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Forums - Gaming - Are IGN stirring the Crysis 2 feud before Embargo lifts????

selnor on 22 March 2011

The review embargo on Crysis 2 is ending very shortly.

But it appears the IGN reviewer responsible for reviewing the console versions has been speaking on Neogaf today.

He flat out shoots down a neogaf user straight away.

Question#1 by Gvaz:
No, it clearly has better lighting (Sun Rays/God Rays, shadowing, lighting) and AF. Even if all things are the same, those are implemented features. However the tradeoff is that it's at the "stage 1" HD resolution of 720 and the 360 doesn't have those features and is at 1080. I don't know what the frame rate is like.

Either way, if you're wanting to know which one is the better one technologically wise, that'd be the PS3. If you're wanting one that displays natively at 1080, then that'd be the 360. It's up to you which of these is more important.

REVIEWER: You. Are. Wrong. No matter how many times you keep saying it. The 360 version runs better and has more going on. The texture filtering is the only thing that might be better on PS3. And I say that with retail copies of both sitting on my desk.


Question#2 by Shurs:
I realize he's under NDA, but if he feels he can pop into this thread to tell us 360 version is the best console version, he could at least tell us why.
REVIEWER: From the levels I'm allowed to talk about from last week's preview embargo, the Xbox 360 version maintains its framerate better, has better lighting on characters in particular, and appears to support SSAO in places that it isn't apparent in the PS3 version. This is in addition to the ps3 version being more "stretched." This causes more aliasing, but it also just looks kind of weird at times. It's still a great looking game though.


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Iveyboi on 22 March 2011

I'm not sure why people care so much about which platform is superior. It's a multi-plat game which mostly = 360 having the "superior" version (differences are normally negligible).

I'm still picking it up on the PS3 and will be happy.



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Doobie_wop on 22 March 2011

Who is the reviewer in question? Depending on who it is, I can tell you if their a lying asshole or a trust worthy source. I think I might have an idea of who it may be, but I won't mention him just in case I'm wrong.

Also, can you link to the page, I've looked through the last few in the Official thread and I can't find anything related to the comment.



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

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selnor on 22 March 2011
Doobie_wop said:

Who is the reviewer in question? Depending on who it is, I can tell you if their a lying asshole or a trust worthy source. I think I might have an idea of who it may be, but I won't mention him just in case I'm wrong.


Mention the trustworthy ones and I'll tell you. :)



Doobie_wop on 22 March 2011
selnor said:
Doobie_wop said:

Who is the reviewer in question? Depending on who it is, I can tell you if their a lying asshole or a trust worthy source. I think I might have an idea of who it may be, but I won't mention him just in case I'm wrong.


Mention the trustworthy ones and I'll tell you. :)

Ryan Clements, Anthony Gallegos, Colin Moriaty, Greg Miller (he likes to stir things up from time to time), Hilary Goldstein and Jack DeVries. If Arthur Gies has anything to do with the review, then just ignore it and move on, his possibly the worst reviewer around and he has an abnormally weird 360 bias that even his own co-workers have acknowledged and looked down upon. His possibly the only reviewer that I actually dislike and distrust.



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3879752

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selnor on 22 March 2011
Doobie_wop said:
selnor said:
Doobie_wop said:

Who is the reviewer in question? Depending on who it is, I can tell you if their a lying asshole or a trust worthy source. I think I might have an idea of who it may be, but I won't mention him just in case I'm wrong.


Mention the trustworthy ones and I'll tell you. :)

Ryan Clements, Anthony Gallegos, Colin Moriaty, Greg Miller (he likes to stir things up from time to time), Hilary Goldstein and Jack DeVries. If Arthur Gies has anything to do with the review, then just ignore it and move on, his possibly the worst reviewer around and he has an abnormally weird 360 bias that even his own co-workers have acknowledged and looked down upon. His possibly the only reviewer that I actually dislike and distrust.

You should move on then.

Wait for DF test. It was Arthur himself. Then again if DF backs him up, do you change your opinion of him?

Gamereactors review also agrees entirely with Arthur.

EDIT:

I also find it hard to believe if his co workers think that, then why was he given the most important visual game to appear on both platforms this gen to review???????????



Doobie_wop on 22 March 2011
selnor said:
Doobie_wop said:
selnor said:
Doobie_wop said:

Who is the reviewer in question? Depending on who it is, I can tell you if their a lying asshole or a trust worthy source. I think I might have an idea of who it may be, but I won't mention him just in case I'm wrong.


Mention the trustworthy ones and I'll tell you. :)

Ryan Clements, Anthony Gallegos, Colin Moriaty, Greg Miller (he likes to stir things up from time to time), Hilary Goldstein and Jack DeVries. If Arthur Gies has anything to do with the review, then just ignore it and move on, his possibly the worst reviewer around and he has an abnormally weird 360 bias that even his own co-workers have acknowledged and looked down upon. His possibly the only reviewer that I actually dislike and distrust.

You should move on then.

Wait for DF test. It was Arthur himself. Then again if DF backs him up, do you change your opinion of him?

Gamereactors review also agrees entirely with Arthur.

EDIT:

I also find it hard to believe if his co workers think that, then why was he given the most important visual game to appear on both platforms this gen to review???????????

It was Arthur? Then that's it then, his opinion is worthless when it comes to the PS3. If DF backs him up, then that's great, but it still doesn't make him any less douchey. His felow editors also don't get to pick out who reviews what. If you want to find out more about him, listen to his podcasts, his turned so many people away from Rebel FM and his co-hosts are always left in awkwardness when his arguments are basically "Oh, it's an online PS3 game, it's worthless then and everything about it is completely shit", his co-host would respond "Actually, it's pretty good, I gave it a 8 out of ...' he interupts 'What! That's not true, your a liar and I'm right and your wrong'. That's basically the gist of how he acts towards the PS3.

I don't care about the comparison, It's just that when Arthur has his hands in anything, I tend to back away from it.



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3879752