Latest Patch for Crysis Remastered PC Brought Significant Performance Boost
PC edition of Crysis Remastered received its latest patch. Fortunately, it introduces significant changes that make the game run much better than before.
It looks like Crytek has put an end to the memes about Crysis melting PCs. The developers have released another update for Crysis Remastered, which improves the game's performance on PC. Allegedly, it is the "most significant patch to date".
It is also "the final patch for Crysis Remastered Trilogy" on PC (although the patch is unavailable on Steam, only on Epic Games Store - perhaps there is some mistake here). Crytek wants to focus on the recently announced fourth installment.
Crysis is a series that has succeeded at quite a feat: PCs were unable to cope not only with the first instalment from 2006, but also with the remaster released several years later... in 2020. Crysis Remastered proved to be too demanding for the RTX 2080 on Very High graphic settings enabled, even at 1080p resolution.
Yes, things have improved a lot since then with subsequent updates (as you can see on consoles as well), but Crysis Remastered can still punish our PCs. This is especially true if you enable a setting called "Can It Run Crysis".
Crysis Remastered Patch 3 Notes
Crytek didn't elaborate much on the changes. The announcement on Steam was basically limited to general notes:
- Significantly improved GPU and CPU performance;
- Increased stability;
- Added Steam collector's cards;
- Streaming introduced textures;
- Fixed various bugs, including in the main menu and related to sound, DLSS, lighting particles, etc.
Of course, it's not the details of "improved performance" that matter most here, but whether you can actually see the difference. It appears that this is indeed the case. Players report that after Patch 3 Crysis Remastered runs incomparably better than before the update.
Patch 3 as seen by gamers
Even in the most demanding sections so far and at 4K resolution, the fluidity of animation has significantly increased. Internet users, who previously had trouble maintaining stable 40 fps on low settings at 1440p resolution, now easily play at 120 fps.
Those who prefer to play in 4K can finally enjoy a smooth 60 fps or even try playing on "Can It Run Crysis" settings (albeit at 30fps on more powerful configurations). Of course, this also means that players can play Crysis Remastered on higher settings without having to watch a slideshow.
However, some rare complaints about Patch 3 can also be found online. These include still missing animations and features, including support for Steam Cloud storage and - although this was hardly to be hoped for - a multiplayer mode.
