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    But Can It Run Crysis?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Mr. Fox, Apr 18, 2020.

  1. Kunal Shrivastava

    Kunal Shrivastava Notebook Consultant

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    like this.
     
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    lol that looks better than far cry 6....also probably 100 times funner....man i hope we get a crysis 4 thats a clone of crysis 1
     
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    does anyone know how to get the level vulcano? link :p
     
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    'it's basically perfect'



    this now dudes is good news
     
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    seanwee Father of laptop shunt modding

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    Will the PC version have RT?
     
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    after watching the video it sounds like it does or will!
     
  7. unlogic

    unlogic Notebook Evangelist

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    Hardcore Crysis 1 fans probably hate Crysis 2, but Crysis 2 is my favourite from the trilogy. I think I beat this game more than 10 times :cool: Also, I love the soundtrack!

    On PC, Crysis 2 OG looks better than Remastered o_O
     
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    all this "remastering" strategy look weird
    ,,this games no need remaster :rolleyes: still look good in original

    farcry 1 is still playable :D ,,but here I would like a lot of "full" remaster for great game
     
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    just saw your video.....some older assets look nicer but overall i still have to say the new remaster looks better...
     
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  10. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    I just like all Crysis titles. Hands down, it is my favorite game franchise. I have played through every version multiple times and always enjoy it. In fact, the more often I played it the more I liked each one. Once I got used to the map and knew what was coming next, the more I enjoyed playing.

    I wish there were a Crysis 4, but that might spoil things if it turned out to be lousy.
     
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    I think this may be a matter of taste because I actually think the remaster looks better, but not by a huge amount. It feels like a 2-3 year jump forward in graphics.

    The lighting looks more natural and the texture resolution has been increased.

    I'd still get it for the right price.
     
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    so many textures went from 720p to 4k-8k.....its a pretty big jump in every aspect but like we see with most games it takes more than that to make it truely feel like an upgrade...I talked about forza horizon 5 because they changed enough stuff to have some enviroments look photo realistic like litterally not an opinion
     
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    crysis 3 on the other hand looks identical lol....nice job crytek
     
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    ,,.it works at least better ?
    crysis 3 was unplayable on my laptop "random fps drops" for static scene ?? ,,without reason

    but i think that remaster is a more problematic build ??

    edit
     
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    13 percent faster according to digital foundry....visually its identical
     
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    Story and gameplay diversity wise I'd say Crysis 1 was better. However, from a setting, gameplay pacing, weapon feel and gameplay satisfaction standpoint Crysis 2 was better. It played like an action movie with a more memorable albeit linear story imo.
     
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    I'd agree there, I do recall overall liking 2 better. I still never finished 3 after starting it. Not that I didn't like it, I think I got distracted by a different game and never went back to it.
     
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    The linear gameplay is one of the reasons I like the Crysis franchise. I do not enjoy playing open world games where you have to find secrets, look for clues, interact with the AI to obtain information, and craft special crap from stuff you collect. I just want weapons, ammo and a linear storyline with lots of shooting and fighting as you claw your way toward the end of the game in a non-stop fit of rage. If playing requires too much attention to detail, strategy and patience, I quickly lose interest and stop playing.

    Crysis 3 is actually my favorite of the series. I love using the bow for steal kills.
     
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    I love action games as well. Mindless shooting and blowing everything up is the best! :D

    I also love open world games, but not if they contain puzzles. I love exploring game worlds, but I hate puzzles because they're tedious.

    Exploring the environment to find extra secrets is fun, but having to explore the environment to find hidden crap to progress in the game without the game directing you in some way is not. I want to be directed to my objectives because I can never find stuff to save my life. I only come across secrets by chance because of how much time I spend exploring and taking in the views. :p

    But yeah, games that play like action movies are the best. A good story makes it even better, but action and gameplay mechanics come first. Crysis in my opinion has both.
     
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  20. Kunal Shrivastava

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    This is correct.

    They have colour mapped the remastered trilogy using a different colour palette which is significantly warmer and more saturated to suit the reworked lighting. SVOGI has been extensively used with physically based materials in Crysis 1 and 2 remastered, While less of a remastering effort has gone into 3. According to Digital Foundry the Global Illumination bounce lighting would've interfered with dynamic light placement in Crysis 3's maps that its post processing and shaders seems to heavily rely upon. And since they emitted this RTGI altogether here,physically based materials wouldve looked worse. (Hence the smaller install size !)



