When can we expect to see Crysis (2007) level of visuals ?

[dagamer34]

The "impressive" thing about Crysis is that they make a PC-only FPS that required real hardware to run. Some have said that consoles don't hold developers back, but can you really imagine having to make a game like Battlefield 3 on the PC and as well as the original Xbox? The only thing that would be similar at that point is the story!

 

[Gordon Freemen]

most people with common sense and a single gpu do not run the very highest level of AA in every game because it is not worth it.

Most people can't max out every game on a single GPU this is true.

with 670 sli could easily get 80 fps with the game fully maxed.

I never stated whether I agreed or disagreed with this but IMHO two 670s in SLI could most likely max out all the sliders and in game settings in Crysis plus have 8x (Sexysample*) turned on in the CP and still maintain IMO around 60fps consistently throughout the whole game but the only way to really be sure is to test it in real time and I don't have even one 670 let alone 2x the sexy beasts. LOL.

 

[turn_pike]

Have you guys been following E3 ? There are some -very- impressive showing there.

GTA4 meet Deus Ex : Watch Dogs trailer

The "move over CryEngine" trailer :
Square Enix's Tech Demo

 

[Jaydip]

Yeah saw that earlier looks impressive

 

[Red Hawk]

ENB GTAIV, SGSSAA Borderlands ENB, DOOM3 Sikkmod, Crysis CUDDAATs, Crysis Reallifesis,
BF3 Enb, Farcry 3, MaxPayne 3, MW3 SGSSAA, Modded Skyrim, Modded ME2

Modded Mass Effect 2? That's a stock image for Mass Effect 1. If there were improved graphic mods for Mass Effect 2 I'd love to try them.

Anyways, we're not going to see games in general move to Crysis levels of fidelity until the next console generation, sadly.

 

[turn_pike]

There's also Unreal Engine 4 tech demo :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OZmRt8gCsC0

 

[2is]

Modded Mass Effect 2? That's a stock image for Mass Effect 1. If there were improved graphic mods for Mass Effect 2 I'd love to try them.

Anyways, we're not going to see games in general move to Crysis levels of fidelity until the next console generation, sadly.

What's more sad than that is I fear these next gen consoles may be the last of their kind and in the future they'll be nothing more than streaming set top boxes connecting to an on-live like service. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Dark Shroud]

E3 looked good this year. I loved that most demos used PCs because this is probably the last year of the current consoles and the game companies know it.

Halo 4 looked good, I hope it comes to the PC as well. I'm not buying a 360 for that.

 

[Lonbjerg]

There's also Unreal Engine 4 tech demo :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OZmRt8gCsC0

Nice...the video confirms what I said to posters that were unimpressed with UE4 when the first screenshots were made public...the "Oh shiney factor" is annoying...but this videos use of ligthing is almost "Carmack'ish"...and looks capable of some large terrain.

 

[jmarti445]

Until Raytracing becomes the defacto standard of rendering we will not see true to life visuals on consoles or PC's. With GPUs becoming so much more powerful than what they once were, it could become a possiblity. Until that goes into effect every game eventually will look like it was made in 1999 relative to the current year.

 

[DrBoss]

Nice...the video confirms what I said to posters that were unimpressed with UE4 when the first screenshots were made public...the "Oh shiney factor" is annoying...but this videos use of ligthing is almost "Carmack'ish"...and looks capable of some large terrain.

Agreed, this demo blew me away. Seeing the plethora of effects combined (in-motion) was pretty jaw dropping.

 

[icanhascpu2]

Until Raytracing becomes the defacto standard of rendering we will not see true to life visuals on consoles or PC's. With GPUs becoming so much more powerful than what they once were, it could become a possiblity. Until that goes into effect every game eventually will look like it was made in 1999 relative to the current year.

Someone hasn't seen the Unreal 4 tech demos.

Crysis looks dated, I dont know what games the OP has been playing. Even Skyrim with HD textures and the right filtering looks better and its a DX9 game that was (poorly) ported to PC.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Someone hasn't seen the Unreal 4 tech demos.

Crysis looks dated, I dont know what games the OP has been playing. Even Skyrim with HD textures and the right filtering looks better and its a DX9 game that was (poorly) ported to PC.

Unreal 4 is not all that great that "Watch Dogs" game is much more realistic and has a far more polish look to it.

 

[turn_pike]

Thats because one is a gameplay demo of a game nearing completion while the other is merely a tech demo.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'm going to bet Watch Dogs will bomb. Something about it didn't seem all that great. Who knows.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Thats because one is a gameplay demo of a game nearing completion while the other is merely a tech demo.

