Crysis: Original vs Crysis: Remastered; Digital Foundry. Original PC Version is Still The King!!!

Remastered version is based on Xbox 360 and PS 3 version from 2011.

Pros:

• A bit better optimization.
• Ray traced shadows.
• Better version of global illumination.
• Up to 8k textures for objects, especially ground.
• Weapons self shadowing. Small objects also cast shadows.
• Higher draw distance for vegetation and few effects.
• Bokeh depth of field.

Cons:

• Still mostly suffers from single threading issue.
• PC remastered version has better controls than console version but they are still inferior to original because they are a bit clunky.
• No peaking left/right option.
• No Manual saving. Only checkpoint based saving (discourages experimentation).
• Level 'Ascension' is missing.
• No volumetric lighting in a lot of scenes. Dust particles don't appear which makes scene look flat.
• Lighting doesn't affect look of particles like dust, water splash, smoke etc.
• Inferior skin shading.
• Unrealistic art style.
• Vegetation animation is locked at 30fps. Looks janky.
• Explosions don't affect vegetation.
• Physics system is inferior.
• Motion blur is inferior.
• Less objects in environment.
• Snow texture looks flat and unrealistic.
• Higher resolution limits CPU usage for some reason.
• Ray traced shadow option causes stuttering.
• Clouds aren't fully volumetric unlike the original game.
• Worse lighting placement in levels that take place indoors.
• Uses Denuvo DRM.

Seems like original PC version remains the definitive way of playing this timeless classic.

I aint interested to buy or play Crysis all over gain. Saw it, nothing interested me in the remaster, looked like same ol graphics and gameplay from 2007.

Whereas Demons Souls on PS 5 looks and plays different

They take consolized xbox 360/ps3 version and update its visual and call it remastered.

Why base it off the terrible ps3/360 version?

Why oh why?

So Crytek sh*t the bed again...!!! EVen Gearbox was able to bounce back after some tries.

They botched this lazy ass game with no MP, EGS exclusive, Denuvo DRM nonsense, and to make matters worst, using console version. Crytek needs remastering themselves. I own all Crysis games on EA Origin and glad EA didn't bother this crap.

I recommend using the HD mod for original Crysis, that mod blows the remaster to shame.

Yeah the remaster is a mess. Less features than the original version and poorly optimized as hell.

Not even worth a pirate.

It’s still a multithreading nightmare and runs like shit even on monster rigs.

**** you Crytek and I hope you go bankrutp.

This is free for current Crysis owners.

Seems like they fucked it up.

Crysis Remastered has some of the most disappointing visuals I have ever seen.

I expected medium settings to blow Microsoft Flight Simulator and Plague Tale graphics off the water.

Instead even on max settings it doesn't crack top 20 best looking game.

Here's what I did and it honestly makes the original version look fantastic with very little tweaking required:

What a shit show.

Weak no need to rebuy a gimped version when the original will always be the best.

and further i proven that Crysis for todays standard is outdated.

Metro is new Crysis of this gen. except in better scale.

Yeah, saw that myself thank you very much.

They remastered off of the ps3 and 360 versions. It’s an absolute joke. The original PC version is still the best version. They are still not taking advantage of many core CPUs.

Crytek continuing to demonstrate that they are all but a dead company, a sad shell of what they once were. Still using single core single thread cpu performance to run a graphics showcase game in 2020 is just embarrassing.

Did Crytek even touch this version?

what a waste. I would have played a proper update of Crysis in a heartbeat.

It was outsourced to Saber Interactive.

Handled internally aswell. I mean they may not have done a lot... But they definitely worked on it internally too.

Source: the recent Digital foundry visit to the studio.

I think Alex from Digital Foundry touches on this but. They only needed to do two things:

a) fix the performance issues

b) spruce up the graphics somewhat with some better textures and better draw distances

and they half assed BOTH of these things. It's unbelievable just how they managed to screw up this big and for me this is one of the biggest screw ups of the year so far. Absolute disappointment.

That's just sad. Why in the world you would take a crappier version and add all these new graphics techniques to it when you could have used the superior version and added the new graphics to make it even better than the original! Me thinks that Crytek was lazy and that would have required re-porting the entire game to the consoles again. Using console version was probably the easier way out.

What were they thinking?!

long story short , they remastered the console port instead of the original pc version, and the console port was a severe downgrade.

This results in way worse physics than the original (like vegetation doesn't react to explosions), vegetation physics also run at 30 fps no matter the framerate you're running it at. Various objects and light sources missing.

But let's face it the global illumination looks way better than the original (and that's defenitely promising for next gen)

Still what made crysis great (the foliage) doesn't look better in this remaster. it is based of the console port and it shows. That explains the shitty color palette on the foliage (which is the same as in the console port), it looks arcadey and unrealistic.

Frankly I think they did this because a remaster of the original pc version would have struggled with current gen consoles. Maxing out out crysis on 1080p would simply give the xbox a run for its money, the ps4 would handle it allthough barely so you couldn't really add anything.

They could have just ported the pc version to the current gen consoles, and then did the touchups on the pc version.

But this is just an insult to the landmark crysis was. Pity, I might have bought it.

i already have a physical copy, steam version and 360 version. this saves me a quadruple dip. cheers saber!

although i still can't rule out the switch version 😬

Damn that looks good. I never played Crysis before, the remaster is a joke

It's not even funny how crappy Remastered is. WTF

This is one shitty remaster.

I mean the original Crysis has performance issues... but so does the remaster so what's the point? Getting better graphics that even a 10900k and 3090 can't even run at consistent 60fps?

Hard pass.

No wonder it's an Epic store exclusive, they know they'd release a half assed remaster so they decided to scam Epic out of some money for sales they know they aren't getting.

I like the SVOGI implementation, textures, and ray tracing, but there are so many other compromises from the original PC game. The console roots of this port are showing. The CPU optimization is unacceptable.

Glad the odd visual presentation alone caused me to hold off. I'd be pissed

It's nothing but a lazy cashgrab. I bet they added the old suit mechanics last minute too. An absolute waste of time, I hope the staff get paid for it after it flops.

I really miss the Steam review system on Epic. It feels like you are purchasing completely blind on that store. Buying anything on it is a complete gamble.

there's nothing odd about it, the vegetation looks unrealistic because it's just based on the console port, that was one of the main differences between the console port and the original.

it probably has less polygons and god knows what else missing.

Remasters are bad and even worse most of the time. Keep that in mind.

Sad news indeed...

I think that's the point, innit? Limit as much user feedback as possible.

It's one of the few means outside of "don't buy this shit" (too much for gamers) to have anything remotely approaching a voice, otherwise we gleefully get fucked into oblivion.

How is that not "odd" - why are you correcting me for saying that looks "odd" compared to the original?

This made me laugh more then it should lol.

Yup, Valve really embraces the community and I can only applaud them for that (stuff like the Workshop too).

I know that AAA publishers are all too happy to dump steam reviews so they can limit player feedback and negative feedback about their shitty practices.

because it's the exact same visual representation as the original console port. It may look odd to you because you've never seen that console port. But it isn't odd , it's the original console port that's touched up.

Holy shit, the PC version is bad, but the console versions are much more awful. I dunno how console players would play this game, especially with a controller.

@jasonofa36: Imagine building a game that isn't fun or 'smooth' to play on any device.

Crytek has failed so hard.