Crysis 2: Xbox 360 startlingly weak, PC very promising

At Gamescom 2010 PC Games Hardware had the opportunity to try out the multiplayer portion of Crysis 2 on both the Xbox 360 and the PC.

Following the presentation of CryEngine 3 on a midrange PC, the 360 version looked particularly ugly. While the final output is 720p at 30fps, it is obvious that the geometry natively renders at sub-HD and gets scaled up to 720p. Paired with a lack of anti-aliasing, Crysis 2 was a flicker fest that failed to impress with its rough shadows, blocky fog effects, blurry textures and pre-calculated physics animations.

The lighting, reflections and camo mode were nice to look at but couldn't rectify the overall weak visuals. Previously published "bullshots" are nowhere close to how the console version looks.

[swiftshot93]

Bubbles for everyone then!

[Newtype]

I never liked Crysis, probably getting Rage over this. Crysis was made to fry your gpu out.

[dosgrtr]

far better than this and that's at 60 frames meaning this looks nowhere close to being the best looking game on consoles as claimed by crytek , far from it

[nickjkl]

we will see

@tdrules :its id software not john carmack one person doesnt automatically make the coding better for an entire team

[Nihilism]

You don't seem to know much about John Carmack...the technology used in MANY game engines was created by that 1 man. See developers put new dot points on the features of their engines each gen. Ambient occlusion for example...but do you think epic games etc invent these things? no they don't. J.C is one of the few innovative programmers in the industry who actually pushes technology forward rather than latch on to the flavour of the month. Ambient occlusion, although by another name...was used first in Doom 3. There is a rendering technique called 'John Carmack's Reverse' and rightly so...he invented it.

The guy literally builds rockets ( he competes with NASA engineers ) IN HIS TIME OFF. I believe he won last time...in his victory speech in front of all the NASA tech guys...he said without the slightest hint of ego...that designing rocket tech was easier than creating graphics tech... The video is on youtube I suggest you go take a look.

"The stencil buffer implementation of shadow volumes is generally considered among the most practical general purpose real-time shadowing techniques for use on modern 3D graphics hardware. It has been popularized by the computer game Doom 3, and a particular variation of the technique used in this game has become known as Carmack's Reverse" -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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

A quote from the youtube clip, and the clip summary.

"It still really isn't that complicated, it is simple compared to a lot of things that we do nowadays in the modern world, in the work that I do in video games is actually far more complicated than the aerospace work" -J.C

"John Carmack of Armadillo Aerospace accepts his $350,000 Prize for winning Level 1 of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The Prize purse was put up by NASA as part of their Centennial Challenges and the competition was administered by the X PRIZE Foundation.

The Challenge is designed to accelerate commercial technological developments supporting the birth of a new generation of Lunar Landers capable of ferrying payloads or humans back and forth between lunar orbit and the lunar surface. Such a vehicle would have direct application to NASAs space exploration goals as well as the personal spaceflight industry, including the Google Lunar X PRIZE competitors. Additionally, the challenge will help industry develop the operational capacity to launch quick turnaround vertical take-off, vertical landing vehicles, which will be of significant use to many facets of the commercial launch procurement market.

The Competition is divided into two levels. Level 1 requires a rocket to take off from a designated launch area, rocket up to 150 feet (50 meters) altitude, then hover for 90 seconds while landing precisely on a landing pad 50 meters away. The flight must then be repeated in reverse—and both flights, along with all of the necessary preparation for each, must take place within a two and a half hour period."

[nickjkl]

dchal you went overboard with that

im just saying john carmack isnt the only one at id software its the exact thing jaffe was talking about when people talk about rage they bring up john carmack like when people brought up twisted metal it was david jaffe other people work on these things to and its like gamers just leave them out

and i know about the rockets thing he didnt do tha tby him self he had a team with him which leads to my other point its like the team doesnt get any credit just that one person

[tdrules]

I am inclined to agree with you.
I mean John Carmack will always be better at coding than Crytek its no contest

[ChronoJoe]

It's interesting everyone forgets what happened to IDTech4. It flopped, basically. So to say something developed by Crytek will always be worse than something developed by IDTech, doesn't seem quite right since Cry engine 1 was clearly a superior engine to IDTech 4. Hell, unreal 3 was too.

IDTech 5 looks impressive though, but seriously John Carmack isn't a god, as some of you seem to believe.