Unreal tech engines are great for "Renting" out to smaller time game devs whom do not have the funds and or know how to make an engine from the ground up. As for being top of the pile as far as visuals I was never really that impressed though I do like the engine allot and how light on it's feet it is and still looks decent.

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Unreal tech engines are great for "Renting" out to smaller time game devs whom do not have the funds and or know how to make an engine from the ground up. As for being top of the pile as far as visuals I was never really that impressed though I do like the engine allot and how light on it's feet it is and still looks decent.

List of these small time game devs
Unreal Engine 3
Intoxicate Studios CDProjekt
2009 Alien Breed Evolution Isometric Shooter Microsoft Windows. Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network Team 17 Team 17
2010 Alien Breed 2: Assault Isometric Shooter Microsoft Windows, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network Team 17 Team 17
2010 Alien Breed 3: Descent Isometric Shooter Microsoft Windows, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network Team 17 Team 17
2011 APB Reloaded MMOTPS Microsoft Windows Reloaded Productions Gamersfirst
2012 Asura's Wrath Third Person Shooter Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 CyberConnect2 Capcom
2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines

Gearbox Software Sega
2010 Alpha Protocol

Obsidian Entertainment Sega
2009 America's Army 3.0

US Army US Army
2011 Alice: Madness Returns

Spicy Horse Electronic Arts
2008 American McGee's Grimm

Spicy Horse Turner Broadcasting System
TBA Apoclyofable Role Playing Game Microsoft Windows, Apple iOS, Mac OS Mortis Equilibrium Mortis Equilibrium
2008 Army of Two

EA Montreal Electronic Arts
2010 Army of Two: The 40th Day

EA Montreal Electronic Arts
2007 Alliance of Valiant Arms

RED DUCK Neowiz Games, NHN Corporation, Tencent Holdings
2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum

Rocksteady Studios Eidos Interactive
2011 Batman: Arkham City

Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2011 Batman: Arkham City Lockdown
Apple iOS NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2013 BioShock Infinite

Irrational Games 2K Games
TBA BioShock Vita

Irrational Games 2K Games
2007 Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience

Nerjyzed Entertainment Aspyr Media
2010 Blacklight: Tango Down

Zombie Studios Ignition Entertainment
2012 Blacklight: Retribution

Zombie Studios Perfect World Entertainment
TBA Black Powder Red Earth

Echelon Software

TBA Blade & Soul

NC Soft

2012 Bloodforge

Climax Studios Microsoft Studios
2008 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Gearbox Software Ubisoft
TBA Brothers in Arms: Furious 4

Gearbox Software Ubisoft
2007 BlackSite: Area 51

Midway Austin Midway Games
2008 Blitz

CJIG

2009 Borderlands

Gearbox Software 2K Games
2012 Borderlands 2

Gearbox Software 2K Games
2011 Bulletstorm

People Can Fly Electronic Arts
2009 CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars

Timeline Interactive Ubisoft
TBA Chivalry: Medieval Warfare First Person Combat Microsoft Windows Torn Banner Studios Torn Banner Studios
2009 Crimecraft

Vogster Entertainment[52] THQ
2012 Crimson Dragon Rail shooter
Grounding, Inc. Land Ho! Co. Ltd. Microsoft Studios
2008 Damnation

Blue Omega Entertainment, Point of View Codemasters
2010 Dark Void

Airtight Games Capcom
2011 DC Universe Online

Sony Online Austin Sony Online Entertainment
Q3 2012 Demon's Score Rail Shooter, Music Game Apple iOS, Android Epic Games Square Enix
2008 Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon[53]

Sandblast Games THQ
2012 Diabolical Pitch

Grasshopper Manufacture Microsoft Studios
2012 Dishonored

Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
2013 DmC: Devil May Cry

Ninja Theory Capcom
2011/05/25 Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale[54] Action role-playing game Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Microsoft Windows Bedlam Games Atari
2010 Dungeon Defenders:First Wave[55]

Trendy Entertainment Trendy Entertainment
2011 Dungeon Defenders[55]

Trendy Entertainment Trendy Entertainment
2012 DUST 514[56]

CCP TBA
TBA Earth No More

Recoil Games / Radar Group 3D Realms
TBA EOS (Echo of Soul)[57][58] MMORPG Microsoft Windows Nvius TBA
TBA Ender's Game: Battle Room

Chair Entertainment Chair Entertainment
2010 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Ninja Theory Namco Bandai Games
TBA End

