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Firehed 20th April 2006, 19:06

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Originally Posted by chemo
fair point, you will be able to play it with dx9, but i dont think for a second it will look like that with current dx9 hardware. that is going to need dx10 im sure.

Read the page everyone - that IS DX9 rendering! Jeebus.

Anyways, holy crap. Just holy crap. I thought Oblivion at unplayably high settings was realistic - this just puts them right to shame. That face... surely we're not going to see levels of detail that crazy-high in the actual NPCs, just their original models or whatever.

K.I.T.T. 20th April 2006, 19:08

i think i've just wet myself....those are amazing, hell the sceneery pics fooled a couple of my mates when i asked real or rendered. i think the only i know for sure is if i put that ahywhere near my current rig (sig rig) then it would probably have a fit and stop working i doubt it could even render that head at a decent rate.

supermonkey 20th April 2006, 19:08

Now that everyone has sufficiently drooled over the pretty pictures...

Is there any indication as to whether or not they've put as much effort into the content of the game or did they follow the majority of the gaming world and throw all of the money at the visual aspect? I don't feel like spending a bunch of money for something that is marketed on looks alone. I'm usually spending too much time running and shooting to admire a person's skin texture, much less the lighting beneath the skin. :|

-monkey

Sathy 20th April 2006, 19:12

Hm...I do agree that the scenery is stunning, but it's hardly a reason to freak out!
This whole thread is just an echo of "amazing"...which quite frankly isn't that amazing.

The article quite clearly says on the quotes of the Crytek dude that the game supports DX9 systems also, can't be that hard to understand, can it? I hope I don't need to quote.

Candy candy...would anybody be interested if they just decided, instead of the graphics OMGOMG shots, to publish character profiles or something like that, as to give a hint on what the story is about...after all this praising I'm alot more interested in the story and gameplay etc, as it's basicly proven that the graphics are covered.

RotoSequence 20th April 2006, 19:15

That is great eye candy really. Honestly Sathy, you want your game to be given away before you can experience it? :|

dom_ 20th April 2006, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Sathy
Hm...I do agree that the scenery is stunning, but it's hardly a reason to freak out!
This whole thread is just an echo of "amazing"...which quite frankly isn't that amazing.

The article quite clearly says on the quotes of the Crytek dude that the game supports DX9 systems also, can't be that hard to understand, can it? I hope I don't need to quote.

Candy candy...would anybody be interested if they just decided, instead of the graphics OMGOMG shots, to publish character profiles or something like that, as to give a hint on what the story is about...after all this praising I'm alot more interested in the story and gameplay etc, as it's basicly proven that the graphics are covered.

Because they impress people with the eye candy and then impress us later maybe nearer the time when the game comes out with character info. It is going to be just under a year before its out ffs.

Fly 20th April 2006, 19:38

I think I just wet myself.

ozstrike 20th April 2006, 19:47

Wow...some of those fooled me for a sec there. My friend thought I was kidding when I said they were from a game.

/me runs to get tissues

dire_wolf 20th April 2006, 19:47

Christ on a bike! that looks like it's going to need some graphical grunt to play at decent fps'

Tim S 20th April 2006, 19:51

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Originally Posted by Fly
I think I just wet myself.

Darth Joules 20th April 2006, 19:55

Jesus f**kin' H Christ inna chicken basket!!! I think I just pissed myself too!

I've seen the colored chaps face pic before, but this is seriously jaw droppingly good stuff....even if it is only DX9 at the mo'. Though one will have wait a good while longer until we know anything about whether the gameplay and content (script) will match or better the graphics. But considered the bang up job they did on Far Cry they've got the pedigree and HL2 has raised the bar too.

It does look like it'll be another free-roamer, I see they're sticking with the islands with mountain template to funnel your roaming again. And I imagine no matter how powerful a rig you have upon release it'll hammer it. Eldar Scrolls: Oblivion hammers pretty much everything out there with all the eye-candy turned on at high res. A PPU card does looks like it may be needed (if supported) or that nVidia SLi setup that's rumored to do the same thing.

