Killzone 3 vs Crysis 2 vs Crysis 1: Water Effects And Character Comparison

We have got some screenshots which shows some amazing differences between three great first person shooters. Check them out below.

[gameseveryday]

Water effects=Killzone 3

Close combat=Crysis 2

Character Model=Crysis 2

Crysis 2>Killzone 3>Crysis

Thats my opinion by the way.

[halocursed]

Killzone 3 all the way for me in terms of character model and close combat!

[Army_of_Darkness]

I must honestly say that its the best looking FPS on consoles hands down!!

[PLASTICA-MAN]

WTF? Comparing water effects in... screenshots???
Did you know that Guerilla Games team dedicated 2 senior engineers working for more than 6 months just to develop these heavy waters effects and physics making them look accurate with all the floating pieces of ice and the heavy icy waves etc... Let alone the snow effects on the ground and how bodies and feet interacts with them and that aren't only static,lifeless cheaply and lazily 2D rendered photo-textures bumped with with a bugsfiest parralax illusionist tricks.

You try to educate those illeterates, try it on yourself first. Lamingbot.com

[NewZealander]

i thought the killzone 3 characters looked better, but actually playing the game there was some things i didn't like about them, like the way eyelashes look horrible, so does that guys beard that you meet later in the game, when he talks his chin kinda pops through the hair, also the helgast fur collars kinda look fake, but overall they still look cooler then the crysis characters.

[DualConsoleOwner]

not even a competition...

water is just a texture in Crysis 2 while KZ3 water actually has physics effect and what not.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I play crysis 2 with "mods" on PC and kz3 looks better

[Dee_91]

screen does none of these games justice
you have to play in person
.. its like that with every game

[crxss]

Sorry but the KZ3 WATER in those pictures just looks terrible compared to the rest. The character models for C2 and KZ3 both look great.

[ABizzel1]

As I've been saying, both games look amazing. It's all about preference. In my eyes they share the graphics crown on consoles.

[yianni]

@PLASTICA-MAN
Should probably learn how to spell illiterate before calling others illeterate. Irony.

[Dee_91]

@crXss
have you ever seen the ocean in sub zero areas ?
http://www.abc.net.au/storm...

[Spydiggity]

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

it's all scripted that's why you die the MOMENT you hit the water...cuz it's not really there...crysis 1 has amazing water...best in any game ever (til from dust comes out that is)

[MaxXAttaxX]

You're only showing the environmental/background water on that level.

[hesido]

@Spydiggity

LOL, "it's not really there"

How on earth can you say it's not really there? It's being rendered in realtime, the waves can have a pattern indeed, but it's there.

"it's all scripted that's why you die the MOMENT you hit the water"
I really wonder the twisted logic behind this statement. It's just that, you don't swim in KZ3. No reason in preparing an underwater shader.

[evrfighter]

looks like a 9 second loop to me >.>

thanks spy for exposing this obvious lol moment bubs dude. I would have found it myself had I played it but after buying that travesty that is kz2. No way I'm being suckered again.

[awesomeperson]

@Spy

1. Nice way to draw views.

2. What the hell? Do I care, I never even noticed before I've seen that. When I played I thought it looked aweosme, I still do. Do I give one sh** about how its rendered? No. All I care is it looks good and plays on my screen, not trying to degrade a game.

[Epicor]

@crxxs

I think that both crysis games have better water textures than KZ3 but I do think that KZ3 has better water physics (scripted or not). You can really feel the weight and the massiveness of the waves - the ocean feels alive and threatening.

[Spydiggity]

i wasn't trying to "draw views." i made this video for you people in response to these ridiculous crysis comparisons. i don't see how a person could possibly play the first crysis, see the water in that game, and think this is even close. there's an entire generation in between the two visually. i guess i'll be making a crysis vid next.

seriously though, you really think i care about views on a youtube profile i've used 3 times? come on now...that's such an immature way of dealing with this. if you really think i'm wrong, lets see some evidence... where's the counter proof? so far i only see one video... fanboys always love to say 2 things when you disagree with their biased opinion. 1) "you just want hits"; 2) "you didn't even play it."
well, i believe this video proves 2 wrong, and i think number 1 can be easily dismissed considering i don't get any money for my 10 minutes of total videos. especially not on a video that took me about 20 minutes to throw together.

