Crysis Remastered PS5 Upgrade: All Modes Tested - What's The Best Way To Play at 60FPS?

[@sean7332]

I've watched more digital foundry videos on crysis then time played in the actual game

[@lukesmeby]

Lol, I’ve never even played it.

[@reach5589]

Its a tech demo remastered

[@nomercy8989]

@@reach5589 Only people that never played it can call Crysis a tech demo. The game is great but it never was made to run well on anything lol

[@Tekeysix]

@@reach5589 tech demo for what?

[@Farat9622]

@@Tekeysix It was a tech demo when it first came out but also a good game tbh. The problem is that is was made for dual core cpus with higher clock speeds but the industry whent the other way and the clock speeds stayed the same but added more cores to the cpu.

[@timytimeerased]

after so many years pretending the CryEngine is some kinda benchmark/hardware test, we may have the DF Team admitting : this isn't a "demanding game", it's just the cryengine sucks at ressource managing.

[@Funnylittleman]

Every single cryengine game has performed like complete trash on consoles. It sucks because games like Homefront Revolution are really good but my god, playing it on a base console is awful.

[@frederikgoogel5611]

This engine was not designed for either 60fps nor consistant locks to high frame rates. Render thread perf on never versions still is a problem as far as i heard.

[@michaelgallagher9534]

@@Funnylittlemanisn't home front revolution that bad game people only care about cuz it has time splitters 2?

[@BlindBison]

Not the modern CryEngine, but CryEngine 2? Yes - we see the same thing for Far Cry’s Dunia engine which was based on CryEngine 2 and those games are also very single threaded. But Digital Foundry has talked a lot about more modern CryEngine games like Crysis 3 or Hunt Showdown which do scale with core/thread count very well (an impressive feat considering they’re DX11 games). CryEngine 5 =/= CryEngine 3 =/= CryEngine 2. The issue with the remaster is they’re working from a code base that is very old and was only designed to run on dual core CPUs. They actually have improved multithreading in the Crysis Remaster, but obviously it’s not as much as we hoped.

[@raresmacovei8382]

@@Funnylittleman Wasn't Homefront Revolution fixed on consoles? Game got tons of patches that fixed a lot.

[@sappho5988]

I can’t believe that “can it run crysis?” meme is still a thing..

[@adrenalineisbrown]

give it another 10 years. maybe than we can run it on max

[@KyleViewing]

They cannot remaster it properly there are other titles that have for more detail than Crysis its way way way overrated for graphics and textures. In its time yes but now in 2021 not really.

[@nookie077]

I can't believe people are acting like this game looks good today.... it's pushing hardware because the engine is poorly optimised. It looks shite.

[@wolgercon]

At this point I'm beginning to wonder if not running Crysis optimally, is the way it's meant to be run

[@JorisKeijser]

Well yes, but it has shifted to "Can it run an unoptimised piece of crap that doesn't look good bearing the name of Crysis?".

[@Deinosoar]

Alex: *Look how they massacred my boi*

[@KizaruB]

The Crysis shrine remained extinguished that day

[@jo12danjames]

Man 20 fps? Whats wrong with playstation? News is today when your cmos clock dies, you can't even play ps4 games offline! Wtf?

[@americafuckyeah4520]

@@jo12danjames what are you on about? Are you the fool who thinks Spiderman ray tracing runs on the cloud 😂?

[@jo12danjames]

@@americafuckyeah4520 huh? I have no clue what you're talking about! But I like your name America all the way! Thats why I'm abdonoing this Asian console and going with AMERICA'S console, xbox all the way! Nice job 🇺🇸

[@americafuckyeah4520]

@@jo12danjames you people are sad. Using American pride as an argument isn't an argument at all. And you do realize Sony creates jobs in America, right? Sony is actually focusing a lot on America more so than Japan even, We're better off with them than without. You're a sad little fanboy. I think a love for ones country is greater than this console war shit, which really makes you a lowly individual, you're taking this shit way too seriously to go as far as to question other people's standing in American culture. I bet I'm a billion times more American than you.

[@igrun8753]

We need Re-Remaster now.

[@UmVtCg]

It's called a remake

[@DubElementMusic]

@@UmVtCg nah, its called remaster not like this "cashcow demaster edition"

[@TheBean87]

@@DubElementMusic id rather a remake. At least then the problems can be fixed, plus give the game a true boost in visuals.

[@cagencagen473]

If your on PC check out a mod called 'enhanced edition' by a group called remaster studio.. Looks even better than the official remaster.

[@ricketycricket3242]

@@UmVtCg A remaster is usually just upgraded visuals, a remake is built from the ground up. Now, a reboot is A BIT similar to a remake, but it's much more than just that. A port is a lot like a remaster, but on a whole lesser level.

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

The game is poorly optimized on all platforms.

[@nowonmetube]

Not only that, it's she shittier version they remastered, namely the PS3 and Xbox 360 version, instead of the way better looking (to begin with) PC version. So, my 13 yo PC (with upgraded parts, other than the motherboard and CPU) can run Crysis way better than next gen consoles?

[@Phoenix-gz9xb]

Did you even watch it?

[@Mick_Chicken]

@@nowonmetube This is the major issue with this remaster, So much is missing..

[@lutherheggs451]

@@Mick_Chicken that and the piss poor hit detection and sluggish controls no matter what your sensitivity is set at and the inability to even walk up a slightly slanted hill, the enemies knowing exactly were you are weirdly instantly even if they don't see you ....There were already some stupid about the first game like the sprint being tied to ability meter

[@vncube1]

Nothing's changed since 2007 basically for Crysis 1

[@Blag_Cog]

I feel like they did very little to optimize it to the new consoles. They are basically just using their last-gen ports and uncapping the framerate.

