Let's say the first Crytek game with CryEngine 3, and Half Life 3 (supposedly based on the Source 2 engine) get released in the same year. Which one would you expect to have superior graphics?
Seeing that the Cry Engine 3 is specifically talored to consoles, so it is much dulled down from the full potential of the Cry Engine2. I would pick the theoretical source 2 as valve is a dedicated PC developer.
Well Cryengine 3 has been designed for consoles. Who knows about source 2..... what we do know is source still holds up shockingly well for a 5 year old engine.
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
Teufelhuhn
Its becaue is a bad console engine. (RUns great on PC though).
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
skrat_01
Very true, very true... look at bioshock. a great looking game. but ran on the UT2 engine
Comparing CryEngine 2 and the Source engine is like comparing apples and oranges. The beauty of the Source engine is the fact that it can run with a four year old machine at the time Half Life 2 came out, while CryEngine 2 pushes even the best machines in terms of graphic capabilities. Still, it's nice to have an engine like Source that you know that can run with every darn machine out there that's at least decent.
I think Source 2 will be the next Graphics King.Source 1 is an awesome engine even nowadays with so much competition.Cryengine 3 will also be great but its just another version of Cryengine 2 and in a way Cryengine 2 is much better looking with Crysis.
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
wayne_kar
Very true, very true... look at bioshock. a great looking game. but ran on the UT2 engineNah, it ran on Unreal 3, but it sure as hell shows how spectacular the engine can look. Mirrors Edge too...
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Woah, wait nope you are totally correct.
Holy hell it runs on unreal 2.5 (same as previous Irrational games i.e SWAT4), with Unreal 3 features implemented.
Engines don't really determine whether a game has good graphics, there are probably a hundred other factors involved. I thought this was obvious by now, given how we've seen spectacular-looking games and crappy-looking games with UE3...
wayne_kar
Very true, very true... look at bioshock. a great looking game. but ran on the UT2 engine Huh? I thought Bioshock ran on the UE3
i don't know, it depends whether cryengine 3 has improved the cryengine 2 engine, and they've just included console support, or whether it is a console exclusive engine. If that was the case source 2 would win, but cryengine 2 vs source isn't even a contest.
I'm not expecting Source 2 to beat CryEngine 2, Valve builds games based on hardware install base via Steam hardware survey. They make their stuff to look the best it can without alienating people with decent but not high end hardware.
It will however easily exceed what we have seen from the console optimized CryEngine 3, I have no doubt about that.
Cryengine 3 is great but i think Source 2 will be far more impressive and probably we will only see it on PC and next consoles. Just look how source 1 is still looking great. (orange box, Left 4 Dead...)
Supposedly Cry Engine 3 is going to be scaleable for each platform so the PC version will still look far superior to the other platforms versions of the engine. I'm hoping both turn out well but i'm guessing Source 2.
We don't know that CE2 > CE3 yet. it's possible they make it amazing, but 'scalable' so that it scales down to the lower quality of todays console, yet still has the power to run top quality PC titles. Just because its' tailored' for consoels doesnt mean tht epc features won't be included. But then again, you never know.
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