[Hoje0308]

I defense of Crytek, at least Crysis 2 doesn't have static environments with low poly count character models. Rage on the other hand...

[PotNoodle]

I'm not a big crysis fan, i adored playing around in the engine and consistently being blown away by it - but as a game, it wasn't all that exciting for me. So while I hope it is a better game this time around, I'm also hoping they don't scale back such support on the PC version this time around - because much of the fun in crysis was messing around with the engine.

[Neko_Mega]

Looks like 360's lack of Bluray power is showing, the 360 needs more bigger hard drives to make up for the DVD.

It be awesome to have a 500GB or 1TB 360, but it won't happen, anyways it isn't a shock but it is nice to know it is going to look better for PC (Seeing that is where it started from).

I might get it for PS3 but I don't know, never played any of the games, but I'll at least will give it a try before judging it.

[Kroganwrex]

And disc space will help visual quality how? You do realise higher res textures use up almost no extra space than a low res texture. "lack of bluray power" - lol.

[RagTagBnd445]

Lol, higher quality textures take much more space than low quality textures.
Take Dragon Age(PC) for an example.
High Res Textures: 1.27GB
Med Res Textures: 400MB
See the difference?

[dosgrtr]

helps as it allows more space for uncompressed textures,cutscenes to name a few

[Zechs34]

So Krogan... You just owned yourself hard dude. Disc space doesnt help with visual quality? Then why are game games shipping on multiple discs, being down sampled or compressed, or simply modded (ie Half Life Cinematic Mod) C'mon do some research before you fail miserably at making YOURSELF look like an ass.

[sack_boi]

You need RAM to run those textures.

[Biggest]

So what if you have the RAM, but the textures aren't there because there was no space? You obviously need to have the textures present before you worry about how you're going to run them.

[CWMR]

Some of you guys are silly. The bottleneck for modern console games in terms of textures is the RAM, not the size of textures that can fit on the disc. Fitting higher res textures on the disc is worthless if the size of the RAM is too small to hold them.

[kharma45]

A lack of Blu-ray will make no difference as to what it looks like as the PC one will come on DVD like the 360.

[RagTagBnd445]

But you can compress files much more in the pc version, so they can put more on the disc.

[Sarcasm]

Uh and just like most PC games, they require anywhere from 5gb to 15gb of space when it installs on your system.

[ZeroX9876]

PC games always take HD space to compensate for decompressing files. Even if the PS3 had much more high res texture in one bluray, process time would be much longer, since loading from a bluray is slower than a harddrive.

[STONEY4]

Even if they could fit higher-res textures, both consoles honestly don't have that much v-RAM. So it really wouldn't make a difference.

[Nihilism]

They also don't have the texture fillrates on the graphics cards either. But we'll just let them have their little victory...and let them keep posting stats about the PS3's ram. I won't bother to show them that the difference between the slowest DDR2 ram known to man, and the fastest DDR3 known to man is >1% for gaming...

[Ravenor]

Did you guys miss the part where a large number of console exclusives don't run in full HD, and almost none but the most bare bones run in 1080P. God of War 3 and Uncharted 2 are some great looking games but you're delusional or blind if you didn't notice the spots of ugliness. Concessions have to be made to get a smooth play experience on the console, and high res textures are one of the concessions that gets made repeatedly. If it was only a case of disk space then every PS3 game would look better texture wise, and we all know that isn't the case.

[Neko_Mega]

Because the only developers that seem to get it right are the ones working with Sony, heck even MGS4 looks awesome for a compress game.

The disc my not be the main think, but it does help alot more then just using a DVD.

[Neko_Mega]

I like it when people seem to only think about the part that said bluray.

If they even read what I said, they would have read the part that it would help the 360 more if the hard drives were bigger for data to be save on it.

[gamer2010]

Then why is it the PS3 versions that usually have longer load times and force you to do partial installations?

[Neko_Mega]

Oh? Like what game now really does that? Nothing made by Sony needs you to install the game, and I wouldn't open your big mouth about installing.

Microsoft says it is best to install your games to the hard drive to kill loading times, so I wouldn't be talking about that if I was you.

[Hades1337]

It still looks class on the 360, regardless of whether other versions look better.

[pork_chop_express]

how did you work that out, it says it looks like crap, about the only thing you zealots have left is your denial ;)

[Hades1337]

Cause I have seen it with my own eyes, Game Trailers posted gameplay videos of the game running on the 360 version. What evidence do you have? An article which isn't even in English? Wow don't you look silly you ignorant twat.

