The engine features many advanced graphical, physical and animation technologies as well as many gameplay enhancements. In response, Crytek switched the engine that Crysis used from CryENGINE 2 to CryENGINE 3 for its console release. While not as graphically stunning as CryENGINE 2, the CryENGINE 3 sported support for consoles, and despite its inability to match up with the old engine in terms of looks, still topped the charts as the best looking game engine to date on seventh generation consoles.Ĭrytek realized the potential complications of releasing the original Crysis for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 shortly after deciding to do so as was the case with Crysis 2, the consoles simply could not handle the CryENGINE 2's huge demand for processing power.
Thus, they set out at a very early stage of development to optimize the CryENGINE 2 for console use while still maintaining the signature physics engine and shine that the original retained. It is a heavily tweaked version of CryENGINE 2 that allows for console support.įor the developement of Crysis 2, Crytek realized that their CryENGINE 2 required simply too much processing power for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to handle. Note: Some information on this page is borrowed from the CryENGINE 3 website and WikipediaĬryENGINE 3 is Crytek's fourth commercial game engine to be released.
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