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Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right...

www.pcgamer.com Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right: 'We went over bonkers on this one'

"The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."

Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right: 'We went over bonkers on this one'

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Crysis is in my top 3 all time!
The graphics are one thing, but why I love it so much is because it's the only game where you start and end as what you are supposed to be, a super soldier!
There is no stupid power up's, no modding your suit, no upgrades nothing you are fully powered from the start and that's how it's supposed to be.
The game is just brilliant and the story compelling. A+
- Halo was very much like this. The overshield and cloaking power ups were so sparingly used in the early games. Did you enjoy Halo as well?
  
  I don't think a lot of people outside of Xbox console players played Halo.
- Sadly the first game hasn't aged well. I tried to play it not too long ago, and it feels like an old Unreal game.
  Maybe I'll try it again after my HL2 game. I might not have been in the right frame of mind before.
  
  Having just finished all 3 on my pc...
  Dafuq you smokin, Bruh...
  I will say though, 1 is the cluniest of them, for sure.
- Maybe I remember my 5h of Crysis 3 wrong but I remember suit upgrades, no?
  
  There are upgrades etc in Crysis 2 & 3, but not in Crysis & Crysis Warhead. Those were pretty different, unaffected by the need to run on consoles since they were PC only. The gameplay was way more open too.
  
  Yea 2/3 added the upgrades stuff which is why I liked it less. Others like that stuff, but then it just became another generic FPS to me
- ...well, up until the mountain.
- That's pretty much just any FPS from before 2010ish, with a few exceptions where it wasn't purely an FPS and made sense for the games design such as bioshock and deus ex.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Technology peaked with crysis for games and avatar for movies.
- It really did. I've never been so utterly amazed as I was when I loaded the first Far Cry and the first Crysis. Nothing else has come close.
- Fear not, technology can "peak" multiple times. The same was said about Star Wars - it just takes someone with a vision, determination, and the budget to make it happen.
  [Edit] didn't realize I'd have to clarify: THE ORIGINAL Star Wars.
  
  … terrible example as a lot of fans would claim the originals were the best ones and it’s been all downhill from there, especially since the prequels are now seen in a positive light cause how bad the sequels have been.

The first time I played Crisis, I was already in awe because of that brilliant sunrise opening scene. As I'm creeping through the jungle towards the next objective, I hear loud running water and decide to see what it is.
They put in an absolutely stunning waterfall off to the side, complete with rainbows and ferns growing up around the base. One of those few memorable, special times when a game had the right art direction, graphics tech, and hit at just the right moment for me to all culminate in a real feeling of wonder and joy.
I tend to be very cynical about games being able to do that to me anymore, and it is much rarer with how commonplace high-definition but artistically uninspired assets have gotten. But it still happens now and then, the last time being Elden Ring which did have impressive art and design, and did "wow" me several times.
- I just discovered a game called Vintage Story which seems to have some pretty good looking landscapes despite being originally based on a Minecraft-like visual style.

Although i played Crysis back days ago (with lowest settings because my laptop has not so great GPU), i still like it compared to modern days game. The graphics is so great even made me speechless what EA can do back then, the physics and has large view distance is so great especially when you see the sun rise after you land.
Although it's semi open world it's still amaze me because how big the map is, i remembered the last mission The Last Man Standing is taken above carrier ship i guess...... The ship feels so huge & have lots of room.
Overall 10/10

If you enjoyed the attention to detail in Crysis you should check out Hunt Showdown
The maps, weapons, hunter skins and audio are all amazing. It’s my most played game with over 3k hours
Runs nicely on Linux(proton) too

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