First details of Crysis 2 revealed

Crysis, as we all know, has its top-of-the-line visuals as one of its main draws (beside the fact that it’s pretty much perfected the first-person shooter). What about its planned sequels, then? Well, it seems that not only does Crytek wish to push the story of the game further, but also the game’s graphics – which could mean that we may be seeing the first near photorealistic movie quality title in history.

Check out what Crytek has brewing in the full article.

For those of us currently having their faces melted by the sheer graphical and gameplay quality of Crytek‘s polygon-crunching FPS, Crysis, here’s something that should get your blood going after the game’s climax: not only will the sequel focus more on the Koreans and the aliens, but also push for near photorealistic movie quality.

Ambitious? Yeah, considering the fact that the first game already has the most advanced graphics in the history of forever. How much further, we wonder, can the envelope be pushed?

This bit of news comes directly from Crytek’s own Lead Animator & Animation Manager Steven Bender, during the Lichtblick3D Meet & Greet. His statement:

The second part is to resume not only history around Koreans and Aliens.

According to him, the developer’s attention will be even more focused on graphics. There will be numerous improvements regarding textures (especially facial textures) and 3D-animations. Their ambitious aim is to push the game’s visuals to an advanced level, that could be considered near photorealistic movie quality.

Very, very interesting news indeed. Will we see more of Nomad, or will we be able to look through the eyes of a different entity entirely? Check back here for more updates.