GEN7 Crysis2 - Welche Version kauft ihr?

Aldebaraner schrieb:

Da ist die Welt noch in Ordnung!

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odb 7777 schrieb:

IGN´s Eindrücke zur PS3 Fassung:[...]it's clearly outperforming the PS3 version.

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Our man Ryan saw just a snippet of gameplay running on PS3, and said it looked exactly the same as the 360 version. But now it appears that over the course of the title, Sony's system might have the edge.

Jones added that Crytek had no difficulty developing for the PS3 in comparison to the 360.

"We haven't found it more difficult to develop for PS3," he told CVG sister magazine PSM3.

"We're lucky in the fact that we've come to the generation slightly later than other people - the ones who were trying to build the first technology and games were surprised at how different the PS3 was. We took our time and worked out the right way to approach it.

"At the moment, we're getting slightly more performance from PS3 compared to 360. I'm very confident that products using CryEngine 3 are going to come out as the best looking, or at least in the top three, on every platform."

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Gundolfus schrieb:

Keine. Habe mit Killzone3 mehr als genug Spass.

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Evin schrieb:

Kaufe keine Version mehr. Dürfen sich mal gepflegt ins Knie ficken.

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Spielor schrieb:

Wegen dem geilen Multiplayer wahrscheinlich erstmal die 360 Version.
Sollte die PS3 Fassung aber tatsächlich besser aussehen, dann werde ich mir die nachträglich, wenn sie mal günstiger ist, ebenfalls noch holen.
Dank der Nonlinearität ist Crysis 2 wohl ein Spiel, dass man auch mehrmals durchspielen kann denk ich.

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The internet's been abuzz with reports today criticising a recent PS3 build of EA shooter Crysis 2, much to the surprise of PSM3 magazine, which has been impressed with a near final version it's been playing extensively.

The mag says it would "beg to differ" on reports that the PS3 version of Crysis is 'underwhelming' and features a choppy framerate, writing on its blog that it noticed "no slow-down, jaggies or screen tearing" during its extensive playtest at EA's Guildford headquarters this week

"It sounds like the version others have been playing is a build that hasn't been optimised and (possibly) several months out of date," it writes.

It also disagrees that the 360 version significantly outperforms the PS3 edition, writing: "At our review event everyone played multi-player on PS3 - even the Xbox and multi-platform journalists. Would EA do this if they weren't confident the PS3 version was on a par with the 360, if not the PC?"

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You may have noticed that some online media are claiming the PS3 version of Crysis 2 is 'underwhelming... muddy... and messy' - leading to a series of groans, and many tweeting that they'll be picking up the Xbox 360 version. I've spent the last two days at EA's HQ in Guildford playing the latest build of Crysis 2 on PS3, and would beg to differ...

I've finished the single-player, I've played every mode and every map in multi-player (along with most of the MP mode variants) over the course of five to six hours, and I've used all the various progression unlocks. From what I've seen, it's far from the inferior port that's being suggested.

Opinion is good - especially since previews are often unecessarily fawning when some games are, at a fundamental level, *clearly* not going to make the grade - but making damning observations about technology, or visuals, is risky at best when assessing unfinished games, especially those from gifted, high resource, developers.I feel the need to add some balance to the debate, because the chatter circulating the internet is in marked contrast to my experiences with Crysis 2. Plus, above all, it isn't fair to the game, or its developers, since gamers are threatening to cancel pre-orders based on opinions - however honestly held - that don't reflect the truth of the updated code I've been playing.

So I've outlined the main criticisms being put at Crysis 2 PS3 below, adding my own, lengthy experiences with the near-finished build (and for the record, I don't owe EA a thing - I love games that are good no matter who makes them).

Crysis 2 PS3: The truth

It's been claimed that the performance of the PS3 version of Crysis 2 is underwhelming, with a low and choppy framerate and unresponsive controls.

Well, this wasn't my experience. I've played multi-player with the maximum number of players (12) and noticed no slow-down, jaggies or screen tearing. The frame-rate held solid too. It sounds like the version others have been playing is a build that hasn't been optimized and (possibly) several months out of date.

Don't miss our exclusive review of Crysis 2-rival, Homefront, in the latest issue of PSM3 - on-sale today in all good newsagents.
The only point I'd agree on is that the visuals - compared to the single-player version on 360, which I also saw - appear slightly less colourful, giving the darker maps slightly more murkiness. But the difference is negligible.

We disagree that the Xbox 360 version performs significantly better than PS3. At our review event everyone played multi-player on PS3 - even the Xbox and multi-platform journalists. Would EA do this if they weren't confident the PS3 version was on a par with the 360, if not the PC?

In short, I don't think PS3 owners should take these reports *too* seriously. It's good to hear journalists speaking their mind, especially when developers were happy enough to show the game in that condition, but it does feel like the media is 'poking the bear' - nothing does better traffic than a PS3/Xbox 360/PC comparison. And let's be transparent here - it's part of the reason we're responding but, mostly, since we wouldn't want PS3 owners to feel like they're getting a raw deal when (on the basis of code we played extensively over the last two days), they're not.

Yes, PS3 does sometimes get the short-shrift when it comes to multi-format ports - most recently I've pointed out in the magazine that the PS3 version of Bulletstorm isn't up to the same standard as the 360 and PC - but that isn't true for all games, and I think it's unfair to level these criticisms at Crysis 2.

Well, as ever, the truth will come out when all versions of the game hit on March 25th - and you won't be short of intricate head-to-head HD videos pointing out miniscule differentials in facial textures, lighting etc.

Keep an open mind: On any console, by any standards, Crysis 2 is a pretty exceptional looking game. Compared to the Xbox 360 version, all we could notice is that the PS3 game was *slightly* less colourful, with less rich blacks.

You can read my Crysis 2 review in a forthcoming issue of PSM3, with updates here when the online review embargo breaks.

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