Why were Crysis graphics so hyped?

I never found Crysis graphics to be very impressive (and please don't post screenshots, we already know what the game looks like). The NPCs looked terrible, and even certain things, like boulders for instance, looked very mediocre. I agree that the trees looked good, but other than that, I thought the game's graphics were nothing special.

Opinions?

I never found Crysis graphics to be very impressive (and please don't post screenshots, we already know what the game looks like). The NPCs looked terrible, and even certain things, like boulders for instance, looked very mediocre. I agree that the trees looked good, but other than that, I thought the game's graphics were nothing special.

Opinions?

Timberwolf5578

The facial models of the Americans were fantastic. The trees and all foilage was awesome. The draw distance was great. The water was pretty high up there compared to other games. The sun rays cast on the ground and the shadows were also very well done.

You are blind, i reccommend taking an eye exam soon.

Everything in crysis is rediculously high rez and very detailed. Maybe your pc isnt maxing it out or what?

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I never found Crysis graphics to be very impressive (and please don't post screenshots, we already know what the game looks like). The NPCs looked terrible, and even certain things, like boulders for instance, looked very mediocre. I agree that the trees looked good, but other than that, I thought the game's graphics were nothing special.

Opinions?

PublicNuisance

The facial models of the Americans were fantastic. The trees and all foilage was awesome. The draw distance was great. The water was pretty high up there compared to other games. The sun rays cast on the ground and the shadows were also very well done.

Crysis had good looks but graphics should be more than that!Watch stalker CS now that's graphics!

I still think it has the best graphics to date. And yeah I have played Arma 2.

Crysis running in 64bit, DX10 at 1680x1050, looks phenomenal.

I'm sorry you feel otherwise.

EA challenge everyone..

vanilla crysis on very high is still far ahead of anything else ive seen, modded crysis is :shock:

This is obviously a troll thread... "The NPCs looked terrible..." ... Um the CryEngine 2 had/still has the best in-game model of a human on any game... and the texture res of a person's face in Crysis game is on the same level as the texture res for entire characters of other other games...

You are blind, i reccommend taking an eye exam soon.

Everything in crysis is rediculously high rez and very detailed. Maybe your pc isnt maxing it out or what?

Crypt_mx

Crysis running in 64bit, DX10 at 1680x1050, looks phenomenal.

I'm sorry you feel otherwise.

Subcritical

yeah but crytek has much more potential with that engine.

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Crysis running in 64bit, DX10 at 1680x1050, looks phenomenal.

I'm sorry you feel otherwise.

xxxBlackDogxxx

yeah but crytek has much more potential with that engine.

i can kind of see where hes coming from. i think the fact that the graphics are so amazing makes it easy try and spot the littlest flaws in the game

i can kind of see where hes coming from. i think the fact that the graphics are so amazing makes it easy try and spot the littlest flaws in the game

elitebear

[QUOTE="Subcritical"]

Crysis running in 64bit, DX10 at 1680x1050, looks phenomenal.

I'm sorry you feel otherwise.

xxxBlackDogxxx

yeah but crytek has much more potential with that engine.

Did you see some of those screens released a while back of from the Scene From a Movie contest that Crytek had... a couple of random guys did the Blade Runner entry... if a bunch of random people can do those things with the CryEngine2... imagine what Crytek, the people who actually made it can do...?

Here are the pics BTW (posting links because the pics are big):

Pic 1

Pic 2

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[QUOTE="Subcritical"]

Crysis running in 64bit, DX10 at 1680x1050, looks phenomenal.

I'm sorry you feel otherwise.

Squeets

yeah but crytek has much more potential with that engine.

Did you see some of those screens released a while back of from the Scene From a Movie contest that Crytek had... a couple of random guys did the Blade Runner entry... if a bunch of random people can do those things with the CryEngine2... imagine what Crytek, the people who actually made it can do...?

Here are the pics BTW (posting links because the pics are big):

Pic 1

Pic 2

Wow WoW WOW !!! Those pics are amazing. FelipeInside

That's what I thought at first... I hope some developer at some company somewhere saw those and a lightbulb came on "Blade Runner GAME?"... I wouldn't mind playing a game in that setting at all...

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Wow WoW WOW !!! Those pics are amazing. Squeets

That's what I thought at first... I hope some developer at some company somewhere saw those and a lightbulb came on "Blade Runner GAME?"... I wouldn't mind playing a game in that setting at all...

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[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Wow WoW WOW !!! Those pics are amazing. FelipeInside

That's what I thought at first... I hope some developer at some company somewhere saw those and a lightbulb came on "Blade Runner GAME?"... I wouldn't mind playing a game in that setting at all...

Nope... I never played the original... I wasn't a very big "gamer" until 2005... I played very few games prior to that...

I have Crysis running on Very High, no AA and at 1680:1050 res I think it is amazing.Best graphics I've ever seen.

I see what your saying, you hear about all this talk about how it has the best graphics ever and expect to see something that will blow your mind away... of course considering your computer can handle it. It will only go as far as your computer will let it, that's the catch so if your running a bare minimum rig for it, then yeah, it's not going to be all that appealing.