[@Lanse1984]

Yeah thr PS5 is running on PS4 pro settings. So like cpu and gpu running at 25% capacity

[@RahatAzim998]

@@Lanse1984 "CPU and GPU running at 25% capacity" Source: Trust me bro. Where did you even come up with the 25% number?

[@Lanse1984]

@@RahatAzim998 backwards compatibility mode. I was exagerating a bit but its far from 100%. Didnt you know that? PS5 is running: CPU = 2.1Ghz GPU = 911 mhz

[@mononoke721]

It's called a quick buck.

[@Blag_Cog]

@@mononoke721 facts!

[@kevinac4397]

Dat single threaded performance

[@thombrown]

*That

[@mvyhem]

@@thombrown *dat

[@aktrevor]

@@mvyhem 😂💯

[@TechHug]

Remastered isn't single-threaded.

[@Jason_Bover9000]

Actually it is

[@officialwattzmusic]

I get resolution and fps dips playing on my 2080 ti smh this game is so poorly optimised lmao

[@CherryPixelBun]

Would it really be Crysis if it was optimized lol

[@Monsux]

Well, the game kinda uses only one CPU core and they didn't optimize it for the modern CPUs. You could have 3090 and still have the same problems.

[@jetthejudge]

@@Monsux Wow, I have no clue how that is even acceptable to release

[@jyotiwaghmare4100]

@@CherryPixelBun 😅

[@THEREALVITO]

@@jetthejudge It's just how the original game was designed unfortunately. Crytek thought that single core CPUs would become more powerful, when in reality PCs and consoles have gone for adding multiple cores instead. It would need an entire remake most likely.

[@abodyalharbi3844]

The VRR support on the Series X really makes a difference with these fps drops making the experience so smooth at quality mode. The PS5 should support it as soon as possible.

[@kleyltd4865]

Will this come to ps5 in the future at all?

[@neomaxmlc]

Its supposed to.

[@JorisKeijser]

@@neomaxmlc They rushed this thing so hard. Feels like they were like "Oh shit, Microsoft's actually done already!? Quick! Finish whatever you can and don't mention half the stuff is still unfinished!". Like the M.2 slot, the backwards compatibility, the VRR and more, just to have the whole thing be unavailable. If they would've taken the extra year or two they would've hit so hard.

[@Gravy1255]

@@JorisKeijser was waiying for this fanboy response

[@JorisKeijser]

@@Gravy1255 Ah fuck here we go again.. Who is the fanboy here? Cause I am not fanboying, and the fact that you see it that way makes you the fanboy, you absolute imbecile. I like Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo and PC equally as much. Or rather, slightly dislike them equally as much because none of them are truly done propely and ethically.

[@buzzworddujour]

This whole crysis remastered thing just strikes me as something that will never not be disappointing until someone rebuilds fundamental parts of it for the newer versions of the cryengine

[@gamerxt333]

Which is weird, you would think they would of done that, like rebuild the game from scratch on the newest engine, it probably wouldnt be that difficult because they could reuse a lot of the original.

[@raresmacovei8382]

It would be a LOT of work properly making all materials PBR, implement all visual effects with the new code and getting the same (or improved) look, and making all code massively multithreaded.

[@ZalvaTionZ]

@@raresmacovei8382 I mean they already have issues with the newer shaders. The skin rendering is a huge step down to the tricks they used in the original.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

It's odd but even on a non VRR display i haven't had any real framerate issues in Quality mode on Series X. It hasn't hitched or seemed to drop . I've even done the scene where you destroy the tanks from the school and it still played well. I am wondering if it could be because i allowed plenty of space on the internal drive first to ensure there were no possible caching issues?. It would be interesting to hear from the developer on these findings from Digital Foundry anyway as they seem to have a good standing with them seeing they were invited on a tour of their studio and all. I am only up to mission 4 i think but i completed the game on Xbox one X without any major problems anyway. Just need a few more achievements to get the full 1000 .

[@JohnnyThousand605]

@@DEVILTAZ35 That's an interesting idea (re: capacity)

[@paul1979uk2000]

I think they should have used the PC original port, remaster it and optimize cpu usage so it uses more cores, that likely would have been better for PC and new gen consoles then what we got.

[@zaidabraham7310]

Crysis Remastered: Remastered

[@MT_Real_]

Remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster of remaster

[@kastaway-mtx]

@@MT_Real_ you killed the thread

[@HueyTheDoctor]

Coming 2024.

[@nathanmerritt1581]

It's been remastered to death! 💀

[@gamerxt333]

re-mustard 12k PC version

[@JMartinni]

I'm amazed this still has weird CPU issues like the 2007 original even on the new consoles. Meanwhile platform-agnostic raytracing is in? WTH is Crytek doing man, weird priorities.

[@koerel]

I guess that's what happens when you try and "future proof" your game by designing it around hardware that doesn't exist, and never would exist as it turned out.

[@xentiment6581]

Well, they didnt want to put any serious work into this. Game is still DX11, so no wonder its basically 3 threads and pretty high GPU overhead. DX12 is a must for crysis with maximized MT but that requires rewriting lot of code and we cannot have that.

[@jim0_o]

2007 Directed at Sony : "But can it run Crysis?" *Digital Foundry steps in.* 2021 DF: "Kind of..."

[@hollywooda111]

You cant have a DF response without saying "pretty" in it.

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

I don't know why it's taking so long for Sony to release a VRR patch. PS5 has been out now for almost 5 months and a promised feature is still not in the OS. WTF is Sony doing!?

[@pdrofge]

Hi! First of all, sorry about my english, I'm form Spain. I have seen your videos about coil whine. I had this problem whith 2 ps5s, the second was worst than the first one, and I returned them. I don't know what to do because I love PS exclusives but the coil whine noise is unbearable for me. Did you finally obtain a quiet ps5 ? I'm thinking to get a series x, but I'm dissapointed because I wanted to play Demons souls, Ratchet and Clank, etc:(

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

@@pdrofge they all are about the same volume. Some of them, the very rare ones, can be more quiet. Even the very quiet ones will buzz when playing games though. They all make noise.