[SaberEdge]

Think about it, this is coming from 'PC Games Hardware' which obviously have the PC as their yardstick to measure against. Compared to the PC version it is noticeably inferior, but it isn't a bad looking game in its own right. It actually looks really impressive by console standards.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
This video was confirmed to be the 360 version and it looks awesome.

[MrLife]

Your ass is startlingly weak.

[Blazing_Crabs]

Oh Lawdy.

[The real killer]

"Wow
Looks like 360's lack of Bluray power is showing, the 360 needs more bigger hard drives to make up for the DVD.

It be awesome to have a 500GB or 1TB 360, but it won't happen, anyways it isn't a shock but it is nice to know it is going to look better for PC (Seeing that is where it started from).

I might get it for PS3 but I don't know, never played any of the games, but I'll at least will give it a try before judging it"
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It's not only Blu-Ray what the 360 is missing, also processorpower and a decent GPU that work perfect with the cell architetcure.

The lack of RAM speed is also a big problem for the 360, we know that the PC using more RAM than 512 GDDR3 from the 360 but also the PS3 use 256 XDR RAM and is also very fast 3.2 Ghz and very efficient.

The Blu-Ray is very handy for those specifications.
Bad news for 360 gamers.

If i get some childish disagree get some proof dude and explain why!!
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"Console hardware is dated shhhh... No need to believe all those next gen hd adds.

Ill be running this game in 1080p just like the first one. Ps3 and the xbox will be left in the dust just like always:p"

Well, you got a point but the most PC architecture is allready maxing out.
We know you are a PC lover just as i do, but do not put me as PC lovers in bad name for trolling the console's.

Blu-Ray is not the only thing what the 360 is missing, becouse Blu-Ray is needed for for fast processor power and the 360 don't have such power to read Blu-Ray.

EDIT: No boby can explain why i get the disagree? very shame that people only can cliking rather than talk about it.

[Eazy-Eman]

Why do people get so upset about disagrees? Dude if you're going to state in your comment "If i get some childish disagree get some proof dude and explain why!!" people are just going to disagree with you because they either want to make your blood boil or can't take you seriously because you put that statement in your comment. I disagreed with you because you put that statement in your comment so voila.

[dark-hollow]

you are right but in n4g you get disagree for breathing

[dark-hollow]

i hate articles-like comments

[seann]

you need a bubble dude, pretty interested in what u have to say

[Ninjamonkey82]

wasnt expecting anything different. Ps3 will fair slightly better but if asked where id play this. Id say my dx11 rig...

[Chucky2003]

no surprise here

[ndibu]

Lol, see? Works both ways

[jy_mrnd]

Getting Superior PC version as well!

[Nihilism]

"Xbox 360 startlingly weak, PC very promising"

The story of this entire generation. ZING!

[GarandShooter]

Harsh.

[Vip3r]

For the sake of common logic, obviously a 5 year old console won't have the same graphical grace as a modern 2010 PC.

[sack_boi]

No sh!t, you're kidding right?!

[Vip3r]

Given the intellect of the fanboys on this site, it needs pointing out.

[Darkfocus]

thing is there's more powerful PC's than an xbox from 5 years ago.

[DeathMetal]

"For the sake of common logic, obviously a 5 year old console won't have the same graphical grace as a 2006 PC"

FIXED

[Eazy-Eman]

I'm not surprised, pc to 360 ports tend to look nasty. I wouldn't say that the PS3 version is superior until we get actual screenshots of the Ps3 build. I love the ps3, but I have to see Crysis 2 run on the ps3 before anyone says the ps3 will be better. Worst case scenario is that crytek pulls a rockstar and says that the ps3 port will be inferior to the 360.

[Zechs34]

Here I found this video that shows all 3 systems running it, Im sure there are better quality vids out there. It has been said for quite a bit with regards to the videos and such that the PS3 version is running better than expected and looks and performs best right now (between the 2 home consoles)

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

[OSU_Gamer]

So lets again listen to some German website on the quality of a multiplat. That already worked so well with Mafia 2.

[aGameDeveloper]

Crytek is a German company, itself, so you would typically expect a bit of favoritism from German press (IIRC, most of the recent Crytek fanfare comes from German sites). The fact that a German site comes out with any negative spin on the game is significant - to me, at least.

