Crytek: "next-gen ready" CryEngine is three years ahead of Unreal Engine 4.

[The Sith]

http://www.oxm.co.uk/42841/crytek-ne...real-engine-4/
Well, I wish these big developers quit talking and just deliver us the games and let gamers enjoy there work.

[Thorzilla]

"Look, look, mine's bigger!" I couldn't care less about your shitty engines Crytek, just give us TimeSplitters al-damned-ready!

[BoyBettaKnow]

Well, they're not wrong they have been using 'next gen' features for a while now


BBK. Tapatalking.

[Blacksite]

CryEngine 3 looks amazing. But you can't help but get mixed feelings when you remember that these are the same people who recently announced that all of their future titles would follow the free-to-play model.

[jlippone]

Well, they're not wrong they have been using 'next gen' features for a while now

They also have two teams, one that improves current tech Cryengine 3 and the team that creates the future one..
I'm quite sure that we will be seeing some very interesting things in future..

[claud3]

Either way, be it 2 years or 4 years

Bring out the damn games that run on these engines and let explore the next-generation experience

[BoyBettaKnow]

They can't release next gen games on current gen hardware, thats the problem

[claud3]

I know that mate. Speaking about the next-generation consoles

[DeadlyFire]

I can't disagree. Most everything I saw in the Unreal 4 Engine demo is already in CryEngine 3. I can't wait to see the next CryEngine. Says Very soon. I am thinking GDC/E3 2013 we see CryEngine 4 or well CryEngine Free2Play Engine unleashed. :P

[claud3]

Lets see what is what when this is released

[claud3]

CryEngine 3 comes close to CG quality graphics with the works of Puppy and Mark Ranson




Normally, we’d include these screenshots in our weekly CryEngine 3 gallery but they’re so hot that we felt the need to share them with you as soon as possible. A lot of gamers think that CryEngine 3 is inferior to CryEngine 2 (because Crysis 1 looks better than Crysis 2), however CryEngine 3 can achieve CG quality graphics as can be seen by the works of modder Puppy and 3D artist Mark Ranson. We really hope that next-generation games will look this good and if you thought that Project CARS’ car models looked phenomenal, wait until you see the one created by Ranson. Enjoy!

Link: http://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryeng...d-mark-ranson/

This is cool and the detail is off the charts

[F34R]

I got chills!!

[radgamer420]

So bust out the new consoles already and lets get to work.

[jlippone]

There was 'leak' of slides from Crytek about forthcoming features on Cryengine3.
http://www.vgleaks.com/e3-2012-cryen...tion-leak-out/

Slides have some nice advances like.
Area lights with shadows. (lights can have shape and size, change affects specular shapes and so on.)

Pixel Accurate Displacement Mapping (pixel shader that creates displacement map which has 'correct' silhouettes etc.(I'm hoping for a correct ray/height map hit algorithm as well..))

New local reflections on water. (a new version of screen space reflections for water surfaces which blends to cubemap.)

GI with Glossy Reflections. (Improved version of their Propagation Volume/VPL GI, has component for a specular reflection.)

[claud3]

Its teasing and pleasing, its just not seeing and playing yet

That is doing my head in

[gangsta_795]

GDC 2013 is when I'm a full fledged live demo of CryEngine 3. I do agree with them though, it certainly is 'ahead' of UE4.

[jlippone]

GDC 2013 is when I'm a full fledged live demo of CryEngine 3. I do agree with them though, it certainly is 'ahead' of UE4.

They might show CE4 during GDC2013 instead.

[gangsta_795]

They might show CE4 during GDC2013 instead.

Haha that would be getting way ahead of ourselves