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Or you can make a giant tower. Or giant chairs. Basically, anything you can think of looks to be possible here.

This is just a fantastic example of how powerful the CryENGINE2 is. It's amazing to see how all of the barrels and surrounding plants react realistically as the barrels fall all over the place. What's even better is watching all the barrels explode. The player is able to look directly at everything when 50 barrels explode, but when all 3,000 are going off, he has to turn away from the explosion otherwise his system will crash.

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EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 12/16/2007 03:07
Saw this before, it's fucking amazing!
mispelt's Avatar
mispelt at 12/16/2007 03:08
Wowzers...
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EternalDeathSlayer at 12/16/2007 03:19
Who cares if it's a slow news day? Can't blame CTZ for putting it up, I put up in my own blog till someone told me it was already posted. It's an awesome video.
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Cheeburga at 12/16/2007 03:21
lol.
JJ Rage's Avatar
JJ Rage at 12/16/2007 03:38
Holy fuck.
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Orionsaint at 12/16/2007 03:58
One of the greatest Internet videos ever posted.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 12/16/2007 04:01
WOO! DESTRUCTION!
Amayirot Akago's Avatar
Amayirot Akago at 12/16/2007 04:33
Sweet mother of God almighty.

Now I REALLY need a new PC.
manta's Avatar
manta at 12/16/2007 04:34
Pure awesome.
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Churchhills Dog at 12/16/2007 04:47
I'd love to try this if the editor didn't CRASH EVERY FUCKING TIME I TRY TO LOAD IT.


THANKS ONCE AGAIN EA.....
Baron Calico's Avatar
Baron Calico at 12/16/2007 05:08
Fine fine fine... I'll play through Crysis the moment I have a PC that can run it at full settings. You people happy now?!
Richaod's Avatar
Richaod at 12/16/2007 05:44
The last part of that could actually pass for part of a documentary where some random runs away from a volcanic explosion... awesome. The music is suitably br00tal, too.
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bleep at 12/16/2007 05:44
HOLY FUCKING GRANDMA TURDS!

RAT FARTS

THIS IS AWESOME!
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 12/16/2007 05:49
The video was awsome, but the music became so awful i had to mute my sound to watch it xD
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blastocyst at 12/16/2007 05:52
The graphics/video quality don't even matter really. The physics are so intensely believable. The explosions toward the end are especially stunning.
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Ratcliff at 12/16/2007 06:12
my god, "what could top half-life 2's physics engine?" I asked myself...

and now I have my answer
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Justice at 12/16/2007 06:20
So friggin sweet
DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 12/16/2007 06:28
Wow, on all counts. That video is just full of awesome.
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Vitamin Awesome at 12/16/2007 06:49
This makes me wanna get Crysis working on my computer again. It runs fine mid-spec, I've played it for a couple hours, but lately it don't seem to wanna run. Blast. now I'll be up for even later trying to get this thing to run again.
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ROBOZINHO at 12/16/2007 07:14
Quick heads up for the uninitiated: this is awesome alright, but it's not realtime. It's recorded by forcing the engine to properly calculate the physics for every object on every frame (by using additive time).

The actual FPS in which this is recorded may vary depending on CPU, but these videos are usually done at something around 1fps or less, then the video is sped up to the original speed.
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ScottEFresh at 12/16/2007 07:35
Sweet....too bad I won't have a comp that can run this game. Let's go Crysis on consoles!
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Jetsetlemming at 12/16/2007 08:02
I can't get over how strangely shiny the barrels were.
I'm of the mindset that making every single fucking thing shiny you can is a bad thing. It's one of the things I didn't like about the Doom 3 engine either (other than it ran like shit on my ATI card and didn't have any good games made in it).
Also, if you're going for realism, more than one single appearance for every single explosive barrel might be a good idea Crytek.
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foxhound009 at 12/16/2007 08:02
awesome... (need new pc)
Hitogoroshi's Avatar
Hitogoroshi at 12/16/2007 08:09
Very very cool. To bad Crysis isn't that great.
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iliketuna at 12/16/2007 08:47
That's terrible for the environment
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Eschatos at 12/16/2007 08:50
Such a shame you can't do that in real time. I still like Half Life 2's engine better. It's more realistic, and has much better selection of items. I bet I could do this fairly easily in Garry's Mod.
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SourGr8pes at 12/16/2007 09:06
Seeing those huge towers collapse was epic. What's in those barrels anyways? Crushed hopes and dreams of children?
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Big Z at 12/16/2007 09:07
I think it's funny that he actually can't look at the 3000 barrel explosion or his computer will grind to a halt.
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Holyetheline at 12/16/2007 09:11
This looks amazing, I want this game.
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Tristero at 12/16/2007 09:16
Are you serious? No one actually posted "Do a barrel roll"? C'mon. I'm disappointed in you folks.
Tristero's Avatar
Tristero at 12/16/2007 09:17
Are you serious? No one actually posted "Do a barrel roll"? C'mon. I'm disappointed in you folks.
Dadud's Avatar
Dadud at 12/16/2007 09:29
Do a barrel roll (x2)
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Clockwork at 12/16/2007 09:33
Awesome Vid. Shitty Ass music though.
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DryvBy at 12/16/2007 09:42
9/11 has never been so cool.
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wardrox at 12/16/2007 10:32
But.. but... it's not rendered in real time! You forgot to mention that! Any physics engine can do this.
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NyghtcrawleR at 12/16/2007 10:34
Video is still cool regardless.
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Professor Pew at 12/16/2007 11:09
**I move away from the explosions to save my pc
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 12/16/2007 11:13
Do a Barrel Roll!
Juggernaut's Avatar
Juggernaut at 12/16/2007 11:31
This is amazing!!!
Steel Squirrel's Avatar
Steel Squirrel at 12/16/2007 11:34
That was pretty super.
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TurboHyperFighting at 12/16/2007 12:30
Anyone know for sure who the band performing the song used in that video is?

It sounds like Children of Bodom.
Ghil's Avatar
Ghil at 12/16/2007 12:54
too bad it's not rendered in real time, but it's quite cool to watch nonetheless
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 12/16/2007 12:57
This is just beautiful.
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Phntmbanana at 12/16/2007 13:08
Awesome that made my dayd
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FrozenSpaceMonkey at 12/16/2007 13:10
@Turbo

I was wondering the same. They do kinda sound like CoB, but I don't think it is. Still trying to find that song.
FrozenSpaceMonkey's Avatar
FrozenSpaceMonkey at 12/16/2007 13:12
Just found it.

Kalmah - Moon of My Nights
stoo1985's Avatar
stoo1985 at 12/16/2007 13:28
Awesome :D
0chan's Avatar
0chan at 12/16/2007 13:41
meh
Thornnn's Avatar
Thornnn at 12/16/2007 13:50
Awesome possum!!!!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/16/2007 13:50
Do a barrel roll!
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