[PrinceOfAnger]

if the ps3 version looks better than the 360 version so i will get the ps3 version.^^

[Jazz4108]

We all know the 360 version will look better then the ps3 or they would have 1. been bragging to high heaven about it at e3. 2. would show it running on the ps3 when in fact I have only seen the the 360 and pc version running at conferences. 3. its multiplat and they almost always fare better on the 360. Last I checked 500 is greater then 200 when it comes to ram and alot of dev's have spoken out against ps3's split ram not working well with the system and then the slow bluray. so many negatives and strikes. I know the 360 has its limitations as I am reminded of them daily when I visit n4g but that said I thought it was time to bring the ps3 down a notch as its not that great.

[CernaML]

Quit being such a sourpuss, Jazz. There are many multiplats out there that look better on the PS3 or at least just as good as the 360. Yeah it's no surprise when the 360 version of multiplats win but it's also no surprise when PS3 versions of multiplats win. DVD format is really starting to hurt the 360. There are 360 games coming on multiple discs left and right. I cannot believe how low res pre rendered movies look in 360 games even when they are on two DVDs!

[etownone]

very disappointed to say the least

hope its not true cause i was really looking forward to this game to see how far Crytec can push the 360's hardware.

[Roozium]

Trust a german site, get fooled.

[theonlylolking]

Crytek already said that you shock people with the weaker version then when you show them the best they are amazed.

That explains why they have only showed the xbox version which to me looks great.

[Nihilism]

I think all the Crysis 2 footage so far has looked amazing. I guess the poor language conversion of the article has something to do with the overstatement in the title and the article. I'm sure it will look great on all platforms, my main concern is not how it looks, it's a given that it will look great...I want to know how it runs...

The article suggested 60 frame @1200p with 4aa maxed in dx9...I wonder how it runs in DX11...

@3monthsp

lol

Have a cigar, that was some fine trolling indeed.

[Avraj45]

i guess this could be the reason they delayed to 2011

[belal]

i mean, number 1 wasn't that good only visually impressive, and second one look ok at best. leaning more toward ps move,gt5,black ops, assasins creed brotherhood etc than this game.

[DeathMetal]

the reviews tend to disagree with you as far as Crysis goes.

[lolzers]

Crysis was excellent both in looks and gameplay.

[Scenarist]

BUH BUH BUH ..... This is the game that will look the best on all platforms.. PS3 not > 360 not > ps3 ? is what they said?

I was wondering how they were going to pull it off and was actaully hoping they did (pc dont count because we already knew it would be best visually )
but i guess they wont.

Thank God Im a PC enthusiast , I love Mind blowing Visuals beyond what consoles are capable of.

[jy_mrnd]

Agree that's why i game on PC!

[The Milkman]

Where did all these bubble come from, did I miss a bubble fest or something? Anyway I can't afford the PC to play crysis 2 on highest settings if it were to come out right now. But it isn't and by time it does I will have money saved up for a good PC to run it. It all depends on how much money I spend on other things and college also though.

[hiredhelp]

how strange noting mention about the ps3.well what a supprise maybe the official playstation mag. here in uk that had contacts with EA that come around and showed him early footage build of crysis 2 that was being made on the os3 may have been true after all. i still stand by that.
just as i always said crytek like power so ps3 would be sweet one for them. of course it wont beat a pc on a high end gaming rig. and even some middle end cards. but im sure it beat the 360 hands down. not im not knocking the 360 as lately all multiplatform seems to be looking really good for 360 as alot have been displayed and lets face it. rage.brink.you name em they still look better than halo reach and all the 1st party games 360 had. look towrds the 3rd party studios guys there getting beter. as for me on ps3 im happy got best of both worlds. never go back to the 360. i also have a computer too. i7 hopefully soon a 5870 ati

[PrinceOfAnger]

if the 360 version looked better than the ps3 version so i will buy an Xbox 360.

[Thoreau]

candy and nuts, would the world go hungry?

[darkman86]

Doesn't matter what version will win because both are killed by killzone 3... only PC game that can stack up to KZ3 is Crysis. However the MLAA method incorporated KZ23 kills Crysis on very high settings too. just see the 100% lifelike snow, icebergs, water ..The single Pre Alpha Build looks better than any other FPS on Consoles, that's a Fact.And is using Anti Aliasing X16, PS3 can only move that. x360 cant even handle 4x AA lol KZ3 looks a generation ahead of all fps games .... KZ3 looks like something that would be on Pc.Funny how everyone wants to compare to a Pc which has newer hardware and is always upgrading.I think its crazy that GG is making games that looks like it belongs on a high end pc.Theirs no reason to nerd rage about this but the ps3 has the best looking console games around''first party''

[edoman20]

16 AA the ps3?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

yeah rigth keep dreaming kid

[PirosThe4th]

MLAA is nearly as good as MSAAx16

Believe the facts but that cant beat my PC runing it on SuperSamplingAA X4 which = MSAAx32 quality wise...
lololololol

[Thoreau]

what is going on here????????

