Far Cry 2 vs Crysis(Visualy)

[swat565]

Am i the only one who thinks that Far Cry 2 looks 1.5x better than crysis?? (not to mention optimized alot better...). im not even running Far Cry 2 maxed (high setting x2 AA) and it beats Crysis on High x2 AA to me? Tel me your thought and reason why ^.^

 

[dagger]

You can't be serious. Far Cry 2 just looks faded and bland. It's nothing like Crysis. Even with everything at max, it's not close to Crysis at High. 😛

 

[3Ball]

I am a firm believer that everyone is entitled the their own opinion, but this instantly made me angry when I read it. (not saying the OP is stupid), but to me this is blatant stupidity and is absolutely absurd. They are not even in the same realm visually what so ever. I am over reacting and I am sorry, but I am in complete utter disbelief at what I just read. Tbh...shocked would be the best way to describe it. I just wasnt ready! lol

Best,

3Ball

 

[malveaux]

Seriously,

What the ef?

I look at preview screen shots and they are beautiful, the water, the way light goes through the jungle, the color is rich and there is a lot of orange to break up that bland green/brown crap. Then you get the game, max it out, play and you don't experience that at all. You get.... what feels like Quake1 color options.

And a bunch of color coded road map signs that are apparently in ENGLISH even in Africa's jungles. You simply WILL NOT miss Mike's or the SAFE HOUSE (lol?). >.>

Cheers,

 

[speedbird]

My PC wasn't able to run Crysis on very High, but even on High settings Crysis completely blows away Far cry 2. Admittedly, Ubisoft haven't done a bad Job on Far Cry 2 considering it's designed for console hardware, but I must agree the bland palette of colours doesn't do it much justice.

 

[gillagad]

Crysis is definitely superior graphically, but for some reason I find FC2's look to be more appealing. Its the little things like the weather and changing time of day. I think the fire propagation is neat though the fire itself doesn't look that realistic. And FC2 could use more destructible objects like Crysis.

 

[dagger]

And FC2 could use more destructible objects like Crysis.

That part is wrong. It's less, a lot less. 😛

 

[gillagad]

That part is wrong. It's less, a lot less. 😛

So... your saying FC2 has too many destructible objects? Or did you misread what I wrote?

 

[quantumsheep]

It's obvious that Crysis is a better looking game. However i do believe that Far Cry 2 is optimized much better.

 

[dagger]

So... your saying FC2 has too many destructible objects? Or did you misread what I wrote?

Lol, I misread.

 

[ovaltineplease]

Far Cry2 has better shadows/foiliage, but every single post-processing effect is done better in Crysis, and the sun shafts are much better.

 

[dagger]

Far Cry2 has better shadows/foiliage, but every single post-processing effect is done better in Crysis, and the sun shafts are much better.

You can call it "better," but in the end, it just doesn't look as good. 😛

 

[gillagad]

Crysis sun shafts weren't as noticeable as in FC2. Running around a town or vegetative area in FC2 as the sun sets is amazing. I guess I could agree that they looked better quality in Crysis but at the end of the day overall they look better in FC2 imo.

 

[dagger]

Crysis sun shafts weren't as noticeable as in FC2. Running around a town or vegetative area in FC2 as the sun sets is amazing. I guess I could agree that they looked better quality in Crysis but at the end of the day overall they look better in FC2 imo.

In term of sun shaft, Stalker Clear Sky blows them both away. Rays shinning through patchy cloud cover. Looks like a painting. But then again, one aspect does not make good game graphics.

 

[tmeacham]

I haven't played Crysis in several months (although I did play through Warhead) but I don't remember it looking that much better than Far Cry 2 does. Also Far Cry 2 runs much better at higher resolutions on my hardware.

I think I'd have to see screenshots side-by-side to see a difference in the technology.

I'm working on the review right now.

 

[ovaltineplease]

You can call it "better," but in the end, it just doesn't look as good. 😛

It really just varies, because of the shadow model that is used in FC2 - daytime scenes in FC2 look much better than daytime scenes in Crysis.

However Crysis Warhead I would say is superior to FC2 generally, because they did so much tweaking to make it look more authentic than the original as far as time of day cycle goes.

