Anti-aliasing appreciation thread (lol)
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What I'm saying is, Half Life 2 looked pretty good at the time and ran well.
Something like Crysis runs badly and always has done. The Cryengine 2 was always badly optimized. It definitely harmed the popularity of a fairly deep game because the ludicrous graphics requirements kept people away. If they'd gone for something like HL2 (which is around the same era irc) it probably would have sold better.
I only get 30fps on Crysis maxed out with no anti aliasing to this day and it looks nowhere near as good as something like BF3 which I can run maxed out in singleplayer no problem with a constant 60fps.
Something like Crysis runs badly and always has done. The Cryengine 2 was always badly optimized. It definitely harmed the popularity of a fairly deep game because the ludicrous graphics requirements kept people away. If they'd gone for something like HL2 (which is around the same era irc) it probably would have sold better.
I only get 30fps on Crysis maxed out with no anti aliasing to this day and it looks nowhere near as good as something like BF3 which I can run maxed out in singleplayer no problem with a constant 60fps.
Half-Life 2 was 2007? I thought it was 2004? I hope it was 2004 because then it'd be understandable, if its a 2007 game then it is extremely ugly, its Oblivion quality at the absolute best despite being 4 years older.
That's weird, I get 30fps too with everything maxed out, must be another case of GTA 4 where people can only run it well with a lot of luck.
Half Life 2 came out at the same time as Doom 3 and Farcry yet I felt it looked better than those simply for the art direction. You don't need fancy shaders to have a realistic and atmospheric depiction of dystopic Eastern Europe. Half Life 2 nailed that.
Which game looks more interesting?
Which game looks more interesting?
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Farcry FTW!
Its always been ahead of the competition graphically with each installment. Not too sure about 3 though.
I'm talking about HL2: EP2.
Episode 2
Crysis
Graphically, Crysis is ahead, but the general optimization and smoothness of EP2, coupled with the art direction, make it better in terms of graphics as far as I am concerned. Crysis still runs like ****.
Episode 2
Crysis
Graphically, Crysis is ahead, but the general optimization and smoothness of EP2, coupled with the art direction, make it better in terms of graphics as far as I am concerned. Crysis still runs like ****.
Far Cry has always been a graphical masterpiece for its time, not even Resident Evil 4 or Gears of War can hold a candle to it when you consider when it was released to how good it looks. Pound for pound, per se.
Half Life Episode 2 vs Crysis is a no brainer, either, Crysis has the best art style ever created.
Why? Its not only almost pixel for pixel an exact replica of many different locations on earth.
But it does it ****ing convincingly.
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This tbh.
And in terms of being a complete game, HL2 blows the **** off of Crysis, Doom 3, FarCry etc.
That's opinion though, I personally prefer the three games you just slated, HL2 is good but its not an insane, jaw dropping, revolutionary and down right godly title and hasn't done anything for video gaming in terms of development, maybe except being a great game. I can assure you if you didn't have the Crytek engine you most probably wouldn't have the Frostbite engine today.
It has one of the best combat engines I've ever played, only one I prefer is ArmA 2 and Metro.
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Wouldn't have been a success if not for HL2. Guaranteed. And source wasn't exactly a slouch when it was released... In terms of physics it was a huge step up what had been done previously surely? I don't remember many games with physics puzzles before certainly..?
+ It paved the way for Portal, TF2, CSS, L4D, countless Source mods, and general awesomeness.
I can assure you if you didn't have the Crytek engine you most probably wouldn't have the Frostbite engine today.
I'd have survived without it. Dice might been able to make BF3 decent if that were the case.
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The flexibility of Crysis makes it a great game. One of my personal favorites, but it doesn't match up to HL2. Crysis is a good flexible sandbox game, with good shooting but a dire story and nothing else particularly outstanding. HL2 is a complete game. HL2 tells a great story, and it tells it well. HL2 does pacing perfectly. HL2 has great characters. HL2 has atmosphere. The shooting in HL2 is great and feels skill based.
Doom 3 and FarCry are quite average, really isn't anything else to say about them. Man with gun shoots stuff for some reason. They definitely aren't jaw dropping in my opinion.
But on the subject of graphics, I'm curious as to why Cryengine 2 has contributed to as having games like BF3 (well with regards to graphics, the gameplay is **** but that isn't Crysis' fault) today. It didn't really push anything forward because it didn't run on consoles and didn't run well on PC. I don't think calling it revolutionary in that regard is fair, it was simply one of the first of a new generation of graphics.
Doom 3 and FarCry are quite average, really isn't anything else to say about them. Man with gun shoots stuff for some reason. They definitely aren't jaw dropping in my opinion.
But on the subject of graphics, I'm curious as to why Cryengine 2 has contributed to as having games like BF3 (well with regards to graphics, the gameplay is **** but that isn't Crysis' fault) today. It didn't really push anything forward because it didn't run on consoles and didn't run well on PC. I don't think calling it revolutionary in that regard is fair, it was simply one of the first of a new generation of graphics.
Now there's a game that is a bitch without AA! Arma II The amount of foliage destroys my PC, so I may as well have it look good while it does it
The game does look great though, and the combat is certainly the best i've experienced.
The amount of foliage destroys my PC, so I may as well have it look good while it does it The game does look great though, and the combat is certainly the best i've experienced.
Wouldn't have been a success if not for HL2. Guaranteed.
+ Paved the way for Portal, TF2, CSS, L4D, countless Source mods, and general awesomeness.
I'd have survived without it. Dice might been able to make BF3 decent if that were the case.
Still nothing revolutionary, Steam is awesome but I'm sure we'd 'survive without it'.
As for the games it paved the way for, again; they haven't done anything but be great games, no game outside of the Source engine has the Source engine to thank for anything.
The feel and look of BF3 was the best to date in the series, I have no idea why BF3 gets all the hate it does, its a good game.
The Cryengine brought technology to the forefront that we use today, in the same way bloody gunpowder revolutionized warfare. You can argue if they hadn't of come about when they did, they probably would have at some point, but that's not reality, is it.
Remember we are talking the technical aspect of graphics here, plot, optimization, characters etc. mean nothing to that.
Now there's a game that is a bitch without AA! Arma II
The game does look great though, and the combat is certainly the best i've experienced.
Turning off shadows does a lot and isn't really noticeable in DayZ, I'm at ~45fps now instead of ~30, with everything else maxed @ 1440x900, not too sure about the rest of the game, though.