By Ravi Sinha
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has received nearly god-like acclaim if the onslaught of professional reviews is to be believed. The Playstation 3 exclusive has been lauded for combining stellar graphics and nuanced touches with an excellent full-blown action adventure that sees Nathan Drake investigating the mystery of Marco Polo’s 13th century ill-fated return voyage from China. The game sports lavish jungle landscapes, detailed facial expressions (along with details like grime and scrapes) and realistic architectural textures reflecting the rough side of history. Join us as we see how the current king of PS3 games stands up to the titan of graphics-whore first person shooters, Crytek’s Crysis.
(All comparison shots were taken at resolutions of more than 1700×2300. Details that were compared include foliage textures, weapon details, facial details, clothing textures and smoothness of environments, character models, etc.)







17 Responses to “Screenshot Comparison: Uncharted 2 vs. Crysis”
yeh done with killzone and final fantasy and now uncharted and next will be god of war i think, yes ?
you stupid fuk filthy indians !!! even if you compare your stinky ugly faces to Crysis , Crysis will still win !!!!
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Uncharted looks great, but it still can’t touch Crysis in terms of visuals. And before anyone claims bash or bias, I don’t have either a PS3 or a PC for gaming, just comparing the graphics in the screenshots .
David Jaffe (Director behind God of War 1 and 2) said on his blog that it’s hard to judge “good” graphics because it is too subjective. Everybody has a different criteria to what is “good” in terms of graphics. This comparison points out the inherent flaw of comparing two games with very different art directions.
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I’m gonna have to disagre Imad. The detail in the draw distance, texturing (especialy on skin and fabric), lighting (not just shadows but the way it illuminates differnt surfaces in different ways)and the foliage clearly are more true-to-life in Crysis. Again it looks fantastic in U2 but there is a graphical difference in favor of one over another.
To say they have different art directions is true but a waste, we could throw Okami in the mix if we want to discuss beauty-in-representation but than we have a conversation about personal taste and not the ability to produce graphics on a higher scale.
youre comparing a console to a pc.
uncharted does look very good for a consle. crysis still wins.
Even Uncharted 2 which is a good looking game looks like crap compared to Crysis. The PS3 simply can’t handle a better looking game.
Uncharted 2 did a great job, but Crysis still has a better visual. But I bet that Uncharted is gong to be funnier then Crysis.
I’m very confused at this review. The crysis its comparing isn’t crysis 1 or crysis warhead or crysis wars? (i was a crysis Buff)
E.g. crysis was never ina city, tanks look very different, the guy in the picture isn’t in crysis 1 or 2 either.
Also Pc version of crysis graphics are allot better than these crysis graphics
these screenshots from Crysis 3? Pc or PS3?
actually there is a really bad trick to this comparison
the trick with crysis is .. tah-dah .. very big texture samples .. this makes the game look sharper and more detailed ..(this is pretty much in the same class as bump mapping )… meaning that the tech crysis uses is easily replicated by using a comp with enough processing power to display it fast enough.. oh and let not forget the person who either has an SLR camera to take such a big sample / has some basic photoshop skills
.. uncharted has a a different approach in the game .. as the Gpu processing power ( fairly powerful enough .. i think just a little more power than a Geforce 8800) is unchangeable .. but the Cpu processing power ( some say it’s powerful only in paper ) is pretty high up there .. they take advantage of the cell archi setup of the ps3
meaning since the system has 7 spe slots ( this must probably mean that the individual spe is low … not sure though) but this allows the system to take individual jobs to perform nicely … meaning 1 spe is set up to be incharge of textures while 2 spe runs from specular calculation .. meaning that the game actually dishes out more polygons rather than relying oh texture .. ( this is actually the same debate they have with direct x vs openGL .. )
but in actual game .. i think uncharted 2 will win
because since crysis is designed by EA .. it comes with all of EAs problems .. the characters them selves are very stiff and the actions and the enemy AI isnt very smart .. and not to mention the water effects in crysis is sub par with uncharted
but what crysis excels in are the effects .. crysis has a good sense of flora and fauna .. the physics engine is implanted to almost everything in crysis .. ( and what i mean by this is that .. a blast from a c4 charge will effect a little pebble ( if it wasnt attached to the floor … and thats about all it in crysis
uncharted excels in every other thing that crysis isnt good at .. characters are nicely developed and believable, story telling is very very good .. camera angles really brings the game out of the screen( really un-fare this one because crysis is basically 95% in the FPS camera view )
but over all .. i played all cry games ( including farcry 2 ) and i have played uncharted 1 and currently playing uncharted 2
the only thing i can say is i have played cry games once .. and stopped playing it when i finished .. while in uncharted i probably finished the game about 6 times and probably would have been playing it for a while if ps3 games didnt come out .. ( metal gear 4, killzone 2 , fallout 3, gta4, infamous , re 5 .. also gears 1 .. i didnt really like gears 2 )
not that im noting that they are all good graphics … im just saying they are pretty fun .. oh and finished infamous killzone 2 and GTA4 only once and i put it down ..
bottom line .. crysis graphics .. are very sharp and crisp … but the animation and movement is very jittery and twitchy
uncharted 2 graphics is a touch lower than crysis .. but it does better in everything else .. ( i really hated the aussie accent of warhead ) u name it .. uncharted 2 does it better .. lip sync, mocap/ acting, music, animation, action fluidity, etc etc .. oh .. AND THE WATER ~~!!! uncharted does awesome f@#!in WATER ~~!!!
ps: .. i think u should do a video crysis vs uncharted 2 comparison
Fact- Crysis has better graphics
Fact- Uncharted 2 is a good game
Fact- CryEngine 2(2007) is better than Naughty Dog Engine 2.0(2009)
Fact- Peace out
I’ve been really blown away by Uncharted 2. To me it blows Crysis and Warhead out of the water. The only thing Crysis does better is the NPC models draw distance and some Foiliage. Everything else animation rock textures water and building detail is done better in Uncharted 2. I didn’t even mention story cutscenes and gameplay which way succeeds Crysis.
Fact- Crysis has better graphics
Fact- Uncharted 2 is a far BETTER game than Crysis!
Fact- CryEngine 2(2007) is better than Naughty Dog Engine 2.0(2009)
Fact- Peace out
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