Crysis 2

[[HP]]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_NHUxn1lg

New trailer is up! :)

[Prophecies]

I feel as if I'm watching a new Halo trailer when I see that.

[adam]

Oh god the water rushing at the end is ju- HNGNGGGGGGGGGGG

[Shogun3d]

Sliding looks like its going to be a ton of fun. Man, that music was awesome, wonder where it's from.

[Y_M]

Hot dang that looks good, and a trailer with actual gameplay footage, those seem to be getting rarer and rarer. :D

I never finished the first crysis, I kinda got bored an hour or so in but I want to finish it now so I can look forward to playing that!

The water, pause it, looks pretty crap when you do but in motion, really does look something else.

Also, awesome choice of music, same NIN song as in one of the 300 trailers.

EDIT: just checked for Kaburan, it's "Just like you imagined".

[ParoXum]

I feel as if I'm watching a new Halo trailer when I see that.
Is this any good?


Trailer looks awesome, you deserve cookies at frankfurt!

[Prophecies]

Is this any good?


Trailer looks awesome, you deserve cookies at frankfurt!
Well, the trailer DOES look awesome. But I can't help but see the Master Chief in a grey suit. O_o

The whole concept is just so similar.

Regardless, I'm really anxious to be able to test out CE3.

[Shogun3d]

Well, the trailer DOES look awesome. But I can't help but see the Master Chief in a grey suit. O_o

The whole concept is just so similar.

Regardless, I'm really anxious to be able to test out CE3.

lol I really have no idea where you guys are gettin' this idea from. This doesn't look or feel like Halo one bit. Other than the fact that you have a special ops soldier equipped with a badass suit and plethora of guns to be used against invading aliens... oh wait..

[Nitewalkr]

;1257537']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_NHUxn1lg

New trailer is up! :)

Sold! 2 Trailers ago. :)

Thanks for sharing.

[cholden]

I love videos.

It's the generation gap. When kids see fps they think halo. adults see quake or unreal

[aesir]

I wanna play as the vanquish main character in that world...

[Prophecies]

I love videos.

It's the generation gap. When kids see fps they think halo. adults see quake or unreal
Nah I know what you mean. And having logged ridiculous amounts of hours in UT, I know what a true FPS should be like. :D

But srsly, this looks more like Halo than Unreal or quake, IMO..

Back on topic, I'm really curious to know how the sliding is going to work. Can't wait for the release! Hopefully this won't kill my computer. I can run Crysis just fine, but this one looks heftier on the requirements. :P

[thomasp]

i miss the koreans in that trailer. only HALO-dudes to shoot at?
first crysis is good fun until one reaches the snow levels. double fun with the advanced AI mod. i actually played it a few days ago again. :)

[dregoloth]

Hopefully this won't kill my computer. I can run Crysis just fine, but this one looks heftier on the requirements. :P

I doubt it, they've really optimized the engine to get it to work on consoles, and so far, most of the game play has been showed on a 360

[glottis8]

i just hope they have better storytelling than the 1st one... it was pretty to look at... but it got old after a couple of hrs.

[Autocon]

Game looks beautiful. If you were to look at just a screen shot or just walking around with no enemies the game would look fantastic.

That said in motion everything looks so noisy/busy. There is so much going by all the particles, hyper detail of environments, explosions, lighting all kinda blurs together. I remember thinking the same thing as I played Crysis 1.

If the aliens didnt have the glowing Killzone eyes I wouldn't be able to tell where they were. Seemed to happen in Crysis 1 with the Koreans in camo and in the dense jungle so I can see why they are going with aliens with glowing red eyes. If they didnt add that you would have a hard time finding one to kill.


Game looks great but all the details blurring together seem to be a problem with a lot of hyper realisic games today. Thats why I personally think games like TF2/Halo make for better shooters as they use vibrant colors and good silhouettes.

Still 100% going to get this. Hopefully the gameplay better suits the suit ability this time as I never really found myself using it in Crysis 1 unless I forced myself to want to.

[Jeremy Wright]

I am all over this. I can not wait.

[Hugh]

They say the not COD but they are kinda like Halo. "Achieved with Halo 3 in mind"

I'm expecting a open world battlefield approach to the story.

[sicsided]

Looks great, hope it is open ended just like the first one.

Is the sliding someone's idea from the Free Radical buy? I get visions of Timesplitters in that gameplay.

[Bigjohn]

Definitely does look great. Hopefully the new machine I'm building for Deus Ex will be able to handle Crysis2 when that comes out. Which is when btw?

[roosterMAP]

I cant wait.

[[HP]]

Glad you guys dig it!

when that comes out. Which is when btw?

Late March! :)

[Dn2]

wow...very sexy indeed

quake>unreal>others

[roosterMAP]

HP! make sure you make a scene wth a collection of all the models you made for crysis 2! I wanna see!

[bounchfx]

wow! that looked incredible. it does look a little like halo, but whatever, running around in that city is going to be amazing Sliding looks like its going to be a ton of fun. Man, that music was awesome, wonder where it's from.

it's classic NiN, son! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erm19Kdplz4 that whole album is gold, if you haven't heard it

[konstruct]

that trailer was the freshie-fresh.@! kudos to HP and the whole team at crytek and all their fancy DEKLS. :P

[ebagg]

Can't wait to play it, loved Crysis!

[Rico]

You guys at Crytek rock! Game looks soo badass!

[[HP]]

With the leak story out of the way, here's the Story trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGAfgv9uPo

And here's a bit of gameplay for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PetolT4L7P8

[HAL]

Killer!

You guys did an amazing job there :D

[teaandcigarettes]

Whoever is playing through that gameplay video sucks big time :poly142:

But regardless, shit looks awesome :thumbup:

Despite its flaws I really liked the first Crysis, especially on delta difficulty. This one looks even better. I've been worried that it might become a bit too much like COD in terms of pacing and gameplay style, but instead it feels a LOT like Half Life 2 :poly121: Needless to say, that makes me even more pumped and I do not consider myself a fan of shooters.

[leilei]

I hope they have birds (loads of pigeons and turtle doves), the bird picking up ability, and the maximum punch

[imyj]

Multiplayer too ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1YDkLIGtqU (http://www.youtube.com/embed/M1YDkLIGtqU)

[Ark]

I hope Psycho makes a return in Crysis 2?

[Andreas]

;1289176']
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGAfgv9uPo



fuuuuuuuughghhglrruughhhhh

I hope they have birds (loads of pigeons and turtle doves), the bird picking up ability, and the maximum punch

You picked the wrong mushrooms.

[imyj]

PC demo is available March 1st: http://www.ea.com/uk/crysis-2/blog/crysis-2-pc-demo-march-1

[daphz]

PC demo is available March 1st: http://www.ea.com/uk/crysis-2/blog/crysis-2-pc-demo-march-1

THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!

[Andreas]

Then I'll see just how badly I need to buy it on PS3 over PC haha :D Will probably buy it on PC when it goes cheap and I have a new comp, just for the Cryengine 3 tools.

EDIT: Nottingham only deals with the multiplayer component of Crysis 2?

[xvampire]

will buy for PC! :
cant wait to touch Cry engine 3 !:D

[greevar]

High tech weapons? Super power suits? Alien invasions? Gordon, does this seem familiar to you? Oh yeah, you don't talk. :D

[low odor]

This game looks fucking bad ass..your team should be proud...great music choice for the video too!

[roosterMAP]

that water effect is what won me over. its beyond awesome.

[Snefer]

THIS MAKES ME HAPPY AND MY PC SAD :)

[imyj]

Nottingham only deals with the multiplayer component of Crysis 2?