[Kleptic]

This seems like a pretty weird comparison...and imo uncharted 2 has better water than any of them...not just the way the water looks in a screen shot...but the way it looks in motion, and the way it 'wets' drake's/npc's clothes when they get in and out of it...

its the only engine I know of so far that has realistic currents...like rivers and things that still have dynamic reflections and still has layer manipulation...

that is where Killzone 3 (weirdly even more so than 2) falls pretty short water wise...shoot that gorgeous ocean...and nothing happens...your bullets just disappear into it...i've hated that since developers first started trying to make realistic water effects...

Killzone 2 at least had a realistic looking animation that would shoot a spike of water up from a bullet hitting it, even though it didn't have layer manipulation...and i'm not sure yet if there are other water effects in other parts of killzone 3...but that ocean level does not have any of these effects...its cool to look at for a few minutes, but it definitely seems a little shortcut'd...

in fact a lot of killzone 3's visuals feel that way to me...I spent the last weekend going through and playing more killzone 2...to finally platinum it before buying killzone 3 this month...and compared to the demo, I think killzone 2 actually looks better...the lighting in killzone 2 still seems unmatched...killzone 3 did away with muzzle flare lighting for assault rifles, but has it more than killzone 2 for heavy weapons (the jet pack MG will blow shadows all over everything, but the regular guns no longer do...)

I like killzone 3...but I don't like that it may try too much at one time...the 3D, the move support, appealing to people that couldn't handle killzone 2, etc...somewhere in there visually things got changed for some reason and I don't really understand why...its definitely not always better looking than killzone 2...

[theonlylolking]

killzone 2 has better water than KZ3. Crysis 1(with mods) has the best water, close combat KZ3 is the best, character model crysis 2(PC)

[Kahvipannu]

Agreed on the water part.
This is Crysis 1 with mods, only 720p, and DX10, would love to see what DX11 could do.

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

I don't still get it why some people think KZ3 has better graphics technically. It looks amazing, but is still "just" pipelined scripted shooter, with low interactivity with environment, as tecnical point of view. Artisticstyle is other thing. It's beautiful game indeed, but not inpar with Crysis1 or 2 technically.

[MaxXAttaxX]

I think I might just agree with what you said.
Although I think KZ3 did a better job with the dynamic water(the interactive parts) you can walk though.

That pic they showed was more of an environmental/background water.

[Epicor]

kahvipannulle

Holy crap! That youtube video looked yummy. I wanna go back travelling after watching that - dunno why ;).

Kiitos.

[Oxymoron028]

Nah I'd say Character models goes to Killzone 3 tbh

[Starhawk]

Lmao.

[downwardspiral]

These are in game comparison of the character models. I think the killzone model look more realistic.

[meetajhu]

Crysis 1 will demolish every game till todays date. Only game which will dethrone Crysis is Rage

[ThanatosDMC]

Exactly. Crysis 2 is a step down Crysis 1. People forget how insanely good looking Crysis 1 is. Check out the youtube hd videos.

[BK-201]

Crysis 1 looks better then both because its a PC game but KZ3 looks and preforms much better than C2 on consoles.

[zootang]

KZ3 Mawlr is the most intense gaming experience I have ever had. The game surpassed my expectations and they were set high.

[DoomeDx]

My expectations were quite low. But after playing it i changed my mind. It is indeed one of the best games ever

(Playing games since Wolfenstein 3D!)

[NewZealander]

yeah my expectations for KZ3 were low too, i wasn't a fan of KZ2 but decided to give the third a go, graphics for the most part were pretty good, but some areas did look pretty rough, it was also far too short and the story was weak, unless you like multiplayer i would suggest renting it, those who like online will probably get more out of it.

[Fat Bastard]

Crysis 2 was very disappointing for me. I played it on PS3 and 360, and both versions didn't perform as well as I had hoped. Months of Crysis 2 gameplay videos got me very excited but the title underperformed for me. The graphics are definitely spectacular, but the characters don't control as well as I would like, and it isn't as smooth and enjoyable to shoot/play (shooting enemies isn't as satisfying for some reason). I am much happier with Killzone 3 as far as gameplay and multiplayer. As far as visuals, I would give KZ3 the slight edge but both look great visually. I will say KZ3's story had lots of corny and stupid parts, so I'd give the SP to Crysis 2 even though I didn't enjoy it that much.

[fooltheman]

I actually like the story though...
In essence there is't much room for making it into a deep story...it's war...
I really like the background story about those two helghan 'warlords'.

Whoever expected a high standard roman ...

