Vicious Cycle’s recent tech demo for the Vicious Engine 2 seems to contain the same visual qualities featured in the multi-platform CryEngine 3. The developers give gamers a complete walkthrough of some of the engine’s functionalities by actually playing the game engine. Is that awesome or what?

Yes, the following video is a playable in-engine demo for some of the Vicious Engine 2’s capabilities. For those of you who don’t readily know what they are based on a cybernetic thespian walking around and interacting with stuff, I’ll give you a brief rundown: Like the CryEngine 3, the Vicious Engine 2 supports multiple platforms, including but not limited to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, GameCube, Wii, PSP and PS2.

Some of the engine’s features include dynamic real-time lighting with in-engine rapid light prototyping, giving developers an easily accessible assortment of lighting functions. Physics manipulation also plays a strong part in the engine’s suite, allowing for various objects of various densities to react and respond based on flexible settings suited to a game’s atmosphere and settings. The engine also supports for real-time destructible environments and ragdoll physics.

Everything mentioned above can be viewed below. In fact, you can watch and compare the Cry Engine 3 to the Vicious Engine 2 with the two tech demos below. Let the battle of the game engines begin!

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