Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered Will Feature Ray Tracing Exclusively on PC

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Crytek shared a video yesterday demonstrating how its Crysis remasters look when running on the Xbox Series X. While they look pretty great on Microsoft’s next-gen console, Crysis fans who want to see them at their best will, naturally, need to opt for the PC versions.



As revealed in Digital Foundry’s exclusive look at Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered, neither of these titles will benefit from the ray-tracing enhancements that Crytek has implemented for the PC versions of the games. Ray tracing will not be available in the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch versions because the developer thought its time would be better spent on general optimizations rather than figure out how to squeeze in a demanding, potentially performance-crushing feature.



“Crytek has stripped out the performance, fidelity and ray tracing options from the console builds and is...

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