[aeroslash]

Here you go, crysis with water color change

What are the mods used in this pictures? If you can provide links it would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

The lighting also seems changed..

[Black_Stride]

Nothing on consoles comes close to UC3. Nothing on consoles

56K?.....go for a walk.

What are the mods used in this pictures? If you can provide links it would be very much appreciated. Thanks. The lighting also seems changed..

Errm sorry i totally forgot what mods are running in that.
I knows its a custom TOD, and obviously a new Water shader, im sure some quick googling will get you the answer, i uninstalled Crysis when i got Crysis 2 DX11 so i stopped keeping track of all the mods.

[MuseManMike]

Did you just make that?

[Norml]

Did you just make that?

just the gif

[jackrubyn]

Morrowind was the first game that impressed me with nice looking water:

And Medal of Honor: Allied Assault with its explosions:

[Franchuzas87]

Wish there were better .gifs of Mario Sunshine.

[daakusedo]

water > explosions

[Endo Punk]

Correct. The part a little later when the ship is on its side and the water is against the cracking class skylight was some true awesomeness.

Man people can say what they want about the shipyeard stage, it may be story filler but it's amazing gameplay experience, my favourite in the trilogy(gameplay and spectacle wise)

[HollovVpo1nt]

Outcast had great looking water at the time.

[LDawg]

[TouchMyBox]

I still think HL2's water shader remains one of the nicest around. The water itself is completely static and flat, and thus looks dated in that department, but the actual reflections and refractions are excellent.

Dota 2's water looks super sexy.

[Scullibundo]

Agree that Reach's water was super disappointing after HALO 3's amazing wetness.

Also, kudos to those posting Super Mario Sunshine, but the fact is that more than half of the charm of the water in that game comes from it being the best sounding water in any game to date.

[PjotrStroganov]

Crysis 2 PC DX11 Ultra maxed out. [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/crysis2waterdx112gfp3.gif[IMG]

Water physics look wrong.

[Rivyn]

Here you go, crysis with water color change

I can deal with the first one but this one is just unrealistic as fuck. I prefer Just Cause 2's water over it any day of the week.

[MoonsaultSlayer]

The defense force has been awakened.

the butthurt is always glorious Perhaps I should give the water effects an 8/10 in Uncharted

Haha, oh man. My comment is worth mocking, but an obvious troll post is ok? Sorry, guys. Enjoy your Crysis. I don't want the Cheshire shark in the second pic to get me, anyway.

[Fireflu]

Definitely Crackdown and Red Faction: Guerrilla for explosions.

Now I just need to find/make some gifs :(

[NBtoaster]

56K?.....go for a walk. [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/helicopter-over-warte8zueu.gif[IMG] [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/water-fxsmunp.gif[IMG] [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/underwarter3jujt.gif[IMG] [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/wterbridgen2u5x.gif[IMG] [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/rain-lightning56uov.gif[IMG]

I believe those are all using the pc only cuda effects.

[Beysus]

Those Crysis water pics look out of this world.

I'd love to see a video of that.

[Rivyn]

Those Crysis water pics look out of this world. I'd love to see a video of that.

I believe it is the Photorealistic Mod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIcFo6M_U3Q

[Overdoziz]

The explosion when two aircraft collide in mid-air in Battlefield 3.
So good.

[Refreshment.01]

Wow, so much nonsense in one post. Yes, let's only create an game about pirates, oceans and sealing to avoid creating land. So ever game about those themes exist only, because the designers are to lazy to create flat land. Even more having an simplistic art style is also just laziness, everything has to be realistic or extremely detailed or they were not trying ...

If you feel comfortable calling the truth "nonsense" then by all means do it and sleep better at night. You stipulate that the game is about "pirates, oceans and sailing" but you don't do many of the interesting activities that such setting could provide. No good ship to ship battles, no fishing. There's no diving, since the water is a blue shortcut layer so to not invest time generating an interesting ocean floor. Not having to do much in the ocean is one of the main complains actually.

Sorry but you can't cover the sun with a finger. Wind Waker setting was a smart (or lazy depending of your pov) way to solve a development schedule and design process issue. Nintendo needed their key gaming franchises on time to not repeat it's N64 release schedule nightmares.

[phosphor112]

Was waiting for one...

Need more explosions though. KZ has the best explosions on console.

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Fuck yeah! I always found the 2D water from RCT and RCT2 awesome. Even better in RCT2 becuase there were waterfalls.

RCT3 uses also water in agreat manner, even more in the soaked expasion. You can create scenery under the water to make rides like the submarine and the crystal passageways. It also looks really good, obviously nothing amazing like some of the examples in this thread but for a themepark builder sandbox it looked awesome, with ripples when things fall, the rain or the boat rides that go above it, and under the water the rays of sun or firework lights reflecting and refracting. Pools were used also really well, in fact the worst water on the game was sadly the one in the water rides (like the flumes or the rapids).

[smurfx]

water and explosion!

[Refreshment.01]

water and explosion!

Doing Wind Waker quality water since 1988! Good choice. X¬D

Any other games apart from Cryostasis and Just Cause 2 using PhysX to simulate water? It tendws to produce really impressive results.

[Conciliator]

Yeah that Crysis mod stuff is something else.