[@pdrofge]

@@TypicallyUniqueOfficial ok so I think I will buy a series x, I have to think about that. Thanks you for the info🙌

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

@@pdrofge I love my Series X. I've had no issues with it what so ever. PS5 is built very cheap.

[@lutherheggs451]

@@TypicallyUniqueOfficial Cool story. Too bad Xbox doesn't make games anymore....Only Gamepass fodder for their service.....But then again when your customer base spent all their money on your worthless box, because literally everything is available on PC or PS5 I guess you have to make things cheap for the entitled welfare people who think they're entitled to play every game day one so why waste money......Good thing MS has that PC operating system and Office to fall back on since Xbox has cost them billions while making them zero profit for 2 gens going on 3....Last Xbox game to get seriously nominated for GOTY was Halo 2.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

I've really been enjoying it. Theres a lot more raytracing now and also a lot more effects in certain places. Plus better draw distance on some things (tho still terrible on some others). Plus 60 fps really does make a difference even when its unstable

[@stillirise85O]

I agree. I purchased this game, after the first reviews went up, and I’m really enjoying it, I don’t feel like it runs terrible at all. I wonder how many people are actually playing vs watching the review, and writing this remaster off as a failure. Compared to the Version of Crysis that’s on game pass, this is a huge huge huge upgrade!

[@dantasticmania8728]

@@stillirise85O Yeah you'll get a few frame drops here or two here or there but its definitely not like how horrible like it preformed on pc for the first time. My buddy couldn't get it to run on his pc to run properly without having huge frame drops and then there were the crashes.

[@lutherheggs451]

doesn't fix the piss poor hit detection or the sluggish aiming no matter what you have your sensitivity at.

[@WarlordRising]

When the tanks roll out at the encampment, it doesn't matter how powerful the hardware is, there's always frame drops. I've played this game on the PC on 3 different rigs. That scene always tanks the frames.

[@Shaojeemy]

No pun intended

[@SCANNI]

​@@Shaojeemyba dum tsss

[@whbig1848]

Played it on switch and immediately stopped playing that was like sub 15 fps lol.

[@Red_Panduh]

Wait a sec, John said the ps5 version runs a little bit better? Was that mispoken because from both videos, the ps5 version seems to drop way way more than XSX

[@RafaelOchrymowicz]

DF gives a lot of love to PS5 recently, wonder if they're being secretly sponsored or of it's just a fan boy thing

[@victhebrickgaming2227]

John has a soft spot for Sony always has, he always the first to jump to white knight his love for the PS.

[@maxminy5634]

They showed some side by sides where the series x drops more (but it’s running at a higher drs). But the scenes Alex benchmarked don’t seem to have been done on John’s video where the ps5 is dropping the most. Or at least they didn’t show a comparison there.

[@victhebrickgaming2227]

@@maxminy5634 yup they didn’t use the same spots for comparison and that’s a bit alarming coming from a channel that’s supposed to be unbiased on all fronts.

[@-1nterruption-960]

@@RafaelOchrymowicz Yeah and the problem is it helps Sony fanboys to think that the ps5 is more powerful 🤣🤣 they really think that the fools 🤣🤣

[@DenkyManner]

DF trolling us now, seeing just how many times they can upload the same Crysis performance video.

[@Xx_m1k3_0X1onG_xX]

What's the count at now?

[@thepizzaelf]

But we keep coming back because it’s always entertaining lmao

[@gamerxt333]

This is the PS5 and XSX version

[@redclaw72666]

The reason why for the fanboys can shut up about which console is powerful lol

[@bearpuns5910]

We come back for Alex's sighs of disappointment

[@lfcobrikom5612]

The ps5 game boost runs with the full cpu and gpu clocks of the ps5. Games with ps4 Pro settings run with 2.1ghz cpu and 911 gpu clocks leaving enough headroom to increase framerate to 60fps or increase resolution if a developer cares to do so. This game runs in ps4 Pro mode leaving about 80% of ps5 cpu and gpu clocks idle.

[@petergriffin5256]

This game should be easily running at max settings 120fps in native 4k. It's a 14 years old game on 1 year old hardware. That's probably the worst optimization ever made.

[@peoduction6068]

@UC8Lf2JkGP8xyTxiDI7_MAjA it was a poorly optimized game. Now it's still a poorly optimized 14 years old game.

[@sinaolaei]

Crytech doesn’t seem to be able to release a game that doesn’t look blurry and performs as it should on console.

[@brunolopes5482]

Ryse is the exception

[@kjragg1099]

Performance mode and quality mode running at the same low resolution is the most Crysis thing ever.

[@stingymcduck5450]

The faces lack a lot of detail but I bet it's because of the way they are shaded, because under direct sunlight they look fine.

[@ScrA-PezZz]

This game doesnt even looks that good, its just that is terrible optimized

[@Niko-xz5lk]

Pretty much

[@mattjudy6780]

Exactly.

[@LevelSmackcom]

Built terribly. The architecture is poop

[@mikem2253]

Great video. Was expecting a bigger section of PS5 vs Series X tho.

[@Captainrave]

I mean it’s not even close, so they’ve clearly decided to avoid the discussion.

[@patrickforciniti7810]

well which one runs better then? Series x or ps5

[@a-aron3734]

@@patrickforciniti7810 Seems like XSX. Higher resolutions at each mode but I think the FPS dips were about the same as PS5. However their other video (Xbox Video) didn't report the bugs that they did for the PS5 video.

[@alex5ale]

Excellent work as always !!!