I thought you knew this? :D

[Andreas]

News to me! :)

[Jeremy Wright]

I can't wait to get my straight-up ninja stealth on when this game drops! Looks so good.

[Autocon]

Looking sick! Great job everyone at Crytek.

Still kinda sad that it seems like the way Crysis and Warhead ended are just going to be ignored and its like, oh hey its 3 years later. And if the aliens are hear to kill people and take over earth why are there tons of humans rollin up in tanks attacking you? Seems super bizzare.

Anyway its not like Crysis is a story game and the game itself looks super slick. Very excited!

[willy-wilson]

looks amazing, I do have one question though will maya be supported this time as well?

[Ark]

looks amazing, I do have one question though will maya be supported this time as well?

There is an exporter available (http://seithcg.com/wordpress/?page_id=56), although it dosen't support everything.

[Stradigos]

0_0 I cannot wait for this game... words cannot...

[yeman]

Looks fantastic, I liked all of the campaign trailers. Glad to find out Hans Zimmer was doing the music, I love games with good soundtracks.

The New York backdrop kinda reminds of the movie Cloverfield, did you guys actually take inspiration from it?

[Ark]

Just pre-ordered it over Steam. Can anyone confirm if the game will ship with the editor on release?

[JostVice]

Just pre-ordered it over Steam. Can anyone confirm if the game will ship with the editor on release?

Apparently this leak had the editor, so I think the release will :thumbup:

I have to say after finishing the first one I didn't have much hype about this second one until i saw these latest trailers, god damn, this looks interesting, hopefully it won't turn out to be very short and boring. The multiplayer looks interesting too :poly124:

[MattLichy]

Would have to this is prob. the best looking console/PC game. Not because of post FX, but their textures seem higher quality than most games.

Also, for them coming to consoles now after doing really only PC stuff, they did a great job.

[selentic]

Honestly that trailer looks really generic and boring to me.

I preferred these, they were far more intriguing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0M7cE2FA_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjflNpVd--E

[BanishedFox]

The graphics do look amazing for Crysis 2 - but you have to wonder if you'll get any lag playing it on consoles.

[Andreas]

They are really putting (IMHO) way too much emphasis in the suit, at least where the SP trailer content is concerned (cause the abilities will really come into their own in the MP). Surely 'the suit' was something that should have been featured this highly in marketing material for the first one?

[imyj]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_84HeiAqCAxU/S7KJPg8DXYI/AAAAAAAAAH0/95xxwrporv8/s320/zedd02a.jpg

It's all about the suit!

[Ark]

They are really putting (IMHO) way too much emphasis in the suit, at least where the SP trailer content is concerned (cause the abilities will really come into their own in the MP). Surely 'the suit' was something that should have been featured this highly in marketing material for the first one?

The suit was marketed just as much for the original Crysis, Axis Animation even created a pre-rendered trailer for it: http://www.axisanimation.com/index.php?id=565&loc=GAMES. Maybe because it was PC only, it wasn't as popular with the mainstream market.

[vofff]

new trailer of crysis 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZu8i88o3tE&

[Ark]

Screw Prophet, we want Psycho! :)

[Andreas]

Yay!

[Skamberin]

Idiots who played the leaked beta are running around the net spoiling the game.

So not only do they steal an unfinished game and judge it based on the unfinished version, they also spoil the story and fun for others.
I seriously see now reason why they should live >8(

[Jeremy Wright]

I'm so psyched for this!

[Entity]

I want to play Psycho aka Jason Statham :( Also what happened to Nomad?

[Ark]

I want to play Psycho aka Jason Statham :( Also what happened to Nomad?

I read somewhere that Alcatraz maybe is Nomad. Don't know how true that is.

[EmAr]

Looking great as expected from the guys at Crytek :)

[vofff]

new trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7jkEHccfQ&

[Jeremy Wright]

Damn. That shit looks like it's going to be fun!

[imyj]

"Be Invisible"

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

[ZacD]

Crysis 2 demo for PC
http://static.cdn.ea.com/crytek/u/f/crysis2/Crysis_2_Multiplayer_Demo.exe


Add me, ZacD

[Skamberin]

http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/13594-crysis-2-endast-dx9-dx11-kommer-senare

Swedish site, it pretty much says the PC version of Crysis 2 will ship without DX 11 and that it will be implemented through a patch later down the road.

I am waiting for official confirmation on this but if it's true I won't pre-order :/
50% of the reason I am getting Crysis 2 is to experience incredible visuals not seen anywhere else. I only pre-order stuff where I know I will get the majority of what I want.

But yeah, if true I guess I'll buy it much later at a discount. Really hope it isn't true.

[Andreas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gj6fgnMvQw&feature=player_embedded#at=112

So...is the PS3 version going to look even 'worse'? :S

[Entity]

PC version runs circles around the 360 build, with the PS3 version being slightly worse than the 360 version (although so far comparisons have been through media released by them)

I don't mind the lack of DX11 support on release that much, because even on DX9 it's still looking very very good. What I am worried about is the editor..

[[HP]]

So yeah guys, this is it, we launch today in the US and in a couple of days here in EU.
My first big title on the shelves, it's one hell of a feeling and I'm very proud of what we achieved. We'll see what the future brings now, I hope you folks enjoy the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGy2F6fec3A

[scotthomer]

It just looks awesome, congratulations on the launch. Ahh ive set aside an entire weekend this weekend to play it from launch. Stocking up on energy drinks and doritos!

:D

[Lee3dee]

got my copy on steam :) I think I'm almost to the end of the the 1st game. (currently on the burning battleship)

[Neox]

woah why this crap popified version of the song? whyyyyy? xD

I guess you are going to be at the party on friday?

[vofff]

9/10 Fellows!!!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-crysis-2/712015

[wizo]

Huge gratz to everyone how worked on it, so gratz HP! any other polycounters working at Crytek?. I bought my copy because of the incredible art you guys have accomplished.
EDIT: will we have the sandbox 3 editor as DLC

[Zack Fowler]

Looks very impressive, congrats to everyone that worked on it! You must be really psyched Helder, hope you get plenty of downtime to recharge. :)

Neox: USA mainstream culture, man. Ugh. I can practically guarantee that bit of cookie-cutter pop is going to help move copies.

[Nitewalkr]

Cant wait for it to be installed..

I tried Crysis2 Multiplayer though it was awesome!!

[Skamberin]

I'll be waiting a bit for some info down the road before I commit to a purchase. Congratulations with the launch though, hope it sells well :)

[Nitewalkr]

I'll be waiting a bit for some info down the road before I commit to a purchase. Congratulations with the launch though, hope it sells well :)

ohh yes it will. The game play, the graphics, even the storyline is awesome for me.

Congrats on the crysis 2 release and Keep up the good work. :)

[d1ver]

Just saw the review: looks fantastic! High five to all the guys at Crytek!
I'm already curios as hell about what you guys got going next.)
Meanwhile - happy celebration! I bet you all are already plastered)

[EmAr]

Congrats on the release :) My computer can't play it but I'll look into the game if I can get a nice rig.

[Slipstream]

Can't wait till I can get it on Friday :) Congratulations to you guys at Crytek!

[Habboi]

Saw GT review and before that I played the Demo which was quite fun. I didn't really enjoy Crysis 1 back in the day so I never really gave number 2 much thought.

Honestly I may consider getting this game. I was going to see how much it was on Steam but it isn't even out for another 2 days over here. A shame cause I'll end up forgetting about it but beneficial since price will go down :P

[Oniram]

just picked it up for 360. i only played a few levels of crysis 1, which was amazing. from what i played of crysis 2 at gdc (IN 3D!!!) it seemed to be soooooo much better. kk..opening cinematic.. here we go.

