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Ladies and gentlemen the new generation of game engines has
arrived. I must admit that I don’t get impressed easily but when I saw the
latest demo of the CryEngine I literally slapped myself. Amaz ing graphics it
could be a designer’s dream tool.
The video demo consists of short cutscenes
from games created on the engine for the XBOX 360 and the PS3 and presents a
little bit of the engine’s features.
I don’t know maybe I’m designed this way but at every good
thing I must point out the not so pleased characteristics. Yes the graphics are
amazing, yes the games will look better then ever, but (there always has to be
a “but” in everything ) game developers will begin to produce these below mediocre games that have
no soul so to speak, and the only special characteristic is that they are
created in CryEngine 3 and they have incredible graphics. Those are not games,
those are sight seeing presentations!
Another problem with the new engine will be the inhuman requirements
for the PC. As you can see from the demo the Xbox360 and the PS3 have no
problems coping with the graphic upgrade but on the other hand PC owners will
need to buy better video cards, better processors and so on. Well I guess that’s
the price we have to pay for technological advances.
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It is a only tool, it can be used badly or well. It all depends on the game developers.
Why that? it's not like the xbox or ps3 hardware gets better... If you've a pc that can handle Crysis you can handle that as well.
Also the video shows more than graphics, like more realistic animations and physics
Gameplay has yet to suffer at the hands of advancement of technology, so there is no reason to think it will happen now. You have bad games and you have good games. You have crapfests and then you have extraordinary ground breaking games that set the bar to a new high. Try not to hate so soon.
The problem in my opinion, are the game designers / producers that rely on beauty as a selling point. This is becoming more and more not the case. The hit game Left4Dead for example is quite mediocre in terms of graphics but a excellent work in terms of gameplay. (Yes it is not very elaborate, but it works very well.)