[STONEY4]

That's a terrible picture being used for Crysis 1. THIS is what it looks like.

http://www.pcgames.de/scree...

[NanoSoldier]

Honestly, anyone who thinks that Killzone 3 is technically ahead of Crysis 2 needs to get his eyes checked.

Last night I was watching the rain falling down in Crysis 2 for minutes, it's a incredible step from Crytek that they achieved something like that on consoles.

[cooperdnizzle]

You are a fan boy, Have you even played Killzone 3, i have crysis for the ps3 and pc. It looks pretty bad on consoles, but on the pc it looks really good!

[talltony]

Nano soldier
Give me your psn id and prove me that you have played both games because alot of people like to throw out crap like you just said all the time.

Oh BTW the environments and textures are nowhere near as detailed as killzone 3's so I think you need to get your eyes checked.

[lee_ten]

...and your name is nanosoldier. okay, sure.

[awesomeperson]

Lets play some Killzone sometime, whats your PSN?

[BeastlyRig]

kz3 water not realtime!

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

[RememberThe357]

Um do you know that "realtime" means? I think you mean "dynamically". And no the water isn't rendered dynamically. But that water is doing a lot more than just sitting there and shimmering. With all that KZ3 has going on there is no way they'd have the resources to run that water dynamically. But show me an other game that has waves that look that good.

[DrHouse]

Most of Killzone is pre-rendered, only on N4G will you see ppl say its realtime, Even the snow in Killzone is only in the camera, its not all over the area as it would seem.

[Darkfocus]

that's still realtime as it's being rendered in 3D by the hardware itself it's just not dynamic and its scripted...also I really don't see why some people in this thread are saying it looks better than crysis though...clearly they've not seen crysis in motion.

[awesomeperson]

...

As I said before. Do I care if how the hell the game delivers it to me? Does it hurt me knowing a game isn't rendered a particular way?

No.

When I play the level it looks awesome, it still looks awesome. End. Of. Story.

[Jazz4108]

Kz2 I enjoyed somewhat so I picked up kz3. My psn and live acounts are both jazz4108. Kz3 imo has to be the most overated and most boring corridor shooter I played in a long time. I don't play online so I play the sp campaigns but kz3 tooke me sinch launch to finally finish it as I could not play it for long as it was so underwhelming. Crysis2 I started it and could not put it down and the large levels and the fact the gameworld is open to explore and packed full of destructable enviroments make the cryengine 3 unmatched on consoles imo and the story in crysis 2 was much better written by a famous author and the campaign gave me around 11 hours of play where kz3 was half that and to think crysis did this on the 360 with a dvd9 is just incredible. Give props where there due and crysis2 for the win imo.

[aceitman]

how can u compare still water with wavy water. characters look better on killzone 3 .

[Jazz4108]

I play the sp campaigns and don't count pixels but had way more fun with crysis.

[Roozium]

Lol. Crysis has the best watereffects in anygame ever. Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Kahvipannu]

The game is still jawdropping visually. It's just insane.

[WetN00dle69]

PLASTICA-MAN

WOW 6 months......and still it pales in comparison to Bioshocks water effects.

[FACTUAL evidence]

Wooooooow! No freakin BIAS here! I asked my granma which one she thinks looks better and she pointed to killzone 3 I shit u not!

[Jezuz]

Don't you know everything must cater to KZ3 or else the fanboys will disagree with you?

[TVippy]

Very ignorant opinion, man.

[starchild]

Some people are really blind it seems. The water in Crysis 2 looks far better than the water in Killzone 3.

The movement of the waves looks kind of cool in that scene in Killzone 3, but when I shoot the water there isn't any kind of splash or ripples left by the bullet impacts. In Crysis 2 the water ripples and splashes in a realistic way when you shoot it.

On top of that the actual way the water looks is better in Crysis 2 as well. It has the right amount of reflectivity and specular highlights, whereas the water looks very flat in Killzone 3.

The movement of the waves isn't all that impressive either. I mean it looks pretty cool overall, but it's not bar-raising in any way. Very nice looking waves have been done in other games before. Check out the waves in this old Xbox 360 game, Far Cry Instincts, at around 0:29 in the following video http://www.youtube.com/watc... The movement and graphical quality of those waves looks better than that which is found in Killzone 3.

Crysis 2 on PC looks far better than Killzone 3 and anybody that says otherwise needs to go in for an eye exam. Even on consoles I think Crysis 2 looks better.