[@eneak2518]

Getting this and Mass Effect remastered on Xbox Series X

[@03chrisv]

We just need a straight up remake. Crysis makes modern PCs (and the new consoles) seem weak due to old legacy code and not taking advantage of the high parallelization processing of modern CPUs. Honestly the best version of Crysis is the original PC version with a HD texture pack. This remaster is a downgrade in many ways.

[@gluedtogames]

Wouldn't it be pretty cheap to buy legacy hardware that's considered "powerful" for the architecture it was built for? Why aren't we seeing that?

[@cieuxlux9617]

@@gluedtogames It's not so much an issue of what was available at the time of release - Crysis was built for what the developers thought the future would be like. It's heavily reliant on single threaded performance on just a few cores, so even if you have a monstrous 10900k with 10 cores, you'll still get performance drops. The current consoles run on what is basically a 2700x. Don't get me wrong, I think that's great and the 2700x is a wonderful CPU - but it's not very strong in single threaded performance. It's a little less than half a 5800x in single threaded applications. The developers thought we would have 10 GHz dual / quad cores in 2021, not 10 cores 5 GHz chips

[@SixPathsOfJin]

Did John really just say that the PS5 version has better performance than the Series X version? Because this video really doesn't show that... Lengthy 40fps sections and drops as low as 20fps?? Didn't see any drops that low on the Xbox video, not even on Series S!? In fact, they completely glossed over that 20fps drop?? Very strange from DF. This version needs a patch as therer are some glaringly obvious performance issues.

[@sergiolopez1585]

John's opinion is irrelevant. He has lost all credibility since the beginning of this generation. He has now become a meme

[@faremath]

John is a fan of sony, it comes through. His social media is filled with fanboying over sony. He has a record of hating xbox and has even said "the industry would be better if xbox never entered". He prefers better frames to resolution. The xbox has better resolutions, and the playstation has slightly better frames.

[@johannessguten2527]

@@faremath it’s so funny watching Sony fanboys say df is biased against ps and paid by Microsoft when we get vids like this one

[@wwfww]

The day crysis runs well i will feel empty

[@ВикторРуссков-ч4о]

That day will never come cause the devs are not concerned of making well-optimised game

[@KyoshoLP]

I've never played Crysis, yet every time DF does a Crysis video, I can't click fast enough.

[@iparz44z]

What’s stopping you?

[@KyoshoLP]

​@@iparz44z At the time, I didn't have a PC that could run it. By the time I did, it was a few years old and I'd moved onto other games. That, and I have a love/hate relationship with their previous game, Far Cry. Amazing visuals and sound design, and absolutely atrocious enemy AI. The game encouraged stealth, but it almost never worked. Probably the reason they went with invisibility in Crysis. That way, whether enemies could see you was more of a binary, 1 or 0 sort of thing. I do still want to play it (mostly due to DF), but who knows if I'll ever get to it. My backlog is immense.

[@iparz44z]

@@KyoshoLP I used to play Farcry and Crysis on my Pc back in the day and loved both games especially Crysis. The remastered is awesome and brings back memories. In my opinion Crysis is one of the best games ever made, you should put your backlog on hold and play Crysis

[@reach5589]

So many videos about a remaster of 2000s tech demo

[@coap819]

Never got the praise for the game, it's exactly as you said, a tech demo with some clunky gameplay attached to it.

[@MrDoysh121]

Great win for the Series X!!

[@DEVILTAZ35]

It's great on Series X but it needs more optimisation with physics to match latest PC build. No reason at all why no volumetric clouds on the level they put back in and why we can't have individual fence posts break when you shoot them. That looks rather silly at the moment. I didn't notice AI issues on Series X though. I just run through that stage where the snipers were in the gully anyway. I found a great way to beat them is to run to the end , turn slightly right and run as far as you can. Then turn and lob grenades at them when they come into view. 2 to 3 grenades takes out the entire pursuing party and then you are on your way :)

[@Onikirimaru231]

Them 20 frames doe. OUCH!!!!!

[@Bigdaddymittens]

It's a loading hitch

[@thepizzaelf]

It’s a checkpoint glitch lol happens on all platforms

[@WllKiedSnake]

@@thepizzaelf Nah! From what I seen in the last patch they managed to figure out how to not have that happen on Series X and the other systems I believe. PS5 hasnt been patched to not do that hitch yet.

[@JayT8823]

@@thepizzaelf nah

[@JeffZ1028]

@@JayT8823 Great retort👍

[@ataksnajpera]

17:31 - Original looks so natural and almost photo realistic even today

[@nadirjofas3140]

Far from it

[@mrpiratefox4497]

Looks good?? Yes. Photo-realistic?? Fuck no, not even Remastered looks photo-realistic

[@jamezxh]

You ever played the original with Graphics mods?

[@emil4169]

Why there is no direct comparison to Xbox Series X|S with frame-rate?

[@officialwattzmusic]

Damage control.

[@emil4169]

@@officialwattzmusic Where do you see „damage control”? That was just a simple question.

[@emil4169]

@CYB3R2K30 Maybe, but still would be okay to see direct comparison between PS5 and XSX|S, like with other games.

[@samuelkeene1589]

Because they’ll probably do another video for that.

[@XGlite015]

when I saw drops to 40+fps and that single 20fps at 8:36, I don't think it's necessary.