    With the latest Nvidia driver update though we can do a bit of post processing of our own to get an even better look than the originals ;)

    This will completely transform the look of all 3 games, but incurs a ~15% performance penalty. You can dial back objects,vegetation and shadows down a notch to get the performance back.This doesnt affect the look of the game in any way, just reduces the draw distance by a bit which is still considerable at the medium preset.

    Ray tracing can be set to performance for an easy FPS boost and a barely noticable visual change on some reflective surfaces (Your Nanosuit is reflected on high and above, costs an extra 10 fps for me on RTX 3070).

    Very high water quality is also not necessary since the planar reflections on the lower settings are convincing enough, you lose about 10% with very high water reflections since they appear to be native res screen space reflections.

    Keep Shading and Post Processing at max, they are important to the look of the game !

    You may need to play around a bit with the settings (especially exposure and contrast) depending on your monitor !

    Also higher resolution monitors will get a much better image quality by increasing sharpening (upto 25% at 4k,provided you are using any form of TAA/DLSS)

    Try these presets:

    (Alt+F3 ingame, Nvidia Overlay should be enabled in Geforce Experience)


    CRYSIS 1/3 REMASTERED

    Sharpen+.

    Intensity: 13%
    Texture Details: 0%
    Invert Depth Z axis: No

    Brightness/Contrast.

    Exposure: 23%
    Contrast: 15%
    Highlights: 32%
    Shadows: 15%
    Gamma: 0%

    Colour.

    Tint Colour: 20%
    Tint Intensity: 22%
    Temperature: 0%
    Vibrance: 16

    Details.

    Sharpen: 0%
    Clarity: 33%
    HDR Toning: 33%
    Bloom: 9%

    Black & White.

    Intensity: 14%


    CRYSIS 2 REMASTERED

    Sharpen+.

    Intensity: 13%
    Texture Details: 0%
    Invert Depth Z axis: No

    Brightness/Contrast.

    Exposure: 0%
    Contrast: 15%
    Highlights: 32%
    Shadows: -10%
    Gamma: 0%

    Colour.

    Tint Colour: 20%
    Tint Intensity: 15%
    Temperature: 0%
    Vibrance: 16

    Details.

    Sharpen: 0%
    Clarity: 33%
    HDR Toning: 15%
    Bloom: 9%

    YOU NEED TO DISABLE HDR AND RESET ANY CONTROL PANEL COLOUR CALIBERATION SETTINGS.
     
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    we wont see truly next gen stuff for quite some time....it takes alot too make a game look next gen....cube maps look great and when they added the revolutionary ray tracing the image quality well it looks more realistic but not better....it will take alot....as for crysis 2 yeah i liked it beat it once....crysis 3 twice crysis 1 a million times....never gets old....good old shotty on the insurgents

    and @Kunal Shrivastava thanks for that made a nice difference for me...sometimes small changes can have a profound impact
     
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    While i like open world games, I do not like the ones where you have to grind through like fallout/elder scrolls. I simply do not have the luxury of time anymore. And I don't know why exactly but i always seem to lose interest in a game after 40? 50? hours of gameplay, outstanding as the game may be.

    I still haven't booted up horizon zero dawn after beating the main story. The DLC portion remains untouched. Maybe I'll regain the interest in a year or two.
     
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    finally i was able to get crysis enhanced working on my craptop...it looks bland and lack of detail from afar.....sure when you look close at things theres incredible detail but when your playing the game and everythings zoomed out yeah looks not so good....so i decided to add blackfires mod to it(lighting) and it looks corny.....overall now i see why crysis remastered looks the way it does...in action its a step up...and when people compare with unrealistic pictures of action the modded crysis looks better but you dont play the game with the gun zoomed at the ground and if you do i reckon your Kill to death ratio aint as pretty.
     
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    Hi, guys! Anyone bought the Crysis 2 Remastered? Is it worth it? Any bugs or performance issue?

    EGS has the $10 coupon now. It's so hard to resist temptation :(
     
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