Crysis 2

[Arcmanov]

Yep...that's my issue to a T.

He said it too...how come NOBODY at EA/Crytek tested this game with
multi-GPU setups?

Deplorable.

As Awesome said on Mumble: is like ah pay for a alpha test (not even beta)

[TriniXaeno]

The moral here is how time changes the story.

A few years ago, steam was a scourge. It was the second coming of satan, (with microsoft's product activation being the first). Valve was the enemy, trying to protect their baby, HL2 from pirates.

Steam meant once you bought a game, the value immediately was reduced to zero dollars. No resale value. More than that, you had to be online. No internet, no game. Lord forbid if Valve went bankrupt....there goes the access to your entire library.

Fast forward today....gamers are lapping it up like milk. Steam and Valve are heroes. Yet all the shortcomings are still there. Nothing has changed really.

So let me tell the story of the future.

Fast forward five years. Gamers will have long forgotten advanced settings in PC games, the need for complex multigpu setups, proper beta testing on this platform and grown fully accustomed to being given "hand me downs" from the console scene where the PS4, Xbox 720 and Wii 2 are running the FPS route.

Threads like this making a big quarrel about it will no longer exist.

Madame corn husk iymc.

Then the horse will truly be dead. Five years, max.

[Doomtack]

Nah man... that time won't come, because we will be making the games...
Cus we could do it so much better (apparently)...
</sarcasm>

I actually don't give a damn whether a game is consolified or not. Once the game is fun, I happy.

[MessiaaH]

Wyatt wont kill that talk atal boy wayeeeeee, lololol, cod/crysis is shit, doh mean d inevatiable consolazation of all pc games lol, yet still i see no reason to buy ah xbox or ps3 lol.

Save MORTAL KOMBAT, i buying ah console jusssssss for dat shit.

I have too much games on pc as is dat i eh even touch yet, and ah quadrum of games being released this year still That are totally epic! I honestly doh have time to play all dem games out there. Both PC, Wii, and Xbox/PS3 lineups. and if i hada choose,
PC is and will always be my platform of choice , and pc part prices keep dropping, price per performance is crazy.

Anyway, Crytek do shit and deserve beating with d same pull pessel as d Black Ops team.
Althought i blame wah happen to crysis 2 less dan blackops, becuase it din exactly have hordes of ppl runing out to buy crysis 1, so d men had to do wah dey had to do.
Black Ops had no excuse. Dies why blizzard still and will always remain, PC Exclusive, dey games does fly off store shelves like bottle water.

[TriniXaeno]

I actually don't give a damn whether a game is consolified or not. Once the game is fun, I happy.

This.

Generally...there are enough of the gaming masses who think this way to justify the future of games going in this direction.

The elitist minority will find their voice soon irrelevant in the wake of a buying majority who will spring for a game once its fun and don't know nor care about multigpu.

They just want to play...and have fun.

Bad for elitist...yes...but good for the gaming industry as a whole.

I think its fair to say that GATT's genesis was around extremely tech savvy individuals. Maybe its time we start to adapt. Dilute our tech with a little more fun sauce.

lol messiaah, watch how men get quiet on the history of Valve/Steam. I know you around the scene long enough to know how true those statements were. It have no counter argument for that one.

and as far as bringing up blizzard....this volley of arguments are around the FPS genre in particular....the only recent offering Blizzard has in that arena is BlackOps by way of their parent, Activision Blizzard. (and we all know how that went, lol)

[MessiaaH]

Blizzard eh make Black Shit, ah mean Black Ops eh lolol.

And yea d steam/valve argument lash home lol, cause dies exactly how it was lololol. Man was cussing left, right , and center lolol.

Because of Mortal Kombat, i seriously considering ah ps3, right now i checking out games / prices etc etc. And d more i reserach, d more i seeing d same titles being released on Xbox/PS3/PC. And once it avail on pc, i go choose dat, instead of d console counterpath.

http://games.ign.com/articles/115/1156716p1.html

Handy list for all.

There are few ps3 games not on pc dat i go be interested in, (Uncharted, God Of War, Infamous, Red Dead), not sure those 3 games warrant ah ps3, but dat mortal rel tempting meh boy wayeeeeeee.

[TriniXaeno]

They could done spend my money for the Mortal on PS3.

They had me at Kratos.....they had me at Kratos.

[Doomtack]

As far as elitist goes, i'm not that, but i'm definitely an enthusiast (my pc specs should speak for itself). But as far as I see it, there's not much I can do to change the minds of the business heads that run the actual production of the game. I used to have a dual GPU rig, and I stopped going that route since I realised that dual-GPU might never get the proper treatment it deserves by the majority of titles.

That being said, I've just evolved with the times, if that's the direction the industry is going in, so be it, i'll play... but i'm always happy for a game that could utilize the full resources of my rig. But the other end of that spectrum is that some ppl go with a particular card for a particular set of features etc. and in the end they don't even get games to support it, that's something that should be considered before one invests in a piece of hardware. I for example have an extra GTS250 for the purpose of Physx, but because every new game does not support it, you don't hear me ranting, it's because i've accepted that I can find value in the games that do support it, and the games that don't... well that was my understanding before buying the extra card.

