Crysis 2

[Prydogga]

This seriously might be GOTM 2011 for me (Assuming Elder Scrolls 5 isn't out by then), I actually had Crisis 1 working on my $800 laptop at one point, it was a pain to try and play, but hey, it worked. I loved it, and I never even got to the alien parts.
This looks like such a departure from the normal modern warfare shooter, I've never seen a location as interesting and textured as this.

Sure other games have done cities and rooftops, but the style this is done in is perfect, I really am so excited, I hope it still has on the fly weapon customization like Crisis did. Looks like the suit perks are better now, I always found my invisibility being about as useful as invisibility on legendary in Halo, basically useless. Now it seems AI responds to it properly!

Colour me excited!

[Kurkkuviipale]

I really hope they're not making this an easy one to beat too...

[Origin]

Originally Posted by Prydogga

This seriously might be GOTM 2011 for me (Assuming Elder Scrolls 5 isn't out by then), I actually had Crisis 1 working on my $800 laptop at one point, it was a pain to try and play, but hey, it worked. I loved it, and I never even got to the alien parts.
This looks like such a departure from the normal modern warfare shooter, I've never seen a location as interesting and textured as this.

Sure other games have done cities and rooftops, but the style this is done in is perfect, I really am so excited, I hope it still has on the fly weapon customization like Crisis did. Looks like the suit perks are better now, I always found my invisibility being about as useful as invisibility on legendary in Halo, basically useless. Now it seems AI responds to it properly!

Colour me excited!

I really, really don't like all the popular FPSes like Halo and COD (except Halo1 and COD2) so I know where you're coming from with the 'jesus christ I'm bored of this' angle it's very interesting to go through such lavishly detailed environments and fire weapons that are done and balanced so well. Multiplayer wise I can only touch CS:S without getting furious though, so I won't touch on balance issues in pretty much everything I've played. =P

I can't wait to see how they make a cityscape interesting.

[Origin]

Originally Posted by Kurkkuviipale

I really hope they're not making this an easy one to beat too...

Have you tried Delta without cloaking? It's pretty damn hard.

It is a pretty doable game yeah, the only parts that really try to screw you over are near the end, and once you do a second playthrough and know what to do it's cake haha. Someone they managed to make even easy parts pretty goddamn scary for me though.

[Tomo009]

I'm pretty excited for this too, though I'm not sure how much the gameplay could be expanded from in a single player perspective. Though it doesn't matter as Crysis was probably the most fun to be had in a single player shooter, at least on par with half life 2.

Multiplayer should get a signifigant boost though, I'd be guessing that Crytek bought out Free Radical for that exact purpose. As much as I am annoyed at crytek for pretty much eliminating the chance of further Time Splitters games, they know how to make multiplayer fun (Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark, Time Splitters series) so I'll be looking out for Crysis Wars 2, also hope the modding takes off.

[Stealthdjentstic]

Beautiful.

[Prydogga]

I always found Crysis and the old Far Cry games pretty damn hard, but I've never been particular good at FPS's on the PC.

[Origin]

Originally Posted by Prydogga

I always found Crysis and the old Far Cry games pretty damn hard, but I've never been particular good at FPS's on the PC.

The best strategy in Crysis is what I call 'be a ....ing dick.' Cloak and hide/set off explosives to confuse people constantly, turn off cloak for a split second to shoot someone in the face then go right back into cloak and dash off to another spot, etc. Though the way they made damage work pissed me off. Body shots are flaccid and kinda useless; aiming for the head saves you a lot of bullshit in that game. I found switching to single shot on everything makes you a murder machine who never runs out of ammo.

^^^^That being about single player, I don't really go for it in multi so I couldn't say much about that, except the few times I played it I had a field day with dumbasses cloaking with plainly visible laser sights on their weapons/being in direct sunlight and casting a full shadow haha.

[Prydogga]

March 22nd

Doesn't TesseracT's One drop then two? If so, awesome, awesome day.

[sakeido]

Originally Posted by HighGain510

I've never played Crysis but I think I might grab it and then Crysis 2 once it comes out. My PC should be able to run everything on full no problem, looking forward to Crysis 2 based on that E3 demo.... damn looks sweet as hell! Does Crysis have multiplayer as well or just single player only?

AFAIK there still isn't a video card out there that can handle Crysis on full above at 1080p.. if you have SLI or Crossfire you might be able to do it but even then there are only a couple processors out there that can handle Crysis on full

Originally Posted by redskyharbor

It looks smart as hell, and this time round it looks like it's gonna be a good game instead of just looking good. There will still be no end to hordes of YouTube videos by crackly voiced 15 year olds titled "my gaming rig" or "Super hardcore gamer PC", undoubtedly showing them screaming about the fact that the computer their parents bought them will play it.

Crysis wasn't a good game?

[Kurkkuviipale]

Originally Posted by Prydogga

March 22nd

Doesn't TesseracT's One drop then two? If so, awesome, awesome day.

It and Protest The Hero new album.

[Prydogga]

My god. And Drewsif just said he was going to have something happening on the 22nd.

