Crysis 3 announced for spring 2013

[eXa]

4? Isnt it updated countless of times?

[UrbanSmooth]

4? Isnt it updated countless of times?

How many times can you update an engine with a now ancient API (DX9)? BTW, when is DX12 coming out?

[DilTech]

Source got updated at least four times now.
Same way the Unreal Engine 3 used in Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of Wars is not the same version as the Unreal Engine 3 you can use nowadays with UDK, the Source version Half Life 2 used originally is not the same as the one used by Portal 2.

It is still way behind the competition if you compare it with Cryengine 3, Frostbyte 2 and even Unreal Engine 3, i give you that, but you can't say it's the same thing that they shipped back in 2004.

People complain about UE3, saying it's too dated. I mean technically the engine used in COD has been constantly updated, people complain about that too. Valve does it, and people don't even bat an eye.

Fact is, no amount of updates are going to bring Source up to speed with everything else on the market. It doesn't look much better now than it did in when HL2 shipped. It's still horrible at lighting and shadows and still uses a fake HDR mock-up, yet people still eat it up without batting an eye. Crysis 2 looked better than ANYTHING even remotely possible with source, yet people said crysis 2 looked horrible? GoW1 on the x360 looks better than anything done with Source as well, and that's a 6 year old console game.

Am I the only one who notices these things?

[wez]

People complain about UE3, saying it's too dated. I mean technically the engine used in COD has been constantly updated, people complain about that too. Valve does it, and people don't even bat an eye.

Fact is, no amount of updates are going to bring Source up to speed with everything else on the market. It doesn't look much better now than it did in when HL2 shipped. It's still horrible at lighting and shadows and still uses a fake HDR mock-up, yet people still eat it up without batting an eye. Crysis 2 looked better than ANYTHING even remotely possible with source, yet people said crysis 2 looked horrible? GoW1 on the x360 looks better than anything done with Source as well, and that's a 6 year old console game.

Am I the only one who notices these things?

Its all relative. Make a good, fun game and people wont rage about graphics, as much.
But tbh I'd take a source game any day over some half arsed attempt with cry engine. Which frankly, looked like at times. Together with bad game play it was bound to fail. And so it did.
You loved crysis 2? fair enough, but the majority did not.

[phantomferrari]

Witcher 2 was THE BEST game of 2011 - and I think only BF3 matches it at the technical level. However that doesn't mean anything not as good looking as Witcher 2 is bad. I understand Crytek shifted positions between Crysis 1 and 2 and that upset their so-called fanbase who had finally managed to get 30fps on Crysis and now wanted a new benchmark, but for what the single player campaigns are worth I couldnt care less. I never expect any multiplayer out of these types (co-op maybe, but MP is best left to BF and Valve), and yes the game looks better than CoD : Whatever that sells 10x more copies.

i never said that anything not as good looking at the witcher 2 is bad. lets be frank, crytek has never really released a great game. crytek use to get by because it was one of the few game companies that pushed the envelope visually. crysis 2 besides not being all the impressive looking has extremely poor AI (worst than crysis 1), and horrific controls (pc game controls were barely an afterthought). the witcher 2 looks greatand has pretty good controls. i personally like the idea of the super soldier nanosuit and thats why i will still give crytek a chance. like i said earlier crytek built up a loyal pc fan base and then spit on them by being extremely lazy in what they gave the pc crowd ("dx11" patch "high res"texture patch) and just straight up lying to the pc audience ("crysis 2 will be dx11" "the pc is the lead platform in developing crysis 2")

crysis 1 was a polished terd (a fairly enjoyable one though) crysis 2 wasnt even pretty so therefore it was just a normal terd

[N19h7m4r3]

People complain about UE3, saying it's too dated.

Anyone that keeps up with the Unreal engine knows it's not dated, the Samaritan demo is a prime example of what that engine can do.

As Wez stated it's also all down to the game, a good game and people don't care about the visuals too much as long as it's not 'that' bad it takes away from game play.

Look at Tribes Ascend, it's using UE3 and it's extremely popular. The engine works well with the game and no one is complaining it looks too outdated.


On the topic of Crysis, Crytek simply lied to it's supporters, claiming it's going to be a DX11 game and focussing on the PC. It was simply bad looking and even worse when it came to playing it. It was a terrible game, that suffered from bad AI, bad graphics, bad story and bad gameply in general.

I doubt Crysis 3 is not going to be any better really, unless they go about it like a few other companies and focus on the pc first and then work on the console versions after that.

[AliG]

I get the odd feeling that the CEO of Crytek is going to end up jackin' it in San Diego

[UrbanSmooth]

crysis 1 was a polished terd (a fairly enjoyable one though) crysis 2 wasnt even pretty so therefore it was just a normal terd

I wouldn't call Crysis 1 a turd (correct spelling, who cares...). The game looked good and was actually fun to play, more so than Crysis 2, which was a decent game, more so in multiplayer.

This video shows just how much fun Crysis 1 is, don't mind the low-quality recording and bad Crysis 1 voice-acting. We'll forgive it for now.

