| HappySqurriel said: Crysis' reign is going to come to an end at this GDC or E3 anyways ... Companies like id, Valve and Epic are all already working on their next generation so that they can be sold in 2010 to developers who are beginning development on next generation games, and all of these companies are probably working on games which show off these engines. While these engines will probably not push the latest and greatest hardware as hard as previous engines did, they will probably be designed with a entry level graphics card of today (Radeon HD4830 for example) to be the minimum requirements for these games (that will probably be released late 2010/2011). When these developers start showing off their games in the next several months they will probably stand head and shoulders above Crysis simply because they have access to far greater processing power. |
This is definitely true. Of course, it is expected that the newer engines will out-do the old ones. However, Crysis being reigning champ for as long as it has while being relatively unchallenged is quite a testament to the guys at Crytek.
There was a thread at Gametrailers a few days ago about a team that makes mods for Crysis that are working on their own engine that will feature all of CryEngine's features with major enhancements to some while being implemented in a much more optimized manner. I'm trying to find it again but no luck yet.
I wonder what Crytek is up to in the meantime. CryEngine 3 or just enhancements to the current engine? Also, I've got a feeling they may enter into the console business quite soon and I can't wait to see how they adapt their tech to take advantage of each HD console's unique advantages. After acquiring Free Radical and claiming that Crysis: Warhead is their last PC gaming venture (hopefully it isn't!), it's only a short wait away to be blown away by them again.
