Wow, that CryEngine 2 console game actually twitched.

Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

AnnoyedDragon

in all honesty i think cell-shading is the only way you'd ever see CE2 on consoles. 

it's very intensive and none of the current gen consoles come close to being able to run it with normal texture work unless everything was on low / medium, mostly low.

as long as it's done well i don't see the cell-shading being a problem. 

BLA BLA BLA....

I donT' care about the engine...Just make a good game!

in all honesty i think cell-shading is the only way you'd ever see CE2 on consoles. 

it's very intensive and none of the current gen consoles come close to being able to run it with normal texture work unless everything was on low / medium, mostly low.

as long as it's done well i don't see the cell-shading being a problem. 

3picuri3

I'm more likely to trust the devs on this one, rather than you. They said they had it running on consoles at the equivalent of medium settings. 

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in all honesty i think cell-shading is the only way you'd ever see CE2 on consoles. 

it's very intensive and none of the current gen consoles come close to being able to run it with normal texture work unless everything was on low / medium, mostly low.

as long as it's done well i don't see the cell-shading being a problem. 

rolo107

I'm more likely to trust the devs on this one, rather than you. They said they had it running on consoles at the equivalent of medium settings. 

might want to read up on that again :P devs said 'most assets would transfer smoothly to consoles' at 'medium to high settings at 720p'. which means you'll get the DX9 version, missing some PC assets, running decently on medium at 720p. that does not mean you're getting the pure full Crysis asset suite running on medium at 720p. and that says nothing of 1080p, which is the native resolution of my set - even with upscaling you lose FPS. 

trust whoever you want, but make an effort to understand what is being said before you attack others on the boards, m'kay?  

Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

AnnoyedDragon

CryEninge 2.0 has the best toolset for developers. Period.

I am sure you could make an argument for Source, but honestly, all things considered, CryEngine 2.0 has the better overall toolset.

UE3 certainly isn't bad but the primary reason it gets used a lot is the price to graphics level ratio it provides.... UE3's commercial license is like $500K. CryEngine 2.0's commercial license is $2 million...

The toolset is probably the primary reason they went with CryEngine 2.0

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Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

horrowhip

CryEninge 2.0 has the best toolset for developers. Period.

I am sure you could make an argument for Source, but honestly, all things considered, CryEngine 2.0 has the better overall toolset.

UE3 certainly isn't bad but the primary reason it gets used a lot is the price to graphics level ratio it provides.... UE3's commercial license is like $500K. CryEngine 2.0's commercial license is $2 million...

The toolset is probably the primary reason they went with CryEngine 2.0

Pretty awesome looking game despite the fairly non-Crysis level graphics.

I blame the consoles and/or the developers.

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Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

horrowhip

CryEninge 2.0 has the best toolset for developers. Period.

I am sure you could make an argument for Source, but honestly, all things considered, CryEngine 2.0 has the better overall toolset.

UE3 certainly isn't bad but the primary reason it gets used a lot is the price to graphics level ratio it provides.... UE3's commercial license is like $500K. CryEngine 2.0's commercial license is $2 million...

The toolset is probably the primary reason they went with CryEngine 2.0

meh, ill believe that when we start seeing some real results from use of the engine.

so far the list of quality games using Source, or UE, buries anything that's in development currently for CE 2.0.

the tools might be great, but the performance is quite poor - especially for console development. it's not a terribly well optimized engine overall, despite the brilliant set of tools in the SDK i've toyed with.  

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Merchants of Brooklyn

I heard about this a few years back, looks like it is coming out for PS3 as well now.

But what a complete waste of the engine, why would you license CryEngine 2 for a cell shaded console game? Any other engine would have done just as good a job with this art direction, probably better considering CryEngine 2 isn't a native cross platform engine like UE3 is.

Not that I'm saying every CryEngine 2 game has to use realistic graphics, it just seems like an odd choice considering the options.

BobHipJames

CryEninge 2.0 has the best toolset for developers. Period.

I am sure you could make an argument for Source, but honestly, all things considered, CryEngine 2.0 has the better overall toolset.

UE3 certainly isn't bad but the primary reason it gets used a lot is the price to graphics level ratio it provides.... UE3's commercial license is like $500K. CryEngine 2.0's commercial license is $2 million...

The toolset is probably the primary reason they went with CryEngine 2.0

Pretty awesome looking game despite the fairly non-Crysis level graphics.

I blame the consoles and/or the developers.

It looks pretty sweet. It almost looks like the only reason they picked Cryengine 2 was because of the destructable environments. Admittingly, that doesn't seem like it's used in the actual gameplay mechanics, just an after thought, but this is only a teaser after all.

EDIT: Oh, and grabbing the guys by the neck and punching their heads off, that's another Cryengine 2 ability.

the tools might be great, but the performance is quite poor - especially for console development. it's not a terribly well optimized engine overall, despite the brilliant set of tools in the SDK i've toyed with.  

3picuri3

Cryengine >>> all

simply the best engine every made!

And dont get me started on the amazing map editor! Its the best ever!

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the tools might be great, but the performance is quite poor - especially for console development. it's not a terribly well optimized engine overall, despite the brilliant set of tools in the SDK i've toyed with.

Teufelhuhn

Try playing Crysis on a PC with 512mb of RAM and you will see why CryEngine 2 won't be too good on consoles. As soon as I load a game of Crysis on my PC, it chews up 1gb of RAM on the spot (which is already double the 360's total RAM shared with GPU).