CryEngine2 and Crysis (under EA). Now with CryEngine 3 they bring this over to consoles (as well).

[Ron_Burgundy]

PS3 is the console that does it best

[champ21]

ps3 isnt known for multiplatformers..

i doubt developers will waste time and resources on a difficult to code platform.

PC >>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt;>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ;>360>>ps3

[Major_Tom]

Aw phuck it, I'm not even gonna waste my time explaining it to you champ.

[Guitardr85]

The heavens have spoken!!!

[ShabzS]

all the way from germany...

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...the ChatBots are getting bored waiting for a Game that is made by this!!! ;-D

PS3 don't need it, i got Next-Gen Looking games NOW!!! ;-P

[STK026]

...and PC gamers had it in 2007? or am I missing something here...

please enlighten me, oh Father of playstation!

[-x.Red.x-]

one cost $299 and came out 06 and the other is thousands and need to be upgraded periodical

???

[STK026]

I actually paid my PS3 600$, my PC 1 000$. But I don'T see your point. He said :"i got Next-Gen Looking games NOW!!!", does the fact that you needed to pay more to play Crysis makes it any-less "next-gen"? When did price become a factor in generations?

Technically, we've all been playing "next-gen" games since late 05, when the 360 came out. It would also be more accurate to call it "current-gen" by now, since we're 4 years into it.

Of course, it depends on your criteria for what you call "next-gen", if you mean HD gaming in general, PC had the ability to play 1080p and beyond before the 360. If you mean FullHD games with a native resolution of 1080p, consoles have yet to achieve that (most games aren't native 1080p, just look at Halo 3 for example). And, if by next-gen you mean gameplay changes, we've yet to enter it then (sadly).

[PopEmUp]

at least you get to stare at those pixel on your 17' inch screen all days :P

edit

of course i know. But how many of you willing to do that? or you rather gaming on your monitor instead?

[CernaML]

Because it's just not possible to hook up your PC to a 60" TV right?

[Ron_Burgundy]

go to 1:17 in the embedded video below, and you can see compared with the 360, the PS3 runs Cryengine 3 better than the 360

NEEDS TO BE SEEN IN HD

[champ21]

let the actual games come out. tech demos dont mean much.

it will be upto the developers to invest time and resouces into optimizations. ps3 is harder to code for plus it only has 256mb of video memory which might prove to be a severe bottleneck for MOST DEVELOPERS. sure sony 1st party code really well for it, that cant be said for most of the developers.

cryengine3 is developed with consoles in mind.. however as a pc gamer i will tell you, if its anything like the cry engine2 on pc then it will be very memory hungry.

[likedamaster]

I did notice the poor lighting on the PS3 version at 0:57. Other than that though they looked identical. The worlds looked quite realistic and seems to run great on both... that's what's important.

[ps3ftwin]

I might be a ps3 fanboy however i am not blinded.. i gotta agree both the xbox and ps3 look simular.

like the champ said.. in the end its upto the developers how they use the engine and judging by the trend so far its always been the 360 which a minor advantage or both of them being equal.

lets wait and see.

[CernaML]

Poor lighting? In another video I watched, the lighting was much superior compared to the 360 version which didn't even show shadows.

Oh, and 0:57? I don't think that had to do with lighting at all.

[Sevir04]

as the Ps3 version of the engine loads textures in Slower, and the 360 versio of the engine begins to chug with mor ethings on screen. it can produce the visuals but until i see games being made on that engine tailoring to consoles strenghths then it's just a tech demo. i'm not going to be proclaiming it as the new beast, because we've seen already 4 games with 2 already released on teh PS3 that at this moment no other console has touched. with 2 other's possibly 3 about to release.

Uncahrted 2 and Kz2 made the biggest splash and thats all everyone is talking about. the next 2 games that are sure to raise the bar even further in visuals are definately GT5 and Heavy Rain. and the possiblely God of War 3, to be quite honest. those middle war like Tech 5, they look amazing on PCs and tahts it. Rage looks Ok on consoles, in fact COD4 on PC looks like Crysis but just look ok on the 360 and PS3... so lets just beclear... multiplatform games will built on Multiplatform engines will never look as good as 2nd and 3rd gen optimized engines made for 1 platform and one only. it's the reason why Games on PS3 look progressivley better than there predessors. i'm thrilled though that there is a new graphics/physics engine on the middleare market. lets see if the developers can use it the way Crytek intended it

[talltony]

Then why are xbox 360 exclusives graphically inferior to ps3 exclusives?? And when you say ps3 loads textures slower doesnt really make sense considering it has 256mb of xdr ram which is twice as fast as xbox 360's ram. Last time I check their was no slow texture loading in uncharted 2.

