# Cry Engine 3! Dat Toad!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-engine-3-dat-toad/631026>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 10, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-engine-3-dat-toad/631026 "2012-08-10T01:05:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-engine-3-dat-toad/631026/1 "2012-08-10T01:05:18Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ffBZI5PpM)

Love the ending.

Also love the tessellated foliage and the displacement mapping. This is what I was talking about when I mentioned the possibilities of Skyrim with a modern engine. The difference on that tree is immense.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-engine-3-dat-toad/631026/2 "2012-08-10T01:26:03Z")

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That is very good looking. The water was the best looking water I have seen.

I’m not convinced that a lens flare tool was needed…

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-engine-3-dat-toad/631026/3 "2012-08-10T01:46:26Z")

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I’m downloading the SDK to play with want to see what it looks like being rendered live on my screen.