[El Mano]

I liked Crysis 1 quite a lot. It had some of the features I'd expect any true-PC-designed first person shooter to have: different ammo types, lean, and lot of config options, starting with the nanosuit voice ( xxxx MODE ENGAGED) which was cool at first but quickly became obnoxious. You couldn't switch on/off the nanosuit voice in Crysis 2 (typical lack of options of console games).
The first Crysis also featured four nanosuit modes, while this number was reduced to three in Crysis 2. I believe the reason behind this was the lack of buttons of console pads.

The first Crysis let you play your own way. If you wanted to play stealth and sneak into camps etc, you could do it. If you wanted to go all guns blazing, that was possible too.
The map was not as open as the first Farcry but it was open anyway. Crysis 2 maps weren't nearly as open.

Whatever, Crytek has done Farcry, Crysis, Warhead (and Crysis Wars) and Crysis 2 and I've enjoyed all of them, some more than the others but so far all of them were worth their money when it comes to gameplay (shame of Crysis 2 and the hordes of cheaters). What really worries me now regarding Crysis 3 is Origin.
If Origin is required I won't buy it, and I'll really miss it. It's already bad enough to give money to the leeches at EA.

[Olivon]

Crysis III Teaser

[Hornet331]

starting with the nanosuit voice.

It also had the better dubs

[STaRGaZeR]

Man, Wakamoto has such a wonderful voice...

[SubZero.it]

First gameplay video

[Philip_J_Fry]

lol @ ~ 0:58 "best looking shooter is back" - official xbox magazine...

so AAA game = multi platform = console port. max payne 3 PC suppose to be "developed in parallel ."

https://twitter.com/#!/RockstarGames...90539901972480

we will see how it turns out, but i am not expecting much at this point. btw it costs $59.99 and comes out 2 weeks after consoles versions.

[clayton]

Looks good already.

[N19h7m4r3]

lol @ ~ 0:58 "best looking shooter is back" - official xbox magazine...

so AAA game = multi platform = console port. max payne 3 PC suppose to be "developed in parallel ."

https://twitter.com/#!/RockstarGames...90539901972480

we will see how it turns out, but i am not expecting much at this point. btw it costs $59.99 and comes out 2 weeks after consoles versions.

Well Max Payne 3's requirements came out and the GTX 680 and HD 7970 are on the list

http://www.techspot.com/news/48314-m...-revealed.html

PC Specifications

OS: Windows 7 32/64-bit SP1, Vista 32/64-bit SP2, XP 32/64-bit SP3
CPU: Intel Dual Core 2.4GHz / Core i7-3930K 3.06GHz or AMD Dual Core 2.6GHz / FX8150 3.6GHz
RAM: 2GB / 16GB
GPU: 8600GT 512MB / GTX 680 2GB or HD 3400 512MB / HD 7970 3GB
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0 compatible / Direct X 9.0 compatible with Dolby Digital Live
Storage: 35GB


Also lol at the crysis 3 vid best looking?! They show soime bloom heavy flashes and then what looks like some pre-rendered animations thrown in.

[UrbanSmooth]

Crysis 3: Console Carnival.

[ColonelCain]

After Crysis 2 I don't even know what to think of Crytek anymore, because Crysis 2 was a disaster, too much bugs which was never fixed and Crytek's poor support of the game which killed the community. I hope that Crytek learns their lesson with this one but I'm not counting on it.

They most likely won't. I played Crysis 1 MP and Crysis Wars for quite a long time... after a while Crytek quietly stops supporting the MP. Same thing happened in Crysis 2. Their idea of support is only when they are being paid to do it.

[Pontos]

GPU: 8600GT 512MB / GTX 680 2GB or HD 3400 512MB / HD 7970 3GB

Wait, what's that thing doing there? It can't possibly be considered as minimum requirement, that's a low end card from four generations ago and meant for HTPCs...
I mean, for Nvidia they put an 8600, which is much better than a HD3400 and was mid-range back in the day...

Me thinks they meant HD3670, or much more likely HD3870/HD4670.

[SubZero.it]

Is it me or they forget antialiasing in that vid I posted? XD

[N19h7m4r3]

Wait, what's that thing doing there? It can't possibly be considered as minimum requirement, that's a low end card from four generations ago and meant for HTPCs...
I mean, for Nvidia they put an 8600, which is much better than a HD3400 and was mid-range back in the day...

Me thinks they meant HD3670, or much more likely HD3870/HD4670.

Yup, it looks rather odd, maybe it is supposed to be a high card. yet still only functional at a res of 720p.

[wez]

Is it me or they forget antialiasing in that vid I posted? XD

It will be a special feature added in a $10 DLC a few months after release.

[Hornet331]

It will be a special feature added in a $10 DLC a few months after release.

You mean like 10$ DLC (already on the disc)

[Olivon]

[Tao~]

^ I saw the first vid and I can't differentiate it from Crysis 2. Seriously these people should learn to use version numbers from Valve/Blizzard