Faramix Enterprises

2012 Fable: The Journey
Xbox 360 Lionhead Studios Microsoft Studios
2009 Fairytale Fights

Playlogic Game Factory Playlogic
2007 Fatal Inertia

Koei[59] Koei
2008 Frontlines: Fuel of War

Kaos Studios THQ
2007 Fury

Auran[60] Gamecock Media Group
2012 Game of Thrones

Cyanide Atlus
2006/11/07 - Xbox 360
2007/11/06 - PC Gears of War

Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
2008/11/07 Gears of War 2

Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
2011/09/20 Gears of War 3

Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
2013 Gears of War: Judgment Third-person shooter Xbox 360 People Can Fly Microsoft Studios
2010 Global Agenda

Hi-Rez Studios[61] Hi-Rez Studios
2008 Hail to the Chimp

Wideload Games[62] Gamecock Media Group
2012 Hawken

Adhesive Games Meteor Entertainment
TBA Hessian Boots[63]

IF Studio

2011 Homefront

Kaos Studios, Digital Extremes (PC) THQ
2007 Hour of Victory

N-Fusion Interactive Midway Games
2011 Hunted: The Demon's Forge

InXile Entertainment Bethesda Softworks
2010 Infinity Blade[64] action Apple iOS Epic Games / chAIR Epic Games
2011 Infinity Blade 2 action Apple iOS Epic Games / chAIR Epic Games
2012 Infinity Blade Dungeons action Apple iOS Epic Games / chAIR Epic Games
2010 Killed in Action (K.I.A.)[65]

Virus Studios Virus Studios
2010 Kinect Adventures

Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
2008 Legendary

Spark Unlimited Gamecock Media Group
2009 Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Team 17 Codemasters
2012/06/12 Lollipop Chainsaw

Grasshopper Manufacture Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2007 Lost Odyssey

Mistwalker, feelplus[66] Microsoft Game Studios
2013 Lost Planet 3 Third-person shooter Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Spark Unlimited Capcom
2010 Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring

Slang/Sabarasa Konami/Slang
2007 Mass Effect

BioWare[67] Microsoft Game Studios, Electronic Arts
2010 Mass Effect 2

BioWare Electronic Arts
2012 Mass Effect 3[68]

BioWare Electronic Arts
2009 MagnaCarta II

Softmax

2010 Medal of Honor (2010) (single-player)

EA Los Angeles, Danger Close Games Electronic Arts
2007 Medal of Honor: Airborne

EA Los Angeles[69] Electronic Arts
2008 Mirror's Edge

EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts
2010 Monday Night Combat

Uber Entertainment Microsoft Game Studios (Xbox 360), Uber Entertainment (PC)
2007 Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia

Artificial Studios[70] SouthPeak Interactive
2008 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Midway Amusement Games Midway Games
2011 Mortal Kombat 2.5D Fighter
NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2011 Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection HD 2D Fighter
NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Build 6829 2011 Mortal Kombat Vita

NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2010 Mortal Online

Star Vault

2011 Off-Road Drive

1C Company 1C Company
TBA 2013 MU2

Webzen

2011 MStar

Nurien Software CJ E&M Games Corp.
TBA Parabellum

Acony GamersFirst
2012 Passion Leads Army First Person Shooter Microsoft Windows Giant Network
Iron Horse Studios Nanjing Military Region of People's Liberation Army
TBA Project Stealth Stealth game Microsoft Windows
TBA
Q3 2012 Ravaged First-person shooter Microsoft Windows 2 Dawn Games 2 Dawn games
2011 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad First Person Shooter Microsoft Windows Tripwire Interactive Tripwire Interactive/1C Company
TBA Rikochet First Person Shooter Microsoft Windows Plastic Piranha Plastic Piranha
2008 Rise of the Argonauts

Liquid Entertainment Codemasters
2010 Rush'n Attack: Ex-Patriot

Vatra Games Konami
2008 Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy

High Moon Studios Sierra Entertainment
2006/11/06 RoboBlitz

Naked Sky Entertainment[71] Naked Sky Entertainment
2011/04/15 Sanctum First-person shooter / Tower defense Microsoft Windows Coffee Stain Studios

2009 Saw: The Video game

Zombie Studios Konami
2010 Saw II: Flesh & Blood

Zombie Studios Konami
2009 Section 8

Timegate Studios SouthPeak Games
2011 Section 8: Prejudice

Timegate Studios Timegate Studios
TBA Sephiroth 2

Imazic Entertainment

2009 Shadow Complex[72]

Chair Entertainment Microsoft Game Studios
2011 Shadows of the Damned

Grasshopper Manufacture Electronic Arts
2012 Silent Hill: Downpour

Vatra Games Konami
2010 Singularity

Raven Software Activision
TBA Sin City

Transmission Games / RedMile

2011 Special Force 2 First-person shooter Microsoft Windows Dragonfly GF CJ E&M Games Corp.
2013 Stanopolo

Mehtab's Production Crime Life
TBA Star Wars 1313 Third-person action-adventure
LucasArts LucasArts
2010 Stargate Resistance Third Person Shooter Microsoft Windows Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment FireSky
Cancelled Sky Gods