[cyborg]

KZ 3's water effects in motion, I couldn't help but jump into the ocean, a couple of times, it was so so amazing. Overall, aswell, Killzone 3 looks far better in motion than consolified Crysis 2

[Grenadan]

crysis dynamic vs killzone scripted

[fooltheman]

... You do know that seas have some sort of rythm...
Scripted isn't bad by any way...

[RememberThe357]

Crysis has dynamic waves? Please show me that video!

[AngryHippo]

Lol I jumped in the water too.

[RememberThe357]

I did too but it wasn't on purpose :(

[awesomeperson]

Stupid Akmir Snowdrift when I first started playing *runs out to protect battery* *fallen_dawn has commited suicide*

[ksoto]

Seriously i jumped in the water a few times too lol and the snow effects are awesome too kz3 has so many things going on and beautiful graphics u really cant compare Crysis 2 to it i dnt understand how ppl even take that comparison seriously. Dont get me wrong i own crysis 2 and play the mp alot bcus it is fun but in my opinion it doesnt compare graphically to Crysis 2.

[BlackKnight]

Actually KZ3 water in motion looks pretty lame at certain times. The tip of waves are incredibly low poly count and look like triangles poking out. It's actually just an animation, or "script" as Grenadan said but scripting is actually more complex that a looping animation.

The low poly count is pretty noticeable. And the fact that people talk about the "physics" like how the icebergs are floating around is just sad. It is just an animation, no physics, the icebergs are just an animation, nothing else.

I wouldn't say the water is HORRIBLE as this video says, but it is one of the few RETAIL, not beta, videos of the water waves in KZ3 that shows this loop (and pokey waves, watch in HD):

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

[BK-201]

Check out the pools in Kaznan jungle, there are dynamic water effects. Its just hard to find but I'm guessing it was a design choice not to include too much water in the game.

Edit: the guy who posted this video is an idiotic fanboy.

[BlackKnight]

@BK-201

I know what you are talking about. It's pretty similar to Crysis 2 water interaction.

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

He may be an idiotic fanboy (which I warned by saying I didn't agree with his comments) but it DOES loop and is just an animation and not physics at all. I just used the video because it is the best quality video of the retail copy of KZ3 showing the water waves.

[BeastlyRig]

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

vs

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

[DrHouse]

When did you jump in what did you see? DiD YOU SWIM AROUND? no? why not? maybe cause its pre-rendered visual trickery?

[BrianG]

If it looks better, but is pre-rendered, then whats the point in not pre-rendering it?

Not everything has to be all real time all the time, like the Cryengine 3 does. That my friend leads to inconsistent results (objects morphing in screen (trees for ex) and pop in) and variable framerates. Unless that was the developers issue and not the engines. And lets not blame hardware either because other developers are doing great things.

Are we going to start rendering clouds in real time for our FPS games? Or maybe the stars behind the clouds that we can't see or interact with but exist anyways.

[hesido]

The water is not pre-rendered. The *pattern of the waves* can be pre-prendered. But the water surface is an actual 3d object. You can look at it from every angle. You cannot pre-render that.

[awesomeperson]

Ah K, because I'm sure even if it did let you swim around you would really want to swim in ice cold weather, been gunned down on an alien planet with heavy equipment. Right?

[hesido]

"Lol @ disagrees" should be a button on N4G.

[DelbertGrady]

The Killzone 3 character model screenshot is taken from a cutscene.

[Grenadan]

which are pre rendered

[theonlylolking]

pre-rendered in game

[one2thr]

nope,the cutscenes in killzone are actually, simple recorded videos of the games REAL TIME engine, that gives the game time to load without leaving gamers, having to watch a "pre-rendered cutscene AND then have to wait for the actual game to load..... And so far all the games that does this are great games, such as: God of War 3, Killzone 3, and Uncharted 2.....
So yeah, that pre-rendered statement about Killzone screen shots are irrelevent sir, good day

[BlackKnight]

@one2thr

The pre-rendered cutscenes do use the KZ3 engine. However, they bump up the character models and texture resolution alot higher since it is....PRE-RENDERED. Meaning they don't have to worry if it's 30FPS in real-time because when you pre-render, you always get your target framerate, it just takes time to spit out the video.

So it does not represent real time since if the PS3 actually had to render it in real-time, it would have framerate way below 30 FPS.

