Which game has better engine/graphics - Crysis 1 or Far Cry 3?

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TechBoyJK

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There's a 40+ page ongoing thread about the stuttering on Ubisoft's forum with no response from the developers. I'm not the only one who noticed this.

Anyways, I didnt say its unenjoyable it's just really stuttery sometimes where I feel it shouldn't be.

silly question, but have you disabled vsync?
 

futurefields

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I limited the FPS to 45 and the stuttering is GONE.

So anybody having stuttering issues with this game, try limiting to 45 fps or whatever works for your GPU.

Now I can enjoy the game, incredible.
 

Eureka

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Enable Vsync in your control panel (as opposed to in game) for FC3. Also reduces stutter.

That being said, FC3 is very... cartoony. Is it supposed to be cel-shaded? It looks like it is.

Cry3 looks better IMO. FC3 just doensn't feel right.
 

TechBoyJK

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I think I enjoyed Far Cry 3 more but Crysis 3 was actually really damn good looking, even on medium. I think it really is the best looking game right now. The environment was really well done imho. It just didn't look as pretty as Crysis 1 because it's not an island.
 

Montsegur97

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Might just have to download Crysis 3 then since I got it for free with my card. Just don't want to add Origin to my pc though, ugh.
 

werepossum

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Its just a piece of software. It's not going to eat your unborn children.
:D

I have Origin, but as to my knowledge I have no unborn children available for consumption I can neither confirm nor refute this statement.

I will say while it's certainly not Steam, neither is it SecureROM - to my knowledge anyway.
 

Stringjam

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Count me in the minority that thought Crysis had superb gameplay.

Until that point, most the the FPS I had played revolved around a fairly singular approach to combat.

It was certainly the very first FPS I had played where the character had movement mechanics that felt more like a real person, and not like I was guiding the movements of some sort of robot on a Segway.

I think its biggest weakness was the generic NPC's, with almost no real personality.....I think Crytek still has a big problem with this.
 

tacosrcool

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Crysis is still awesome to look at. I think that Crysis 3 graphics still look better than the 1st one. Just wait till ARMA 3 comes out...
 

Stringjam

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Just wait till ARMA 3 comes out...

Not if it's anything like what we're seeing in the alpha. I really hope they work a little more on the visual quality by release. Even if they don't, I think I'm still really going to enjoy the game. I've never played an FPS where aiming and firing a weapon felt as realistic as this one.
 
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