Technically, maybe. But factoring in things like art design, animation etc. I think Uncharted 2 is the greatest looking game at the moment.

" Technically, maybe. But factoring in things like art design, animation etc. I think Uncharted 2 is the greatest looking game at the moment. "

crysis looks like an 8bit game compared to uncharted 2. this thread is obsolete. 

Yeah Crysis looks just incredible.  Every part of that game still makes my jaw drop everytime I play it.  From the jungle to the alien ship to the snowy wasteland.  I haven't seen a game that looks as good yet, and I probably won't until Crysis 2 comes out.

"crysis looks like an 8bit game compared to uncharted 2. this thread is obsolete.  "

"Yeah Crysis looks just incredible.  Every part of that game still makes my jaw drop everytime I play it.  From the jungle to the alien ship to the snowy wasteland.  I haven't seen a game that looks as good yet, and I probably won't until Crysis 2 comes out. "

Yeah.  That's all it has going for it though. 

I know it isn't out yet, but I heard Rage's graphics and animations are off the chain. They used real life motion capture for the enemies and smoothed it out during development. It apparently is going to be running at 60 fps the whole time as well.

" Technically, maybe. But factoring in things like art design, animation etc. I think Uncharted 2 is the greatest looking game at the moment. "

I think so ya.  But Uncharted 2 is a close second.

Maybe, sure, but awesome graphics and great graphics don't matter much to me. As long as they fit what the game is all about. For instance, World of Warcraft still looks BETTER than Crysis because the art style is superior.

yes, even three years later, Crysis delivers an as-of-yet unparalleled level of graphical quality. not even MW2 or Mass Effect 2 can stack up against crysis as much as it pains me to say that.

"Maybe, sure, but awesome graphics and great graphics don't matter much to me. As long as they fit what the game is all about. For instance, World of Warcraft still looks BETTER than Crysis because the art style is superior. "

"@MAN_FLANNEL   Heres to hoping with that writer they brought on board Crysis 2, will be a little more well rounded. " 

"Maybe, sure, but awesome graphics and great graphics don't matter much to me. As long as they fit what the game is all about. For instance, World of Warcraft still looks BETTER than Crysis because the art style is superior. "

It has the best technical graphics but there are other games that beat it in artistic style easily. There are still others who offer a better balance between art and technical graphics (Mirror's Edge, Anno series etc). Also, Crysis even in a technical sense looks rather bad without mods and some config tweaking. 

"It has the best technical graphics but there are other games that beat it in artistic style easily. There are still others who offer a better balance between art and technical graphics (Mirror's Edge, Anno series etc). Also, Crysis even in a technical sense looks rather bad without mods and some config tweaking.  "

Crysis is the best looking game to date. For those who says art design, get real, art design is just a compensation for a lack of technical graphics. The ps2 needed more art design, same with the wii and current gen consoles are half art design, crysis is fully realistic and doesn't need that gimmick, of course it might with crysis 2, that's a sad looking game compared to crysis. In other words, fuck art design, I don't care for semi realistic trash that can't push crysis level graphics.

 
If anyone wants to challenge my statement I have a ton of crysis screenshots on very high to prove it. Only if it's ingame with a life bar and hud, no bullshots. I belive crysis's realism is difficult to achieve for other games, they have to gimmick their way through it with art design, their ingame screenshots is unimpressive and crysis looks impressive in motion and in still screenshots because it's not faking anything. It's really that good there are no smoke and mirrors.
 
Sure some might think I was wrong, every generation behind, it depends more and more on art design right? Well crysis is the only game that looks realistic besides modern wafare 2 which is sad compared to crysis.

Come one guys, get real. Crysis is still the most graphically intensive game to date.

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Crysis is the best looking game to date. For those who says art design, get real, art design is just a compensation for a lack of technical graphics. The ps2 needed more art design, same with the wii and current gen consoles are half art design, crysis is fully realistic and doesn't need that gimmick, of course it might with crysis 2, that's a sad looking game compared to crysis. In other words, fuck art design, I don't care for semi realistic trash that can't push crysis level graphics.