I need to buy a calender just to mark that date!

[Scar Symmetry]

Give me this game RIGHT ....ING NOW

[Mindcrime1204]

Originally Posted by Scar Symmetry

Give me this game RIGHT ....ING NOW

the graphics and gameplay look INTENSE

[groph]

Heh. The reason why I sort of like this game is the same reason why I'm not thrilled about it, and that's the scalability of the new engine.

What's good is that finally, people will actually be able to play a game like Crysis on full settings smoothly, those who have consoles, who constitute the majority of "gamers" as far as I know. I can't wait to see it in person played on a 360 and PS3 to see how it stacks up against the first Crysis on the PC, which in my opinion, still looks better.

What's bad, and this is strictly my elitist douchebag opinion, is that the graphics really aren't that incredible and this looks like just another console shooter, graphics wise. It looks pretty similar to Killzone 2 for the PS3. For the record, good gameplay beats out graphics no matter what, but I'm talking about graphics here. I think we have the texture detail down to a science, it looks incredible (Halo Reach has amazing texture detail), but in some games the polygon count is just lacking and it shows, and CoD is a great example of that. I was so, so let down by the graphics in Black Ops. They are no improvement whatsoever over MW2, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2's graphics and destructible environment (Frostbite engine?) beats the SHIT out of CoD. BFBC2 looks pretty much as good as Crysis does, and the ambience and overall feel of the game is amazing. It's easily the best FPS I've ever played, I enjoy it enough to play it online. Awesome textures, crappy models, more or less. I don't know dick about computer graphics, by the way so anyone can go ahead and rip this post apart.

I just think it's unfortunate for the PC gaming community that new games are coming out for all 3 main platforms, maybe that kind of bottlenecks what a PC is capable of, as your average gaming PC has a hell of a lot more power than a PS3 or Xbox 360. I guess it's a necessary evil though, as consoles have pretty much taken over and PC gaming is sort of a niche market.

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Battlefield 3, I think it's coming out March 11th. I'll probably need a new graphics card for that.

[Scar Symmetry]

Just finished my first beta demo match 10-7.

Graphics are really good! Looking forward to upgrading.

The music is top notch.

[Scar Symmetry]

17-8, topped the board.

Shotgun with invisibility seems to work best.

Definitely buying this game! Only downside to the demo is there's only one map.

[HighGain510]

Shit that demo was today wasn't it?! Damn it all! I got stuck up in PA for surgical testing, won't be getting back to my xbox until tomorrow! Did they say how long they are running the multiplayer beta?

[Scar Symmetry]

There's no mention anywhere of it ending, so could be anytime. It's a very welcome change from Call of Duty!

[Prydogga]

Wait, what!? How do I demo!?

Edit: Downloading now, man I hope this is awesome.

[ittoa666]

I think the mp is horrible. Laggy and unbalanced.

[Prydogga]

That's odd. You're only supposed to play one map, but I played a different map on my first game, it was mostly based around water, it was a great map.

I think right now the multiplayer is a tad laggy, but beta's are usually a bit like that. I don't see how it's unbalanced though This is probably the most fair MP I've played in next gen games. Everyone has an equal part, and I felt as strong with a shotgun as I did with a sniper, everything has a counter, and it all just works.


Best multiplayer experience I've had since originally playing COD4, can't wait for the full game.

[ShreddingDragon]

I thought the jungle and fresh looking water areas were a really relaxing setting for Crysis 1, and gave a great counterweight to the intensive firefight action. City combat...hmm. Hopefully they have something interesting up their sleeves for the sequel.

Crysis is probably the best FPS ever for me, along with F.E.A.R. 1 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. FEAR 2 was a gigantic disappointment for me, now the pressure is on Crysis 2...

[Prydogga]

Trust me, the two maps I played felt full of life, there's alot of interaction with the landscape, there's no spots that the game won't let you reach, and the structure is very vertical as well as horizontal. There's alot of greenery and water brought into it as well, and all the map felt like a real area, with working parts (there's a gym in one of the maps, and it is slightly destroyed, works perfectly.)

One of the best examples of level design I've seen, not surprising, since these guys have been owning at it for years.

[Origin]

Originally Posted by ShreddingDragon

I thought the jungle and fresh looking water areas were a really relaxing setting for Crysis 1, and gave a great counterweight to the intensive firefight action. City combat...hmm. Hopefully they have something interesting up their sleeves for the sequel.

Crysis is probably the best FPS ever for me, along with F.E.A.R. 1 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. FEAR 2 was a gigantic disappointment for me, now the pressure is on Crysis 2...

FEAR is my favourite game of all goddamn time. And the STALKER series as well good choices dude haha. FEAR 2 was kind of meh, it didn't feel like it at all. and Clear Sky kind of ate it too, but then COP came out and my mind was blown.

Hopefully Crysis 2 doesn't take too much time on MP or catering to console people and stays true to what it is, a jaw-dropping single-player experience, THEN focuses on multiplayer. (no offense to console dudes >_> mmmmmmmmuch.)