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

[bluwulf]

BlackKnight,

The models are the same, as are the textures. They up the levels of Anti-Aliasing. Its the same across the board from Uncharted/MGS4/Killzone etc.. The Intro videos are what you're thinking about.

Those have increased model polycount.

Unlike Gears/Halo/Alan Wake etc. The PS3 actually has the ability to use its game models in the cut scenes, because the engines are able to run the high polygon characters.

Its not a significant jump in polygonal count of the characters, pre-rendering is taxing on Anti-Aliasin/Motion Blur etc.

There may be a slight increase in quality, but its not as night and day as other titles.

[BlackKnight]

@bluwulf

I will gladly show you comparisons straight from my PS3. Just ordered component cables yesterday so I can record in HD once I get those suckers. Sony/PS3 blocks you from recording on HDMI no matter what is being shown while MS/Xbox only blocks when watching netflix or a DVD or anything like that, games can still be recorded from HDMI in clean digital HD. Super annoying. And I am not about to go buying blackmarket HDMI-HDCP recording hardware or expensive workarounds( http://jarkhd.blogspot.com/...

Anyhow, in-game character models are noticeably lower quality in gameplay than in cutscenes and Uncharted 2 is a great example. I didn't even bring up xbox in my previous post and you are acting like I did. Psst, your fanboyism is showing. Try not down talking platforms you don't own (or hate due to "loyalty") and just speak the facts. Devs do it on ALL platforms.

[AngryHippo]

Killzone 3 and crysis 2 both look amazing. Let's move on people.

[news4geeks]

I'm liking Crysis2 from these screens but I'm sure if you pick and choose you could make any of them look the best and the rough waters of Killzone will look much better in motion. I have only played Crysis1, but I think I'll end up buying Crysis2 and Killzone3.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Character models goes to killzone

Water goes to Crysis 1. Crysis 2's water looks uniform, as in you can actually see rows of waves in it.

Killzone's water looks nice but lets be honest. It's not dynamic. you can't interact with it. If you shoot it there is only a sprite splash. No ripples.

[BK-201]

In the Kaznan jungle there are a few pools of water that you can shoot at and have amazing dynamic ripple effects, check it out for yourself.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

You actually had the balls to shoot at something that wasn't a Helghast during that part? *tips hat* I was so scared of getting caught in that jungle I hesitated to shoot the Helghast let alone some water lol.

[baodeus]

why are we showing pictures?

If you have crysis 2 go try these out:
1. jump into the water and start swimming. Heck, just swim downward toward the ocean floor, it actually take some time to see the ocean floor and take a look around (show the scale) :D (u'll see they rendered everything realistically and w/ pretty realistic sound effects too)
2. Throw stuff into the water (tire will float back up like it should for example).
3. Just shoot at it anything u see in the water/puddle and u'll see they are actual objects with physical properties that you can intereact with (not just for look)

@PLASTICA-MAN
"Did you know that Guerilla Games team dedicated 2 senior engineers working for more than 6 months just to develop these heavy waters effects and physics"

So now what does KZ3 water can do compare to Crysis 2? What happen when you jump into the ocean? u'll see a black screen with bubbles floating upward?. What happen when you shoot at the ocean water, nothing....except maybe those puddles in the swamp (forest if you prefered) level. That pretty much it. I think they could have put better used with that 6 months rather than on water effects.

You guys can say whatever u want, the level of interactive environment in Crysis 2 (with graphics too no less) is a league above other FPS games currently. And this is just the water aspect. Just try to interact with anything in the game:

Shoot at cars/truck tires, plants, windows, trees (once it broke off, shoot at the broken off brances to see what happen), if you ran out of ammo, pick up anything (shoes, laptop, pots, pictureframe, boxes, etc.....) and throw it at your enemies (not unless they'll kill u first and hopefully u aren't holding an explosive tank). Punch the pile of boxes until some fall off, pick it up and go toward a light source, throw it and see what they ment by dynamic lighting. Remember those trash bags on your left when you first open the door to the city, u know that you can clear that entire pile of trash out of the way (just pick each of them up and throw it somewhere else). There are just so much more stuff to interact with and can be used in a fight too. That is the kind of environmental interactivity in Crysis 2, not to mention detail/realistic texture, scale, particles, etc...

U'll see that Cryteck isn't BS when they say it is a scripted sandbox FPS.

[baodeus]

disagree without any feedback if what i said is true or not, or what i said about KZ3 is false?