 
If anyone wants to challenge my statement I have a ton of crysis screenshots on very high to prove it. Only if it's ingame with a life bar and hud, no bullshots. I belive crysis's realism is difficult to achieve for other games, they have to gimmick their way through it with art design, their ingame screenshots is unimpressive and crysis looks impressive in motion and in still screenshots because it's not faking anything. It's really that good there are no smoke and mirrors.
 
Sure some might think I was wrong, every generation behind, it depends more and more on art design right? Well crysis is the only game that looks realistic besides modern wafare 2 which is sad compared to crysis.

 

 

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Metro 2033 on a high end rig rivals it imo, the lighting is incredible.

" Metro 2033 on a high end rig rivals it imo, the lighting is incredible. "

" Technically, maybe. But factoring in things like art design, animation etc. I think Uncharted 2 is the greatest looking game at the moment. "

I never thought it had the greatest graphics. Technically it pushed everything, but it never looked lush and natural to me. A lot of the parts just didn't mesh and flow like something you would see in nature. In my opinion Uncharted 2 looks a lot more lush and natural. If you look at buildings you can see weeds growing out of cracks, and tree trunks sort of growing into ledges. It looked natural. I thought so anyways.

Not trying to start a systemwar, I just hate misceptions and I want to be very objective or at least very accurate for this post. Crysis has the most misconceptions and the thread is about crysis as having the best graphics. Uncharted 2 is always mentioned as the benchmark for console graphics, well sure why not it's a good looking game on consoles, so let's actually compare these games. Since there are misconceptions, it's better to deal with this now than later. I will only use ingame screenshots, not bullshots and see if the detail matches your perception. First of all I already know what ppl will tell you, crysis looks boring, wrong. You can't create this realistic graphics on consoles, not even crysis 2 can. Crysis has no art design, wrong, you don't need art design when you have realism, there is no room for art design which is compensation for a lack of realism and technical graphics. But the media sites tells you uncharted 2 is the best looking game, wrong, they refuse to acknowledge pc gaming exist and no exclusive will ever be acknowledged from the pc for it's graphics. Until crysis 2 is released then it will be mentioned even if it looks unimpressive to pc gamers right now. I have to sleep and read your comments or replies tommorrow. Still I own uncharted 2, I own crysis, I also post a ton of pc screenshots for the forum, I am aware of the graphics and can spot any flaws quickly in any game in motion or not.

 
I took all these screenshots myself, on their site, they don't have these screenshots, I took them from a 720p video then converted it to a png with a program because there were alot of bullshots, they have a hud. If you don't think it's sharp enough, feel free to photoshop it and sharpen it, it's not going to change how the game was designed. Even my crysis screenshots are X900 rez, it's suppose to be 1080p, whatever, most ppl won't be able to see it.
 
Console's benchmark

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Even if you reply, you can't change my mind, clearly crysis looks more realistic, second the textures are better, third it doesn't need half art design. Crysis is a generation ahead, maybe it's better to compare that game to alan wake, crysis is out of your league unless you build a new rig and see it for yourself. If it looks that detailed for screenshots, imaging how realistic it is when you play it. Uncharted 2 looks good in motion, however those are what is really going on without the smoke and the mirrors. It's good by console standards, however these crysis screenshots speaks for themselves, it doesn't need a commentary, it's just if you disagree, you are wrong. Art design is just design, without it and the same technical graphics, it's not going to look as good. Crysis also shits on metro 2033 in terms of realism, sure that game looks good, however it's all indoors, it's dark and it's not realistic. Remember you can't change my mind because I don't art design and in the future of gaming, art design is going to get less and less when there is more and more technical graphics or realism. Look crysis looks better than all most cg movies in terms of realism, it's good enough, not even crytek can make another game that looks better, crysis warhead looks aweful compared to this game, textures are aweful and the levels are smaller and less realistic.

