Crysis 2 : Original vs Remastered - Why so Bad?

Crysis 2 Remastered vs Original - RTX 3090 l 4K

Crysis 2 : Ultra Settings, 4K
Crysis 2 Remastered : Ultra Settings, RTX - Ultra, DLSS - OFF, 4K

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[mrgarypaterson]

I always thought Crysis 2 looked fabulous and was really pushing ahead of its time, that the remaster doesn't look much different (and perhaps not as good in some areas) is a real testament to this.

[aerozee]

Original Crysis looks like the remastered version of the Remastered!!!

[shadowboy]

This is like the perfect case of realism vs art design. We only thought Crysis was realistic compared to its contemporaries. It was a curated hyper reality

[plamenk.]

The remaster seems to be more... realistic so to speak, the original was so much brighter and saturated considering the setting.

[dmitrijolejnitsch]

I would say, that remastered version looks more realistic, cose cars and other things or stuff that staying outside in rain, fire, dirt and smoke, everything won't be so shining after couple day's already.

[davidcole]

I guess we are in the Age of Remastering games instead of developing new ones... Grand Theft Auto Trilogy and now this. Anything new actually coming out? And Battlefield and COD don't count those all still feel the same.

[sorappoli]

While the remastered does look better in some cases, I actually prefer the style in the original.

What a remaster

[Brogz]

Are you sure they’re the right way round?

[side-fish]

I think the ray tracing is actually making the game look more dull. I guess sometimes realistic doesn't always equal better.

[faisiriandi]

Crysis Dev. : "This Game is Too Heavy, We need to Remastered it !!"
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2021 : "Finally !!!'

[kamelkadri]

To me I don't see major differences, in some cases I prefer the original HOWEVER when you consider the performance huge gap, the original comes on top by a mile

[Brownie]

C2 Remastered still fails to impress compared to OG . They wanted to bring down the OG contrast but messed things up in the process. Now you have a complete blank looking game as you're showing it, even if some textures are improved.
We should wait for modders to remaster the game themselves.

[pixelhunter]

When original looks better than remaster lmao

[mr.cents.]

Nothing wrong with the old graphics really. Maybe slightly over saturated. They tidied things up and changes a few things. The lightning. I like how the sun shines on the ground in the old version better.

[irithindyr]

Will say for the original, the reflections on that taxi at the end are quite impressive!, I played it back on PS3 over 10 years ago.
I remember the game being awesome graphically and the way it handled through the whole experience!

I'll admit I think both versions of the game still look great even in today's modern graphics, the remaster looks better in some ways and the original had nuance things in it like the complex shadows on that taxi, but then for example the fire in the remaster looks more believable 😁

They're both pretty stellar :)

[jcpuga]

ORIGINAL looks like the E3 trailer; REMASTERED looks like what they actually released

[olzzon]

They did the remaster from the old console version, not the PC version thats why it looks so bad, its crazy how they thought doing thats based on a version lower in graphics than the original pc version .

[XYZasw]

Remastered version looks much better. The original one has too many post-process effects like bloom, contrast etc. It reminds me of countless "ultra-realistic graphic mods" that makes everything more colorful and contrasted but destroys realism. I always preferred more grounded look than cheap effects so for me remastered version wins easily.

[GrEeCe_MnKy]

Lmao they did the 2010's move by applying mexico filter.

[selohcin]

What a joke of a remaster! There are hardly any differences. Yes, there are some things that stick out: better shadows in one place, better reflections in another, and a more accurate sky color. But the performance penalty (and the necessity of an entirely separate purchase) to get what is effectively a modest revision of the same thing we had 10 years ago is unjustified and ridiculous.