[Droid Control]

M$ really need to start thinking about a next gen console. The 360 is really starting to show its age now. That year's head start really made a difference - and not in a good way.

[i3eyond the Circle]

The way N4G is lit up because of this you'd swear the ps3 version was superior.....this article basically just says the PC version looks better than the consoles......wow.......I mean you morons with these degrees that specialize in rocket science have solved your hardest problem ever.

Good job...you all can have cookies.

[CernaML]

Hey I'm actually having cookies right now! :D

[writersblock]

A german site that is well translated and with a clean layout

Im impressed

[N4PS3Fanboys]

If the 360 version looks startlingly weak, then I don't even want to know what the PS3 version looks like...

[CernaML]

Yeah, we don't want another FFXIII. :P

[MGRogue2017]

I expect the PS3 version to look & perform alot better than the Xbox 360 version.

http://www.computerandvideo...

[Biggest]

That's strange. In the article you posted it would seem as if Crytek said they got a little more performance from the PS3 version. It doesn't seem like a very big deal at all. I don't expect anything personally. When its released we'll know which version is which.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I'm getting the PS3 version either way, but how much you want to bet Crytek version ups the PS3 version than somehow screws it up? Look at Ghostbusters as an example. It is EA and they seem to love PS3, so maybe for once a company will be able to have a game on PS3 graphically better than it is on xbox 360.

[doshey]

i think this may be one of those times where 360 fans cant say they have the better port.

[All_4_One]

Of course the PC version is going to outperform the console versions. Thankfully, I was never planning on getting Crysis 2. My decision was solidified the other day when the new Crysis 2 multiplayer gameplay came out just after the Killzone 3 multiplayer trailer. OUCH! Killzone 3 slaps Crysis 2 all around.

[ChronoJoe]

From what I've seen personally, they both have looked very good. With Crysis perhaps looking a little better to the eye, maybe not because of polycounts, texture resolutions - but because it's setting is not entirely brown. On top of that, from what I've seen of Crysis, it has had a lot more going on at any one time, than Rage which has added to the appeal, lighting also came across as more impressive. However I don't know weather what I've seen has been bullshots or not. I wouldn't think so, but I can't really tell.

[Thoreau]

disagreed.... the architectural structure of each system is diferent, but the ps3 has the leverage with spus, bluray, and a built in hardrive. denial of such advantages are foolishness, plain and simple. i became a fan of the 360, because of the marvellously designed xbox. the 360 is reaching its' limits. if micro treated the 360 like the original xbox, in terms of hardware, the games would be awesome. sony prepped for a marathon....

[turgore]

Say the Nazis...I mean germans. seriously Germany (and Europe) is PC land and obviously they will defend their favorite gaming medium.

[niceguyWii3]

Well If I had a Pc that could run this game good that would be my choice but since im not a big pc gamer and my pc sucks, I most likely will just get it for my ps3.

[bustamove]

That's not good at all.

[jbiz320]

what in gods earth makes some of you automatically think that it will run miraculously better on the PS3? notice they HAVENT shown it on ps3 yet? we all now how that usually plays out.. PLUS this is like the only publication (translated!!?) that has said it looks like sh!t.. ill wait for some more opinions.

[CobraKai]

"Also blocky, in the soil plug key fog clouded muddy textures and pre-physics animations picture very much."

Honestly my PS360 would prolly look better than what my PC can output. If they had Move support, I'd definitely get the PS3 version. Seriously though there is no beating a PC that can handle this game maxed out.

[IK IR Y IP T]

get the pc version both console versions are going to suck

[bjornbear]

PC owners are like ferrari owners going to a family car road show and tell everyone their car is faster than everyone elses

well done pointing out the obvious. next up, an athlete is faster than a fat ass.

[DeathMetal]

I recall many PS3 fanboys claiming their games look as good or better than PC games.Just look at some comments below. Bu BU Killzone. LOL

[hiredhelp]

Who said that .?

