![]() ![]() (There are a select few alien weapons, too.) Basic functions for each are customizable, i.e., adding scopes and flashlights, equipping silencers, etc.Īs with the franchise’s sequels, attachments are changed out via quick switching in a real-time menu. The protagonist Nomad has access to a decently sized arsenal, which includes standard guns such as shotguns, pistols, assault rifles, and sniper rifles. The gunplay in Crysis always feels good and this is no exception. Crysis Remastered Review – Showing Its Age In addition, the remaster’s water effects serve as a shining example of what would be expected from a Crysis adventure. ![]() Indoor lighting effects are also a sight to behold, especially inside the alien ship with its majestic use of a predominantly blue and green color palette. Natural light that streams down when the sun beams through trees deserves a round of applause. The lighting is rather impressive, for example. ![]() Not every facet of Crysis Remastered’s technical performance takes a hit, however. And listening for enemy movement outside of a building is no easy task when the audio cuts in and out. After all, entering a new area and getting a lay of the land proves difficult if the land takes its time to fully load in. One thing is abundantly clear, though–these various shortcomings greatly hinder the overall experience. What may have gone wrong with regards to the remastering process remains to be seen. In short, this remaster is no technical marvel. And the framerate drops to single digits every time a checkpoint is reached, which usually occurs every 15 to 20 minutes. Sand along river banks regularly takes the form of foggy gray goop. Trees, shrubbery, and large rocks quite often fail to fully render. With this remaster, Crysis itself has a difficult time running smoothly–at least on a standard PlayStation 4. Reloading a level though makes you go through a loading screen again, while the original caches the first load and instantly starts when reloading a level/save.Crysis Remastered Review – Can It Run Crysis? I tested this again with the latest patch and it looks like loading times improved significantly and are now almost similar to the original. I believe the latest patches have improved loading times a bit but it still wasn't even close to the original. ![]() OG installed on a standard SATA3 SSD: 10 secondsĬouple this with the lack of quick saves (which the original had) and I know this was one department that Alex from DF struggled with when he was making his initial Crysis Remastered videos because he could not do saves at the same spot for quick comparisons (I'm pretty sure this also makes like for like framerate comparisons between platforms very difficult and time consuming). Remastered installed on a PCIe 4.0 SSD: 45 seconds (plus an additional 5 seconds I guess since it stutters like crazy on initial load) - see edit below Again, pre-latest patch impressions from me below loading the Onslaught level: Loading times was another big difference between the 2. The og version also has it's own set of issues like having problems engaging gsync and/or resolution and refresh rate problems, so the remastered version is more friendly in terms of an install and play experience. If you have time, you can probably get the original to look as good but it requires quite a bit tinkering with a custom cfg file and some experimenting to find good looking config values. Click to expand.The original version tends to run better (significantly better too at times) but the remastered version's Very High settings can look better because it has much better draw distances. ![]()
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