Does anyone else think Crysis looks nicer on Medium Shader instead of High?

From a photorealistic standpoint, does anyone think Crysis looks more photoreal when seen through Medium shader settings rather than High? (assuming everything else is set to high).

Personally i think that even with the bloom, volumetric, and fog/haze effects that high shader settings adds, it doesn't quite place them at the exact right levels to make them look like something out of a photo. On the other hand Medium shader settings, especially when running the game at 1280 x 960 or higher resolution, captures the crispness and solidness of a photo.

I don't agree.

medium shaders

high shaders

The shaders setting affects more aspects of the graphics than any other setting, and I think it makes the game look significantly more photorealistic on high.

Here are the links to the screenshots in full resolution.

http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Crysis_13b.jpg
http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Crysis_13c.jpg

THe colors on medium come through more robust and vibrant. Blues are bluer, greens are greener, etc.

But Crysis is a game that tries to make things look real, and air is quite dirty...so at higher settings you get more realism although the colors seem less intense.

I kinda like it at high to be honest. Plus screenshots dont really do it justice.

I don't agree.

medium shaders \/

high shaders /

The shaders setting affects more aspects of the graphics than any other setting, and I think it makes the game look significantly more photorealistic on high.

Here are the links to the screenshots in full resolution.

http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Crysis_13b.jpg
http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Crysis_13c.jpg

JP_Russell

Why can't I see any pics and why don't the links eh... link to the pics?

Dunno. Maybe it's browser-related. I see them just fine.

Can anybody else see / not see them?

Dunno. Maybe it's browser-related. I see them just fine.

Can anybody else see / not see them?

JP_Russell

It's because you hyperlinked. To view the pics, copy/paste it into the address bar.

[QUOTE="JP_Russell"]

Dunno. Maybe it's browser-related. I see them just fine.

Can anybody else see / not see them?

Denex1

It's because you hyperlinked. To view the pics, copy/paste it into the address bar.

Still doesn't work for me in Firefox, but it worked in IE7.

And High looks much better.

[QUOTE="JP_Russell"]

Dunno. Maybe it's browser-related. I see them just fine.

Can anybody else see / not see them?

Denex1

It's because you hyperlinked. To view the pics, copy/paste it into the address bar.

What are you talking about? I didn't hyperlink anything to post the picture on the GS forum page (I merely put the address of the picture into the image URL box of image insert), and hyperlinking a picture link instead of putting the link normally as text so that people have to copy and paste it should make no difference whether or not it shows a picture for them.

And if it had anything to do with hyperlinks, I wouldn't be able to see them either, but I can.

I get a hotlinking blocked error. You don't exactly need picture evidence to prove that high looks better than medium though, I think!!fatshodan

[QUOTE="Denex1"][QUOTE="JP_Russell"]

Dunno. Maybe it's browser-related. I see them just fine.

Can anybody else see / not see them?

Large_Soda

It's because you hyperlinked. To view the pics, copy/paste it into the address bar.

Still doesn't work for me in Firefox, but it worked in IE7.

And High looks much better.

Ah, so it is browser-related.

I get a hotlinking blocked error. You don't exactly need picture evidence to prove that high looks better than medium though, I think!!fatshodan

Ahhhh-HAAAAA!! You see?! Do you see?! That is why I don't use Firefox!! :twisted:

:P

Anyway, here's the page the pictures can be seen on. Hopefully there's no errors with just hyperlinking the webpage.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_7.html

high looks more photo realistic as it has realistic graphics where everything isnt all shiny and colorful.

medium has more vibrant colors and looks more like a game