I'm honestly just stunned by how great the original Crysis looks. I mean, that game came out in 2007, the same year as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, yet the stark contrast in presentation is like night and day. Crytek really did go above and beyond with this franchise in that regard.

@mr.2cents.846

2 жыл бұрын

That's why: But can it run Crysis?

@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.2cents.846 I don't understand your question. What do you mean?

@mr.2cents.846

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667 Oh.. in the past, when Crysis was new, it was very demanding on computers and only rant on powerful PCs. That's why people always asked: "Yeah, but can it run Crysis? " Because if a computer could run Crysis properly, than it had to be good.

@isaiahrawlinson4885

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.2cents.846 They also reference this in the settings menu 1:49 !

@paulsesna5431

2 жыл бұрын

Crysis was and still is a one of a kind series

Base Crysis 3 still looks great today and has a great multicore usage, which is great, lots of modern games didn't use as many cores that Crysis 3 did/does.

2:53 "it is still not as complex as the destruction in the original 2007 version, but it is an IMPROVEMENT nonetheless" the only game that is trying to catch up its previous self

@dazza2350

Жыл бұрын

Boo hoo not my fence destruction 😭

7:38 wow this theme is incredibly nostalgic, used to leave the main menu open in crysis 3 just to listen to the song

@Betoni

2 жыл бұрын

bruh Hans Zimmers music at the end of Crysis 2 when the characters goes "Just call me Prophet." The score in the series overall is pretty underrated imo.

@yobro6053

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite ost in crysis

@mrred9502

2 жыл бұрын

Multiplayer was nice

The fact these games looked THIS good way back in 2007 is insane, remaster looks even better, can't wait to try it out!

@BeerBourbonandGames

2 жыл бұрын

I am impressed how well they hold up! I remember playing them back in the day and being blown away.

@beastmotoz

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeerBourbonandGames when Pcs were too weak to handle Crysis 😂

@calmmusicmeditation8939

2 жыл бұрын

best game ever

@johnsmith-ck4qt

2 жыл бұрын

What gameS are you talking about? Only Crysis 1 came out in 2007, not all of them, obviously..

@beastmotoz

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith-ck4qt bro Crysis 2 was best hands down

This is the single most competent remaster comparison I've seen. Instead of showing random scenes that all look the same, you picked scenes specifically to showcase what you're trying to point out. And it's dense. Congrats, you should be proud.

OG Crysis 3 blew my mind back when it was released on PC. It still does. Steve Ballmer lookalike made my day back then. 😆

@mr.2cents.846

2 жыл бұрын

That's why there's not much to fix.

Hopefully, Crysis warhead is coming too ? That spin-off was awesome !

@Yas_Sin

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, and according to digital foundry, the original source code to crysis warhead has been accidentally deleted, so it's very unlikely :(

@jjforcebreaker

2 жыл бұрын

Warhead source code is lost.

@br0mley597

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yas_Sin Somebody pleaseee, give Crytek a backup servers !

@Romanian901

2 жыл бұрын

man i loved warhead just for its Hungarian dubs. made me feel fuzzy

@TamalPlays

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yas_Sin :(

I still like the OG Crysis's color scheme more compared to the crysis remastered, the og crysis looks more natural while the remastered looks more colorful and vibrant

@rohanalias9053

2 жыл бұрын

Nick actually discussed this in his first crysis v crysis remastered video

@artemaung5274

2 жыл бұрын

I actually prefer new color scheme, in my mind visually pleasing aspect of graphics trumps realism every single time. Kinda like Greece in AC Odyssey is far more beautiful than actual Greece. Same goes for Crysis 2 - NYC there was more visually pleasing vs actual New York City. Or how about Atlantis in Odyssey? It's probably one of the most beautiful places I've ever experienced in a game or RL and it's completely unreal. And I'm well travelled, I've hiked for probably thousands of miles all over the world, seen all kinds of amazing places in nature.

@cr3d294

2 жыл бұрын

@@artemaung5274 Agreed. This is around the time everything had to be desaturated cause "ma realism".

@zeblackboi

2 жыл бұрын

Remastered looks way better

@kokorobugyo3544

2 жыл бұрын

If you have a bad laptop or computer 👍 low quality feel like high

Wasted opportunity to make them look really great! Thanks for keeping it impartial despite the sponsorship

I find it weird how Crysis 1 remastered has less realistic color lighting, where as Crysis 2 remastered is the reverse in that it goes for more realistic colors than artistic.

