Sorry, I dont buy it: the environments and effects in heavy rain look good, but they're nowhere near as demanding as the tropical sprawl in crysis let alone the tropical sprawl + epic battles in warhead (which ran faster than crysis as well). And I dont think they look any better than any modern PC game.
Maybe crysis 2 is coded better. It should be. But I still very much doubt that a PS3 could run crysis on max and why the new engine doesnt have any greater capabilities than the old one? Remember far cry? Shouldnt crysis 2 and cryengine 3 be as much more advanced than crysis and cryengine 2 were than far cry and cryengine? That was the trend for the previous decade, with the Unreal engines, id tech, lithitech and so one and so forth. Anyway, not out yet, we'll judge then, eh? (My prediction: as with the vast majority of cross-platform releases, the PC version will look the best).
However powerfull the PS3, its got nothing on a modern PC. I wish I could remember where I read it (just went looking for it, couldnt find it), but I read the CEO (either him or another senoir chap) at nvidia saying that the 8800GTX was ten times more powerfull than a PS3 and capable of far more advanced processing and effects. PC is rather a long way ahead of that now. PS3 is still the same.
Its not a surprise that something coded for the PS3 looks good on the PS3 either. If games could be coded especially for a moderately powerfull modern card, like the HD5xxx range then they would look better on that too. PC games have to be coded to work on a wide range of cards, though. Its never going to be utterly optimal (and still they manage to look better :D).
/PC Vs Console rant. I dont really care, I mainly just hate those bloody joypads :lol: Give a PS3 a mouse and keyboard and I'd probably like them :)
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