We can’t get over how cool it is to catch your super solider self reflected in a pane of glass. While their impact is more subtle than SVOGI’s, they replace and greatly improve surface reflections on glass surfaces and bodies of water further increasing the world’s fidelity. These remasters also bring ray traced reflections into the Crysis series for the first time. We can't get over how cool it is to catch your super solider self reflected in a pane of glass However, the effect is not lost in the jungles and greneery of Crysis, with SVOGI greatly enhancing their respective game worlds with enhanced lights and shadows. Gone is the poorly aged ‘modern’ overly blue hue that was popular at the time of its release and now the art design of its war-torn cityscape truly shines. ![]() This allows light to be affected by the colour of the surface it bounces from and adds more depth to a scene, creating more realistic shades and colours of light and shadow than would be possible through techniques like screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO).Ĭrysis 2 benefits the most from this change, in our opinion, particularly with the new colour grading. Similar to other ray traced global illumination seen in games like Metro: Exodus, SVOGI simulates how light bounces in an environment following an initial contact point. ![]() The addition of voxel-based global illumination (SVOGI), which, alongside a new, more natural colour grading, is the feature that most appreciably transforms the look of Crysis and Crysis 2. They arrive with a host of graphical and performance improvements, as well as numerous bug fixes that continue to plague the original games, with each title benefitting from this new coat of polish to varying degrees. Thankfully, developers Crytek and Saber Interactive have seemingly created a solid set of remasters that appear to live up to the Crysis name. It remains a graphical and technological marvel with few games since leaving such a defining mark on PC gaming, which left its sequels – and currently leaves these remasters – with some understandably large nanosuit-styled shoes to fill. Even now, the game provides a sizable challenge to today’s best graphics cards and best gaming CPUs, struggling to maintain a consistent 60fps at 4K max settings. Understandably, this came at a massive cost to performance. ![]() When it first debuted, Crysis pushed real-time visual fidelity to new heights and offered a level of interactivity that wasn’t commonplace in FPS games at the time, nor since. Today’s release of the Crysis Remastered Trilogy, which includes newly revamped versions of Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 alongside last year’s Crysis Remastered, begs an age-old question that has become a deep-rooted part of PC gaming culture since the days of the 2007 original: but can it run Crysis? After spending some time with the remasters, we have thoughts and answers.īefore we discuss the Crysis Remastered Trilogy, it’s worth reflecting on why the Crysis series still means so much to so many, almost 14 years after the first game’s release.
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