Crysis 2 = Reaching photorealism

[QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Photorealism?

DreamCryotank

Why is this picture so dark?

That's how it looks for me.

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

As much as I love ARMA2 (one of my fav games ever), its not more photo realistic then Crysis1 was imo.

psn8214

I disagree. Crysis is undoubtedly the better looking of the two, but I feel as though Crytek was going for more of a saturated photo-styIe than all out photorealism, which I'm sure they could have approximated quite well (the Crytek of 2007, not Crysis 2-era Crytek). Crysis 2 is a further extension of this styIe, with things like bloom and HDR emphasized. Certain aspects of Crysis certainly looked photorealistic, such as the way the foliage moved/how light intereacted with it, and the faces of characters, but still... that's not what they were aiming for. Ditto Crysis 2, which is further hampered by the texture-work. Simply put, it wasn't their intent in creating either game.

Arma 2, on the other hand, aims for photorealism, and while they don't have the engine Crytek does, they definitely come closer.

Those are my screens btw. :P Game overall arguably doesn't look as good as Crysis, but it looks more photorealistic, if that makes sense.

I would never mistake Crysis 2 for reality so it's quite far from photorealism.

Also Arma 2 is too brown and has crappy foilage at close and unconvincing cities, sorry PC fans.

Here is how Afghanistan looks for real:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/3rd_Battalion%2C_3rd_Marines_-_Afghanistan.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/US-UK-Sangin2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Inbound_Choppers_in_Afghanistan_2008.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/French_Marines_Afghanistan.JPG

Do you think Arma 2 comes any close?

Here is how Afghanistan looks for real:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/3rd_Battalion%2C_3rd_Marines_-_Afghanistan.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/US-UK-Sangin2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Inbound_Choppers_in_Afghanistan_2008.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/French_Marines_Afghanistan.JPG

Do you think Arma 2 comes any close?

nameless12345

Whatd does Afghanistan have to do with Arma? Arma is suposed to be in eastern europe which I think they nailed it.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

Here is how Afghanistan looks for real:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/3rd_Battalion%2C_3rd_Marines_-_Afghanistan.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/US-UK-Sangin2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Inbound_Choppers_in_Afghanistan_2008.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/French_Marines_Afghanistan.JPG

Do you think Arma 2 comes any close?

edidili

Whatd does Afghanistan have to do with Arma? Arma is suposed to be in eastern europe which I think they nailed it.

Not Operation Arrowhead.

I just finished the game on the 360, loved the game for what it it. However the game really failed to impress me much on the graphic end. The game did look great but i think people are blowing it abit out of proportion its not the best looking game. Its one of the better looking shooters with some nice mechanics and Awesome music, that does not get as much praise as it should, all the sounds are spot on.

man you guys are making me wanna buy arma

Animal-Mother

It's an amazing game, but it's definitely not for everyone. I'd recommend watching some gameplay on youtube before making that decision. :P

[QUOTE="DreamCryotank"]

[QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Photorealism?

Mozelleple112

Why is this picture so dark?

That's how it looks for me.

all i can say is :lol::lol::lol:lol: at guy posting crysis screens on low saying they are very high, :lol: i have a low res hd screen 1440x900 and it looks x100 better than those screens:roll:

here is vanilla crysis maxed out with 4xAA

i dont know if its the terrible foliage textures, the massive amount of jaggies... or the robotic way the plants jiggle back and forth. But vanilla crysis is one of the ugliest games i have ever played. And screams "hey look at me im obviously a video game and dont look remotely real!" If you wanna copy/pasta the same palm tree over and over, fine... but dont make it painfully obvious to the eye that you are doing it.

I think i would rather prefer a blurry lower res image than a high res image of an obviously fake looking asset. Maybe its just a preference thing, but original crysis destroys the immersion, by making all their shortfalls crystal clear to the eye. Blur if you gotta, dont let me see all your horribly fake looking models with razor sharp edges and terrible animations that are completely unnatural... it destroys any sense of immersion i may have tricked myself into having when playing the game.

crysis 1, definitely is technically impressive.... but even the console version of crysis 2 looks more realistic to me. Dont give me an incredibly sharp picture of something thats obviously incredibly fake looking, blur it... so i cant tell how fake looking it is.

Shattered Horizonshane_orija

Never even heard of that game, looks better than crysis imo. It may not have the best graphics... but it knows how to hide its ugly with lighting.

I had to youtube it and it actually looks like it could be pretty fun... certainly unique. Is there a demo for it?

[QUOTE="shane_orija"]Shattered Horizonmarkinthedark

Never even heard of that game, looks better than crysis imo. It may not have the best graphics... but it knows how to hide its ugly with lighting.

I had to youtube it and it actually looks like it could be pretty fun... certainly unique. Is there a demo for it?

[QUOTE="markinthedark"]

[QUOTE="shane_orija"]Shattered Horizonferret-gamer

Never even heard of that game, looks better than crysis imo. It may not have the best graphics... but it knows how to hide its ugly with lighting.

I had to youtube it and it actually looks like it could be pretty fun... certainly unique. Is there a demo for it?

It looks like it could be fun, but looks like it could also get boring quick. I will give props where props are due though and it looks like a unique take on a genre that is known for its lack of innovation. If there was a demo available i would have given it a go in a heartbeat... and would have bought it in an instant if i enjoyed it.

That is actually probably the coolest twist i have seen put on the fps genre in a while, too bad the servers are dead.

EDIT: and thats the one thing ill miss most about going from a primarily PC gamer to a primarily console gamer... there are alot more innovations on the PC... unfortunately i think the jaded gaming community probably doesnt give them a fair shake.