[roosterMAP]

12hrs single player!!! thats amazing! especially for these days!

[PixelMasher]

just grabbed mine on PC, sucks it doesnt come with the editor from what I read, but the cryengine/udk kinda thing this summer should help with that i guess.

[Oniram]

well as expected.. some glitches have been found already. ive been fired upon through walls.. killed a guy, he fell through a wall then came back and shot at me. one of the aliens jumped at me and froze in mid air and started spazzing... and ive fallen underneath the world. :P. i saw some glitches at GDC when i played it there as well.. but again, some are expected and it doesnt take away from the game, i find them quite entertaining to be honest. here's me enjoying the underside of new york city.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197184_10150112377811090_512141089_7064172_5051758 _n.jpg

[ebagg]

I'm a big fan of the original, glad to to see such glowing reviews and that the SP campaign is lengthy compared to many shooters these days. Big congrats to the team, will be picking up the PC version soon!

[roosterMAP]

I will buy when I can, but I have already heard from friends that its an obvious console port.

I just hope a clever modder comes around and brings the crysis 2 controls back to how they were in crysis 1.


Also, an editor needs to get released.

[Stradigos]

Bought it last night! Haven't played it yet though. I actually just started playing through the first one again because I finally have a computer that can run it at very high settings... beautiful game. Can't wait to see how the second one plays!

[e-freak]

I guess you are going to be at the party on friday?

You're coming as well?

Second AAA Ship for me, still kinda creepy to see Bus-Stops with C2 Advertisement (and kinda cool, sitting on the train and telling people to look on the adboards outside :D)

[Neox]

You're coming as well?

indeed i am :D

[dregoloth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md8EfDxV_ss
I'm buying this game soon.

[evilblah]

Just picked this up yesterday on PC and threw it up on my buddies big screen. We all just kinda stopped doing what we were doing to stare. Beautiful game and I love the quick hotkeys for suit powers! Really digging it. Can't wait to play more tonight! Who is going PC with multiplayer? I'm down!

[Andreas]

woah why this crap popified version of the song? whyyyyy? xD



Ive had a bone to pick with all the SP trailers and the music choice, I don't reckon they fit at all and are very distracting. That kind of stuff is fine for MP videos but SP trailers I think should have music from the game. A buddy of mine worked on this and we don't see eye to eye on the trailer music issue so I made this to wind him up :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g05xH2Fg5c

[breakneck]

dl'ing on steam right now. really excited for this one.

[roosterMAP]

i just heard abt there not being a "prone" mode. :(

[Andreas]

Least its not likely your head will be higher than the cover provided like in the wonderment that is Killzone 3! :D

>:(

[odium]

I have to wait until Friday... Meh... Cheers UK :(

[HAL]

Seriously this game is beautiful, hp, you guys did an awesome job there

[scotthomer]

Im counting down the minites, there are 6 of us with crysis 2 preloaded all in 1 dingy student living room, ready to play through the night. :D

[Irreal]

As far as the PS3 version goes it has possibly the worst enemy AI I've ever seen in a videogame. It's not just one or 2 random occurrences either. The enemy are consistently stupid. Pretty sure Cervat Yerli said it would be the best in videogame history too :/

[roosterMAP]

positive: visually, the game is amazing. and the story is not bad for a video game. new suit perks are great too.

neutral: the gameplay is much more linear and CoD like (regarding enemy placment and map structure). I preffered the free roaming crysis 2.

bad: PC controls SUCK! (no on/off toggle zoom or crouch options?). I want strength and speed mode back. I don't want it to be auto. The AI seems way more primitive than the AI in crysis 1. 1 in 5 enemies dont even realize im there. And they all completely ignore you if you're in a car. Seriously, the AI is retarded. Also, many scenery objects are upside-down, so I can see right through them. The physics have really been dumbed down (trees?). The middle click selection wheel is now useless (yet it worked so well in crysis 1). This is ridiculous. This game was NOT ready for release.


Overall: I think the game could have looked and played way better if it stayed a PC exclusive, or if they at least spent a little more time porting the damn thing. Things like tree physics are gone, the AI is plain broken and less fun to fight, and there's very little destructible scenery. Its an embarrassment that the only way crysis 2 is better than crysis 1 is in the graphics department. The rest is actually WORST!!!



seriously? no toggle zoom? wtf!!!

[ZacD]

I hope patches are going to fix the AI, add DX10/11 support, and add more pc options.

:(

[roosterMAP]

How in gods name could they no at least make the AI as good as in the first one? The answer is probably that the consoled cant support AI as complex as crysis 1.

Also, most sites are giving this game 9.0!!! How? With gameplay this broken, I wouldn't give it an 8.0... and that's mainly because of the incredible environment art.

[moose]

about 6 hours into it, really getting into it now! Was having a hard time keeping my attention for the first hour or so, but that has changed :) Definitely an achievement in visuals, I don't think Times Square has ever looked that good in a game, ever. Has also gotten really immersive, digging it!

my only complaint would be the sometimes jarring cuts between missions. I know the map-cam does most of the explaining, but wasn't a fan of getting in a sweet jeep with a rad gun, mission ending, then being in some completely different environment.

Also not a huge fan of the MP, but that isn't why I'm playing it :)

[Skamberin]

Yep the feedback from users and reviewers is about what I expected, either love or hate it it seems :P

I'll still be waiting for patch notes and screenshots of DX 11 before I commit.
All the good reviews should give some good sales though :)

[cholden]

Steam'ed this bad boy up yesterday. Just got to that part where the aliens bust through the ground, helicopter crashes and the level is night/rain. So far, everything's been awesome. Some areas give a fun challenge and so many options to try.

[pior]

I still don't understand that DirectX9/DirectX11 outrage thing.

We know that DX11 tessellation requires a very specific asset authoring pipeline (it is not a magic button thing), so we can count this out since Crytech is not going to rebuild all their assets for that.

Also someone mentioned earlier that DX11 can render pre-calculated lightmaps straight to 3D space instead of 2D, but obviously the Crysis2 engine wasn't build that way in order to be ported easily to multiple platforms, so we can count that out too.

So what exactly are people talking about when they request a DX11 patch ? A new sticker to put on the box ?
Again I am not trying to stir shit - I just genuinely don't get it.

[Entity]

Is sandbox included in the PC version? A lot of people are saying no, if so that sucks :(

[StefanH]

downloading on steam. looking forward to it!

[rebb]

I still don't understand that DirectX9/DirectX11 outrage thing.

Probably just people parrotting the marketing that is being fed to them.
Or the general quest for the holy nitpick/bash opportunity. People will find a fly in every soup if they want to.

@Entity :
From what i heard it's not included. I'd be very surprised if they don't patch it in later tho.

[Cojax]

I might be the only person here who got it for the xbox. It's a really fun game so far, and still looks impressive on the 360.

The story and character development is much to be desired.

[SpeCter]

I really enjoy it so far, just like rooster said, the ai is weird.
Sometimes they seem to stand around forgetting that you are there to kill them.
They can shoot you from almost every distance.
Often they try to shoot through things which are in their sight, despite having no chance of hitting me.
Almost every grenade they throw ever gets to me.Either they don´t throw far enough or they throw it against a wall if i´m standing above them.