@RockyRacoon5

2 жыл бұрын

Ye I don't know why they went with cartoony colors.

@ianmitchell5979

2 жыл бұрын

@@RockyRacoon5 My best guess is because the ending shot of the beach in Crysis 3 looked similar to the remastered Crysis, with the new waves and saturation.

@ganesang5537

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this remastered trilogy was done just for the spite of it. Not a bad move, but not a dainty move either.

@GradietPanda12345

2 жыл бұрын

How’s that weird?

@ianmitchell5979

2 жыл бұрын

@@GradietPanda12345 Think about it. Why are both remasters so different in their intent? Why not both try to look movie-like, or why not both try to have realistic colors?

It blows my damn mind just how utterly great the graphics have aged in the original Crysis trilogy. Definitely picking up this remaster.

OG Crysis still holds up

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

It really does. It's not necessarily amazing looking today - but there's some aspects that still look great

@edwint1780

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 crazy how ahead of its time that game was. The Crytek team really had done something special back then. And yeah, it's funny how Crysis 3 looks so good that the team truly struggled to improve it.

@lancebermejo3319

2 жыл бұрын

True. While it does look dated here and there, it is no doubt the best looking game of 2007, and it's still very impressive of how beautiful it looks

@dallesamllhals9161

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 Mods

@reivanen

Жыл бұрын

Even FarCry is pretty sharp looking, though not blingy.

This is by far the best comparison video I've seen so far on here. Very detailed and straight to the point! Others need to take notes lol

One of my most beloved franchises. So many beautiful memories, I will forever love all these three games. Great comparison!

Another great comparison video. High quality content as always.

When GTA The Trilogy The definitive edition comes out in November 11th wiil you compare them with the original trilogy?

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

Better believe it! I'm excited to check those out - I'm already really liking what they've shown. Seems faithful to the original art style but still cleaned up in the areas that mattered. I'm NOT a fan of how the originals were removed from digital storefronts though. That annoys me to no end

@jasonx1174

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 that is annoying that they removed the originals. In spite of that I'm still excited for your video on those games! Especially after your Grand Theft Auto documentary.

@SweatiestDegree

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 I tried getting them on PS5 last week and they were already gone :( big oof

@jonisalia15

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 no wait a minute. Now that they removed the original trilogy from digital stores does that mean that the og trilogy is gone from the library too even if you bought it?

@fanzach9524

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 but the original steam/rockstar launcher versions are very very bad compared to 1.0 and 1.1, I think it's a reasonable decision

I Know this may sound weird but can u compare at least crysis 3 with something like battlefield 1 or cod vanguard just to give an idea that how much development we have got from much bigger developers in terms of visual over the last decade

@somu9821

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good to me

@garageofrock

2 жыл бұрын

darude - sandstorm

@FrumbleFoot7029

2 жыл бұрын

They're lazy and haven't improved much at all

@mistersoman

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrumbleFoot7029 Our visuals for games have gotten so good that any sort of improvement will be minor and probably unnoticeable. Same with performance of devices such as phones and PCs. I really don't think we should just blame devs for being lazy.

@sunburst8810

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrumbleFoot7029 you're a dumbass, things have improved massively

Crysis is good no matter what version

@leonthesleepy

2 жыл бұрын

Not the switch version

@StormyMainShorts

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonthesleepy true

@TurokRevolution

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonthesleepy Watch the Digital Foundry videos on the Switch Remasters, they run at higher resolutions and framerate than the original console versions. That they even run at all with locked 30 fps no drops is really impressive.

@derpcon4212

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonthesleepy Crysis 1 on switch is difficult because enemies are farther away in the huge open spaces and it's especially frustrating when you can't see anybody in handheld mode. But Crysis 2 & 3 on Switch were absolutely fantastic and I beat them both all the way through in handheld mode. Smooth performance and they control perfectly w/ gyro aiming.

I was scared that because it's a sponsored video, you won't be allowed to mention flaws or criticize the remaster but 2:30 minutes in it seems you're still honest and critical

I think if you do a remaster, it should be superior in every way, otherwise it's just not worth the bother.

@KrystopherMalus

2 жыл бұрын

They should just add ray tracing and keep everything else the same, would save them a ton of work and give people less to complain about and avoid unintentionally downgraded aspects of the game or unfaithfully recreating the art direction. Just call it a special edition instead of a remaster. I just like ray tracing since I like realistic reflections.