Figure that much. Can't never back up what you guys claim or given examples.. What do i expect, a legit answer or counter argument? Logical discussion isn't allowed on n4g.

[BrianG]

Shoot the tree before or after it changes shape and loads what appears to be a whole other tree?

Stop talking as if Crysis 2 is the second coming of Jesus. It is a good game but not perfect, nor is KZ3.

[baodeus]

@brianG
Shoot the tree -> branch broke off -> keep shooting at the branch that broke off into smaller pieces (although it does have certain length limit after the initial shot). U don't have to trust me, go and try out yourself (follow those examples i listed above: shoot each individual tires of car/truck, shoot each individual class pieces of the light post/cars, windows, throw stuff into the water, shoot pillars, go take a dive into the ocean, just try out anything, etc...). Why do u think i found out u can use any objects as weapon (since i spend so much time testing out the interaction aspect of crysis 2, i ran out of ammo for the actual enemies so i have to resort to other means). :D. If you or anyone else can dispute the things i said about crysis 2 vs kz3 are false, then come back here to confront me (but i doubt it).

There is one thing that i do agree is that Crysis 2 isn't god sent or perfect. Some destructible objects are scripted (it is the same everytime), the reflection on buildings,cars, puddles are fake, some lighting aren't true dynamic (i guess this is where deferred lighting tech comes in) and often has glitches/bug (some are pretty funny though, the AI for examples). But nonetheless, the detail textures, the amount of interactivity w/ the environment, large scale, smart AI (when it works, which seem to be most of the time, or on harder difficulties), so much variety in gameplay (you can turn it into an espionage if you want) are pretty impressive consider it is on consoles. With lack of memories, i can understand the pop in issues consider how much they have to rendered at once (although if you install the game, it becomes a lot less noticeable, i recommend installing it)

I like to take time and look at every aspects of the game especially things that developers boast about.

Again, the photos doesn't do crysis 2 justice and u know it. But even then, in my OPINION, it looks better and more realistic compare to KZ3 water. Now if you consider the interactivity aspect, do i need to say more? I recommend to go and try it out for yourself, u don't have to take my word as gospel like many on here seem to be doing on n4g.

[BrianG]

Haha, Hey all I commented on was the pop in and texture loading/changing.

I'm not questioning the interactivity at all. I used objects as weapons to, you don't need to extensively play the game to figure that out. But the physics are not that great on every object. Also I shoot things to, just to see how it behaves and found that quite a few things wont even register bullet holes.

All I was hinting at is that the game clearly struggles in the performance department. There is pop in, texture loads, frame drops, clipping, in every level. And I did install, on PS3, the mandatory install.

But the same is present in KZ3, you shoot the ocean and no reaction some times. Neither is perfect, but both do things much better than the other. I think KZ3 does AI better and more consistent, as well as overall performance. Crysis 2 does lighting better and interactivity. KZ3 has better character models IMO. Crysis 2 has larger levels for the most part.

I played both and enjoyed both differently. I personally enjoyed KZ3 more.

[SnakeMustDie]

In terms of water visually, Crysis > Crysis Warhead > Killzone 3 > Crysis 2

[tatotiburon]

crysis 2 wins in every aspect

[Silly gameAr]

April Fools!!

These sites are riding this until the wheels fall off.

[Loner]

Agreed

[BlackTar187]

I dont agree.

[ksoto]

April fools hahahahah u got me buddy lol

[claterz]

You honestly think Crysis 2's character models look better? Go get your eyes tested.

[Fishy Fingers]

Crysis, easily.

[trainsinrdr]

Dont buy soap, Buy games.

[sickbird]

I love swimming in crysis 2, it look amazing.

[BeaArthur]

They should just change this site to Killzone 3 vs. Crysis 2.

[Morgue]

After reading this article I decided to fill my tub full of water and my neighbors. While one is clawfoot and the other is just a regular one, I did notice a slight difference in the texture and movement. Needless too say. I prefer my tub.

[strickers]

How on earth do any of you believe that Crysis character models are better than KZ3?Are you partially sited?The water is a matter of opinion but KZ3 clearly has better,more detailed faces.

[Ruggadagod]

people sure do love PlayStation today lol.

[Jocosta]

I love lamp.

[xtremegamerage]

Some people need new eyes.

Killzone3 - Characters, but it's close.
Crysis 1&2 Water - Try swimming in killzones water, oops you can't.

