CFD!'s Sage Knox weighs in on Crytek's sequel:
"In order to ward off any knee-jerk reactions attempting to vilify Crysis 2 in the same unfair way that its predecessor was , I’ll preface any further words by simply saying the following: a 3-4 year old gaming PC will (mostly likely) run this game.
"How it’s possible is beyond my feeble brain’s understanding. The only explanation that seems likely is that Crytek, with its army of magicians and voodoo practitioners, has optimized the shit out of the game to such an extent that my two year-old mid-range PC can run it on maximum settings. No, it’s not because it looks worse than the original Crysis. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. From a purely technical standpoint, it’s a freak in the bed"
Featuring the complete nanosuit experience, The Crysis Trilogy has now joined the EA Access vault as a title that's free for those that subscribe to the EA service on Xbox One consoles.
YouTube’s members ‘Digital Dreams’ and ‘Jose cangrejo’ have shared some videos, showcasing Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade mod – which adds Ray Tracing/Path Tracing effects – in some really old games such as Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Crysis 2, RAGE and Resident Evil 6.
I'm still learning how to look for the differences. At first I was focusing on shadows for some reason but I don't think that changes much, is it reflections that change?
It supposed to add more realistic light Not actually more light effects and explosions
I hate to say it but I’m fine with fake lights, shadows, reflections. I just kind of like the effect, it’s also great it saves resources for other things.
I’ve been checking out some original Xbox games on x360/x1x and the engine has fake light streaming in through a stained glass window, and I love it even though I know it’s not real time lighting. Heck it even shifts as I move about.
I’ve about convinced my self rt and hdr just doesn’t work for me. Before hdr I would even complain damn why are the headlights killing me they are so bright.
I notice most frame rate, then jaggies, then resolution; with the last two interchangeable depending.
Other day watched an enthusiast rave over 4k and the poor guy was in 1080p. I played the same game the night before and thought wow this is clean, I wonder if it’s 4k, but knew differently and I thought wow even resolution is not always important. The next day he apologized and was surprised he could be fooled.
How come the lightsabers don't give off any light? Even in the EA star wars game the guy uses it to light up a dark cave. I guess if it is using frostbite it will support rtx cards.
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As flawed as the story may be, I can't imagine it being more of a mess than The 3rd Birthday's.