[girlwithturn]

Jump off!

[My_Outer_Heaven]

This game will take full use of the hardware of each platform..

PS3 has far superior hardware than Xbox but utilising that hardware is what lets games on PS3 down. I hope they utilise all the cores of the cell processor aswell as the graphics card so that the PS3 version is as close to a PC version as possible.

360 will look significantly worse...because its processor isnt all that powerful compared to the Cell and high end PC's. My PC is 4-5 years old and still better than an Xbox 360 spec.

I am looking at getting a DX11 laptop soon for my studies and enjoyment when I go to UNI.. I would love to beable to play Crysis 1 and 2 on it.

I will most likely be getting both PC and PS3 version. PS3 for the trophy and multiplayer experience and PC just to mouth water over the graphical quality..

I hear that 6 core laptops are available but there reeeediculasy expencive...

the new nVidia 480m 2gb DX11 laptop graphics card should be amazing when companys like asus, hp, alienware and acer start using them.. cuz Kobalt Computers and Clevo laptops cost far too much for it at the moment.

And the new Asus steath laptop has a decent 1gb 5870 dx11 card but damn is it ugly!

[hiredhelp]

build yourself a pc with a ati x2 at lower cost and beat that and all ull need is 4gb or more if you wanted even a good core 2 duo e6600 work out well.

[tudors]

And I liked what I have seen so why should I trust this article? agreed it would seem that UC2 is a graphical powerhouse but trust me Alan Wake is also a looker, both consoles are quality, it seems to me that some Sony fans take the multiplats such as RDR being better looking on 360 very personal, of course a PC hardware mag is going to say the console versions are worse, they are afterall comparing them to PC, and judging by the history of the multiplats I would not jump to too many conclusions about which console version will be better, the PS3 has a few games that show off it's capabilities but the difference between the 360 and the PS3 is not huge and certainly has never stopped the 360 impressing me or the millions of owners worldwide so get over it.

[iammason]

I mean, you realize they have almost half a year before the game comes out right? It's as if you are all reviewing the game... Before it is even out.

[TABSF]

I would say the PC version on medium will look like the PS3 version
I would say the PC version on medium to low will look like the 360 version

Then us PC guys get High, Very High, DX10, DX11, 16x AF, 32x AA, AO, DOF, Eyefinity, 3D surround, Mega Draw Distances, Mods and much much more

I think Crytek and/or EA are scared of Showing PC version of Crysis 2 at maximum setting because it may put off PS3 and 360 users when they see the console version

[darkman86]

Doesn't matter what version will win because both are killed by killzone 3... only PC game that can stack up to KZ3 is Crysis. However the MLAA method incorporated KZ23 kills Crysis on very high settings too. just see the 100% lifelike snow, icebergs, water ..The single Pre Alpha Build looks better than any other FPS on Consoles, that's a Fact.And is using Anti Aliasing X16, PS3 can only move that. x360 cant even handle 4x AA lol KZ3 looks a generation ahead of all fps games .... KZ3 looks like something that would be on Pc.Funny how everyone wants to compare to a Pc which has newer hardware and is always upgrading.I think its crazy that GG is making games that looks like it belongs on a high end pc.Theirs no reason to nerd rage about this but the ps3 has the best looking console games around''first party''

[creepjack]

Ignorance is bliss, is it not?

Killzone 3 looks as good as Crysis on high, LOL. Still wearing those fanboy googles Sony sent you with that PS3, I see.

[hoops]

Metro 2033 on the PC hands Kill Zone 3 its ass.
KZ3 will most likely be the best looking console game, but do not compare it to PC games. Its not close

[darkman86]

I agree with every word man killzone 3 will be Best looking game ever made on consoles but my comment was for some one here he think crysis 2 on console will look better than killzone 3 !!! its Madness

[hoops]

And this is a surprise? If anyone has a capale PC why on earth would you buy this game for the Xbox360 or PS3?

[Solotov]

The PS3 version will probably look even worse, considering that they never show the PS3 version much at all

[ForROME]

Ill wait for the final product and reviews to choose my console version

let alone, if this will even be a good game

[creepjack]

Wooo Hooo, big freakin surprise, the PC version is better.

It's kinda funny though, they showed the 360 running Crysis 2 at E3 at it looked and ran great, as good or better than anything the PS3 has put out to date. The fact that all they ever talk about is the PC and 360 version should be very worrying to you Sony fanboys. We have seen it running on PC and 360, but never on the PS3. Is this version even really in existence, or is the PS3 version so bad and so far behind the 360 version that they don't dare show it?