BlackFoot Studios BlackFoot Studios
TBA Soul Scream[73]

IF Studio

2012 Spec Ops: The Line Third-person tactical shooter Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Yager Development 2K Games
2007 Stranglehold

Midway Chicago Tiger Hill Entertainment[74] Midway Games
2012 Super Monday Night Combat

Uber Entertainment Uber Entertainment
2008 Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

Psyonix Psyonix
2012 TERA MMORPG Microsoft Windows Bluehole Studio NHN Corporation, En Masse Entertainment, Frogster Interactive
2008 The Last Remnant

Square Enix Square Enix
2009 The Punisher: No Mercy

Zen Studios

2010 The Scourge Project: Episode 1 and 2

Tragnarion Studios Bit Box S.L.
Cancelled [75] This is Vegas Open world action-adventure Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Surreal Software Warner Bros.
2008 TNA iMPACT!
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii Midway Studios - Los Angeles Midway Games
2008 To End All Wars

Kuju Entertainment[76]

2008 Tom Clancy's EndWar Realtime Strategy Xbox 360 Ubisoft Shanghai Ubisoft
2006/11/22 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas First Person Shooter Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
2008 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 First Person Shooter Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
2012 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Extreme sports Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade Robomodo Activision
2012 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

High Moon Studios Activision
2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron

High Moon Studios Activision
2012 Tribes: Ascend

Hi-Rez Studios Hi-rez Studios
TBA Tribes Universe

Hi-Rez Studios Hi-rez Studios
2010 Tron: Evolution

Propaganda Games Disney
2012 TS Online 3 MMORPG Microsoft Windows Chinesegamer

2008 Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

Spark Unlimited Codemasters
2008 Turok

Propaganda Games Touchstone Pictures
2007 Undertow

Chair Entertainment Chair Entertainment
2007/11/19 - PC
2007/12/11 - PS3
2008/07/03 - Xbox 360 Unreal Tournament 3

Epic Games Midway Games Build 3464 - beta demo
Build 3487 - v1.0
Build 3809 - v2.1 2009 The Wheelman

Midway Games Newcastle Midway Games
2007 Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction

NetDevil NetDevil
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Raven Software Activision
2013 XCOM

2K Marin 2K Games
2012 XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Firaxis Games 2K Games
2010 Zumba Fitness

Pipeworks Software Majesco Entertainment

 

[Red Hawk]

E3 looked good this year. I loved that most demos used PCs because this is probably the last year of the current consoles and the game companies know it.

Halo 4 looked good, I hope it comes to the PC as well. I'm not buying a 360 for that.

No chance of that, if Microsoft had any intentions of continuing to port the Halo games to PC they would have already ported Halo 3, ODST, and Reach.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

List of these small time game devs
Unreal Engine 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intoxicate_Studios&action=edit&redlink=1

Not sure what you tried to prove by posting a laundry list of mostly extremely crappy games and console ports LOL. I said the Unreal Engine was a good rental engine you proved me correct thanx.

 

[Grooveriding]

Isn't unreal 4 nothing but a tech demo currently ?

A quick check shows there are no games listed using it that are coming out.

Let me know when there are actual games I can play that use it.

 

[toyota]

Not sure what you tried to prove by posting a laundry list of mostly extremely crappy games and console ports LOL. I said the Unreal Engine was a good rental engine you proved me correct thanx.

yeah Mirrors Edge, Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City, Bioshock 1 and 2 were all just crappy games...

 

[cmdrdredd]

Mirror's edge was lol

 

[Gordon Freemen]

yeah Mirrors Edge, Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City, Bioshock 1 and 2 were all just crappy games...

Mirrors edge was OK for a demo type game I dont consider it great or a full game by any means the Batman games sucksed hard IMHO and the Bioshock games are masterpices of digital art IMHO and I really enjoyed Bioshock. So that's three game engines out of like almost 100 games listed a start a presume.

 

[007ELmO]

cmdr did you beat mirror's edge

 

[toyota]

Mirrors edge was OK for a demo type game I dont consider it great or a full game by any means the Batman games sucksed hard IMHO and the Bioshock games are masterpices of digital art IMHO and I really enjoyed Bioshock. So that's three game engines out of like almost 100 games listed a start a presume.

Mirrors Edge not a full game? um okay and MOST people found the Batman games to be great. how many great games used Cryengine? lol