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The CryEngine 3 Showcase from GDC 2011 is mind blowing

March 08, 2011 in Video comments 6

Crytek gives a little taste of what the CryEngine 3 can do and it looks absolutely stunning. The video you see is intended for cinema use, but it will more than likely set a standard in the next generation of graphics for gaming.

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    Aussie Legend Mar 8, 11
    That's one bloody good looking field.
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    Daweii Mar 8, 11
    It is a shame that much of that is from the cinema side of their engine, while it is real time doesn't mean it is gaming optimised. CryEngine 3 is part graphics engine and part animated movie tool. Most of what was in that show reel was not something we will see in gaming for a long time. It will aid people like UbiSoft who love to make CGI trailers and short films as real time rendering will help massively, but I doubt that will translate to gaming yet.. They never say the computer specs that were needed to run the SDK in real time like that.
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    Shinobi_razor Mar 8, 11
    yeah, thats not the actual gameplay engine. ive no doubt it will still look good but Frosbite 2 will probably be just as good.
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      Red 9 Mar 8, 11
      Indeed; it's a shame they put this much effort into an engine that isn't for gaming. Cinematic CGI doesn't need a whole lot of help getting where it needs to; in-game visuals could do with an engine like this.
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        Daweii Mar 9, 11
        I wouldn't call it a shame as much as this will help amateur film makers hugely. Most people can budget for a ultra high end computer to possibly run this tool what they can't do is budget for a server farm to render a film the way Hollywood can, so CryEngine 3 as a movie tool due to being able to render in real time will help amateurs hugely.

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