Finally, Crysis on a console.

Now more than 3 percent...oh, you said that already.

Well then.

I hear it has very nice trees.

No gibs no sale.

I liked Crysis, I thought the story was pretty solid and the game was fun! If this is going PC I might just wait and see if I can play it as well as the last one. I doubt it, but one can hope.

I thought Crysis had a lot of potential but they kind of screwed themselves by aiming at only the really high end PC market. My PC could run it on about medium settings just about, but I knew a lot people thats computers never had a chance.

It makes sense to aim the sequal at multiple platforms. My only worry if weather the PC is now going to get a console port or weather it's being developed side by side for all platforms.

Power and speed combined, you say?

Well, thats just awesome. Dash into a dude's face, hit him with your cannon arm, then jump on the nearest roof. Always wanted to do that seamlessly..

Does it feature open-world environments set on a massive map, with vehicles, and the all-important RPG elements that I require in most if not all of my future FPS purchases*?



*You can thank Gearbox and Bethesda for that.

Interesting claims. If true, it will result in a massive blow to PC gaming. Personally skeptical.

forest -> city = render power issues?
speed, strength -> merge = consoles digipad?

Sorry but i can only think of one reason, this'll be another fantastic console project. Maybe they didnt notice the reason why did the first part fail at sales...

Try to optimize plz.....

I really hope that the consoles don't dumb down the graphics. Though, it does seem they've already dumbed down the gameplay, with a freakin' "scan" mode that highlights enemies for console kiddies. Fuck.

@StingingVelvet

Yeah, i agree. People who like shooters would like the first one. I think console wars got in the way.

Crysis was a technical masterpiece thats why it was good its like giving Avatar an award for original and masterful storytelling.

The story in Crysis was cookie cutter and if you took away the revolutionary graphics it was a hollow shell of a game.

This is going to be one overwhelming failure and a big turd.

@CaptainBus

I wanted to point on it originaly :D All of the other comments are about the consoles lack of power these days, so yes and you misunderstand me.

BTW N0R3M0RS3 made a statement wich reflects the same thing i was pointing on.

The only other thing that header image needs is a tiger to make it more badass. Bonus points if the guy in the suit is Michael Madsen.

A German magazine saying Crysis is the best looking game ever? It's like an American hot-dog stand claiming they make the World's best hot-dogs.

@destructony: Which PC game looks better than Crysis? Enlighten us, please.

In Crysis you could beat the whole game by exploiting the nanosuit powers, but it will make gameplay slow and tedious. Instead, the game rewards creativity, but it depends entirely of the player; I have seen a guy taking down an armored boat by trowing an explosive barrel, but I can't do it myself and I always ends up flying through the air, I prefer to wait and take down the gunner with a rifle.

The fun depends of the player, I have played the game like 7 times already, and I can't say I'm getting bored of it (and i'm still to play Warhead).

Hell I'm hoping they use the PS3 to full potential rather than regulating the limits of the system to match the Xbox360. Most games won't need to make use of all SPUs a graphical power house like Crytek could potentially push those all to the limit.

At the very least I hope they dedicate some to AA. I loved what they did with Uncharted and GoW3, I don't see why everyone doesn't use AA in the same way as most Sony games. It's all in the name of keeping it fair. I say screw that, this new-gen licensee pleasing is getting out of control. Oddly enough I wonder if MS would drop a licensee just because of something like this.

i don't care about either console. my $12,000 computer will be able to handle this easy. sure, i'm homeless now, but my pc specs are narly.

This is disapointing, as the game will now be a shell of what it once was. Low end graphics, because the consoles can't handle it, dumbed down and simplified game play, so consoles can use their controllers instead of a key board and mouse as god intended. Really really sad.

The 360 and PS3 version of the game WILL feature scaled back graphics, however, it will look as good as the PC crysis with at medium to high details. One thing that is severely hurt is the draw distance,the consoles, despite introducing AA this gen, still have awful AF capabilities, and sometimes I wonder if the games use trilinear filtering, because pop in is such a noticeable issue on consoles.

Link detailing the differences in visuals between the PC and console versions:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-crysis-console?page=1

harmonica, I don't know how you made a computer that expensive. I'd have a hard time finding things expensive enough to make 4 with $12,000. Maybe hiring an esteemed artists to draw something on the sidepanel?

Anyways the moment I heard that it was set in New York city, I assumed the worst. If anyone thought it was generic before (what other games have that gameplay, again?), then they are going to be blown away when there is a setting that's been done many times. A city setting is usually boring. What I'm particularly worried about is design with console hardware in mind, which could result in small levels, corridor shooting, easymode for all modes (remember, the most common tv's used are pretty small), etc.

Also 3% of computers is like what, 10 million computers? Probably more than the install base of the PS3 at the time. Any computer with dedicated graphics could play it, really. I have to admit that the alien levels and beyond were less than spectacular, gemeplay-wise. I definitely would of felt ripped off if I had payed for Crysis full price or even for $40.

Also I think it's silly to think that consoles will be able to match anything more than medium. The reason being that the gap in hardware between xbox hardware and xbox 360 hardware is less than the gap between current PC hardware and xbox 360 hardware. The draw distance in particular will take a huge hit. The reason Crysis was so hard to run was because it rendered trees for like miles and lesser vegetation for a less, but still huge distance.

Hasn't anyone realized that CryEngine3 is essentially the original Crysis engine on PC? The biggest change is lighting and making it scalable. Now everyone can have their average shooter and 2007 graphics HOORAY!!!!

I really hoped they haven't dumbed the sequel down for console tards, but I know they have. sigh

I'd like to be serious for a second, and ask a real question. How many times has it happened before were a sequel for a game (major sequel) doesn't improve on the games technology/graphics and actually backtracks graphically, scale wise, and tech wise?