It's great to see a dev finally use the power of the 360 properly. Alan Wake was a great example, but didnt obviously have the extra flair Crysis 2 appears to have.

Interestingly if you read through 80% of the reviews, they dont compare the console version of Crysis 2 to Gears or Killzone they compare it directly with Warhead and Crysis 1. With several saying it's not far. A technical miracle that this actually runs on consoles.Because Crysis 2 is not just about the look, but what it's doing and how large it's doing it.

My sig contains reviewers who lend themselves to shelving Crysis 2 at the top either saying best console game or best visuals you will see. Or saying it's some god engine able to render Prince Williams willy without actually seeing it. LOL.

So looking to the future, what will Codename Kingdoms look like?

And will it take over from UE3?

Epic have there work cut out.

I hope more developers use this game engine instead of Unreal Engine 3. 

Codename Kingdoms will probably look even slightly better then Crysis 2 since it is being made spefically for the 360.

It will be interesting to see how Kingdoms turns out, along with the billion polygon thing from Lionhead, it seems only now are devs unlocking the 360's true potential.

Thats because in all honesty most haven't even tried to unlock the 360's true potential...they just grab the Unreal Engine and call it good most of the time.

Its about time devs started trying to squeeze out amazing graphics.

ign "Crysis 2 on Xbox 360 has taken the crown for best graphics in a console game. It's well animated and the effects are great, but light is always the star of the show"

omg Crytek had done an amazing job even surpasing Epic games by a great distance!!

Well Crysis 2 performance it's not that surprising considering how well the engine runs. I reach 60fps on a 1080p monitor on extreme settings using a single GTX 470.

360 owners. The future :

/humor

What does your thread title have to do with your post?

Crysis 2 is now the future for 360 owners (I certainly hope not as I have zero intention of ever getting it) or Kingdoms the future? Are you making a statement on how good it looks?

A game that looks better on the PS3 (and still isn't the best looking game on that platform) and a tech demo utilizing no AI, no sound, no physics, no interface, and nothing else that constitutes a game. Oh yes, it is quite a future to behold.

Debatable.