I'm yet to see a really convincing waterfall. In fact, Wind Waker's look as good as anyone's, because it's not bound to the realm of realism. Hopefully in the next few years someone will pull that off.

[MrBig]

Yeah that Crysis mod stuff is something else. I'm yet to see a really convincing waterfall. In fact, Wind Waker's look as good as anyone's, because it's not bound to the realm of realism. Hopefully in the next few years someone will pull that off.

I can't wait until real time, actual fluid simulation is implemented in games. Its been a tech demo for so many years but yet it has never been put into any major game.

[Htown]

That doesn't really look right for an explosion happening right below the water's surface.

[SparkTR]

I can't wait until real time, actual fluid simulation is implemented in games. Its been a tech demo for so many years but yet it has never been put into any major game.

PhysX has been enabling stuff like that in games like Cryostasis, Alice Madness Returns and Borderlands 2. Nothing on a massive scale though, but still ridiculously impressive nonetheless.

[MrBig]

PhysX has been enabling stuff like that in games like Cryostasis, Alice Madness Returns and Borderlands 2. Nothing on a massive scale though, but still ridiculously impressive none-the-less.

Yeah, the CUDA/Apex/Physx stuff in those is amazingly good but I still can't await the days of full-scale fluids.
The most recent fluid simulation by nvidia (which also featured ray-tracing) (with a very small amount of liquid) was running on 2 690s and looked like it was sub 20fps.

[Magnus]

Somehow I was sure this was going to be about the wildfire blackwater explosion last night. lol

[phosphor112]

That doesn't really look right for an explosion happening right below the water's surface.

Not enough sprites, but beyond that, these consoles won't be able to do actual water displacement.

[Haunted]

Just Cause 2 takes the cake for a blend of realistic look and behaviour. Crysis is on the same tier, Hydrophobia nails behaviour but doesn't have the same details (refractions, light interaction) and looks wonky sometimes.


Honourable mentions go to Uncharted for fantastic wet effects, Trine 2 for being completely interactive, Cryostasis for frozen/freezing water and Ico's puddle in front of the windmill takes the nostalgia award.

Bioshock water is fraudulent, all smoke and mirrors.

Somebody post the Resistance 2 jelly.

Why ruin a good thread?

[Stallion Free]

That doesn't really look right for an explosion happening right below the water's surface.

It actually reminds me of the R2 jelly water on a smaller scale lol.

[TheLegendOfMart]

The cruiseliner escape was amazing.

[Grisby]

Tomb Raider Underworld:

Yep, I really liked the water in this was well. The whole game looked pretty good to me but this definitely switched up some gears.

[Kinyou]

Halo 3 water was jaw dropping to me, especially how it interacted with a lot of stuff, like explosions.

Didn't Halo 3 use some special technique to render the water?

From what I remember is it pretty unique.

[Spiders]

Didn't Halo 3 use some special technique to render the water? From what I remember is it pretty unique.

It was one of the first games to use tesselation to animate the water.

[Diablohead]

It was one of the first games to use tesselation to animate the water.

Wasn't it gimped hugely for reach? I like reach water but it's just not halo 3's in terms of awesome and quality

[MrBig]

Wasn't it gimped hugely for reach? I like reach water but it's just not halo 3's in terms of awesome and quality

Yeah, 3's water was a lot more impressive than Reach's.

[Stallion Free]

From what I remember is it pretty unique.

Tesselation IIRC, which the 360 can do in limited capacity.

[Slermy]

Can't find any good footage of it, but I always loved the explosions in Chromehounds.

[mdtauk]

I am, and am not surprised to find no reference to Starfox 64 here. Impressive water for the N64, but the explosions are CRAP!

[jet1911]

A couple of people talked about Cryostasis so I searched on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65AA6CZIljY

I'm impressed.

[Cannon Goose]

Here's a Red Faction Guerrilla gif I just made

[SparkTR]

A couple of people talked about Cryostasis so I searched on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65AA6CZIljY I'm impressed.

Yeah, the fluid simulation is insane in that game. Watching a frozen room defrost leaving pools of dynamic water on the floor was mindblowing. There's a few flash-back scenes that involved flooded rooms which also blew my mind.

[Luthos]

Here's a Red Faction Guerrilla gif I just made

I don't know if they're visually thaat great, but seeing as how that game's explosions can tear down buildings, they're amazing.

[Nibel]

Nothing comes close to Crysis, even if it is unmodded. The explosions in this game actually destroy the landscape like real explosions. This is the best kind of feedback you can get when shooting a rocket or throwing a grenade; you know that using those explosive weapons do a lot of damage and you use them differently than in other games where they just have a huge hitbox and that's it.

[Schweini]

God, Just Cause 2 looks amazing.

[Black_Stride]

A couple of people talked about Cryostasis so I searched on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65AA6CZIljY I'm impressed.

Yeah, the fluid simulation is insane in that game. Watching a frozen room defrost leaving pools of dynamic water on the floor was mindblowing. There's a few flash-back scenes that involved flooded rooms which blew my mind.

If only this game didnt run like crap on pretty much any system.
They really needed to release a patch that enable Quad Core.

Id love to see how it runs on a GTX670 with a dedicated PhysX card, on my 570 it runs pretty crappy.