Back when Crysis 2 released as its console debut it worked pretty well with it having to be scaled back quite a bit to DX9 and 10 and compromising higher res textures. Now comes Crysis 3 and its supped up and beefy performance requirements and its console counterparts. Let me give you a fair warning.
Unless you absolutely have no choice: DO NOT BUY this game on your 360 or PS3! This game simply cannot handle the upgrades at a playable level. The entire game is hindered by audio problems with it loosing conversations during cutscenes, delayed portions, and some that just sound too high tech for it to handle so it feels like it will blow your speakers.
On top of that the textures are lower res to where they look a bit washed out and it makes it difficult to see anything. But wait, that is not the worst part!
That FRAMERATE!!!! The FPS in this game on consoles is utter garbage, not to mention to field of view makes it worse. The game trows so much stuff in your small window, that you can barely see what the hell is going on, or make out that fuzzy image right in front of you.
It is brought to light in a driving section where the screen shakes so much and your constant turning makes the fps take a plunge rather than a dip. This game is wayyyy different on the PC just from a glimpse of a HD video.
It is obvious that it was not well optimized for this dying generation. All of these problems take away from a seemingly fantastic campaign that has a lot of heart!
Crying shame. If you can stand these kinds of faults, then by all means go for it! Otherwise; stick to the PC with this game.
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Edited by arcidalex: 2/23/2013 2:25:39 AMOh yes. I saw some Xbox gameplay of Crysis 3 on and DEAR GOD there were blurry/no textures EVERYWHERE! I have it on PC (and i can run it on full graphics), and it's a beautiful game, but what i saw on Xbox (and I'm going to assume this happened on PS3, too), it should have not been released for it. I looked like the Xbox wanted to kill itself and call it a day
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Crysis is a terrible game series anyway.
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I bought it... Cause I have no choice. It makes me sad face that the Xbox Multiplayer population is so low. I hope our British friends get the game soon.
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Or just don't buy it at all. Crytek don't make fun games. They make proof of concept game engines and shaders. The end.
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That's what I feared. Good miss, I guess.
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My PC runs this thing great, at about 75 frames maxed out. My XBOX, with a copy from my friend, ran at about 20 frames.
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do not buy crysis 3 at all