That is because it requires next gen performance..aka 3xGTX580 performance...
Well in 6 months from now it will require only 2x GTX670 :biggrin:
Seriously, devs need to puss the envelop in graphics put i guess we need to wait one or two more years in order to get the Samaritan graphics in games.
I used to buy high end graphics cards in order to be able to play games with higher IQ settings, now even a single middle end card like HD6950 or GTX560ti is more than enough for 1080p Gaming (for the majority of the games).
It is clear that Crytek lowered their standards with Crysis 2 for the console sake and the DX-11 patch over a high polygon graphics just strain more the graphics cards with minimum IQ enhancements.
They clearly took the console way, unlike Dice and BF3 witch seams they develop the FrostBite 2 engine to take advantage of all DX-10/11 features and create the Game for PC use first and then porting it to Consoles (i know we need to see the end result first).
Sad thing is that we could have told him that in 2006...shame people were so blinded by PR console FUD to not see the limitations...
Have people checked out this fellows mod ? Looks like some nice screenshots.
http://maldotex.blogspot.com/
In every way? The debate may continue about graphics, but the physics engine in Crysis 1 blows Crysis 2 away. The environments and objects in Crysis 2 aren't destructible in the way that they are in Crysis 1. Do trees react to bullet fire the same way as in Crysis 1? Do plants realistically react as the character passes them? Watch this video. <--- These things aren't affected by DX11/High-rez texture pack in Crysis 2.
Either way, when Crysis 1 came out, it stood alone. You can't say that Crysis 2 is by far the best looking game on the PC now. . . .
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Crysis 2 just meets expectations for what a good looking game should look like in 2010-2011, but in no way shape or form does it smell like a next generation game.
This looks next gen to me. :thumbsup:
. . Tech demos always look great.
I tkae it you skipped over AMD's tessellation/OpenCL physcis demo then...because boy that did look like *not allowed to speak freely because those that get offended have takne my free speech away*