LOL, I have a funny feeling all these Sony fanboy idiots are gonna be eating their words.

[hoops]

I am waiting to see how this game turns out when its released. There might be some fanboys on all sides crying a river LOL

[DeathMetal]

Gameplay and graphics look great no doubt. I think this will stomp KZ3 which will be more of the same.

[CWMR]

Great comment crrepjack. I am bookmarking this page because I have a feeling these PS3 fanboys are going to be eating a big, hot, steaming plate of crow when the PS3 version finally gets shown.

[movements]

Ah, the game will be good on all platforms

[clarkdef]

Imagin how bad the PS3 version will look then. I'll pass on it :(

[BABY-JEDI]

All That matter is that it's a GOOD GAME that gamers can enjoy. Milk & cookies all round

[CrzyFooL]

Where's the "NO SHIT" button.

[gamer0123456]

what a bunch of hooligans here

[Pootangpie]

yet the PS3 version is superior notice they were stacking this up against the PC not the PS3 retards and it was only multiplayer as well If were comparing a console version against just the PC alone of course it's going to come out weak regardless of it being 360 or PS3 so go kindly back to anime land sony fanboys and STFU

[The EDGE]

360 fans need to relax, dont you guys have halo reach to look foward to.

[HelghastGeneral]

Just to let you people know in order to play crysis at a nice frame rate and get console quality graphics people spend thousands and buy 3 videocards for example gtx480 which costs 500 bucks each all working in sli put all settings on high and still average 60 frames.

Meanwhile crysis 2 on both ps3 and 360 looks absolutely gorgeous and runs at a decent framerate or forget about numbers the game just runs great. Doesn't that make you think wow something is wrong here your paying what two thousand or more for a pc meanwhile a 300 buck console looks just as good maybe better hmm.

choose either 360 or ps3 version both in my opinion are better than what the pc version is going to be and what you need to spend to play it.

[TABSF]

So when did you fall out of the stupid tree

PC will always be better than any console

My GTX 460 will play Crysis and Crysis Warhead at very high, 1920 by 1080 no AA with no lag

BTW GTX 460 will cost around $200 and a full system with GTX 460 would be around $500 - $600

186 games I have on Steam and I have only spend on average £8.29 per game
186 games on PS3 is would cost you around £39.99 on average, over 4 times as much

PC has cheaper software, meaning the hardware pays for it self

PC it only does everything

[hiredhelp]

HelghastCommando
DUDE come back when you know about computers.
you can spend under £500 for a computer without monitor with say a 2.4ghz core 2 and 4gb ram a ati 4870 run this game with AA high end settings. run faster and smoother with all the shine thats not comming from your a** and physics that you obviously know nothing about. DO NOT COMPARE PC AGAINST ANY CONSOLE.!!
TABSF. has clearly stated the facts if you not live in the uk.that you dont have to pay thousands.

[kasasensei]

@HelghastCommando
You failed. Hard.

[gcolley]

@8800gtx - your username is outdated

[Chris_TC]

No more outdated than the PS3 and 360. The 8800 runs all those ports without effort.

[MRMagoo123]

Isnt this the game that was better looking than all the ps3 exclusives put together and will be better on the 360 which was meant to prove that the 360 could do graphics better than the ps3 ? this games a turd on consoles that is all.

[zero_cool]

Cell processor at the WCIT interview with Jim Kahle a.k.a (the "Father" of the Cell CPU):

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

http://www.blachford.info/c...

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.c...

http://www.yostuffs.com/200...

http://www.realtimerenderin...

RSX: Reality Synthesizer -part 1:

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

RSX: Reality Synthesizer -part 2:

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

RSX: Reality Synthesizer- part 3:

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

PS3 Cell Processor Demo:

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

PS3- Physics Demo:

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

PS3's cell rendering in real-time WITH-OUT the RSX:

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

PS3 tech demos environment:

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

Lightning software for PS3 in action:

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

Playstation 3 tech demos leaves:

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

PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing:

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

Playstation 3 PS3 Edge Tech Demo:

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

ps3 Renderware Demo:

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

PlayStation 3 - Physics Effects SDK:

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

[hiredhelp]

people the cell on a ps3 is awsome mind blowing but completly differnt tech to any computers.
but you cant compare to a computer. mainly because games even thoe they rely partly on the cpu and memory. but the main source is the VIDEO CARD. so when the day comes a console can fit a 10"-11" video card under the hood then we can start comparing.