Check this out. Take note that the ps3 doesnt need that much ram.
http://talkplaystation.com/...

[Barragan]

overhyped and overrated engines are cryengines

[dirthurts]

Crysis,
or the original far cry ( and pretend your 6 years ago), and tell me they don't deliver.

[Tron_Rocks]

This truly looks like the Engine of choice. I can't wait to see games made with it.

[gtamike123]

Too bad Crysis is not a fun game, but graphics look nice.

[xg-ei8ht]

Lets be honest here.

It looks excellent and i'm hoping the gameplay will live upto it.

As i've said before crysis was great looking, but got boring for me, i do like open world, the physics were nicely done, but gameplay i found lacking. And i'm a pc gamer at heart.

Most pc guys attack me for speaking my mind, and said cryengine 3 is crap compared to 2.

Well you just got owned.

Cryengine 3 offers more, runs faster then 2, adds alot more tech shader wise, can be done on each platform and run to the strength's of each platform.

Yes of course on PC you've got the choice of more AA or more AF or even rez.

But 16aa is not needed and will never be. 4aa is the max needed imo and unless your zooming x300 on a pic you wouldn't even notice it.

But i'm not upgrading my pc for quite awhile, until something so special comes along that makes me want to. Atm there is nothing.

I've played all the greats on PC, from the Halflife's, to the crysis, from the bioshocks, to the cod's.

I've got my PC,PS3.

But my PS3 is getting more lovin, because of the games it offers.

I'm glad cryengine 3 is coming and i'm looking forward to some great games that it will offer.

Well done crytek.

[STONEY4]

"Most pc guys attack me for speaking my mind, and said cryengine 3 is crap compared to 2.

Well you just got owned."

We were saying CryEngine 3 ON CONSOLES looks worse than CryEngine 2 did on PC. We knew CE3 on PC would look better than CE2.

[Pandamobile]

"Next Gen Ready" just means PC. :)

[badz149]

edit: nevermind

[Ashriel]

and PS4, Xbox720

[TABSF]

Cry Engine 2 Vs Cry Engine 3 Consoles
Cry Engine 2 is better

Cry Engine 2 Vs Cry Engine 3
Cry Engine 3 is mind blowing

The thing is the Consoles Cry Engine 3 will not have DX10, DX11, Tessellation support, Shader model 4 and shader model 5, this is because they did not exist when the 360 and PS3 was released and there for can not be compatible with it.

So consoles Cry Engine 3 will look Par to Cry Engine 2 on medium to High settings but not very high or modded Ultra high.
Very high is DX10 and shader model 4.1

Real time all the time.

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

As Cevat Yerli said at games con the Graphics level was just an example of Cry Engine 3 potential on consoles and my not be the same at games releases.

Rumored, 3 Xbox 360s RROD at Games con.

[Pandamobile]

I love when people post the videos I make :)

[iagainsti120]

the ATI GPU in the 360 does have hardware Tessellation support, and has a lot of what is in shader model 4.0 just not everything, you can think of the xbox 360 gpu as being DX9.7 almost DX10 but not quite.

[TABSF]

This is what I mean about consoles and DX11

With out the GPU support of these technologies Cry Engine 3 will not look as good as it did in this video.

Johnscooper the last version of DX9 is DX9.0c

Also the partial shader model 4 support is out dated as I'm guessing Cry Engine 3 at highest setting will be Shader model 5.

[iagainsti120]

I realize that DX9.0c is the last version of DX9 and i do agree with you on everything else i was just correcting the one mistake that i saw that you made. Cry Engine 3 will be amazing no doubt on consoles but unfortunately we wont see its full beauty unless its on a PC with a DX10.1 card or higher like the new DX11 line from ATI (HD58xx) or Nvidia's soon to be launched Geforce 300 series or on the Next generation of consoles.
I know DX9.7 dosen't exist, but if the xbox 360 had a DX version number i figured that is what it would be or something close. (I am up to date and do understand all of those big words that graphics company's use and what there newest products are and what they support.) I was a PC gamer 1st iv had dozens of Graphics cards my first was a Voodoo 2 with 3dFX and my last card was a ATI 9800pro. I wish that i could continue PC gaming but i don't have the resources to upgrade my GPU every year now. I find it cheaper to buy one console every 4 years now but i do have plans to start building a custom rig again. I would love to have a Intel I7 920 with an Ati HD5870 with 8gigs of ram in a future rig.

