Exclusive - Crysis 2 Remastered on Switch vs PS3 - A Classic Shooter Reborn?

Crysis 2 was a contentious release back in the day. Did multi-platform development limit it from being everything it could be on PC? And did the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have anything like the required horsepower required to deliver a good experience? The good news is that Crysis 2 Remastered on Switch offers big improvements across the board. This is gold master code - and the day zero patch should be even better.

[CyborgSodaCollects]

Crysis on a cartridge...what a time to be alive.

[zerovector]

Crysis 2 is actually my favorite, I found the combat and gunplay the most satisfying out of the 3. Was smaller in scale sure, but sill offered more freedom than most other shooters at the time

[NothingHereForYou]

His description of why he likes to replay crysis is excactly the reason some of my favorite games are my favorite to replay, like half life, halo, and all the resident evils

[Visuwyg]

I enjoyed Crysis 2 on X360 when it released, and I don't remember performance being so bad haha ... I love Crysis 2's unashamed "hollywood" aesthetic, it felt like a Michael Bay Transformers movie you can play. Curious about the PC remaster, but having a decent handheld version could be cool as well.

[SPACER-]

4:15 I played Crysis 2 on the 360 back when it came out and I (somehow) absolutely loved it. Seeing the footage of it running so poorly in the video is wild because I do not remember it playing like that at all. It's amazing how little performance can matter when you're a kid and have nothing else to compare it to.

[griffgames]

It's a bloody shame that *Warhead* was lost in the remaster mix. It's arguably the tightest campaign in the series, with great level design and very entertaining combat set-ups. A lot of people are missing out.

[dannonyogurt]

Is multiplayer on this?
Crysis 2 multiplayer really was an underrated gem.

[Oni]

Just goes to show you how much they were able to push those 2005-06 tech consoles near the end of their life cycles.

[Del_]

The comparison to Halo is 100% spot on. Crysis and Halo are my favorite shooters for the dynamic AI and moments that feel like you created

[CaptToilet]

The so called "weakest" part in the series is the one I have the most playtime in. If anything I would consider Crysis 3 the weakest simply because of how damn short it is.

[Xyos]

Crysis 2 had/has some of the best looking textures in gaming. The stuff they did with POM and tessellation on the rough ground and brick textures looked awesome.

[pandaumk]

I remember buying a Samsung Laptop to take with me for College in 2011
While looking for this Laptop's User Manual Online, I found out that this laptop was getting so much hype because it could run Crysis 2.
At the time I was a console gamer, I had a PS3, I did not know what 60FPS, Screen Resolution or Vsync meant.
So out of curiosity I bought Crysis 2 in a CD just like Mr. Linneman.
I installed it, I played it, and ever since then I fell in love with the series.
I remember playing Crysis 2 "on the go" at the gaming center of the college I graduated from.
Everyone was surprised how well Crysis 2 ran. The Laptop in fact delivered: the game ran at 50-60FPS at 720p with low-to-medium settings. This game re-initiated me into PC gaming at the time. Last game I got in a CD was Quake 3 Arena LOL


The laptop btw was the Samsung Series 7 Chronos. It had 1gb of Vram with its GTX640M, 8GB of Ram with an i7 3615QM processor, and 900p Screen. Good times indeed.

[StickerzinhoPT]

When I played this on my PS3, honestly the FPS did not bother me seeing that the graphics were so amazing. The FPS were just about playable.
Few years later I moved to PC, and well, it all changed.

[FJano]

Probably Crysis 2 has best theme song ever.

[ParsianTV]

Can't wait for some 'bespoke' PC optimized settings for Crysis Remastered Trilogy.

[AstralFrost]

Ah yes, our old friend Svogi. He comes through town once in a while.

[ajhakraHD]

Played Crysis 2 on the PS3 and honestly don't remember it ever being like this, crazy looking back at what we used to be fine with!

[romanbellic]

Try playing it on PS3 in stereoscopic 3D for MAXIMUM performance.

[SamHart]

You wonder how people felt who played and bought it on consoles?

I got it on 360, and I loved it. I, honestly, don't recall any performance issues bothering me. Clearly, you've captured performance issues here, but I don't recall them affecting me remotely.

[jacobsoper]

The Switch port definitely hews closer to the OG PC release. It features those characteristic road surfaces with slight cracks in them that were replaced in the other versions. I would argue that Crysis 2 is the most well rounded Crysis. It's hard to definitely say which is "best" because the 4 games strive for different things. But C2 is the most complete and well paced entry. It doesn't have the highs that the some of the other entries have, but it is consistently good from start to finish.