I'd say if anything, comparisons should be done between Warhead and FC2 - I really don't think the level design of the first Crysis really did the original engine much justice at all - because the original Crysis had incredible nightime visuals, but there was all of like 2 night maps in the whole game? :/

Anyways, i'd say both engines excel in different areas - but i'm not that big on the sunshafts in FC2 because they can tend to look overdone, less natural and almost more "LOOK AT ME" for what is supposed to be just an "effect"

My sentiment goes with you in regards to the lighting in Stalker: Clear Sky - the lighting in Stalker: CS is better than both games by far in my opinion, its a shame its such a buggy game for most people :/

 

[swat565]

make sure to click the image so its at the right resolution
Crysis
http://www.nhancer.com/downloads/Crysis_HighNoSLI.jpg
Crysis Warhead
http://i38.tinypic.com/1jx3k8.jpg
Far Cry 2
http://talkplaystation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/far-cry2-screenshots-05.jpg

Yeah Stalker SC was awsome looking but sadly i couldnt allow God Rays or game would go from 40fps to 20fps (maybe dx9??)

Guess FC2 vs Crysis Warhead is more suitable battle but i cant really judge Warhead due to it being a glitchy mess on my system....(like 20fps on medium??? i can get 40fps in original on high...)

Edit: Made img to links so it didnt hog the whole screen up >.>

 

[San Pedro]

Overall, it's not even close. Crysis looks a lot better. I like the grass and the general look of the sky in FC 2, but the textures, trees, cars, and pretty much everything else don't look very good at all.

 

[dagger]

make sure to click the image so its at the right resolution
Crysis
http://www.nhancer.com/downloads/Crysis_HighNoSLI.jpg
Crysis Warhead
http://i38.tinypic.com/1jx3k8.jpg
Far Cry 2
http://talkplaystation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/far-cry2-screenshots-05.jpg

Yeah Stalker SC was awsome looking but sadly i couldnt allow God Rays or game would go from 40fps to 20fps (maybe dx9??)

Guess FC2 vs Crysis Warhead is more suitable battle but i cant really judge Warhead due to it being a glitchy mess on my system....(like 20fps on medium??? i can get 40fps in original on high...)

Edit: Made img to links so it didnt hog the whole screen up >.>

Lol, that explosion effect on Far Cry 2 is every bit as good as Crysis. The modeling and fire effect fails hard though.

Model:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/951257/far-cry-2/images/far-cry-2--20081007102912163.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14258182/crysis-warhead/images/300-pm-embargo-e3-2008-crysis-warhead-screens-20080711103002408.html

Fire:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/951257/far-cry-2-/images/far-cry-2-20081021021345767.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14258182/crysis-warhead/images/300-pm-embargo-e3-2008-crysis-warhead-screens-20080711102956533.html

Explosion:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/951257/far-cry-2/images/far-cry-2--20080528115209912.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14258182/crysis-warhead/images/crysis-warhead-20080730113115301.html

 

[mihirkula]

I'm a poor guy .. i played both FC2 and Crysis Warhead on 1280 res recently (both maxed out) ... and I can tell ya i didn't find Crysis THAT much more visually stunning than FC2 ...agreed that Crysis looked better, but not THAT much better.

Saying that Warhead 'completely blows FC2 out of the water and that Warhead is MILES AHEAD of FC2 is absurd. Yes Warhead looks better, but FC2 isn't exactly a piece of cr@p to look at

 

[rtfm]

Is there a demo of farcry2? I'd like to try before I buy.

 

[dagger]

I'm a poor guy .. i played both FC2 and Crysis Warhead on 1280 res recently (both maxed out) ... and I can tell ya i didn't find Crysis THAT much more visually stunning than FC2 ...agreed that Crysis looked better, but not THAT much better.

Saying that Warhead 'completely blows FC2 out of the water and that Warhead is MILES AHEAD of FC2 is absurd. Yes Warhead looks better, but FC2 isn't exactly a piece of cr@p to look at

It depends on what you look at, some aspects, such as character modeling, is exactly a piece of cr@p.

 

[mihirkula]

Who cares if those boobs don't look as good as Psycho's eyelashes.... Ubisoft never mentioned that FC2 would make Crysis nervous and sweaty.

The environments and the guns and everything else including the gameplay were very satisfying for FC2... and yeah, i stick by the fact that FC2 did not look like cr@p

 

[Heyyou27]

I wouldn't say Far Cry 2 looks bad at all, it's just that Crysis looks noticeably better.

 

[dagger]

I wouldn't say Far Cry 2 looks bad at all, it's just that Crysis looks noticeably better.

Your standards are too low.