Now that Far Cry 6 can blow up trees, maybe a comparison between fc6 and Crysis original/remastered, both are descendants of the original far cry

Really like your videos! A comparison between the 35 min E3 demo from Witcher 3 with the final release would be also really cool to refresh our memory before we get the next gen upgrade in 2022 :)

The new trilogy needs a photo mode.

Had no idea this remaster released, as always great video Nick. Can't wait for you big Battlefield video project to drop!

That God tier soundtrack for Crysis 2 ♥

@TheBlackItalianGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Hans zimmer ❤️

@rohanalias9053

2 жыл бұрын

That's hans Zimmer for you

@v-trigger6137

2 жыл бұрын

I felt like it's a bit unfair that people give all the credit to Hans Zimmer solely. when literally he and Balfe composed 10 soundtracks only. the rest of the whole score was done by Borislav Slavov and Tilman Sillescu

@Degeneraion

2 жыл бұрын

@@v-trigger6137 Agree, but it's a testament of how coherent the soundtrack is, all the tracks sound like they fit together, so it makes people believe it all was written by the same famous person like hans zimmer, could be wrong but it's just a thought

@KB-du3rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@v-trigger6137 Oh I didn't know that....feelsbad, thanks for the info. Maybe it's because in that intro video it says 'Main Theme Composed by Hans Zimmer' and other names aren't shown as the subject as the scene? Anyways, as Dgen said, it really is great how it all fits together still. Well, back I go to listening to it!

I wander around, marveling at the scenery and constantly take screenshots while playing the Crysis trilogy more than any other game series. I've been doing the same with the remasters. As good as the originals still look today, they did improve on a lot of things, and it's just been fun to replay the campaigns again. Just wish they would've added multiplayer.

Thanks so much and for your reply. Great video

The 2007 crysis still looks like a 2021 game

Great video as always Nick, I’m hoping we will get to see a comparison on the upcoming GTA Trilogy Remaster? Nobody does these quite like you my friend much love ! 💯

I can't believe how old these games are and they still look multiple times better looking than some AAA from today

@BartekChlebek

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, (lookin at you Far Cry 6)

@bruhinthebruhwiththebruh1370

2 жыл бұрын

@@BartekChlebek far cry 6 looks amazing ur either blind or dumb to think tha the og crysis games looked better farcry 6 has some cartoony saturation due to art style choices not due to bad graphic quality

@rayfan9876

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruhinthebruhwiththebruh1370 i still think crysis 1 original looks better than far cry 6 in many places

This is a great comparison but I just want to make two very minor corrections: The classic Nanosuit mode and going prone on a controller were already in the remaster at launch. At least on PC, the classic Nanosuit mode was added later in the console version and isn't in the Switch version to my knowledge. As for if I think the Remasters are good: I'm a Crysis fanboy, while I can admit the flaws of the games, if it has the name "Crysis" on the cover, I'll probably buy it. In my opinion, if you play on Xbox One S/X, Series S/X, PS4/5 or Switch, go for it, it's worth it. If you play on PC and don't have the originals it's good too, but if you already own the original games and expect anything new besides the graphical features, don't bother, except you're a Crysis fan like me or just really want to mess with RT, or both. But I will always remember Crysis Warhead! I hope this means we'll get a Crysis 4 soon, but I won't get my hopes up and I think Crysis 3 ended the series in a satisfying way back in 2013!

great vid!

I did small playthrough on all 3. They did a good job. I'm glad they remastered all 3 on 1 disc. "But can it run crysis?" Good times 😎

Looks like I'll try to snag both of these! Awesole comparison!

You gotta do the GTA trilogy when it comes out. You are literally the best at commentating and comparing when it comes to games.

For some reason the assault rifles in C1 remastered cuts all the echo off when bullets ends. The sound just cuts off like with a knife. That's a major oversight. The sound itself is better in my opinion, but the implementation is pure crap.

@jacobsoper4708

2 жыл бұрын

There are some general mixing issues with the C1 remaster that I hope they eventually address. Explosions are too loud, and tend to clip, for example.

@anteshell

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobsoper4708 Yeah. And god damnit the pistol! That kind of air pressure would blow the whole damn gun into pieces.

Thanks, I have Crisis 2 and 3. Lost my key for 1 long ago. I was debating getting the Remastered trilogy for a $32 on sale or Crisis 1 for $20. Crisis 1 remastered seems like a let down. Plus, I'm usually to busy staying alive to sight-see. I didn't see any great imprisonments in spotting the enemy or things of that nature. I'll stick with the original on its highest settings. My computer won't break a sweat.