Now I was gonna build a new gaming rig later this summer, looks like I'm gonna have to hold my breath till early next year so I can spec it right. :(

Hans Voralberg 20th April 2006, 20:01

What he meant by "hardware you can buy in shop" ? Im bet my 7800GTX that the my 7800GTX cannot do decent res on this lol. And i would sacrifice HDR for AA

MrABC 20th April 2006, 20:01

If that is DX9 - can't wait to see what DX10 looks like. Those outdoor pics really did fool me. I think a PPU card is needed if your going to see all those leaves on the trees swing around and stuff.
Time to upgrade my PC. Im still using socketA and AGP! :D

Darth Joules 20th April 2006, 20:18

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Originally Posted by MrABC
Time to upgrade my PC. Im still using socketA and AGP! :D

I'd hold your breath until the next gen of GPUs come out or even the one after that. Likewise with the new PPU card, not worth getting until its had a couple of revisions or so, and enough games out there that can utilize it.

Sathy 20th April 2006, 20:38

Someone I know who actually codes and designs graphics engines for living and therefore knows alot about these things sort of dragged me back on the ground by being pretty confident that these shots are taken from prerendered or similar instances or more of the "tech-demo" type of material.

Made me think, that maybe we (and BT) are being fooled to think these are shots from actual gameplay...a load of hype or real? I think I'll have to rejudge my...response to these images.

Does it matter if these images represent the final product or is it something we just take as entertainment but don't actually believe to be so in the end?

suicidal-kid 20th April 2006, 20:40

Wow. I can't wait to get this! I hope that this is really how it will look. And that my comp can handle it.

Darth Joules 20th April 2006, 21:09

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Originally Posted by Sathy
Made me think, that maybe we (and BT) are being fooled to think these are shots from actual gameplay...a load of hype or real? I think I'll have to rejudge my...response to these images.

Does it matter if these images represent the final product or is it something we just take as entertainment but don't actually believe to be so in the end?

It's all marketing....the shots are most likely polished static render shots. Even if it's in engine it'll be polished up and the rig it was on will be something a little bit special (even if they don't say so out right).

One of my closest mates works in the games industry and it's a well known fact that developers use polished up game versions/special game rigs to "wow" us at expos or in marketing.

Though you can bet your last cent that it'll either look as good (or better) than these shots....though most of us will not have the hardware (or afford it) to get even close to this quality by the time the game is finally released. I had to play HL2 at 1024x768 2xAA 4xAA on a 19" moniter when came out....good, but a bit too fuzzy until I upgraded my GPU.

DougEdey 20th April 2006, 21:12

These would prob be running on 7900GTX 's in SLI with a good few Gig Of ram and a couple of high speed procs too

speedfreek 20th April 2006, 21:29

I like what I see, except it could use some AA. It inspires me to build a new computer so I can max out all settings.

zr_ox 20th April 2006, 21:33

Think I just justified Bleeding Edge...how are we supposed to work after seeing those pictures

I upgraded for FARCRY, and I'm going to have to ask for a pay rise for this one.

Make that three pairs of wet pants

The_Pope 20th April 2006, 21:40

tbh, when I first saw the video, I had a crysis in my pants :D

Then at GDC 2006, I saw the same video, running on the BrightSide HDR LCD monitor :D

Shame I won't get the chance to play it at E3 :(

Veles 20th April 2006, 21:40

Oblivion had amazing graphics...enough said there.

I really doubt that will work on a "normal spec" PC as the dev quote says but damn those graphics look good. I hope they actually release it with that level of visual quailty and they have some good gameplay to match it.

glaeken 20th April 2006, 21:49

When Farcry came out current gen hardware wasn't nearly as good as today's hardware. I really doubt that these are prerendered. Everything looks amazing, except for the screenshot of the beach where it look like the put a texture there that has houses on it, doesn't look very good( this one here http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/04/20/crysis_new_screenshots/3.html, the middle-right one). Too bad I probably won't be able to play this until I graduate. I don't think my trusty 6600gt will be able to handle this(at least not on 800x600 and everything low) : (

Marquee 20th April 2006, 22:09

The game looks so sweet. I have one issues though. The rifles the troops are carrng in the jungle need to more detail. The game so good but there guns look crap.

The pic of the island looks so nice. There is one pic were I can tell the difference betwean real and computer render. Man the next step is to get PH X card now.

MrABC 20th April 2006, 22:21

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Originally Posted by Darth Joules
I'd hold your breath until the next gen of GPUs come out or even the one after that. Likewise with the new PPU card, not worth getting until its had a couple of revisions or so, and enough games out there that can utilize it.

Yeah, Im going to wait until then as the barton cpu and x1600 agp card still is choppy in places in some games. With games like Oblivion out though, I am very tempted.

I did see the video of Crysis and it's pretty stunning stuff - the shots do seem pre-rendered but having seen the video...i dunno.
This game would probably make good use of the 48 shader engines that ATI's chip has. Probably might be a good future investment.

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