[oghost85]

Wake up and realize that there are bigger problems in our world than which game looks better! just be grateful that you have the opportunity to play the damn game in the first place!! think of the people right now who are spending time at work developing your precious video games and..for what? to beat it? judge it? love it? hate it? or oh I know call it mediocre. then what? trade it in? rinse repeat..the developers throw out the feed the feed gets digested and the digested has now found its way to Game Slop or whatever used game retailer For all those poor consumers out there who Need that used game at a discount price which is bs considering the amount of people who abuse the return policy rabble! rabble rabble!

[Neurotoxin]

A Mid range pc will look better than anything 360 or PS3 can produce, a top-end pc will blow them out of the water. It will always be PC>Consoles. Why do people still think otherwise.

[Spinal]

I have an Intel Quad core Q6600 with a 4870 Radeon card.

And I have all the consoles. I think i will still get this game on xbox 360. The reason: simply put Xbox Live. Its so perfect for this kind of title.

I bought bad company 2 on my pc most amazing graphics i've seen in a online multiplayer shooter to date. But i cant help but to feel the lack of life due to the lack of xbox live my friends list an headset convos even when not playin the same game.

[wenaldy]

No brainer... Even as an PS3 fans, I admit PC is more superior..

[n4gno]

"the 360 version looked particularly ugly. While the final output is 720p at 30fps, it is obvious that the geometry natively renders at sub-HD and gets scaled up to 720p. "

- bububu you 'll see when crysis/rage/alanwake/halo3 will be here, uncharted 1 will be beatten ! @xboxfanslol

Wow, in every "crysis" or "rage" news, the desperated sheep fanboyz are in full force, look at the disagrees/agree....opposite world all the way here :)

every years, they have hopes too see a game with graphics on par with uncharted 1, and every time, it's a fail, why don't you simply accept the fact the xbox can't do what the ps3 is achieving graphicly ? it's not the end of the world.

big LOL to dcfont, CWNR and all great delusionals fanboyz, acting like killzone, uncharted, and others factual graphics proofs doen'st even exist...it's pathetic.

by the way, on the PC subject :
"A Mid range pc will look better than anything 360 or PS3 can produce, a top-end pc will blow them out of the water. It will always be PC>Consoles. Why do people still think otherwise."

just show a single adventure game with uncharted2 graphics, or gow, heavy rain, even on best pc : that does'nt exist, so yes, some multiplatform fps are better on good pc now (because console have 4 years), but it's not always the case, and not on mid range pc, and most important : pc don't have all the consoles variety and games (like consoles don't have all pc games)

[Yue9]

can suck my pale ass..

[wolfofashes]

Crytek is well known for their engines that laughs at almost any PC rig you throw at it,it's a no brainer that they would use bullshots.I saw another version of the game running and even though the geometry was apparently 720p the game run sub 30FPS at most of the time plagued with screen tearing,that version was either PS3's or a PC and there is no logic on showing the game on a PC that can't handle it so...but we have to remember that Crytek has no dev experience outside very powerful PC rigs in the end of the day anyone that wasn't a fanboy din't expected much from Crysis 2 outside of high end rigs,but let's wait till the game comes out this may be an outdated build,however don't get your expectation too high on this one if you want the best experience of this title buy a high end PC.

[EditorAtGNG]

This is a flamebait article and by the amount of heat it has received already, I'd say its successful. Are they trying to reinvent hot water? PC version superior than console counterparts? Really? I did not expect that, especially for a game that was previously ONLY ON PC! And shut off the damned fanboy flames already, who the hell cares which version is better. Just buy the one for the console you own if you want the game and bang, you're on a horse.

[StitchJones]

Wow a developer and preview person are actually saying something negative about the way the 360 performs.... Be still my heart, I never thought this day would come. Crysis belongs on the PC, I don't care for this PS3/360 version type thing they are doing. I myself am going with the PC version hands down no question.

[zero_cool]

I bet those disagrees are coming from PC/360 gamers more then likely with no solid facts or evidence to back those disagrees up.

[zero_cool]

crysis 2 gameplay & multiplayer:

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

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

killzone 3 gameplay & multiplayer:

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

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

halo reach gameplay & multiplayer:

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

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