[ksoto]

And Crysis 2 snw effects 2 lol hahaaha u need to get a new hobby. KZ3 water effects werent made to swim in lol ur comparing oranges and apples id like to see u swim during a ravaging storm while the water is swaying back and forth the way it is in KZ3 smh both water effects are for diff purposes dnt doubt for a second that if GG wanted to make a part of the game where u swim in water look bad ass thy cudnt ud be delusional. That moving water in KZ3 is second to none and gets my vote but Crysis 2 does do a good job of the water splashing effects and so forth but how much of the game does that encompass and ur wowed by that lol hahahaha

[GamerSciz]

You forgot Resistance 2. The water effects in that were done in real time using Maya rendering techniques...

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

[frostypants]

I almost clicked the link. Then I checked the source. "GamingBolt".

DON'T GIVE THEM CLICKS. All they ever do is rip off screenshots from other sites and make these stupid sophomoric comparisons.

[PLASTICA-MAN]

That site is a complete joke. It is the clown of all video games journalism.

[magus]

Still comparing these games. Can we move the fuck on.

[xtremegamerage]

So you think killzone's water has depth?

Some of the best water is done by Naughty dog for uncharted. But crysis is way up there.

Killzone's water looks nice, but that's it.

That was the point i was making.

Wowed by what,lol.

I don't get wowed, i like tech, and crysis tech is above killzone's. That's just a fact.

Killzone 2-3 are great looking games, i've played both, i just prefer the art style, look of crysis. And the water.

Resistance 2's water is ok, nowhere near uncharted's though.

[btk]

Have them both. Both has good enough graphics. Both are worth owning.

[monkey nuts]

And here we find the elusive "gamer" a breed thats sadly in decline due to the ever increasing population of shallow minded 'fanbois'. Watch carefully as the gamer graces the thread with some much needed clarity and common sense, which will fall on the deaf ears of fanbois, who it would seem are genetically inclined to ignore all fact based arguments in favor of illogical comprehension.
+ Bubs Btk.

OT- No water comparison should be made with out R2 being in the mix. It still impresses today. Proper volumetric water effects left my jaw on the floor,

[ATiElite]

I'm about sick of stupid comparisons done the wrong way. how about split screen video. You need to see this in real-time to appreciate it.

stupid still photos!
The KZ3 water looks like mountains
The C2 water looks like plastic wrap over blue mashed potatoes
The Crysis water looks like...well water!

Luckily i have seen all 3 of these IN Motion. It's a personnel preference (Crysis 1) but they all are good. Character models KZ3 and Crysis both destroy Crysis 2.

NO body beats Cryostsis water.

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

[BeastlyRig]

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

vs

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

[Masterchef2007]

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

Is this ingame or is it from a prerendered cutscene? Because it looks 2 good to be real time. (killzone 3 Pic)

[Inzo]

Pre-recorded but all in-game.

[Inzo]

It just amazes me that KZ on outdated hardware can still take on the best PC has to offer, with R3 still on the way it might (in my opinion) surpass KZ3 in visuals and artistic design and not to mention the gaming Juggernaut that is Uncharted 3.

[Hockeydud19]

Oh my goodness can we move on?! Jeez. They're both great games with amazing graphics. I don't understand why one HAS to be better than the other. This was old since the first VS. article came out.

[digimau]

KZ3 is the only Best FPS on CONSOLE!

KZ3 vs Crysis and Crysis 2 on PC Hig-End is Stupid comparison!

The real comparison is KZ3 vs Crysis 2 PS3/360

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

this guy sums up everything about vrysis 2. Everybody should watch this and learn something.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[BigPappaPump]

WTF is this BS?

[mightyboot]

All that water is great but isnt wet...that´s my problem cmon trolls make fun of it.

[MoreRPG]

when it comes to water effect you need to put Bioshock in the conversation

[tubers]

Amazing work on the PS3. Such bang/buck on a 299 gaming machine as far sa graphics go.

[Roozium]

Before anyone says that KZ3 has the best water effects, look at this http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[zero_cool]

When developers are running code in parallel that's when PS3 is running at full processing power & it depends how much they optimize code or how they optimize the code to run in parallel which determines just how much performance they are able to extract out of the hardware's available resources.From what i've seen & heard from others developers including guerrilla games that their still far from exhausting ways to optimize code & extract more performance out of the hardware for future games.

[zero_cool]

god of war 4,killzone 4,gran turismo 6,infamous 3 ect..