[@WayStedYou]

The sighless edition of the review :P

[@marcusvandermerwe5848]

What they should have done : XSX / PS5 : Modes 1. RT Quality - 1800p w/ ray tracing targeting a stable 30fps 2. RT Performance - 1080p or even 900p w/ ray tracing and more aggressive DRS targeting a stable 60fps 3. Perfomance - kinda acceptable as is w/ 1080p targeting 60fps XSS : Modes 1. Quality - lower res to 1800p or even 1440p with more aggressive DRS targeting stable 30fps 2. RT Mode : good as is 3. Performance - 900p with more aggressive DRS (even if lower bounds needs to drop to to 540p etc in order to keep more stable 60fps)

[@brewski535]

30fps? For the love of God not in crysis. Quality mode: The XSX should be dynamic 1800p The PS5 should be dynamic 1440p RT mode: The XSX should be locked 1080p The PS5 should be locked 1080p Performance mode: Leave as it is on XSX and PS5. Not sure about the XSS. More importantly than all this though is to fix the incorrect scaling on PS5, it makes the game look so blurry. I'm playing it in quality mode on XSX and with VRR you never see a drop so tbh I want them to leave it like it is.

[@Donodabet]

8:35 Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carolinagamer2874]

Huge dip there

[@Captainrave]

Didn’t see that on the XSX. The Sony lot cling to all possible excuses.

[@howiekearney]

Another XSX win easily. Much higher res and higher frame rates. Interesting how DF are much less hesitant to point out the differences or make such a big deal of it when XSX is performing better then ps5. If the XSX dropped 1 frame difference as an example the Tony Hawk comparison they spend 5 minutes talking about it and making a big deal of it.

[@yannickthomas7631]

C'est de la retro.. pas 1 vrais portage lisez la description

[@samuelcunningham7045]

He said at the end that the ps5 has higher frame rates but the Xbox has higher rez... stop being a fukn dumb arse fan boi

[@DEVILTAZ35]

lol that was funny though and they said it was while standing against a wall. It was more they were trying to work out why it was dropping but in reality they said both versions were excellent with PS5 having a slightly smoother framerate was all. It wasn't like they said NAh nah series X owners suck :) . The only people to suck in that scenario is Activision because i bought the game on Xbox one X on Disc and i can't upgrade and would have to buy it again. It makes zero sense when you can upgrade from PS4 disc but not Xbox disc.

[@darcrequiem]

Does Crysis run on any of those AliExpress knock off consoles? Can we get Alex to find out ;-)

[@scarface11991]

I heard it runs perfect 120 fps on the Soulja Console.

[@DenGuleBalje]

The Subor console? It probably should run, but idk

[@gamerxt333]

about 6 fps when looking at the sky

[@vasilas432]

This is a serious joke!!! :D

[@moodydog9960]

2007 Crysis: A game so far ahead of it's time that brings any computer to it's knees. 2020 Crysis Remastered: A game (or engine) so poorly optimised that it makes next generation hardware struggle to run what is effectively over a decade old (and is kind of showing its age).

[@miggies8140]

This is absolutely terrible optimization. Why not an official next gen port?

[@jetthejudge]

Because that would take time and money, they didn't even do it for PC either. It's a rough game on every platform.

[@lfcobrikom5612]

What did these pathetic idiots remaster now? This game is literally running in ps4 Pro mode on the ps5 and they're calling it a remaster

[@johannessguten2527]

@@lfcobrikom5612 it’s running in ps4 pro mode without even any real optimization on top of that they literally just unlocked the framerate and increased the res cap

[@ACameronUK]

I probably will never play Crysis - but I will continue to watch DF videos on the topic every time they appear ☺️

[@royacarter]

Failed to mention the 20 FPS at time 8:36.

[@Derpington95]

That's because how checkpoints work in the game. Sadly it will hitch there no matter what hardware you throw at it.

[@at_the_speed_of_life8536]

that was rough seeing it hit 20fps on quality mode

[@dr.loomis4221]

The devs really dropped the ball with this one. Imagine if Bluepoint Games handled this.

[@APE029]

Now I’d love to see blue point do some ps3 shooters

[@orr-man5065]

Love the DF tongue in cheek comments about more Crysis coverage. You guys do you and cover what you want as much as you want.

[@RalphNaderInc]

yeah, just don't listen to anyone and make fun of everyone who even slightly criticizes you! great way to run a channel

[@Idrice10]

Series X version > PS5

[@jimmelton5846]

The one we have been waiting for guys, Crysis.

[@braedonlock3359]

I wanna see a new outriders comparison follow up from the demo. Wondering of they fixed the issues.

[@DaDoom1]

@@braedonlock3359 they at least fixed some, theflags have collision physics now when the demo didn't

[@jimmelton5846]

@@braedonlock3359 my Son plays it on Series S and has few issues to speak of, his friend however has lots of connection issues. I remember seeing one particular patch removed progression? but he does like the game a lot, I expect DF will take another look fairly soon (if they don't have another Crysis video in the works).

[@braedonlock3359]

@@DaDoom1 ya and the xbox versions were a little unoptimized. Wondering if that’s better. Im curious as to how the full game actually runs. Not just the demo stuff.

[@braedonlock3359]

@@jimmelton5846 lol I don’t think they could make another crysis video if they tried. They’ve Already milked that cow dry lol. im more curious about outriders performance. Im aware they’ve had connection issues/bugs that stuff will be fixed. I hope they do take another look.

[@braedonlock3359]

Another W for xbox. Running at 1440p not 1080. Targeting 2160 not 1800p. And both run very similar. Xbox has VRR for drops. Another L for the sony fan bois.

[@altaafsheik5725]

With vrr displays its much better than ps5 version , strange how sony hasn't enabled VRR support yet

[@Matchplains]

@@MichaelM28 enjoy your remakestaion 5

[@braedonlock3359]

@@MichaelM28 ya we will have more exclusives actually. But nice try, we have double your studio’s now. Only a matter of time while they make the games. You bought a featureless console with no games. Speaking of games. Have fun paying 69.99$ for mlb and 59.99$ for outriders. Ill be paying a dollar. 😂😂

[@braedonlock3359]

@@altaafsheik5725 ya with no VRR for these drops would suck on crysis. No doubt which platform would play better. But sony bois always say its “coming” VRR and expandable SSD is “coming”. Lol it’s been over 6 months is it coming?? 😂

[@andrenascimento9112]

If you have vrr it looks very clean on quality on seriesX.