" @Zero_ said:

" Technically, maybe. But factoring in things like art design, animation etc. I think Uncharted 2 is the greatest looking game at the moment. "

This. "

HitmanAgent47, none of your screenshots do any of the games justice.. They're awfully compressed. Especially the Uncharted  2 ones. Looks like you took a picture of your TV.

" crysis looks like an 8bit game compared to uncharted 2. this thread is obsolete.  "

"art design is just a compensation for a lack of technical graphics. The ps2 needed more art design, same with the wii and current gen consoles are half art design, crysis is fully realistic and doesn't need that gimmick, of course it might with crysis 2, that's a sad looking game compared to crysis. In other words, fuck art design, I don't care for semi realistic trash that can't push crysis level graphics."

" @Ryax said:

" crysis looks like an 8bit game compared to uncharted 2. this thread is obsolete.  "

You're such a poor troll.  8 Bit is hella cool. Try again. "

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" @Ryax said:

" crysis looks like an 8bit game compared to uncharted 2. this thread is obsolete.  "

You're such a poor troll.  8 Bit is hella cool. Try again. "

dont get me wrong. i love 8 bit. and 16 bit. i just think uncharted 2 looks alot better than crysis "

" @EVO: by the time the ps4 is out, you will see less and less art design and more technical graphics. See i'm not a monster, i'm just ahead of the curve. It's you ppl who are limited in your insight, not me, i'm not fooled that easily. Honesty my screenshots speaks for themselves, if you think anything other than crysis looks the best, your a fanboy or anti pc. When crysis 2 is out on consoles, then reviewers will give it credit, even if it's like crysis on medium settings, it will be the new benchmark for consoles. "

I've haven't played Metal Gear Solid 4 but I have heard how much giantbomb raves about it and I've seen videos of it, how do you think this game compares to crysis?

It's the best looking game I've played, but I've only played the PS3 kiosks at Walmart and the like, so it's not really fair to pass judgement for me.

Other games have better art direction. Still though, there is no contest from a technical standpoint. No offense to people who think Uncharted 2 is technically more impressive but your computer probably doesn't even have a resolution setting high enough to see a fully upscaled Crysis 2 screeny without using your scroll bar. If you're comparing youtube videos, its very cute and all but you're doing it wrong.

" I think the graphics are very nice, however it isn't the most efficient engine, in that it demands high end hardware to run at 60fps "

" @EVO: by the time the ps4 is out, you will see less and less art design and more technical graphics. See i'm not a monster, i'm just ahead of the curve. It's you ppl who are limited in your insight, not me, i'm not fooled that easily. Honesty my screenshots speaks for themselves, if you think anything other than crysis looks the best, your a fanboy or anti pc. When crysis 2 is out on consoles, then reviewers will give it credit, even if it's like crysis on medium settings, it will be the new benchmark for consoles. "

It has the best graphics, still.  It's undeniable.  Yep.  Next best graphics award goes to Crysis 2.
 
It's a shame it is only noted for it's graphics by fanboys from all sides cus it's actually a really good game.

The gameplay is okay. Like, TimeShift okay. Dark Sector okay. If it didn't have the graphics it does it would be known for nothing.

Sad that people still think art design doesn't matter.  
 
When graphics reach their peak,you'll be dying for a good art design. My PC is certainly capable of running Crysis on high and whatnot but I drool every time I boot up TF2,the art design is miles ahead of most games out now.

I agree that art design is another important factor in aesthetics, but in Crysis's defense, its art can't be said to be "bad". Has anyone here played the Core level? There you go. 

Technically speaking yes, but i have played other games that were more visually pleasing

But guess what they took out for "Warhead" … People just wanted to look at palm trees 24/7 and murder the same four Koreans over and over again, I guess. Me, I thought the "core" part looked breathtaking compared to the boring island.

Clearly Crysis can't be de-throned right now when it comes to realism, but I still hold the Metroid Prime series closest to my heart when it comes to design and art direction.