[almighty_gir]

probably the prettiest game ever for DX9.

my issue with that is: crysis 1 pushed the limits of DX9 pretty much as far as they could go. and while it's clear that crysis 2 has optimised a lot better than the first did, it's a shame that they didn't push the DX11 features people were expecting of them. it would have been great to see what could have been made.

i agree with Pior that adding DX11 as an afterthought is pretty pointless.

gameplay is... meh. i'm at the same point as cholden was in his post, playing through on veteran, and it feels fairly tame so far. i like that the speed function was integrated into regular play, i dislike that strength was also integrated. i also dislike the relatively claustrophobic feeling of the city. while crysis 1 had a set path you had to follow, just as crysis 2 does, crysis 1 at least hade the sense of massive spaces to explore while you went down that path.

all in all, it's a very polished game, but obviously consoles came first, which is a big big let-down. not being able to customise just how "hardcore" i want my system settings to be, not being able to toggle zoom, ai that my 7 year old daughter would laugh at...

the music, however. is fucking phenominal.

[Rayph]

So I picked up the steam version at launch, had a few issues on the install and getting MP working but its all good now sooo...

Game is awesome! I would consider myself a pretty die-hard crysis fan I loved the original as well as warhead and played the multiplayer a fair bit. While I do miss alot of the huge open levels from the first game they honestly did not add alot to the actual gameplay, it was fun for the time but I am definitely not against this more linear approach (even though everything provides ample options and play-styles to get through). The suit streamlining is nice as well. Strength was useful for quick jump escapes or adding accuracy to your gun but it did muck up the flow of gameplay time to time.

The thing I love in crysis 2 is the feel of gunplay and movement which has been nailed for me, everything just feels 'right'. The audio with the armor mode is badass as you actually feel heavier and can hear the bullets bounce off and chip fragments and such. The environment design is awesome with some amazing POI's that is even more impressive considering they made a real world environment feel so otherworldly and impressive. The alien re-design is a bit jarring at first coming from the original but it makes sense considering it was always alot more fun fighting the ground based opponents versus the flying squids (though they did look awesome) so the focus to introduce them as ground based infantry supports the gameplay in a really positive manner.

The engine is obviously impressive I think considering its scalability and overall performance, not to mention the awesome lighting.

I can understand people not caring for 2 versus the original though but overall it was awesome to see alot of effort put forth for the complaints on the original being more a tech demo than game.

-end fanboy post ^_^

[Skamberin]

On the topic of DX 11 and such: I based my expectations on the visuals of the first realtime render screenshots, such as this:

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/screenshots/original/2010/03/Crysis-2-Gamesradar-03.jpg

Judging by the PC demo, screenshots and videos the game does not look like that, I can't even customize my settings beyond "high", "very high" and "EXTREEEEME".
Crysis 1 was and still is a graphical benchmark, most PC users expected the sequel to follow suit.
While the game looks great, it's not mindblowing from what I've seen.

The UE 3.9734 GDC tech demo was way more impressive technically and visually, and was honestly the level of "mind blown" I was expecting from Crysis 2.
No offence to Crytek or anything, I was just expecting the next Crysis game to pound my PC into submission on the highest settings, making me look forward to future upgrades :P

Also, Metro 2033 got DX 11 implemented late in development, and while it didn't fully utilize it, it still used it to good effect on characters and monsters, selling the PC version as different/better.

Anyway these are just the reasons I have for not pre-ordering it or being super duper hyped about it. I play my FPS on PC and this game isn't set up properly for the platform compared to most other PC FPS, imo.

[HAL]

You do note though that the ue3 techdemo ran on 3 gtx 580, right?

Also what pior said

[dtschultz]

Yeah, I would agree with what's been said so far. I was a little worried at the beginning of the game, because I was having a hard time getting into it, but it's definitely picked up. The AI is pretty funny at points, but honestly this is true in most games. The only thing I'm pissed at right now is the multiplayer. I keep going into lobbies full of people just sitting around waiting for a game that never starts. That's really lame.

[Skamberin]

You do note though that the ue3 techdemo ran on 3 gtx 580, right?

Also what pior said
Yeah.. that is honestly exactly what I want. Hardware pushed to the extreme limits for truly mindblowing visuals. That's what Crysis 1 was to me.
The option for a truly demanding high setting is what entices people to keep playing a game across different hardware and thus, for a longer time, after all, well that and gameplay of course.

[almighty_gir]

when i built my current pc, i built it knowing in the back of my mind "crysis 2 is coming out in a couple of months, i'd love to see it in all it's glory". looking back, i wouldn't have even needed a new machine to run the game, the same machine that can run crysis 1 can run crysis 2.

and that's where my problems (visually) lie, it feels like (visually) they haven't made any progress between the two games, other than there being a crap-ton more bloom in this one :P

[Gilgamesh]

The thing I love in crysis 2 is the feel of gunplay and movement which has been nailed for me, everything just feels 'right'

this is the thing that put me off both Crysis and Crysis 2, it still feels wooley and very imprecise oh and 3/4 a clip to kill someone /yawn more spray than most FPS out there really.

Unfortunately all this game has going for it is it's looks, they dumped it down for the console market and plays just like a CoD game in terms of corridor shooters :/. I was so psyched for this game pre-launch and now having played it I feel completely let down.

[almighty_gir]

heh... don't get me wrong, i was equally let down by bulletstorm, gameplay wise...

the pc shooter market needs something amazing to happen, and soon =[

[TSM]

this is the thing that put me off both Crysis and Crysis 2, it still feels wooley and very imprecise oh and 3/4 a clip to kill someone /yawn more spray than most FPS out there really.

Unfortunately all this game has going for it is it's looks, they dumped it down for the console market and plays just like a CoD game in terms of corridor shooters :/. I was so psyched for this game pre-launch and now having played it I feel completely let down.

You seem too used to CoD gameplay. Crysis is a different animal, albeit same species. The ammo use is about the same per encounter, but there are different amounts of guys to take care of.

CoD is more forgiving if you don't aim properly, whereas Crysis really encourages you to hit the head, especially late game. Gun customization goes into play here as well.

I found Crysis fun because I was pressured to THINK. I got along fine without thinking, but I had a ton more special and creative opportunities if I just used my head a bit.

[CrazyMatt]

All I can add as a owner of Crysis and warhead in discussion about 2 being good.

The game is definitely enjoyable to be best put. I think the designers had perfect intentions when it came to porting usable concepts to the console market with this title. Though as a PC gamer of the Original in the series. I have to say the controls for this game are a very big issue for me to enjoy the game to a large extent.

Hands down the original Crysis had this going in the right direction when it came to changing the modes of the nano-suit. Whereas in Crysis 2 the control scheme of handling hotkeys for suit functions have literally made things very confusing and often halt my thinking on the fly when in intense combat situations with my enemies on screen. Which lead to many often deaths and replayed scenarios over and over because it wasn't like the originals simplicity of "hold middle mouse button and drag your mouse to the suit function as desired".

Where now you have no core functions in the moment, or at the least to say...early in the game[I haven't finished it yet]. So anytime you need them, you now have to activate them.
This is a problem to me in the concept of it, because I remember and enjoyed when i can run through an entire level in a set suit function without it draining to "no-suit" function. Which kept me aware more of my health and not whether my suit function's "energy" was getting drained. Because as far as I'm concerned it is very difficult to pay attention to the two at the same time.

The game itself is quite enjoyable as I previously put. The environments are bravo at best said. While imho, the characters look a bit bland this time around. Mainly the civilians you see quite often. Which would have been nice to see a better texture job added on top of their casual everyday clothing, plus a higher res normal map for what parts I will not spoil that they all appear to be deceasing into.