Was about to skip the video because of the sponsorship, but stayed for your honest opinion which I agree on. Crysis 1 may look pleasing with it's lively colors, but it doesn't look like crysis anymore imo, more like far cry. Thanks for the comparison.

@DimitriosChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

How do I view the crysis 3 Remast collectibles collected Menu on the xbox x controller to see how many collectibles I am missing or have - I can not find it. The old version on xbox bc showed number of collectibles found and number needed on the Campaign Screen at the main menu. (PC version of Crysis 3 ReMastered is not yet released on Steam, only on Epic store. I do hope Steam has achievements added on ReMast)

Great comparison!

I wish developers still did stuff like this. Not only was the overall presentation amazing but, the way you interacted with the world was too. Remember when physics engines were a big deal in games? Like HL2 Gravity gun or mercenaries 2 or Red Faction. I wish devs still pushed these kinds of things. I love games like Teardown just for the spectacle and I wish we'd see more of that these days.

@UnchainedEruption

11 ай бұрын

I wish devs would improve the a.i. of games like they do the graphics. Graphics get better every year, but a.i. often feels stuck at what it was in the 00s.

Just started playing the remaster for crysis 1. So good!

Bro your the best love your vice and your videos

Nick What Crysis You Like The Most(Btw I Never Played Cyrsis Before)

Ohh i have waited soo much for this video.

I love your channel!

I don't see any reason to buy that if you own the original games (which I do) or you want it for current gen consoles, would be buying that in heartbeat if MP component was present in all games, or at least in 2&3, with all of their flaws, 2 & 3 provided me 100's of hour of fun, and I adored these games, best weapons and weapon sounds IMO, really miss those games

Just trying out crysis 1 (because it's in ea play) for the first time and I'm a pretty big fan. Wish epic didn't buy the rights to the other two remasters

these games were ahead of time

Im happy to see they patched and made improvements to Crysis 1 remastered. Crysis 1 is my favorite of the trilogy (i love all 3 games) and now im actually willing to buy the remaster. They really should add an fov slider. Make some cpu optimisations.

Hey Nick did you see the GTA Trilogy Definition Edition trailer. What are your thoughts

Can't wait for your GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Direct Comparison

Funnily enough I prefer the light and colour of the original 1st and 2nd games and the 3rd has changes that are barely noticeable. Thanks for showing me I can save my money.

They actually made seome very nice imporvements!

I only played the og crysis 2 and 3 on xbox 360. Now that I have a PC, I'd like to try them all out on PC where the series truly shines.

It's sadge that they dont have multi-player enabled i miss playing Hunt mode in crysis 3.

When you said "the grass is too green" in Crysis 3 Remastered, I thought it was nitpicky but now I can't unsee it. LOL

I think Crysis 1 Remastered was run in SDR in this comparison. For me when I run it in SDR it looks saturated but HDR brings back the more realistic colours.

i remember getting crysis 2 on the 360 and was amazed at how good it looked. it was crazy at the time one of the best looking games along with COD MW 2

I wanna play some crysis 3 MP remaster! Actually can't wait for crysis 4 mp

Did they update textures in Crysis 3?

Hello great video man

@Vujnovic634

2 жыл бұрын

How can you know when it just got released 2 minutes ago?

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vujnovic634 Because he's a legendary gamer of course!

@Vujnovic634

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. My bad

@phantom_1155

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vujnovic634 yes

Do I get all the ultra PC settings on current Gen hardware or is it toned down

@bearpuns5910

2 жыл бұрын

It’s toned down. Raytraced reflections are absent in 2 and 3

Personally, I prefer some of the gun designs of the original Crysis 2, especially the SCARAB and FELINE. Blacker blacks, whiter whites. Dunno if lighting has something to do with their colors, though. I also liked the sleeker black color of the Nanosuit in the original Crysis 2. They also haven't fixed some of the first-person animation glitches, like when you jump forward and the torso stretches, and when you drop the HMG by using the weapon switch command and the animation doesn't finish. The spark effects also need more bloom. I don't understand why they toned those down; they didn't have to. Besides those, I think Crysis 2 Remastered is an improvement over the original.

The original is still so impressive, even more so if you consider it came out only THREE years after Half Life 2...

@DP12321

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Crysis came out only THIRTEEN years after Biker Mice from Mars on Super Nintendo.

