One of the most anticipated PC games of this year finally has a ship date. EA says that this eye-searingly gorgeous game will hit North American and European retail shelves on November 16th. This first person shooter just took the Best PC Game prize from the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2007, and anyone who's seen it in action can tell you why.
“Crytek is constantly striving to push the boundaries of both game design and technology, while maintaining quality at the highest bar,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “We’re thankful to our fans for their support and patience, and we’re excited to bring them Crysis this year. It’s going to be worth the wait.”
PC gamers with godly PCs should be making their Christmas lists accordingly.
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[Update: EA has just sent out a kickass new HD trailer (above), featuring some new story backround and visuals. Thanks, GameVideos.]
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Crytek, award-winning developers of Far Cry, today announced that CrysisTM, will be hitting retail stores in North America and Europe on November 16, 2007 exclusively for the PC. A technical achievement featuring stunning DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 visuals, cunning gameplay, and an epic story, Crysis is recognized as one of the most anticipated PC games and first person shooters of 2007, recently winning Best PC game from the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2007.
“Crytek is constantly striving to push the boundaries of both game design and technology, while maintaining quality at the highest bar,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “We’re thankful to our fans for their support and patience, and we’re excited to bring them Crysis this year. It’s going to be worth the wait.”
Offering true, open-ended gameplay, Crysis gives gamers an unparalleled amount of freedom that fosters completely unique gaming experiences. Players are outfitted with a revolutionary Nanosuit and an arsenal of fully customizable weapons, giving them a wide array of options not only in approaching the entire game, but every single objective or individual encounter. And they will need every advantage they can get going head to head against a menacing and highly intelligent alien threat amid dynamic, hostile battlefields that range from lush, tropical jungles, flash-frozen landscapes and a horrifying zero gravity environment.
Crysis also breaks new ground in multiplayer with the introduction of PowerStruggle– a unique team-based strategic mode for up to 32 players, where opposing sides battle for control of advanced weaponry and vehicles to overcome their enemies. For those who prefer the pulse-pounding action of deathmatch, Crysis will also feature an Instant Action mode, with the highly adaptive Nanosuit serving as the ultimate tool to outwit your opponents.
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All your PC's will be dated by november 16th!
People were all over it with FarCry too, let's see how the gameplay turns out to be first. Not to mention that it will probably end up on the consoles come Q4-2008/2009 anyway?
Cool, another game to play in five years time when the system required to run it doesn't cost the price of a decent car...
It looks insanely pretty, but the gameplay doesn't look like anything we haven't seen, and therefore done, before. I'm willing to be proven wrong though!
Meh. I said meh! Seriously tho, I may just be a dumb girl who's spent far too many hours playing Halo, but all I'm seeing is another alien shoot-em-up with nicer graphics. And don't get me wrong, I love FPS's with a fiery red hot passion that glows with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns, but this game doesn't even look that interesting. Anyway, my computer will blow up with just the thought of that game. Just watching the trailer made my monitor sizzle.
Halo 3 doesn't really convince me as the next big FPS, but this trailer is awful? Fading text at voice-cues.. aliens from HL2, quality story like FarCry? Meh.
Seriously, you don't need that great a machine to run Crysis. My computer is a year old, and it still meets the recommended requirements, aside from Vista, which will be the only component I pick up, simply so I can get the DX10 version.
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5:00 PM on 08.02.2007
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Anyone willing to co-sign a mortgage for me?
Hmm...I'm pretty sure I could get teh Crysis...but buying a computer to run it at its full potential? Impossible.
People were all over it with FarCry too, let's see how the gameplay turns out to be first. Not to mention that it will probably end up on the consoles come Q4-2008/2009 anyway?
(Hyperbole in that statement)
It looks insanely pretty, but the gameplay doesn't look like anything we haven't seen, and therefore done, before. I'm willing to be proven wrong though!
Still looks fantastic graphics-wise though!