The game is overall like a half-life 2 remake using nano-suit technology and actual aliens. So nothing expansively new. Though having another crytek game that is full of action and fun. Is once again best put...Simply enjoyable. :)

[Gilgamesh]

You seem too used to CoD gameplay. Crysis is a different animal, albeit same species. The ammo use is about the same per encounter, but there are different amounts of guys to take care of.

CoD is more forgiving if you don't aim properly, whereas Crysis really encourages you to hit the head, especially late game. Gun customization goes into play here as well.

I found Crysis fun because I was pressured to THINK. I got along fine without thinking, but I had a ton more special and creative opportunities if I just used my head a bit.


Not especially, I am a veteran gamer (from the quake era in fact) so I've gone from game to game getting used to each individually and none comes across as off putting as the feel that Crysis 2 gives me when playing, I don't know if it's my rig being slightly decrepit (although it can run crysis wars fine) or something I'm setting up wrongly but it just feels very very awkward to me. And I would say in terms of multi-player, C2 is far far far more forgiving than Call of duty is/was. It must be the fact I just don't get on well with the Crytek engines in general really, always felt awkward and unwieldy to me (and really random sometimes too).

Don't get me wrong I like the game and the single player (of what I've played) is quite engaging but the change from a bit of free roaming approaching to taking out bad guys to switch to a poor mans on-rails shooter strikes me as trying to clone another well known FPS out on consoles. I can live with the bugs in graphics glitches massive AI fubar and sometimes slow performance for looks like these but it just doesn't engage me as a entire product still.

[Slipstream]

One thing that has put me off the single player is that they've added the infinitely spawning enemies in between each checkpoint. E.g. I can clear a room, march into the next section to snipe a guy down the corridor, and then start getting shot in the back from the room I just cleared..

It's weird to me because the way the gameplay is structured seems to me like they're pushing you towards scoping out an area, planning out how you're going to take out the enemies, and THEN moving through. The way it functions now, you can take out the enemies, only to find that another squad spawned in right behind you and you're out in the open :/

[Skamberin]

So I have no idea where the rumour originated from but, really? (http://gamingbolt.com/rumour-crytek-was-paid-money-to-delay-support-of-directx-11-for-crysis-2)
If true it's kind of dirty but, damn, gotta hand it to Nvidia, at least they directly support PC game development one way or another.

[roosterMAP]

I just finished the game. Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience. My arguments about the gameplay and controles being dumbed down still stand. But the visuals are the best ive ever seen, and the story is not bad at all.

the AI glitches seemed to stop later on in the game, and there were way less technical issues.

They should still fix the issues with the selection wheel. Its very hard to select an option in one movement. Strange, considering how well the crysis 1 selection wheel worked.

Overall, its an amazing looking and sounding game that I feel was held back by the need to make the PC version EXACTLY like the consoles version.

[moose]

Finished it tonight as well, about 9hrs on normal, and i died a lot. Felt satisfied afterwards. Really had no fucking clue what happened, but I like blowing shit up :) I never finished Crysis 1, so maybe that is my problem, hehe.

some really awesome visuals, just wish there was more bridge blowing up sequences, and alien tubes shooting up from pavement sequences.

Fun game, its one to be proud of! Fun and exciting throughout! woo inc Crysis 3 in 3 years? :)

[roosterMAP]

na. crysis 3 will be out way sooner.

[pior]

So hmm, why I am supposed to blow up these soldiers again ? At the beginning I was like, oh cool I have some reinforcements, they will sure help me when it comes to shooting aliens! But then they started to shot at me for no reason ?

Some stuff looks great, but I find myself relying on nanovision waaaay too much to be fun. I just cannot tell the enemies from the background. And the story telling is terrible ... meh.

[Oniram]

just finished it. it was a great game. it felt good being able to easily switch between different powers without the radial menu. the ending was awesome but by that time i was kind of bored of fighting and just wanted to finish it. lol. some parts had me really into the game.. i actually felt worried for alcatraz during some of the cinematics. the ending was awesome.. i love when games end on one liners that make you shit yourself waiting for the next one. time to hop into multiplayer and give that one a go.

[almighty_gir]

just finished it too. set up nicely for a third i see.

[SpeCter]

Is it just me beeing bad or is it longer than every other shooter released the last month?
I just finished and it felt really long.

[Skamberin]

So I caved in and bought the game on Steam due to positive reviews from everyone and the mention of a big patch and shit.
Spend 4 hours downloading, install it, set up my settings and enter the campaign on the highest difficulty, I am greeted with this:
http://i53.tinypic.com/2jcwz08.jpg
What the shit? I know there are supposed to be a bunch of gruffy marines animating in accordance with the sound being played here, none of the character models have loaded in. I restarted it a few times, same shit. Going to try a Steam verification now, see if that solves it.

For the record all my drivers are up to snuff and I have no trouble with other games. The only default option I turned off was V-Sync.

Tequila ain't good for Crysis 2.

EDIT: Verifying the game showed "nothing wrong brohan", despite this it has started downloading a 855 mb "update". Putting the blame on Steam for now.

[StefanH]

i played the campaign a bit and I am quite underwhelmed so far tbh. i second piors comments about storytelling. i just dont see myself give a shit about any of the guys in the game :) I like the lighting alot and i dig the shortcuts for the powers as well.. Most of the character art is pretty weak though.. quite a downgrade from the first crysis.
Looking forward to the multiplayer since i enjoyed that quite a bit in the demo.

overall its ok so far. I think i will up the difficulty and im sure it will get better later on.

[keizza]

games pretty good. i agree with all the numerical reviews out there that are around 80-85% (360 here). the game is BUGGY. it's really buggy. i went through the second level, through a good portion.....went back to the beginning of it.......and saw a t-pose of the nano suit hovering in the air. not the whole suit was present.....just the arms. also, the AI chars are dying for no reason like nobodies business. problems aside....it's good. looks nice. one last point: respawning enemies in games are horrible. dev's, please stop doing this. thanks.

[luke]

the graphics is awesome! and runs smoothly on my system, but I'm confused whats actually happening in the game, I'm only a few levels in, but I don't really understand whom I'm fighting, because they seem to be fighting aliens too :D maybe I should of completed the first one ...

[odium]

The game runs smooth as butter, I just had to stop playing until a patch and/or driver update because for some reason my mouse starts to "judder" every so often even though the frame rate is still smooth... Actualy makes me feel quite ill to play :(

Shame.

[Ark]

Finished it yesterday, 10hrs in total, which is not bad for todays games. Homefront is like 3.

I enjoyed the game for what it's worth, but when i compare it to the original i'm pretty disappointed with game tbh after being spoiled by Cryteks original games that were designed just for the PC.

The game is full of bugs/glitches that i'm amazed how these passed through QA. Gaps in levels, lights/shadow flickering, floating NPC and the worst is the AI. Stuck in walls, blatantly running past you and not even noticing you. Some of the textures are really bad as well.

You pretty much know when the game has been designed for console when the graphics options are low, medium and high with no other graphical tweaks exposed. Considering Cryteks PC heritage, this really puzzles me.

The nano-suit is much more streamlined, which is good for consoles, yet i prefer the old radial menu still.

Although the concrete jungle of New York is really well rendered in the engine, it still doesn't compare to Crisis's jungles. You don't get that vast openness that wants you to explore, probably because you can't in Crysis 2.

[ScudzAlmighty]

I'm playing on Post-Human-Warrior diffuculty and it's still one of the easiest damn games I've ever played. Rarely more than 5 or 6 guys at a time and they like to stand out in the open for my godly predator skillz. I've noticed some HORRIBLE AI bugs where I've been hidding crouched, in a darkened stairwell with my cloak on and a guy will be walking by only to suddenly turn around and shoot me in the face even though I haven't moved and he couldn't see me when he was facing me. the only respawning I've witnessed was after I went into a souvenier shop and guys kept running past the store from the section I just cleared. It was more funny and weird cause I could pop out and headsot em as they went passed.

