You stupid ****, you're not comparing CE2 vs CE3, you're comparing crysis 1 to crysis 2, Which obviously crysis looks way better and sharper than crysis 2. We still don't know how good CE3 really is, not until they develop a pc game and not just a port.

dude you guys the game will be expanded soon the directx 11 patch will just be the beginning we are talking about crysis 3 or crysis 2 expansion. this was to introduce the series to consoles the next version will be focused on PC and so will the expansion. but the console versions will be the ones ported from pc from now on. don't you guys get it. CRYSIS is going to destroy HALO and its fanbase. i used to be addicted to halo and now i dont get that into video games anymore I sold my xbox 360 because of halo 3 being to addictive but i play crysis and crysis 2 alot more than i should on my pc still.

Holy Balls, you're extremely dumb. That video was from a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago.
DOING DOING DOING, that's the sound of bouncy balls hanging from bungee cords attached to my ceiling.

CE3 is the better engine technically but so far the only game released does not come anywhere near utilizing the full potential it has to offer. CE3 is a much more optimized engine than CE2 was - the only reason Crysis looks better than Crysis 2 is because they really threw all they had at it because they made a show pony. I think the DX11 patch will add the assets CE3 needs to make Crysis 2 a show pony on PC's. I'm a bit pissed that they released the PC version far to soon but I will withhold final judgement until I have played the final product - and thats the show pony we were expecting.

CE 3 is better Engine and performance but in this C2 not allow more feature than C1 or warhead because build 3 porting for console and pc in same time. and that C2 least more feature for take performance to console too . if Crytek are create C2 for PC only I think I is a best Engine for PC and more feature + DX11 awesome .

i Think a best Engine in this year so is in a Battlefield 3 . i not allow CE3 is a best engine in this year becase a before word

THe only way Crysis2 could even come close to being a PC "show pony" as you call it would need a complete re-make of the game. May as well call that Crysis 3 as it would have to be redesigned without the artificial limits they imposed due to the consoles ridiculously low specs.

We could have the pretty graphics, but also get truly open maps, more physics, more destructible stuff, better AI, better everything really.

the first i could say - i doubt that developer will make huge work to tune the SOLD product. The game was BOUGHT, why the fLIck you think devs gonna give you good DX11 suppport or rework textures to higher resolution? lol. they will not. few neccessary fix patches, may be MP maps - that's all. it's money dudes. noone will work for free
the second thing i wanna underline for all CE3 blamers - you HAVEN'T seen CE3 capabilities. don't look at Crysis 2 - this game is just poor sh1t console port. we don't see more then half of CE3 potential in this project. Don't blame engine - blame ppl who did sheap console port to save time and money. i don't know really who is that Crytek or EA and i don't care really
Crysis 2 is fail comparing with Crysis 1 for ME. and nothing can change it for sure

why the fLIck you think devs gonna give you good DX11 suppport or rework textures to higher resolution? lol. they will not.

you're in for a disappointment.

Thats CryEngine 2 at max PC settings vs CryEngine 3 on low PC settings (aka console).. CryEngine 3 is the better engine, anyone who states otherwise doesnt know what they are talking about. Stop thinking CryEngine 2 IS Crysis and CryEngine 3 IS Crysis 2.. they are not.

cryengine 3(60) is way overrated.

The reason Crysis 2 looks worse is because of a few, simple things.

-Low-Res textures.
-Weird, blurred look to hide the aliasing on edges
-Low draw distances.
-Ridiculous amounts of glow

All of these things can be easily fixed by editing a level's ToD file and fiddling with the console. Technically speaking, Cryengine 3 has much more optimized and enhanced features than Cryengine 2.

-Deferred Shading allows for blended lightsources. Makes interiors richer, as many light sources can be placed in close proximity.
-Enhanced global illumination and Ambient occlusion allow for multiple bounces of light sources. Scatters ambient light so every thing is shaded much more subtly.

-Real-Time shadow maps update more frequently. This makes dynamic shadows appear much less "laggy" as they are being affected by external light sources and Time of Day effects.

