We’re still knee-deep in Crytek’s latest shooter, Crysis 2, with our copy of the PC version having only just unlocked for us to play through – which was why we had to do a Crysis 2 Xbox 360 review first. Still, when we booted up the PC version of Crysis 2 this morning we couldn’t help but notice how much better the game looked on PC than console.

As such, while we’ll have a full PC review and graphics analysis done soon, we wanted to share some comparative screenshots we’ve taken on both platforms, to provide the best idea of how the game looks. This is an apples-to-apples comparison, free from publisher-released images.

Left to Right: Crysis 2 on Extreme, Very High and High PC graphics and Xbox 360 - Click to Enlarge

The Xbox 360 images were captured with an Avermedia 727 HD Capture card. The PC screenshots were taken on a Scan 3XS Scorpion-X, which packs a 4.8GHz Intel Core i7-2600K CPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and an overclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB graphics card. The Scorpion-X was more than capable of running Crysis 2 on all of the three graphics presets (High, Very High and Extreme), never dropping below 60fps. At least one PC definitely can run Crysis 2...

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It is obvious that Crysis 2 would look better on PC. That is a no brainer. But how much better? It seems to me, not as big of a gap as I would expect. The 360 version looks muddy compared to it, but it does look nice. I really wish they showed what medium and low looked like, because I'm fairly sure the 360 version would be a bit better looking than medium, based on the degrade between very high and high settings on PC. Still the 360 version does look quite good. Impressive actually based on many other titles released over the last year or two. Crytek did a nice job on the console version. I can see Crysis 2 being a graphical benchmark to beat for many companies over the rest of the 360's life.

good pics. i think gears 3 has a chance of beating it

isnt Gears 3 using UE3.5? It should be way more optimized and improved compared to UE 3.1 that was used in Gears 2. It should have a chance.

there are only three settings max, very high and high...

To be honest for me someone who is spents much more time playing PC games that consol Crysis 2 was a huge disapointment. Dont get me wrong graphicly its incredable. But considering crysis 1 came out 4 years ago and yet you could still argue it looks better then 2...thats a bit of a failure in my eyes :/

yes graphics arnt anythiung bla bla bla but this is crysis we are talking about. i was expecting a graphicle beas,. instead i got a 4 year old game in a city not a jungle.

>.< thats stupid as hell... why the hell didnt they call it low, medium, and high. I guess Crytek was trying to show off with their little DX9 game...? Seriously, this doesnt even have DX10 support... which is pathetic since the first was DX10 only! And actually since DX11 is out Crytek should have not been lazy as hell and supported it!

Honestly, I am not trying to talk up Crysis 2 in this thread, I never would, the game is average as hell and does not deserve any praise. I just figured I'd show that really the 360/PS3 versions are actually fairly close in visuals to this pos. Crytek sold their souls and made a worse looking and playing game than the original Crysis. And this actually shows why they shouldn't make sequels at all, which they never have till Crysis.

Cysis was DX9 with a DX10 only needed for the highest setting...

also if you actually want some standard advanced options there is a mod out

If Crytek forgot to add numerous graphics options into the PC version ofCrysis 2, modders have found the solution. A modder has released an extreme graphics autoexec.cfg file. It was pretty known by Crysis 1 and Warhead gamers to optimize many details of the game. You were able to change the Depth of Field or Field of View.

You can set up many details and customize your graphics as you want with this autoexec.cfg version. It requires a NASA PC to run hardcore ultra max settings (460GTX, i7 minimum). But you can also use it with a weaker PC to enable or disable shadows, motion blur or water effects to improve your performances!

Here are the modder’s intruction to install the mod:

1. Once you have unzipped the files place them anywhere you want.

2. Delete any autoexec.cfg files found in the Crysis 2 root folder. (if you’re asking what that is, don’t worry about it)

3. Delete any target commands you may have put on the shortcut as they will override the autoexec.cfg that is created

4. Run the Crysis2AdvancedGraphicsOptions.exe

5. Hit apply once all settings are set

*note* You do not have to start this program every time you want to play Crysis 2.

If you meet any troubles with the mod (low FPS and so), you can delete the autoexec.cfg file and reset your graphics again.

The file can be downloaded  HERE. I used it and it’s really cool.

If you want to to really customize your Crysis 2 experience take a look here, at the console commands.

Thousand of thx to the modder 

http://www.fpstime.com/2011/03/crysis-2-a-mod-to-customize-your-graphics/

just shows how far they have fallen

That's a dishonest article. Crisis 2 doesn't look anywhere near that blurry on my Xbox or PS3.

no it isnt. Bit-Tech is one of the most professional tech sites on the web. They used every image their capture card gave them. Which they state that its exactly what their screens looked like.

leave it to the mod community to pick up the slack for Crytek....