Also had a couple times where I'd come out of a cutscene and not have any weapons, not just invisible but gone altogether which really sucks when you're cloaked so you don't notice until you try to shoot someone.

Haven't really decided on the game as a whole yet, as I think I'm still early (just got to Gould's lab). It is vera vera pretty, and I can kinda sense some greatness to come, but it's not making me stop to watch the sunrise like the first one did. As much as I liked the way they handled the openess of the first game I don't think it would really work in NY and given the nature of the game I think that's ok. There isn't a ton of ways to approach things but there's certainly more than a lot of people realise. But then there's no Quicksave to make trying some things worth it.

Not too sure about the new Aliens, the movement animations a very fluid and well done but the visual design was just so much more interesting before.

I'm running Wasdie's (http://www.wasdie.blogspot.com/) advanced graphics program to get a bit more control/options. Not everything seems to work (crouch and zoom toggles) for me but some of it does and helps to balance out a bit more of the Extreme graphics setting.

Overall I wouldn't say that Crytech dropped the ball, but they sure as heck threw it on the neighbors roof.

[Skamberin]

I too am playing on Post-Human Warrior and the AI in the first levels so far is hilarious.
I killed 7 guys with stealth kills, all of them in the same area, just with their backs turned to each kill. Every single time they would walk over a corpse, wait a minute then go "Oh my god, he is dead!" immediately followed by "everything is fine go back on patrol".
Also firing the cannon into the face of a soldier and having his buddy keep walking his patrol as if NOTHING happened made me laugh.

Also, the silenced pistol+cloak is god damned overpowered. 1 shot kill head shots and cloak doesn't wear off when you use it? Damn. I've cleared out entire groups with that tactic.

The game is kind of fun though, despite it's shortcomings so far I am enjoying it, it is a competent shooter albeit a slightly dumb one, and the fun is what matters right? I just wish the AI would function properly :P

[ScudzAlmighty]

Also, the silenced pistol+cloak is god damned overpowered. 1 shot kill head shots and cloak doesn't wear off when you use it? Damn. I've cleared out entire groups with that tactic.



I just noticed that lon the little dock area when I ran out of sniper bullets, it was like Damnnnnn son, where you bin since Halo 1?!?

I'm trying to play it a little more agressively to see if that ups the challenge, going Terminator mode with a Turret and Active Armour, but I kinda feel like it shouldn't be my job to make the game harder.

[Skamberin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrwdSYl3XjE
Did a little recording of my ventures in the early levels, it is a pretty game for sure, fun too.
Also why can't I pick up the radio :( I want to be invisible and freak out the guard with it.

[Entity]

Yeah what's up with the ai, I remember them being really good in Far Cry and Crysis.

[Keg]

Apparently dx11 and advanced graphics settings coming tomorrow:

http://www.gamersmint.com/crysis-2-directx-11-support-and-advanced-graphics-setting-pc-update-coming-tomorrow

[malcolm]

Does anyone know how to get the cheats working. I've finished the game and would now like to take some screenshots of it. I've set the launcher to -devmode and I've opened the console, none of the commands listed on the internet work. They all comeback as unknown commands. Any help?

[almighty_gir]

wtb an FPS that's as hard to get through as Metal Gear Solid.

[Wahlgren]

Well. I took a chance and bought it. Seems like everyone is either loving it or hating it... or just eh-ing it making it a difficult choice but hey.

Pretty graphics right? Gotta see that. Downloading now.

[Skamberin]

I am constantly finding myself enjoying the game here.
Retarded AI, bugs, flickers, inconsistent graphical standard and a lacklustre story be damned; I am loving this.

The gameplay is just right, weapons feel great and the controls are responsive, a few tweaks to mouse settings and FOV (being able to use a higher FOV without the game bugging out) and it'll be just right.

The patch sounds great, and I hope it works on all DX 11 cards, not just Nvidia or something :P

If there is ONE gripe that STILL gets to me though: that they've tuned back destruction and that I still can't make ragdolls dance by shooting them, or throwing corpses at my enemies.
I know it's made in Germany and Germany has some utterly retarded laws in regards to pretend violence. But still, you can already kill people, why not kill more using their fallen comrades :D

[ScudzAlmighty]

Ahhhhhh bugs.
How I love thee.
Nothing Satisfy's more than sneaking up to stealth kill an enemy, only to have another one spawn on top of you, t-pose and all, and and because you bumped into him, he launches a rocket in your face.

Thank-you bugs...

There's a real love/hate thing here between awesome spectacle and punch-you-in-the-nuts for trying to have fun gameplay. I dunno. The chruch was pretty cool, and the next bit where you enter the tunnels and come out on a roof... ? ....

Oh and the loosing your nano-catalyst between levels/lives? thats pretty fucking classy there crytek.

[Skamberin]

Oh and the loosing your nano-catalyst between levels/lives? thats pretty fucking classy there crytek.

Not to mention being unable to pick up any nano-catalyst at all :D

Also on the topic of Crysis 1, think this is possible in cryengine 3?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLwh9S0jtak

Cause man does it look awesome.

[ScudzAlmighty]

maybe with the DX11 update, if they sneak-in some of the tech-demo stuff they left out or there's physics options included in the new options menu. I seem to remember being able to adjust how destructable stuff was in C1 and while I get that since the boxes (ps3 and 360) probably can't handle it they left it out of PC as well, for consistancies sake. I don't have to be happy about it though.

I loved Crysis 1 and thoroughly enjoyed Warhead so I really Really want to like this one too, they just aren't making it easy.

[thatnumpty]

confirmation we'll get an update soon
Cooking some great DX11 tech bits for C2 fans, be patient guys. All I can say, is that we have 16 ms or more to have fun with pc hardware...
http://twitter.com/CRYTEK_TIAGO

[Ark]

Seems the tweet has been deleted. So no DX11 patch today?

[peppi]

Congrats on shipping the game guys. I'm a few levels in and things look really nice so far. Good lighting, no major glitches anywhere, the narrative is on par with that of any Chuck Norris film = Maximum enjoyment.

[Neox]

man i totally missed meeting ANY polycounter at the party besides the ones i already know, dammit :(
was a nice time, played the game the morning after for a short time, from what i saw - very nice jobs everyone, didn't see any hardcore bugs, which where tooo annyoing, AI sometimes glitched, but i don't see this as a huge issue. It was fun to play und looked very nice, great jobs guys!

[Zpanzer]

I'm trying really hard to like this game, but it sure is testing me... I'm around 2 hours in at the moment and so far it hasn't made we want to play it in any large sessions... First the AI is retarded... I'm sorry but it is. Stealth in the game has a very limited use as when you take a "Stealth" tactical advantage route, as soon as I you enter it, you hear the enemy "HE'S IN THERE!" and they start throwing grenades after you. Second, comming out of a sewer in stealth trigger helicopters to start firing at you as soon as you pop up.. And the tanks that even though their turret is the other way arround, will one shoot you when you stand behind them...