[TABSF]

Ok cool

Its not all that expensive and does not happen every year.
Don't be fooled by the core i5 and i7 coz in gaming there are not big advantages, a good core 2 duo overclocked can go toe to toe with i7 in most games.

That is not because i7 is bad just most developer only support duo cores

Although I really want a Fermi its all on the Price, could get 2 5850s for £400 were as one Fermi could be that high. Hope not :)

[edoman20]

Come on, use it, please, im tired of ue3 looking games

I remember that the engine was made in the 2004 the same age that source engine

Crytek in the same time has released three awesome engines

Its time to let it die

[glennc]

you guys are missing the point of the damn article (as usual)

ps3 fanboys: why do you act like you feel threatened by this? it is becoming the big joke of this generation. every article that shows potential and PS3 fanboys are all over it... uncharted this killzone that.

the games i play the most at the moment are skate 2 and BF1943, have you seen the glithes and rubbish graphics in those games? doesn't take a single thing away from the awesome gameplay in both games. give me this experience over pretty graphics any day.

[Another One]

I am looking forward to seeing this in action within an actual game. They made a hell of a beautiful game and if they can help others do the same thing and make it easier, that can only be good.

[sandrovilanova]

man,nobody make game whit this,she is beaty,realistic etc etc but where the game anounced?

[Pandamobile]

What? Crysis 2 was announced in June.

[Godmars290]

How is it that Cryteh can make something like this for what is now current gen consoles, and Epic needs "Next Gen" for UE4 and gears 3?

[Pandamobile]

Those "Next Gen Ready" shots were running on a PC, not a current console.

[CertifiedGamer]

I have nothing against infity ward I love the company and Im get modern warfare 2 the day its out but I hate greedy as activision and if crytic delivers this with a better multiplayer than COD4 I really hope it does to teach activision to stop being so greedy because they dont want a piece of the cake they want the whole damn thing and what they don't know is that there is always a bigger dog in the yard and they need to learn that.
Activision deserves to die

[xg-ei8ht]

By worse you mean, textures?

But why attack the PS3/360 in the first place?

And you cannot compare PS3/360/PC.

Unless you know how to write for all 3.

I don't count poor ports as PS3/360 power.

Drop overbloated code into most consoles, and even some pc's and they run like crap, heck the ps3 running normal pc code is like a 1.6ghz pc.

But run it with full spu support and it comes to life.

And Stoney that was never stated to me. Although i knew that already to be true, that ce3 would look better then 2.

Modded is not the point and never was, because the majority of gamers just play the game, i played through crysis and crysis warhead twice.

There were parts i loved and some i didn't like so much.

I've never knocked crytek tech wise.

I played through farcry day 1 and thoroughly enjoyed it.

To be honest, Farcry looked more like a console game because of the bright colours and overuse of bloom. Crysis looks more realistic.

Kinda like Uncharted 2, looks amazing. But goes for a different art style.

I just hope someone puts the tech to good use, either in pc/ps3/360.

[JohnnyAkiba]

Where is dx11?

[llMurcielagoll]

This is the engine that will make you CRY!

[duysmith]

pc graphics will always be better than consoles. the hardware of the consoles are wway less powerful and hardcore pc users will optimize pc's to put out even more power. consoles are limited by their hardware. the crytek engine might NOT be as powerful on consoles (i am guessing) because there will always be better hardware and better graphics cards. It will most definitly shatter every console's graphics and what people perceive as realistic.

[sofocado]

While the UE 3 is great, I think is been used a lot because is easier to develop a game. There are other engines out but is not been use as much. For example I think that "The Evolution Engine" is better then the UE3. http://www.digitalextremes....

[axerated]

i dunno what it is but even though i've been well intrigued by the cryengine, if find that while the forests and wildlife exteriors look phenomenal, whenever they show industrial areas like buildings and citys they look ugly as hell, found that to be the same in the demonstration they did a few months back. animations on that girl were amazing tho!

[hoops]

The thing that sets apart this game engine above all others besides that it looks the best is its physics and interaction. NO game looks like Crysis Warhead for example with its destructible environments. No game

[Ashriel]

the gap between console versions and Pc version ("next gen ready") is f*cking huge! O_O

Unfortunately, only a select few will play that beast at it's maximum potential, I will have to settle with the console's version for now :/

[Pootangpie]

if it was faster Nvidia And ATI would be using it on the PC video cards which they still aren't because it's crap it can't even keep up with GDDR3 and the new ATI cards just moved on to GDDR5 PC nvidia cards still use the GDDR3 and it runs circles around XDR

[Scenarist]

This engine seems to be the best thing since cooked food