[@pixelbitg9386]

I find the change in tone compared to the video on Xbox, interesting. On the Xbox video, you get Alex sighing a good 300 times (killing the vibe) On this one, you have both Alex and John light stepping the FACTS hard. To the point that Alex proclaims it runs better on PS5 yet what we see appears to run at a lesser resolution and John saying something about GPU dips on Series X, yet ps5 in quality drops into the LOW 40s consistently. We never see that in the Xbox video.

[@WllKiedSnake]

We need more people doing comparisons on this game for each system. Only way to know which version of Crysis to truly play on console.

[@andrenascimento9112]

They also said that if you have vrr on series X it plays very, very good on quality mode.. So you have this option, the frame rate is better then ps5 easely.

[@pixelbitg9386]

@@andrenascimento9112 very much so and I have vrr

[@Alexander5R]

What a joke of game. We gave a lot of grief to Cyberpunk, but at least on PS5 is very consistent at 60 fps above 1080p. This game is almost 15 years old and can't run at 60 fps no matter the resolution. I'm very glad I didn't spend my money on this.

[@pinkfloyd36123]

it's honestly embarrassing how unoptimized this game is, there's no way a ps5 shouldn't be able to run this at a locked 60 at 1080p

[@0boro]

*Me watching this at 480p on my phone*: Y'know, I just don't see a difference

[@nickmotsarsky4382]

So play the video in a higher resolution then, dork.

[@nickmotsarsky4382]

@LennyFelly I'm not trying to act tough at all. Not sure why you'd think that.

[@jfsps15]

Does all that problems were fixed?

[@satnav9699]

Can't wait to see the crysis video in 2025 about the ps6 and xbox series xxx port.

[@danielwild4928]

More like 2027 or 2028 for next generation

[@theFall3nOne1]

@@danielwild4928 yeah.i have a feeling this will be the longest console generation yet!2025 will probably see the "pro" versions of ps5 and xbox x

[@biggrizzy718]

🤣🤣🤣😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johannessguten2527]

@@theFall3nOne1 2027 would actually make this gen shorter than 6th and equal to 7th lol

[@JeffZ1028]

In the previous Xbox video, all the PS guys were saying in the comments it ran at a locked 60 fps on PS5... 🤭

[@carlito1777]

Lol, it looks like it runs better on series s. Better 60 FPS and at least it does not pretend doing more than 30 FPS on ray tracing mode lol

[@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et]

True but why didn't they compared the same locations they did here then the series x could potentially be even worse.

[@carlito1777]

@@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et as far as I know there was the same locations

[@sdewey4152]

Lol I miss when scoping caused frame drops, this game needs a real remake, it still has janky 2000s problems.

[@sdewey4152]

@Flavio PS 2000s. Not 2000 and certainly not just on systems such as the PS2. Upon a quick Google it seems a common problem in some PC games even today....I thought this died out in the mid to late 2000s, I was obviously wrong.

[@ionamygdalon2263]

Great review, benchmark !! 👌

[@ShaneDanger42069]

Series X is the greatest console ever!

[@MrQuadro83]

😂

[@ryutenmen]

Its great, sure, but not ever because after SX it will be another, much better.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

@@ryutenmen Ever just means as of now :)

[@ryutenmen]

@@DEVILTAZ35 lol, "ever" means "always, for ever, at all times, relentlessly, eternally, evermore, unceasingly, to the end of time, everlastingly​" etc, therefore including the future.

[@mrratchet]

I have an annoying bug in the 2nd mission where I cannot progress because Psycho and Prophet decide to run away from the objective that we're supposed to be securing. Input latency is a bit better but it's still not ideal sadly.

[@kishaloyb.7937]

This is what led to the downfall of Crytek, and why very few devs actually use the CryEngine. Instead of putting resources and improving the multi-threaded performance of the engine. Crytek put their money on hardware agnostic RT which nobody cares about. It's like they were hell-bent on re-inventing the wheel. Improving the multi-threaded performance and implementing low level APIs in the engine like DX12 and Vulkan would have helped a lot. In fact, DX12 and Vulkan comes with their own RT extensions, so RT support for the engine would have been inevitable, if they went for low level APIs. Low level APIs also allow for better CPU core/thread utilization, so that's that.

[@Dev-nr4dw]

You have no idea what you're talking about. From the last 9 years only this cryengine game is unoptimised because this was based on ps3/360 console ports of Crysis which itself ran poorly because it was not built ground up for consoles but just a port. If you look at Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 they push the fidelity very high on ps3 and looks much better than Crysis 1. Then look at Crysis 3 on pc, Ryse Son of Rome, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Prey 2017 and Crytek's own Hunt: Showdown all of them run excellent becuase they were made on newer versions of Cryengine. Just because this one particular game does not run well doesn't mean Crytek is incompetent or having a downfall. You are a pretentious and an ignorant moron spreading misinformation because Hunt: Showdown was a hit according to Crytek themselves so no they are far from having a downfall.

[@Dev-nr4dw]

Even Homefront The Revolution was patched and runs excellent on all platforms it is on. It originally ran poorly not because of cryengine but because it was rushed as it also had plenty of bugs and glitches so another game to disprove your stupid comment.