It's so hard for me to love this game :<

[Skamberin]

Crysis 2 will have the best AI in gaming history (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crysis-Crysis-2-fps,10909.html)
Really? Because I killed all the guys below here using the stealth takedown, while everyone else were either watching or standing with their back turned 1 foot away.
http://i56.tinypic.com/jhzhwz.jpg

They also trampled their fallen comrades corpses for some seconds before finally deciding to get down, ask them if they were dead a few times and then announce to everyone that their comrade was dead, without anyone really reacting.
"He's dead! Full alarm!" "eh, there's nothing here, forget about it"

Yes I'm sure his throat slit itself and there is no reason to be on alarm CONSTANTLY.

http://i55.tinypic.com/2z50pz4.jpg

"SNIPER! THERE IS A SNIPER! Look at all the people he killed in this area! Let's use the same path as everyone else!" "Oh shit my friend just got his head blasted right infront of me, I better walk out into the open and CHECK IF HE IS DEAD."

This was all on Post-Human Warrior.

This is why I preferred Metro 2033s AI, if you sat in the dark and a guy walked by you he would hear if you switched weapons or reloaded your gun, and once you'd been spotted or if they saw a corpse; they would hunt and be in alert mode till they were dead. Metro 2033s AI was hit and miss in combat though, sometimes it was genuinely difficult as they took cover properly and flanked you, other times they just ran around like headless hens.

[cholden]

LOL, yea, infinite nanocatalyst: Find any one of those aliens, cloak, stealth kill, wait for respawn repeat until you unlock all of the suit upgrades.

[claydough]

Seems the tweet has been deleted. So no DX11 patch today?


According to the moderators on the mycrysis forums. That report was bogus.
Do not expect dx11

[Keg]

Does anyone know how to get the cheats working. I've finished the game and would now like to take some screenshots of it. I've set the launcher to -devmode and I've opened the console, none of the commands listed on the internet work. They all comeback as unknown commands. Any help?

Quick search showed people claiming that the commands were disabled due to multiplayer since they didn't want those cheats working in multiplayer. Which if true, is quite disappointing since way back to the days of half-life and before console commands could be disabled for multiplayer.

[Skamberin]

According to the moderators on the mycrysis forums. That report was bogus.
Do not expect dx11
Well that's shit, but I ain't giving up on Crytek in those regards, yet.

In the meantime, sexy explosions and effects in Crysis 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FekWcbFMHSA

I can't help but madly wish for a game where you're dropped into combat by air and you fall through an explosive fest similar to the start of that video, just, awesome visuals.

[rv_el]

The AI is absolutely horrible. I'm finding that 95% of people have the same oppinion on this game.

You really need somebody to tell you to keep going. Because it gets better. It really does. But everybody thinks the first 3 hours (thats a long time) is boring. And the uncanny valley is horrible. not the one where a face kinda looks real. but the one where your totaly in this new york world and then a guy is running up against a wall. others are dead but standing there.. some float above the ground while lying dead. Shoot a guy and watch him stand there. People in the next room have NO clue whats going on either. Its just.. bizaroo.

I liked Crysis 1 on PC better. But I need to not compair. I need to just take this as a new game. When I do its pretty cool. I enjoyed it. But man does it have its problems.


Those big robots... you just TOUCH the trigger for the swarm and his head SNAPS around.. snaps into place. thats unnacceptable and sad. Amazing visuals and you have this Ed 209 thing snapping its head into position instantly. Not fast. But like half a frame snap. You feel so cheated. All that work to get him pre-occupied with something else only to have it take hits to the face because the AI says "if somebody is aiming at you and fires.. turn to look instantly"

lol


Edit: I forgot about seeing enemies spawn until this thread. Lol. just spawning right in.

[DKK]

Pc gaming is dead isn't it?

[roosterMAP]

NO ITS NOT!!!

RTS's and MMO's are still a major part of the industy and are essentially only on PC.

Also, there's a huge modding community for the PC. And most indie dev's cant afford to go on consoles so they only do PC.

@DKK: you should honestly know better. ;)

[Jeremy Wright]

Yeah, AI is crap. I stealth kill the shit out of them. Someone investigates. They also get stealth killed. They don't change tactics when attacked. I'd prefer it if they stayed in groups, were actually on the LOOK OUT for me, and attacked en mass from flanking positions. They just seem to kind of stand around, separated from one another, or wander around aimlessly.

So far it's been pretty easy, but very beautiful. The weapons are great, too. It truly is a great looking game, I just wish it was a litter harder, especially considering how powerful your character is.

[Andreas]

What difficulty you playing it on? I'm playing it on the second highest difficulty, and I'm finding it quite hard.

[ZacD]

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/253/crysis2advancedgraphics.png

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1807934

[Habboi]

Man he updates fast. I'm using 1.4 and there are at least 5 new options in your pic that I don't have.

[DKK]

RTS's and MMO's are still a major part of the industy and are essentially only on PC.


Pfft, Baby games, and Starcraft. I know though man, I'm just being melodramatic.

But seriously Crysis 2 is like the first time I've ever felt like a game I was playing was "Contarded", and it's all the little things too, like the game taking control away from me while I'm in first person, Fucking hate that shit, Little tutorials that I don't need etc... Crysis was one of my favorite games ever, cause it just dropped you balls deep, and let you figure it out, and on top of that it had a decent interesting story that I was really excited to get back into. Crysis 2 is just none of the things that a Crysis 2 should be, It feels like a couple steps back.

[rv_el]

The more I think back on the game, the more it just doesn't sit with me. Are we still talking about water effects? like it makes a good game... I still liked the game. I was saying 9 out of 10. But looking back the spectacle has wore off and I just don't recall what was so great. And I also compare it to Crysis 1 on the PC which was f'ing magical in a lot of ways. I can't help but to compare. I'm trying not to.

[cholden]

Finished the single player last night. That whole last part of the game where it's a huge warzone, you're fighting WITH soldiers against the monsters, and then Central Park. Wow-wee. If only the whole game was like that instead of the first half of the game being so dead and full of those silly military guys. "Huh? Hello? Who's there? Wu? It's nothing."

the end of C2 is the beginning of Moby Dick.

[SHEPEIRO]

Bought it a few nights ago got bored after an hour and a half in doesn't mean much as I don't play many fpss these days as im a bit bored of them but Will continue now I've read the comments here

Although I think the art is technically awesome there are issues. Picking out enemies against the litter is really hard the scenes are too busy picking out a detailed armoured enemy against a scene which is all detail is like where's wally. Just think compositionally they could have worked better. Only an hour and a half in though

[Jonathan]

Been playing it on 360, 8ish hours in or so. The first part was rather slow, but really enjoying it now. Thankfully my wife and I just bought a new LED right before it came out, 120hz frame interpolation for the win. :)

[kaze369]

Is sandbox included in the PC version? A lot of people are saying no, if so that sucks :(
As far as I know, the sandbox 3 editor will be separate. I think Crytek said they'll release the engine in the same manner as UDK this summer.

and of course this sucks.:(

[malcolm]

I actually found on the second playthrough the visual quality was more impressive. Maybe I rushed through it the first time.

[claydough]

whereas Crysis really encourages you to hit the head, .

Ever try to snipe a head shot on an unaware crouched figure in crysis 1 single player?

crosshair on crouched low figure> figure pops up> crosshair on head now popped up on crouched figure> figure pops down again etc etc...

Not all the time but still...


Look on any game's forum and there will always be an army of naysayers but the sting of no directX11 really has me wanting to return ( a PC game )

I actually found on the second playthrough the visual quality was more impressive. Maybe I rushed through it the first time

Noticed when watching my nephew play a multiplayer map I had not seen before.
The Visuals seemed strikingly better than I had remembered ( hoping they are slowly rolling in the pron with patches )

[pior]

Jonathan, thats actually very interesting. The framerate on 360 is pretty slow, around 30ish per second I'd say and it gives me a mild headache every time I play past the one hour mark. Interpolation would be welcome!!! Source games running at full speed on PC never do that to me for instance. Here it's getting ... physically painful!

