man been watching the vids and reading the reviews, this game is up there with the best looking console games i've seen, if not the best!

Its easily the best looking console game out there imo, some of the videos i've seen of the campaign are just mind blowing!

Its easily the best looking console game out there imo, some of the videos i've seen of the campaign are just mind blowing!

But it is a world whose intricacy and realism will cause you to stop and stare long after the first drop of the jaw. The sway of tree-tops; the spray of a decorative fountain; the flames erupting from a burst gas pipe: incidental details that grab your attention for their quiet, shocking realism. Who knows how Crytek managed to squeeze Cry Engine 3 onto the consoles while maintaining such extraordinary level of detail? But this world sits next to Uncharted 2's as the most detailed and well-expressed yet seen on our TVs.

[Editor's note: Digital Foundry reports that frame rate takes a hit on the console versions of Crysis 2, so PC is the version to go for if you have a capable machine. Look out for a Face-Off soon. However, we reviewed from the 360 version and were plenty impressed regardless.]

It's not just window dressing, either. Shotgun blasts bite chunks from thin concrete, meaning that every time you duck behind cover you're weighing up its thickness and durability. Abandoned New York taxis will disintegrate under attack, doors falling off to reveal meticulous interiors. A cloud of dust from a fallen building – and the alien presence in New York only just manages to distort the echoes of 9/11 – forces the use of the suit's thermal imaging, all graphical flourishes that have tangible effects on the game.

Seriously people are thinking this game is the best looking console game?

What happened?

oh wait....IGN said so.

or maybe if you take ur fanboy goggles off, you would acknowledge that its up there with the best on consoles.

Crysis 2 isnt THE best on consoles, but it is definitely ONE OF THE best, along with Killzone 2/3 and Uncharted series.
Anyways, its a damn looker thats for sure :)

ahhh sense at last!

Crysis 2 isnt THE best on consoles, but it is definitely ONE OF THE best, along with Killzone 2/3 and Uncharted series.
Anyways, its a damn looker thats for sure :)

This is getting fun.

Or what fun you mean? like the game is actually fun?

I actually just laughed out loud at this as it kind of sums up my view of the forum as of late.

but from what I have seen Crysis 2 just throws all kinds of stuff at you and engine boundaries are ignored