What i'm trying to say is that, if Crysis 2 wasn't your idea of a good game, you were given a demo to see if it is what you wanted, don't buy it without trying it and then complain. And I who have bought it doh want to hear bout your gripes, cus i bought it because the demo showed something I would enjoy.

[Arcmanov]

Well Doomtack, I have every right to complain because I'm having issues with the full game that weren't present in the demo.

...and Crytek seemingly forgot to mention that their brand new DX9 game was released with limited multi-GPU support.  Had I known this beforehand, I would have kept my 60 US, and bought Killzone 3 instead.  At least I'm pretty sure there would have been no 'surprises'.

This game has LOTS of issues, and the people who actually paid for it should be complaining the loudest.

Crytek have PLENTY work to do still, because it looks like this one aint quite done yet.


Right now I feel like if I could get back my money.

[Notnice]

They cracked the mp already yes .

[TriniXaeno]

I agree with Doom and Arcman 100%.

1) Doom is right, there was a demo and you should have only bought the game if you liked the demo. If you didn't buy it, or worse yet...didn't play the demo...your contribution to this thread is dubious at best, lol

2) Arcman is right. He bought a game based on the demo (which I thoroughly enjoyed myself) and ended up discovering new and fantastic issues in the full game that weren't evident in the demo.

Some element of fail is present here. No denying.

Like Arc, I've bought the full game based on the demo's performance.

Unlike Arc, so far, Crysis 2 has worked beautifully and looks better than every other game I've played on this humble rig today. Note, no multigpu setup here. Pure single gpu goodness ftw.

There is still a fly in the ointment for me though. Cannot get my "limited edition" code to redeem online. Seeing tons of people bitchin' about same all over the internet. I've tried it in chrome, firefox and internet explorer. Salt immc.

bad crytek, bad.

That aside, the single player campaign is running smooth as butter. Hopefully by time I complete it and get to the multiplayer they would have fixed that redemption snafu.

[Doomtack]

So far i've had no issues with the game, even the Limited Edition stuff I got through with no issue. (wait... I lie, My HUD disappeared one piece at a time in MP last night... bug?)

I agree that it is saddening that in 2011 we still have games being launched with lots of issues (probably even more than back then), and that is a legit reason to be angry. And it's quite possibly as a result of developers getting lazy since they only have to focus on one set of hardware when developing for consoles. Guess this is the natural order of things

[tdog]

What ever may be someone's gripe with crisis i have to say it is on beautiful games be miles. I consider my self to have a high end pc and i still cannot run this game on max settings but despite that it still is a looker no doubt. The multiplayer is brutal though epecially when ur just getting started but still lost of fun. An with about 14 multiplayer modes or more u must find a mode to tickle your fancy. For anyone who wants to add me my crysis handle is shadowmutt. Lets Get the rust out of those nanosuits!!1

[MessiaaH]

How does crysis 2 graphics compare to crysis warhead? cuase warhead on enthusist settings @ 1920*1200 was juss down right gorgeous

[TriniXaeno]

What you did to get your limited edition code redeemed boy Doom?

Nice shadowmutt. Add me, triniwyatt.

Playing single player right now but I'll be up for some MP action soon as the campaign is done.

[Doomtack]

Create an account on mycrisis.com,
then go to this link http://www.mycrysis.com/redeemcode/ and input your LE bundle code. When you log into Crysis 2 multiplayer, you should get a prompt saying that your limited edition code was successful, and you have unlocked etc. etc.
 

[TriniXaeno]

That account will be my in game name account right?

cause I already have TriniWyatt (from since demo days)

Would I have to delete and re-create? And wouldn't my serial # already be in use with the TriniWyatt account?

[W1nTry]

I now have had Crysis 2 for the  360 for 2 days now and I don't regret this purchase whatsoever. It IS the best looking 360 title to date and for the most part has played really well in multiplayer. This is my replacement to BOPS and is quite and interesting title, requires such different strategies and imho is a good game. My recommendation: BUY (at least if you own a 360)

[Spazosaurus]

I'll be monitoring this game on steam to see how many of my contacts purchase AND how long playtime is. This is the data I will use to make a decision whether to buy or not.

As it is now out of 70ppl on my steam contact list, only 3 own it with just 7 hours of playtime total among them.

I gotta say, fellas, things dont look so promising.

[TheApprentice]

I now have had Crysis 2 for the  360 for 2 days now and I don't regret this purchase whatsoever. It IS the best looking 360 title to date and for the most part has played really well in multiplayer. This is my replacement to BOPS and is quite and interesting title, requires such different strategies and imho is a good game. My recommendation: BUY (at least if you own a 360)

That's good to hear. I was really really hoping we got an equivalent port. Absolutely loved Crysis 1. I guess if I ever decide to get for PS3, I'll buy when there's a sale or price drop.