[@kishaloyb.7937]

@@Dev-nr4dw ​ and when did I say that CryEngine is very bad and people should not use it?? All I said that Crytek invested their money and resources on the wrong stuff when they should right now only focus on low level APIs and better resource optimizations. Out of the three publicly available game engines, that is UE4, Unity and CryEngine, the adoption of CryEngine is still way less than the other 2 engines. And that speaks a lot. Sure, CryEngine has it's own fair share of good games like Hunt, Ryse SOR, Prey 2017 and KCD (which I personally loved playing), the list is still shorter compared to the other 2 engines. I have nothing against Crytek or CryEngine, but they clearly have more work to be done on their engine compared to their competition. Also just because Hunt: Showdown is a success doesn't mean that Crytek are good developers, or they are not going through a downfall right now. In recent years, they've closed many studious and many employees where even laid off. Some didn't even get their salary on the due date. If talking about the hard truth makes me a pretentious, ignorant moron, then yes I am, at least I'm not you who doesn't know how to be respectful in a simple discussion. Guess you just insult everyone, just to prove your pointless argument and feel good about it.

[@leogets2006]

Watch battlefield 6 piss this in visuals and be 4k 60 hahahaha

[@FlameOfRoyeca]

I almost said something about EA pissing on players but whatever

[@marlbartony1621]

Very good optimization by DICE 👏👏

[@leogets2006]

@@FlameOfRoyeca I'm talking about the developers Dice not there publisher EA lol.

[@FlameOfRoyeca]

@@leogets2006 no offense but, yeah the same people who made BFV. What do i know...but it has been consistently a buggy launch after buggy launch. Sucks to be on PC too cause cheaters

[@memoryman3586]

Definitely won’t be 4K 60

[@martosraynierideljesus7454]

Why not vs Xbox Series X? Aaah okay it's because on Xbox it runs at 4k and Playstaydon't

[@gaminginframes2819]

I've still been playing the original Crysis on PC in at 4K/60 (SLI/DX9). I found that 1 setting (AAx8) takes advantage of both cards, which went from the mid 50s to 99% usage when turned on.

[@frederikgoogel5611]

Since msaa does nothing to foliage maybe try edge_aa at 1 or 2. works wonders on vegetation.

[@Balasca]

Doesn't this game run on only a single CPU core? Would explain a lot.

[@ВикторРуссков-ч4о]

Yes, it really does. CPU problems could’ve explained those frame rate dips

[@mrpiratefox4497]

The original does. This one has an improvement: It uses 4 cores lol

[@johannessguten2527]

@@mrpiratefox4497 the ps5 cpu is also being heavily limited right now as well with the mode it’s running

[@DEVILTAZ35]

@@mrpiratefox4497 wow we should celebrate. At this rate by the year 2050 we just might see a 16 core version :)

[@thegrimcrimson]

Is this with tv hdr enabled regardless on performance or quality mode? Or game mode with quality mode?

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I finished Crysis 2 in 3D mode on the Xbox 360 and never once thought about ''Wow this framerate sux" It was just an awesome game play experience. I was just stunned how that looked on a 3D tv especially for 360. Avatar was the best looking 3D game by far though. I really wish they would bring this mode back.

[@madbroshow4731]

@digitalfoundry you can shut off motion blur i Have found on PS5 it improves performance and visually helps

[@yumo]

Low expectations for this one after the Series X analysis

[@XGlite015]

It was expected. Didn't expect it to drop to 40+ fps and a single 20fps at 8:36 of this video.

[@EpsiIonEagle]

In performance mode, the 60fps is nearly flawless on Series X. Fun game

[@sarojshukla5813]

Can you guys please do a console equivalent graphics settings and recommend settings for every game including crysis remastered along with last gen and next gen consoles comparison? And engine analysis I would be grateful if this applies to every game release

[@ANFWHGPIE23]

Runs at 1080 p , lower res than the series X and still drops more frames lol

[@luiiibilll00]

Yep as I expected, thease differences will become more clear as time goes on.

[@sofaking1180]

@@luiiibilll00 oh no, your favorite more powerful plastic box drops a few less frames and is a little less blurry (when zoomed in) compared to the other slightly less powerful plastic box. You can now sleep at night and feel like a superior human being on the Internet... the only place where losers like you care so much about something so inconsequential. For fucks sake, how about you worry less about pixels and care more about playing the actual damn games!!!

[@luiiibilll00]

@@sofaking1180 ohhh no I was pointing out fact on a console that's a second thought to me, My favorite piece of plastic is my 3080 if you must know

[@ViktorLucca]

@@luiiibilll00 🤣🤣.. don't waste your time with this noob.. he a PS5 fanboy and problably doesn't even own one... obviously doesn't own a 3080 like we do meaning he'll never know how games should look..😎

[@Astralmess]

We had better looking games on PS4 to be fair, so I could literally care less how this poorly optimized mess called Crysis runs on anything.

[@spenceranderson4563]

You still can't side strafe using sprint in classic mode to strafe faster. Can you guys please address this since Saber likely watches your vids.

[@paulwade4058]

Can’t you guys do an article about how the ps5 doesn’t do system level super sampling. For a 1080p user the ps5 provides a lesser experience than the PS4 pro. Persona 5 royal, death stranding, Genshin Impact, the last guardian. All stuck in their 1080p modes. Looking like shit. When I used to play death stranding in the beautiful 4K mode.

[@lfcobrikom5612]

Sony are profoundly stupid. Remember how the ps4 Pro lacked a boost mode and super sampling until xbox one x came a year later and eclipsed it on features day 1 before the mediocre Fools at Sony decided to release those features 2 years after the release of the Console. We may get vrr and 1080p super sampling by 2024

[@LackoMacko86]

Has performance improved on PS5?

[@RobbieB2606]

Came to this vid to find this out....

[@raheelvirk5333]

Alex sounds happy 😃

[@LuisSR01]

He's bashing PS5 of course he's happy

[@Dev-nr4dw]

@@LuisSR01 Stop being delusional you pathetic manchild.

[@andrenascimento9112]

@@LuisSR01 he clearly said if you play on performance mode you will be good 👍👍

[@JeffZ1028]

@@LuisSR01 Damm bro don't take it personal lmfao Imagine being this sensitive lol

[@LuisSR01]

@@JeffZ1028 Yeah because I was the one who started with the insults lol

[@DEVILTAZ35]

Hi a patch was just released for Series X to restore HDR too. I am more than sure they have also dropped the resolution down to 1080p for performance mode as it looks worse but is much smoother from what i can see. I've played a couple of levels only mid way through the game with new patch but it seems improved performance wise.

