Interesting reading all the criticism after the embargoes lifted yesterday, I'll have to sit down and read some writeups proper. Absolutely ****ing gorgeous screenshots being posted here too, super impressed how good it looks. Question is what's the scale of things like, and how 'reactive' is the environment - in terms of physics and simulation? That the A.I. behavior is what is what I'm really interested in seeing. Guess the lower expectations and the critics criticism is making me feel a bit warmer towards the game. Still Far Cry 3 and revisiting FC 2 is higher on the agenda atm. Unless it gets Sandbox editor support - then I'll be super curious.skrat_01
The game is great in terms of reactivity.In terms of vegetation simulation Crysis 3 is far beyond any other game out right now. The grass moves and waves like you would expect from grass, and reacts to bullets, objects, people, explosions. The most amazing part is how large the fields of grass are; you have big vast open fields of this reactive grass waving around.
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Water is pretty great, you get displacement and ripples from pretty much everything, even little particles. Crysis 3 is also the first to do real time caustics, meaning when you create a ripple in the water, it will refract the light, casting caustic lighting throughout the environment.
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General physics is pretty good as well. Pretty much all objects are movable and most smaller ones can be picked up and thrown, and things like cars and dumpsters can be kicked around. They started using cloth simulations a lot more in the game compared to the previous two as well, and are a nice addition when things like helicopters fly buy.
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In destructibility, it is a step up from Crysis 2. Most wooden objects can be broken, there are certain walls you can break through, a lot of cover can get destroyed like tree trucks breaking apart or metal panels falling off of a railing, or entire trains getitng destroyed. Smaller trees can be broken down again. Glass breaking looks really nice as well
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