Nice stuff, looks like they're actually getting a handle on 360 and PS3 quickly.
 
Seems similar to a Rage-like system, with the instant PC/360/PS3 updates.  Maybe other engines have that sort of real time updating too, not sure.

Yes, it does look unbelievable. The indoor environments are far superior in detail and design to CryEngine 2.

Watch out Epic.
 
Looks like Crysis alright. Indoor seems improved, that's about it. Cross platform development like that looks pretty ace though.

That looks awesome.

I'm honestly not trying to troll or anything, but just think what they could have done if they didn't have to optimize for 4 year old machines.

" I'm honestly not trying to troll or anything, but just think what they could have done if they didn't have to optimize for 4 year old machines. "

I like the idea of how the engine makes it easier for them to develop on multiple platforms. But i still don´t like the look of the graphics, not that they look bad, but the graphics / art-style of the engine just doesn't sit well with me.  
 
Don´t know what it is really, maybe its cause it looks so sterile.

Looks awesome!

" @poser said:

" I'm honestly not trying to troll or anything, but just think what they could have done if they didn't have to optimize for 4 year old machines. "

Think what they'll do on the next generation of consoles. "

The ability to cross develop that that is a huge deal. I think it will mean less resources going into modifying each engine to work on each console. Also this way, no lead console! Quality will be better across all 3 platforms :D

God that looked sexy.

Looks incredible Maybe Gabe Newell and Valve can take a lesson from Crytek.

Most developers can when it comes to technology, Crytek are great innovators, Sadly the first Crysis game took a backseat to gameplay, but that was improved a great deal in Warhead. 
 
The whole platform syncing thing is comical to this Brit, it's just so typical that the Germans would devise something so bloody efficient!

" I like the idea of how the engine makes it easier for them to develop on multiple platforms. But i still don´t like the look of the graphics, not that they look bad, but the graphics / art-style of the engine just doesn't sit well with me.   Don´t know what it is really, maybe its cause it looks so sterile. "

There's no doubt Crytek is pushing the graphics front and that's only a good thing.

Did they remove the swimming animations or is that just something they did for this demo?

" Looks incredible Maybe Gabe Newell and Valve can take a lesson from Crytek. "

" Most developers can when it comes to technology, Crytek are great innovators, sadly the first Crysis game took a backseat to gameplay, but that was improved a great deal in Warhead.  The whole platform syncing thing is comical to this Brit, it's just so typical that the Germans would devise something so bloody efficient! "

Nice.

I can't wait for Crysis 2

It doesn't look better than the first engine at all though. I hope they give you a wider selection of options for the PC to make it really pass the first. It is nice though that they have an engine now that can be easily tweaked to work well on any of the platforms.

" It doesn't look better than the first engine at all though.

People need to realize any graphical iterations at this point are going to be very marginal to the lamen playing. The key is understanding how much easier this engine is going to make it for developers to do things that used to be quite a bit harder, like as shown above, global lighting. That sort of thing had to be created manually in days past, hell there was a time when they built it into the textures. And then it wasn't even global lighting, it was creating the appearance and consistency of global lighting. Those sorts of things took up a lot of manhours, I'd say Killzone 2's dev time is a good example of how long those minor details can take when you don't have an engine built with all of that stuff in mind specifically.

While i'm very glad console owners are finally getting decent cryengine treats I'm far more interested in the additions to the engine that will make their way into PC titles.
 
I really want to get my hands on the CE3 Sandbox. Mmmmm.

Not impressed. I know console gamers wouldn't accept my views that this engine is more of a console engine, however I am going to say how I don't think it looks good as the pc cryengine 2. Sure cryengine 2 might of lacked a few of these techniques they have now like deffered lighting, however it's textures are way better. I know this game looks fantastic to you if you are a console gamer. Of course in the event that I get alot of replies, I would post screenshots directly comparing both versions of cryengine 2 and cryengine 3. There was two teams making crysis 2, one for the pc and one for the consoles, they merged both teams now and consoles gets a really big boost in graphics and the pc, well if you mix hot and cold, you get warm, which imo makes crysis a bit worst because it's limited by consoles. Go ahead reply, I am ready to post my points and my views on how crysis took a near photorealistic game to just another console like game. What I can immediately see is the textures are worst and the soft shadows from directX10 isn't there. Remember my standards of graphics might be very different than console gamer standards. I am prepared to defend my views on crysis since it's my favorite game of all time.

Hitman

Looking good. Now just time to sort out the gameplay.

I'm pretty sure the extra high resolution of the textures and added effects like soft shadows and what not will still be there in the PC version of Crysis 2, among all the other DX10 effects... And the engine is clearly more optimised this time seeing the urban areas and other scenes that would have bogged down CryEngine 2 to a halt regardless of the PC's specs. It really won't look worse. Really. There's also the physics boost. And maybe this time with the extra optimisations the pop-in won't be so horrible. God that was so annoying, seeing rocks, leaves, branches and other such detail elements pop up like 10 metres ahead of you (in max settings). It destroyed the look, despite making for pretty screenshots.

Those dudes at Crytek really love pushing a box to its maximum when it comes to graphics. I wonder if Crytek is really pushing the X360 and PS3 to its absolute maximum with this engine. And if so, I wonder what that means once games start hitting consoles with the CryEngine 3. 
 
What I'm basically wondering is, if Cry Engine 3 pushes both consoles to its max, could it possibly cut the 10 year cycle short because graphics have peaked? Again, this is purely a "what if" scenario. I'm not saying that no one could produce better graphics on the 360 or PS3, just thinking out loud, "what if they can't?"
 
Good lord I hope that makes sense lol.

It's sweet, though the price to get our hands on that baby is probably too heavy have to even consider it.
 
That's sad.
 
But how are they managing adapting the code from the xbox360 and pc to the ps3? 
 
@Dr_Feelgood38 said:

" Did they remove the swimming animations or is that just something they did for this demo? "

Those dudes at Crytek really love pushing a box to its maximum when it comes to graphics.

I wonder if Crytek is really pushing the X360 and PS3 to its absolute maximum with this engine.

What I'm basically wondering is, if Cry Engine 3 pushes both consoles to its max, could it possibly cut the 10 year cycle short because graphics have peaked?

And maybe this time with the extra optimisations the pop-in won't be so horrible. God that was so annoying, seeing rocks, leaves, branches and other such detail elements pop up like 10 metres ahead of you (in max settings). It destroyed the look, despite making for pretty screenshots.