[@rjspires]

Best way to play is the OG PC version. I think you can still get on GOG.

[@iamstartower]

Yes you can... but you need a monster of cpu to keep 60 fps since is the original single threaded code.

[@yuliang7699]

@@iamstartower Yes. But I always feel like the OG version is still the most complete and most polished version. The remastered? well, some visual updates, 60 fps yes, but some of its physics, bugs, visual styles, they are just bad.

[@frederikgoogel5611]

@@iamstartower or a gsync monitor.

[@PatsHungryGaming]

Great upload guys. 20fps on PS5 😯. Crysis is a beast.

[@LuisSR01]

*Crysis is trash

[@PatsHungryGaming]

@@LuisSR01 I don’t know PS5 is kind of struggling

[@03chrisv]

Crysis remastered is unoptimized trash that doesn't take advantage of more than one CPU thread. Even if you had a Geforce 3090 you would still see dips under 60. The original Crysis on PC in many ways looks better than the remastered version. Maybe you weren't a big gamer when the original came out but that was when single core performance was king and Crytek gambled that it would always be that way. Of course CPUs took a different direction.

[@LuisSR01]

@@PatsHungryGaming Even PCs with the RTX 3080 are struggling

[@LuisSR01]

@@PatsHungryGaming Demon's Souls, Spiderman, Hitman 3, Control run at perfect 60fps and this trash doesn't? You really can't figure out why?

[@eliteshergio7375]

8:32 20fps WTF??

[@nomercy8989]

Why is youtube showing the game as Halo Infinite?

[@EldenLord.]

Even after all these years this game still looks amazing.

[@lwwells]

I cannot believe this game is nearly 15 years old.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

Surprise, surprise. It's beginning to pan out, just as people expected. PS5 is not nearly as powerful as XSX.

[@DJ_Dopamine]

Glad I never got one due to the shortages... I'll just wait for a PS5 Pro instead!

[@untamedronin8339]

This game is optimised like shit. Crash Bandicoot 4 says hello.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

@@untamedronin8339 If Crash 4 was released this week it would run better on XSX. That's all it has taken, a couple of months of experience. Any game released from now on, 99%, will run best on XSX. That's why I said in my OP 'just as people expected'.

[@untamedronin8339]

@@fcukugimmeausername there we go again😂 Crash 4 was released 2 weeks ago, and if the performance could've been improved, they would've patched it on XSX. But it hasn't and it won't.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

@@untamedronin8339 That's all it's taken though. Two weeks. We all knew XSX would take the performance crown during 2021 and it looks like it's already happening.

[@NathanMichalik]

I was playing this on PS5 Pro yesterday. I FEEL like it faired a lot better? Not sure how since there's not a native PS5 version, but I was playing in Ray Traced mode and it felt pretty locked for the first few missions (as far as I got). Biggest issue is still draw distance. You can see way further with the binoculars than what renders without them.

[@oi118]

8:35 On the Xbox Series X it's not dropping to 20 fps and the Xbox Series X is still better on the visuals 😬

[@Captainrave]

Sony fanboys cling to it being a poor engine 😂

[@tonyg9068]

Did anyone notice while playing this on PS4 and PS5, that when you aim through an assault scope or sniper scope, everything looks blurry when moving the scope? Including enemies being blurry when they move? But not when looking in your binoculars. I’ve played on Performance mode. Does it do this also in Quality mode? Or is it affected by motion blur? It’s odd.

[@yasserjamilq8]

Crysis looks dated af! At the time it was an Incredible looking albeit it wasn't the most memorable shooter but compared to today's modern shooters this doesn't look good.

[@ferryh99]

Did the patch also improve the game on PS4 (Pro)??

[@carolinagamer2874]

No. Get a SeriesX

[@e8root]

I always disable motion blur when possible. It looks nice when implemented correctly but often it is overdone making moving objects stand out way too much instead of this effect being there to help bring back impression of motion that was lost when games started targeting 30fps (from PS2's typical 60fps). I liked motion blur in Plague Tale Innocense. It was done pretty well in this game. Original Crysis had motion blur that would be passable if more effort was put in to it to make it more subtle and even higher quality... and not less quality like in the remastered edition which like you said looks broken, is broken and needs to be disabled.

[@TheAustin007powers]

I know the issues are likely a combination of engine issues and possibly BC issues but I hope Saber Interactive do a much better job with the next gen versions of Witcher 3.

[@dun0790]

Alex your right a recent update change the Ai i had a save on a section pre and post 1.6 and it was a lot harder after even on the same difficulty. Update theres definitely something wrong with the AI sometimes there aimbots and overs they wont see you in front of them?

[@Pranjalchoudhary100]

So in a nut shell which runs it better? XbSX? Or ps5? Thanks.

[@VampireNoblesse]

you can hear Alex's hype in his voice :D (next gen Crysis remaster :D)

[@mafiososamgiancana]

Omg still remember back then when i sold my kidney just to play this game in high settings.. Memories :')

[@lethalminimum5347]

But can you play PS5 on crysis?

[@psp785]

Imagine a game I had in 2008 still being relevant

[@robertperez3780]

Has anyone else noticed how their tones change when they’re talking about the PS5?

[@AngryChineseWoman]

In what way ?

[@ramerefauntleroy4881]

@@AngryChineseWoman more excitement and optimism than the series x version

[@flynnsfortune6209]

Well PS5 is a cool console.

[@WllKiedSnake]

You guys are looking for Boogie Men is the strangest places...

[@theryan519]

You guys are damn near paranoid