Crysis 3 PC vs Horizon: Zero Dawn PS4 graphics. Which is technically and artistically better?

Crysis 3:

Horizon Zero Dawn:

They both are beautiful. TC add Gears to the comparison.

Both look really good but I'll take HZD any day. Just looks more beautiful and vibrant.

I can agree with that sentiment and although I didn't bother comparing them, I would bet HZD has more advanced graphical effects at play. Perks of coming out 4 years later. Crysis 3 is no slouch and to this day is still a looker which speaks volume about the talent Crytek has technically/artistically.

Both look good to me. Is there some beef between fans of these?

@moosewayne: I hope not. Good looking games.

Crysis looks more realistic but horizon is more beautiful and vibrant.

Crysis 3 has better textures(except for clothing. It looks kind of terrible), but it's way older as far as tech and games go, so the lighting and other advancements have come a long way. Why is this even a comparison?

yep comparing two games from different gens

Are you serious? HZD shits on C3.

Giving the fact I played both Crysis 3 PC & Horizon: Zero Dawn. I'll take Zero Dawn over Crysis 3 since it was downgrade for consoles at the time and Zero Dawn just looks so beautiful, even it looks amazing on my launch PS4 without the Pro's goodies. The only thing Crysis 3 has going for is realistic looks and doesn't even compare to the first Crysis game.

Horizon: Zero Dawn FTW.

Crysis 3 looks brilliant, but i'll stand by Horizon being artistically better. Hell, I bet it even has some more advanced graphical effects in play, just due to Crysis 3 being an older title. No matter how you look at it, Horizon was a testament to artistic and technical talent.

Horizon's has to be more fun to play than Crysis 3 which isn't a very long game, it's linear and everything you see in a few screenshots is pretty much the entire map since everything looks the same. It's pretty but little substance. The environment designs make you wish you could explore but they're small and not a lot to see really.

First of all both games are 4 years apart so it's rather unfair comparison.

But still if we look at technicalities then crysis 3 at its time of release was way ahead than any other game released that year.

As for horizon while technically it's one of the best looking games of 2017 so far but is not THE best as it doesn't ring every bells and whistles in graphics department to be considered graphically superior to any other release this year such as mass effect Andromeda or wildlands or even upcoming ac origins. It goes side by side but doesn't reign supreme as crysis 3 did in 2013. Again we're looking both games at their respective time period to determine which was technically better.

Artistically though horizon looks better imo. But then again artistically ori and the blind forest is the best I've seen in video games graphics. It really depends on how you look at it.

Is Horizon console graphics king or graphics king peroid? Or am I delusional?

As much as we laugh at the CGK title, i'd admit it's probably the best looking game on consoles. I played it on the Pro, but performance is damn similar on the OG PS4 and it's great looking to boot. There were some detractors, such as sparse scenery (for the most part), but the actual environments and lighting were damn good.

Prefer the looks of Horizon Zero Dawn, but Crysis 3 probably beats it in technical graphics

@gpuking

Still images always forgo how gorgeous a game can look moving at a higher, smooth frame rate.

Horizon for sure. But it's only 30Hz though.

Metro Exodus looks better than both.

Horizon artistically for sure for me. Technically is harder to tell and I'll say both are probably close in technical prowess. Although it is really impressive what Guerrilla Games achieved with relatively weak hardware but then again Crysis devs had to work with more varied hardware configurations and so they couldn't focus so much on optimization.

Horizon artistically and technically (apart from foliage and water).

Horizon zero dawn just looks amazing when it comes to environments and draw distance;

But when it comes to character models and animations... yeah it drops the ball there big time.

Pfffft like you played the game.

That's like saying Watch Dogs' E3 trailer looks better than both.

#Believethehype

Yeah Horizon for sure. I can say without a doubt that Horizon is one of the best looking games out today.

Not to say that Crysis 3 don't look nice but it's an older game with a not as good art style imo.

Crysis 3

Watch Dogs 2 also beats it out in terms of technical graphics. The artistic quality is better in HZD, though.