When Crysis 2 came out I ignored it more or less as it was a typical cross platform-developed console title ported 1:1 to the PC. Now I bought a Crysis 2 key on eBay for Origin (former EA Download Manager) after they released DX11 support and the high resolution texture pack. It was really worth waiting for this upgrade that makes the graphics superior to the console versions. In my opinion it’s one of the best looking PC first person shooter games right now. Meanwhile it runs also pretty well on AMD graphic cards. It’s super smooth on my Phenom II 920 @3GHz / AMD Radeon HD 6870 system. It really looks like Crysis Warhead has now finally a true successor in terms of being a benchmark for excellent graphics.
It’s a pity that upcoming titles like Rage won’t get any “PC advantage” with better graphics. It seems that id Software these days is so limited on resources that they can’t invest time in that. Let’s see how far Battlefield 3 will allow to improve graphics on the PC compared to the PS3/Xbox 360… at least it comes with DX 11 out of the box. Chances are good. On the other hand Modern Warfare 3 probably won´t support DX11 so it will look the same on all platforms most likely. Bravo to Crytek for going the extra mile with the DX 11 upgrade.
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