[Lonewolf]

i really like the weapons O_O

can someone tell me how to extract some textures from the game? i wanna take a closer look

:o

[roosterMAP]

nvm. dx ripper doesnt seem to work.

[Jonathan]

Jonathan, thats actually very interesting. The framerate on 360 is pretty slow, around 30ish per second I'd say and it gives me a mild headache every time I play past the one hour mark. Interpolation would be welcome!!! Source games running at full speed on PC never do that to me for instance. Here it's getting ... physically painful!

Yes, I know what you mean. It's hard to watch movies anymore with it turned off as well. The only downsize, if the game drops framerate a lot, the effect isn't as good, however, when running around the 30s, it often reminds me of playing on the PC with a much higher framerate. :)

[Lonewolf]

Where can I find the concept sheets of the weapons/vehicles? :o

[GCMP]

Jesus, feel late to the party here and not in a fashionable way, more like a go home were sleeping kind of way. So yeah, just got it tonight for xbox360 (don't hate, I have the first one on pc :)) Looking forward to some "boom headshot" moments but you guys seem to be saying the ai isn't too hot, hope that doesn't affect the experience too much.

[e-freak]

get the pc version (hint hint), [forget this]it's 15 pounds on amazon![/forget this] can't find that offer anymore :(

[crazyfool]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65DwHZp-l4&feature=player_embedded

comparison vid of the massive update for the PC version with DX 11 new features, tesselation and displacement maps looks blooming mental, particle shadows and water are looking gorgeous, theres tons of new features going on aswell.

[wasker]

And we'll get to play around in the editor on wednesday! :D

[[HP]]

Aye, here's some blim blim for you guys.

I didn't work on the DX11 patch myself, but the guys did a really good job considering the tight deadline, hope you guys enjoy.

Game DX9 vs DX11
http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-qued.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-yuag.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-hnc8.gif




Upgrades

http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade_hnoy.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade_fnpw.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrader9n8d.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-yn1y.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-cn3y.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade-wu17.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade_zns7.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade_4nad.gif


http://www.abload.de/img/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade_ru5r.gif

[[HP]]

Here's some unofficial shots from the community! :)

http://www.abload.de/img/3j7i3.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/4g7w9.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/5u7mt.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/6c765.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/7j7tm.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/877rs.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/9r7r3.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/10i730.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/11k7f7.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/12n759.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/13g7zx.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/14r7tw.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/17c7wb.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/18d7y3.jpg

[teaandcigarettes]

Fantastic work guys :) I wish I had a DX11 compatible card so I could see it all in action. Maybe in a year ;)

What I do find hilarious is that mycrysis.com still has plenty of naysayers who zoom in on some low-priority assets, take screenshots and then declare the whole patch to be crap. I've been a PC gamer all my life, but at times like this I feel embarrassed.

[pior]

I like how the tessellation is clearly just fan service :) The tech looks great, but it's funny to see it applied on assets clearly not made for it (the tire tracks on the muddy terrain, and the concrete panels with their reverse seam hehe). Yay for brick walls!

The reflections, accurate shadows and bokeh all look great!

[Frankie]

Crysis 2 obviously looks great, and this patch makes it even better, but does anyone know what effects are DX11 exclusive?

[TrevorJ]

looks amazing, but like pior said some of the tessellation looks weird and unnecessary, like the small square tiles in the third set community pics.

[whats_true]

Finished the end of the game without fireing a shot. I think Stealth mode is a game breaker :\

[Jeremy Wright]

Damn. Those comparison shots are awesome!

[Ace-Angel]

Fantastic job, I must say.

Although I still don't understand why Tesselation is thrown in everywhere like that, wouldn't a Sub-D modeling be much better for certain part, like the pipes for example?

Oh well, fan-service I guess.

[Stradigos]

Yeah, good question. I've been wondering the same. Tesselation + Displacement > Sub-D + Normals?

[metalliandy]

Fantastic job, I must say.

Although I still don't understand why Tesselation is thrown in everywhere like that, wouldn't a Sub-D modeling be much better for certain part, like the pipes for example?

Oh well, fan-service I guess.
The amount of tessellation shown is procedural and dependent of viewing distance. The closer you get, more geo is rendered on a mesh via the tessellation. Its all dynamically optimised for maximum performance vs rendering cost.

Check this video out :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkKtY2G3FbU#t=0m20s%E2%80%9C


Im very impressed with the ultra patch and textures...awesome work :)

[glottis8]

this adds so much more to shapes... i wonder when this will become a standard to be implemented. I don't see this being part of most games for a while. Are there any games that will handle this that will be coming out? i'll google it right now. But it would be nice to talk about that since this is becoming a tool that is part of the new batch of updates in most big engines.

[[HP]]

Crysis 2 Mod SDK & Community Dedi Server are going to be released today! :)

Get is here http://www.mycrysis.com/support/ Or at crymod.com when it's up.

[Ark]

Downloading now, thanks for the heads up HP. Have you dropped support for XSI? Only Max and Maya plugins available.

[Ace-Angel]

The amount of tessellation shown is procedural and dependent of viewing distance. The closer you get, more geo is rendered on a mesh via the tessellation. Its all dynamically optimised for maximum performance vs rendering cost.

Check this video out :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkKtY2G3FbU#t=0m20s%E2%80%9C


Im very impressed with the ultra patch and textures...awesome work :)

Oh, don't get wrong, I have read the tech behind it and even tried it in UDK.

What I mean in places like the tire decals, the pipes on the ground, and a few other areas, had excessive tess'ing which not only looked 'stretched', but felt cheap.

Again, most likely a way to quell the raging of the PC community, so don't mind what I said.

[yeman]

Oh, don't get wrong, I have read the tech behind it and even tried it in UDK.

What I mean in places like the tire decals, the pipes on the ground, and a few other areas, had excessive tess'ing which not only looked 'stretched', but felt cheap.

Again, most likely a way to quell the raging of the PC community, so don't mind what I said.

I could be wrong but I believe a lot of the ground features are Parallax Occlusion Mapping, which was also supported back in Crysis 1.

And downloading the SDK now!!!

[fearian]

Oh, don't get wrong, I have read the tech behind it and even tried it in UDK.

What I mean in places like the tire decals, the pipes on the ground, and a few other areas, had excessive tess'ing which not only looked 'stretched', but felt cheap.

Again, most likely a way to quell the raging of the PC community, so don't mind what I said.

No, this is pretty spot on. The tessellation is a bit of a retro fit, as the game was made with consoles in mind. But luckily the kind of idiot elitists who get foaming at the mouth mad ad crytek 'abandoning the pc' only want the dx11 features to be there on show. They don't really care about how it's used.

It's the same as the people who mod minecraft or doom to include hideous parral mapping on every surface under the impression that MORE TECHNOLOGY = BETTER LOOKING.:poly142:

[almighty_gir]

the screenshots really don't do the new features justice. sure the tesselation isn't really a "true" example of how/what it should be, but the game IS a lot prettier in DX11 mode if you actually play through it.

[Andreas]

Just finished Crysis 2 (on the 360), and I gotta say; pretty bad game overall! Never took off for me at all. I feel it should be studied by game designers to find out exactly what went wrong with it and never have it repeated. I mean, all the elements are there, and the art is real nice, but they forgot the fun, but I can't tell whats missing :(

For one thing too much of it took place during the day; night-time is way more epic in cities people! :) 1st and 3rd acts should have been at night, with a break in the 2nd. I hope they go back to a jungle locale for the inevitable 3, 4, 5...

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