@DP12321

2 жыл бұрын

@Damian Chiliński Yup. Wish games focused more on physics instead. Red Faction Guerrilla sequel when?

Crysis Remastered is actually $30 on Steam. Cannot wait to get back into 3. Haven't touched that game since 2014 and that was on the PS3.

I'm happy about the fact that they improved the first remaster. As for the remastered trilogy, in general, i am satisfied with the result.

Only thing we needed was for Crysis 1 to include multi core support, and not make more demanding but still run at 1 core

As the video is sponsored by Crytek, i hope they are coming up with another spectacular title.

i was waiting for this

So would you actually refer this title to someone playing on old gen? (PS4 pro for example). Seems demanding, wouldn't be too bad on that thing?

How did you get the original run on PC?

Mr Nick, Plz make a comparison of Mafia de and Rdr2 That would be sick!!!

I think it's worth it. I didn't actually expect there to be such a difference between the og Crysis 2 and the remastered version. Although I still find the first Crysis Remastered questionable. The lack of manual saving really hurts the game, since it's so much about experimentation and fucking around. I'm glad they at least made the improvements they made, but that just seems like a kick in the nuts. If the saving was at least available through the console, I'd be alright with it, but I don't think I can enjoy the game like this.

It's AMAZING how good the originals still look... Way ahead of there time

Honestly. As someone who has visited tropical islands such as Hawaii I find the much brighter vibrant greens and blues of Crysis remastered far most realistic.

@ashtondillard6906

9 ай бұрын

Tropical islands are very colorful lol. Also certain other things like volumetric fog around mountain tops is very realistic as well.

I'm excited to play all these once I get a more powerful pc. Can't believe I bought the trilogy for only $5 on EGS.

i'll save my hard drive space and keep the OG versions they run on my more prefererd operating systems like xp and 7 plus they hold up just fine visually , i dare say we are at the point of dimenshing return on visuals in modern games , seems like anything from late 2000s to now is just minor improvements but look like say the difference from 1997 to 2007 wow that was indeed a magical time

8:42 - not sure if this is DLSS or some sort of DoF but the original looks quite clearly sharper.

As far as sound design, I don't like the abrupt the sound of automatic fire is cut off. The boom should settle down just like the shotgun blast does.

Looking forward to GTA Trilogy Original vs Remastered!

boss: we need more money from kids. developers: lets add more BRIGHTNESS and tell them its "REMASTERED" version. boss: excellent.

What are you running? rtx 3090 in quad sli???

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

Single rtx 3090

I'm glad to hear that Crysis Remastered now has feature parity to the original.

C1 remastered sound is much louder compared to the C1 OG which is more like diffused a bit. C2 & C3 share the same audio loudness.

I just picked up the remaster

11:14 - RIP speakers...

14:30 This is the First time in the whole video where we see people talking to each other. 😂

i gotta replay crysis, man i am in love with it

I get why they couldn't do ray traced lighting in Crysis 3 because of how art driven the original lighting model was but they could've at least updated the game to include modern PBR materials.

crisis 2 sound design could have been improved

Could you please do a comparison video for the Alan Wake remaster.

Can you do Bioshock collection vs original?

Does the new remastered not have quick and manual save options??

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

Still none unfortunetly. Really annoying that it's still not included

8:40 did you switch the 2 games? the left one is way crispier

@Nick930

2 жыл бұрын

No that is correct. You can tell because the grass in the original crysis 3 has that unnatural shimmer in the grass that crysis 3 RE doesnt suffer from. The remaster may not look as "sharp" in some cases, but it cleans up aliasing significantly

@2bnator

2 жыл бұрын

Ah I see, thanks for the clarification

I wish they would have done Warhead or at least added it as DLC for the 1st game. :(

the first crysis still is the most reallistic looking even than the 2 and 3... cause those where made to work in consoles.... the thing is that the first one messed with grain and some filters and the lighting to look reallistic, even if the modelation isnt the best today, the first still looks better than the resmastered one.

Crysis 1 remastered has this weird thing where when the automatic guns run empty all noise just stops like the audio file just cuts out. Anyone else notice this? I heard it in the original to a little but not near as noticeable

@woutervanderidder8417

2 жыл бұрын

Yes i noticed too. Sounds weird

@jackoneill45

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's because they use firing loops for automatic fire, followed by a "stop firing" sound in crysis 1. Really weird choice but I remember there were a few mods to change that back in the day

Could you do an Alan Wake vs Alan Wake Remastered video?