I personally don't have it maxed out (can't, I run it off a laptop) but every time I turn it on and start playing, it still is rather eye-pleasing. 8)

I'm still amazed every time i replay it! :o

crysis is very good looking but i found the game play boring, except the part at the dock that was awesome littlealien8

[QUOTE="littlealien8"]crysis is very good looking but i found the game play boring, except the part at the dock that was awesome FelipeInside

Crysis is the best looking game to date no question about it. With that said some people over exaggerate it's graphical prowess though, it doesn't look near photo realistic (as some have said) and a select few games can give Crysis a run for it's money in certain aspects.

Crysis is the best looking game to date no question about it. With that said some people over exaggerate it's graphical prowess though, it doesn't look near photo realistic (as some have said) and a select few games can give Crysis a run for it's money in certain aspects.

Im_single

Crysis was pretty, but meh, I'm not that much into graphics and I think that CS Source looks pretty enough to me.

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You are blind, i reccommend taking an eye exam soon.

Everything in crysis is rediculously high rez and very detailed. Maybe your pc isnt maxing it out or what?

FelipeInside

[QUOTE="littlealien8"]crysis is very good looking but i found the game play boring, except the part at the dock that was awesome FelipeInside

My thoughts exactly. The Crysis I played was the most fun I've had in a shooter in a long long time, Its an amazing game.

Just goes to show no matter what you make, there is no pleasing everyone.

LOL, what are you on about,,,the game looks amazing!

So obvious.

The graphics in Crysis are the best I have ever seen. Not just by a little bit, but by a landslide.

I really dont see where you guys are coming from talking about "Crysis graphics are overrated" or "Why are Crysis graphics so hyped".

Still the best looking game by a long shot imo.

wtf terrible looking npc the level of detail on the Korean models are incredible you can zoom in with the binoculars with close range and it still looks amazing!johnny27

And listening to them speaking "korean" makes me squirm.

Don't feed the troll! *facepalms*

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[QUOTE="xxxBlackDogxxx"]

yeah but crytek has much more potential with that engine.

FelipeInside

Did you see some of those screens released a while back of from the Scene From a Movie contest that Crytek had... a couple of random guys did the Blade Runner entry... if a bunch of random people can do those things with the CryEngine2... imagine what Crytek, the people who actually made it can do...?

Here are the pics BTW (posting links because the pics are big):

Pic 1

Pic 2

Yeah SH*T that looks zuper cool

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Squeets"]

Did you see some of those screens released a while back of from the Scene From a Movie contest that Crytek had... a couple of random guys did the Blade Runner entry... if a bunch of random people can do those things with the CryEngine2... imagine what Crytek, the people who actually made it can do...?

Here are the pics BTW (posting links because the pics are big):

Pic 1

Pic 2

xxxBlackDogxxx

Yeah SH*T that looks zuper cool

Crysis *technically* is the best graphics to date...but i still find other games nicer on the eyes,plus alot of the textures were crap(compared to the rest of the games textures) there is no denying that unless you are blind,play with and without rygels texture pack and you will see what i mean.All in all though you can hardly say the graphics are not good,the artistic direction is another story....

The textures in Crysis were simply god-awful, and I wrote a post about it after having bought the Maximum Edition last month - my first experience with Crysis.

Man, was I ever surprised. I was honestly shocked that nobody had mentioned how ugly the textures were. The water - yeah, simply amazing. The trees - okay, maybe they were amazing two years ago, they didn't exactly bowl me over when I saw them for the first time last month though. Crysis is starting to look dated, no question about it. That's what the OP is talking about. I saw it too. I mean, if you're late to the party then you're seeing Crysis through a different lens. Myself, I prefer a sharp looking game to a game that, for whatever reasons, is fuzzy. And Crysis is definitely not sharp.

(And please don't tell me that my computer must suck, because it doesn't.)

But what's this high-res texture pack thing that I keep on hearing about? (And by the way, if Crysis wasn't suffering from a texture problem, then why did somebody feel the need to create one such mod to address the issue? Well, obviously because Crysis suffers from a texture problem. I mean, duh.)

Anybody got a link? Whenever I install these mods I always seem to run into problems - so how easy is the installation?

The textures in Crysis were simply god-awful, and I wrote a post about it after having bought the Maximum Edition last month - my first experience with Crysis.

Man, was I ever surprised. I was honestly shocked that nobody had mentioned how ugly the textures were. The water - yeah, simply amazing. The trees - okay, maybe they were amazing two years ago, they didn't exactly bowl me over when I saw them for the first time last month though. Crysis is starting to look dated, no question about it. That's what the OP is talking about. I saw it too. I mean, if you're late to the party then you're seeing Crysis through a different lens. Myself, I prefer a sharp looking game to a game that, for whatever reasons, is fuzzy. And Crysis is definitely not sharp.

(And please don't tell me that my computer must suck, because it doesn't.)

But what's this high-res texture pack thing that I keep on hearing about? (And by the way, if Crysis wasn't suffering from a texture problem, then why did somebody feel the need to create one such mod to address the issue? Well, obviously because Crysis suffers from a texture problem. I mean, duh.)

Anybody got a link? Whenever I install these mods I always seem to run into problems - so how easy is the installation?

Charles_Dickens

Here you go, but imo the textures are far worse than the original ones.