A common misconception is that Texture Quality is limited by the engine. It's not. It's limited to how much time an artist wants to spend in Photoshop editing the .dds texture/material file, and how much Video RAM your System has.

You guys are idiots, you compare Ce2, to crysis 2, your freakin stupid if you do, crysis 2 was built on cryengine 3, cryengine 3 is superior to Ce2 in every way, except FoV, but can easily be altered in a scroll bar, Ce3 uses Multicore rendering and pushes Gpu's to 100%, something Ce2 suffered greatly on, and greatly, i have a quad core at 3.4, and 460's in sli, and my cpu never goes past 60%, and my gpu's are always at 60%, thats just crappy config, id like all you retards to hold on to your balls when CE3 comes out to the public, and still claim that its doing worse with an island map loaded, well see who's the true successor.
Those comparisons were done on consoles vs PC, lets do a PC vs PC, and bring CE2 to shame that it deserves

Just a friendly reminder that the video is comparing PC CE2 and March 2009, console CE3.

It would be fair if they compared Crysis 1 on medium settings to 2011 CE3.

This^ OP You do realise you're comparing crysis 1 to a console tech demo that was released 2 years before the game was released? Ok..........

CE2 is battered by CE3, there's no contest with their Full Real Time GI and other improvements. However the game, Crysis 2 might not showcase it all, which is understandable.

some people or so stupid...CE3 is superior to CE2 why would they make it worse? use your brains, yes crysis 2 does look a little worse then crysis BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT CE2 IS A BETTER ENGINE THEN CE3...plus crysis 2 is like DX9...

Must i spam this link forever until someone (if anyone) realises that C2 is not the entirety that CE3 can achieve?

CryEngine -3

How can you claim that CE3 is better then CE2 even if C1 looks better than C2 :/ hmm that's confusing.
(I don't expect reasonable reply, because I know you're brainwashed)

LOLOLOL!!!!

Stupid comparison. This is PC- CE2 vs. Xbox CE3 Comparison, how can that be fair? How can you there see a true comparision? Why would you even think to compare PC to Console?

Your fault, dude. Unless there is a proper comparison of PC vs. PC, I'm not taking that b***sh*t anymore.

OP You do realise you're comparing crysis 1 to a console tech demo that was released 2 years before the game was released? Ok..........
I'm just going to be quoting things like this so the truth cannot be missed by anyone skimming through this thread.

We do not really know what CE3 is capable of btw. All we know is what EA feeds us. Remember Crytek is no longer applicable as they no longer have control over their own games or creative direction. Cevat already sold out his studio and employees for his own personal gain. But lets not go into that. So lets just refer to EA.

Anycase.
EA has shown us a load of videos and tech demos. And yet we have not seen any of this in a playable game. Where Crysis 1 was a playable tech demo / game we could see what it was capable of. All we have to go on now, are links and stupid videos. But who can honestly say they have seen those features in a playable game from EA?

I havent.

We do not really know what CE3 is capable of btw. All we know is what EA feeds us. Remember Crytek is no longer applicable as they no longer have control over their own games or creative direction. Cevat already sold out his studio and employees for his own personal gain. But lets not go into that. So lets just refer to EA.

Anycase.
EA has shown us a load of videos and tech demos. And yet we have not seen any of this in a playable game. Where Crysis 1 was a playable tech demo / game we could see what it was capable of. All we have to go on now, are links and stupid videos. But who can honestly say they have seen those features in a playable game from EA?

I havent.

Hello, my name is RTI and i'm a military simulation designed to be a VBS2 competitor. I do believe that i can show off CE3 better than Crysis 2.

So have you played this? Or have you seen it in real life? on a screen in front of your face? Or did you just see some videos and pictures on the internet? Because i cannot find a link to download it.

Restricted to military contractors, unless you want to pay a stupid amount of money like some did for VBS2.

These guys explain it better than i ever could

But hey if you've got something that can use CE3 to the same degree, i'd like to see it.