Crytek: Crysis 2 to set new graphical standard on PS3

With Killzone 2, Uncharted 2, and the most recent God of War III, the PlayStation 3 has seen a wave of games setting new graphical benchmarks. However, Crytek lead PS3 programmer Michael Gluck says that Crysis 2 will surpass what’s already been set.

“With each generation of game titles on PS3, usually every 2 years, the games improve significantly in its quality, mostly showing off in graphics,” Glück told the latest issue of Play Magazine. “I think with Crysis 2 you will see the quality bar being set at a very high level that games will struggle to excel. We’re aiming to set a whole new benchmark with that game for all PS3 games.”

Apparently, there won’t be any huge improvement in games after Crysis 2, just polishes and quality upgrades.

“Still with an AAA title shipped on PS3, you get the chance to improve further, so the next game developed with CryEngine 3 after Crysis 2 on PS3 will not be worse and rather be more polished and have higher quality in all areas. However, it is unlikely to see a major improvement in graphics as we try to not cut any graphical feature and rather optimize it until it becomes feasible. So I expect more density of game elements, physic effect, more interaction, but the major graphics quality will not be significantly improved.”

Thanks, NowGamer.