[The_Quiet_Man]

Couldn't look at the site myself since it crashed my PS3 although I can recommend a judge http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[IHateYouFanboys]

ok the thing that this screenshot comparison doesnt take into consideration is that in Crysis 3 ALL of the water is dynamic and interactive. if you jump into that water in Crysis 2, shoot it or throw objects into it, it will splash and ripple, reacting to everything that happens. it also reflects light sources dynamically depending on the angle youre looking at it from and if things are blocking the light source from hitting the water.

in killzone 3 on the other hand, that ocean is 100% non-interactive. it doesnt even make splash marks when you shoot it for crying out loud. if you watch other players jump in it, they just disappear without even a splash. its just pre-determined waves, essentially a pre-scripted event.

Character models: in the pre-scripted cutscenes in Killzone 3, that feature higher LOD models, the characters look fantastic. in-game? not so much.

Crysis 2s cutscenes are ALL in-game. you can move the viewpoint around at all times in every cutscene using the right analogue. the fact that the character models still look just as good as Killzone 3s pre-rendered ones speaks volumes for their quality.

[LunaticBrandon]

Crysis>Crysis 2>Killzone 3

Have fun in your bland corridor, I'll be playing in the beautiful sandbox.

[Mindsucker]

Hell yeah you tell em!! Get those nasty Fanboys

[SnakeMustDie]

Sandbox? Crysis yes

Crysis 2? It's like saying MGS4 is sandbox.

[byeGollum]

dumb comparison

[BigPappaPump]

"Crysis>Crysis 2>Killzone 3

Have fun in your bland corridor, I'll be playing in the beautiful sandbox."

Keep telling that to yourself. Crysis>KZ3>KZ2>Crysis 2 aka the pseudo fps sandbox game.

[Mindsucker]

yes but The 360 water effects look the best :)

[tonywood]

All the games look great....people still eating this stuff?? F-it, I bought all of em. (Well, not PC cause I don't have one) but I do buy most of the multiplats though. ...and got news for u, there really isn't a big difference as led on by these review people. Just play the damn games, and stop letting people mind bang u out of having fun.

[lee_ten]

...are we SERIOUSLY fighting over water effects now? CAN WE JUST PLAY BOTH GAMES AND MOVE ON?

[Big_L]

Gamingbolt:

6 pictures, 2 pages

IT TEH ARTICLE

[Phantasm]

I was one who was able to play Crysis 1 and Crysis Warhead with settings on high, and have it run smooth. Some people call Crysis 1 just a tech demo, but it's much more than that. The enemy A.I. is so amazing which makes for one stealth of a good time.

I never got tired of marveling over it's badass water. Just so much attention to detail. If you swim out to far in the deeper ends, a great white will circle you then come in for the kill... It would scare the crap out of me everytime.

[DancingCoyote]

That's all I'm seeing in N4G's hot news, just graphics comparison.

Seriously, just enjoy your goddamn game, no need to make a big deal about the graphics of another game.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Crysis 2 beats KZ2 in every way hands down. And it's better on the 360. :)

[Mindsucker]

Trollin', Trollin', Trollin', though there disaprovin, keep them fanboys trollin....

[BigPappaPump]

Thanks for giving me my morning laugh.

[EditorAtGNG]

There's a new bunch in town... Killbots. And they strike yet again!

[Kahvipannu]

How did I forget the Silent Hunter serie :D Last one I played was 3, or was it 4, anyway, it has propably best water in anygame.

Just jump to 6 min, and put HD on:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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

[byeGollum]

lmao.. you guys fight over Water effects now? there's no hope

[XeNoStRatoS]

I've got the biggest one anyways. Discussion is senseless, accept this fact. :D

[AlterMaximus]

Who cares....Shooters on PS3 suck. Controls are awful and awkward compared to 360. I was so excited for killzone and resistance games, unfortunately graphics is all they have. Crysis 2 blows killzone 3 away.

[BigPappaPump]

Kids, say no to drugs.

[Kahvipannu]

You do know Crysis 2 is on PS3 too?

[taylork37]

Its so funny to see people being so ignorant. Crysis is the best looking console game. Killzone 3 has great gun models and character models, whatever. There is however no comparison in every other aspect. Play the single player campaign and there is no way you can disagree.

[strickers]

It amazes me that people can't separate what they prefer the look of and the technically superior one.

[SuicideShaun]

Crysis 1 is the best in my opinion. Kz3 has to be some of the worst water I have ever seen.