I disagree in tech grunt as well. If you look at the tech Uncharted is far more polished. There are less glitches, higher resolution textures and everything. I mean look at the elemental effects in Uncharted 2 vs Killzone 3. Snow In uncharted vs killzone. Killzone just a texture. Uncharted it actually sticks to your feet. Uncharted is defiantly ahead in tech. Animations are smooth great lip sync. Uncharted 2's art style is more cartoon looking but they do that on purpose and Killzone has more of a dark realistic look but I'm telling you over all Uncharted comes out on top.

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Crytek managed to squeeze Cry Engine 3 onto the consoles while maintaining such extraordinary level of detail? But this world sits next to Uncharted 2's as the most detailed and well-expressed yet seen on our TVs.http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-22-crysis-2-review?page=2

Eurogamer still says it’s next to Uncharted 2 which to many people is still the best looking console game. I know that was posted earlier but people seemed to turn it around and make it sound negative. That’s a huge honor. Cgi says the walls look flat up close in Crysis but yet Killzone 3 suffers from this same thing and it’s really liner. There are walls in killzone 3 that are so low res that they look pixilated and when you shoot them they don't even have a bullet decal. Every game is going to have low res textures this gen. Still doesn't take away from the lighting and all the other stuff going on in the game.

also where did eurogamer say it has the best graphics

just play the damn game its looking like a good title to pick up, with killzone 3, crysis 2 and socom 4 round the corner its going to be a neat start to 2011 on ps3:)

can anybody confirm crysis 2 multiplayer yet how many players does it support? im hearing 6 v 6 from rumours!

As expected the game sucks thanks to consoles... not surprised at all.

Bit-Tech - 7/10  aka about what I'd give it.

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/xbox-360/2011/03/22/crysis-2-xbox-360-review/1

What we find we’re left with then is a game which regularly flits between extremes, both positive and negatives. Huge arenas balanced out by average graphics; impressive tactical potential balanced out by woeful AI; simplified Nanosuit powers contrasted with increased customisation options. Playing it we often found ourselves waxing between controller wringing fury (‘How did that enemy spot me?!’) and moments where we paused the game to sing its glory (‘Harry! I just kicked a tank to death!’).

Drawing a line through that to find the average, we’re forced to admit that Crysis 2 is an entertaining and exciting shooter – though also a stupid one. We had fun playing it and that’s provoked us to round the score up from the six we would have otherwise given it, but we don’t expect Crysis 2 to supply the longevity that the original game did.

I disagree wholeheartedly. Explain what walls you are talking about because IMO I think Crysis 2 walls, bricks, etc look the best out of every game I've played close up. Super close up every single game this gen looks a bit off. Its because of bumpmapping. Its only going to look so good. No matter how high res of a texture you use it will still look flat if looked at in the right angle because its only a one poly flat plane with two textures positioned on top of each other. One texture is desaturated which creates the bumpmapping. Unless someone actually takes the time to model each brick in order to create dimension, etc then walls will always look flat at the right angle.

Uncharted 2 in no way shape or form looks better than Crysis 2. The funny thing is I was over at my friend's house about an hour ago and there were 4 of us comparing the best looking games. After playing Crysis 2 for a bit on the 360 we popped in Uncharted 2 to do a little comparison. We all came to the conclusion that although Uncharted 2 has textures that are on par with Crysis 2, the enemy character models, explosions, water effects, and fire are just plain bad compared to Crysis 2's. Play Uncharted 2 again and pay attention to the fire, its flat looking. Shoot the water, it creates no ripples with very little pixelated splash. Look at the enemy character models, somewhat boxy and not very detailed.

I'm sure Uncharted 3 will fix these things but UC2 is not as good as you remember. Great looking game, but its been surpassed by more than one game. Killzone 3 looks better as well.

CVG

Uppers

The best looking FPS ever

Fantastic, free-form combat

Spectacular set-pieces

Intelligent choice of approaches to each battle

Promising multiplayer

Downers

A confusing opening

Narrative is often uninvolving

Score 9.1

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/294813/crysis-2-xbox-360-review/

I would disagree with you about not being bump mapping. I guarantee there is bump mapping on every wall. There are varying degrees of bump mapping. Not every bump map is as visible as the other. Certain colors and textures aren't going to have as pronounced bump mapping as other because the colors are lighter. In order to have pronounced bump mapping you need to have a texture which has a pronounced light and a pronounced dark in the texture or colors. All bump mapping does it push the lights forward and the darks backward, but if you have a light wall this effect won't be very pronounced if any. Still I guarantee they put some sort of bump mapping on every wall. It only takes a few more clicks in Maya.