Crysis 2 thread;Crysis 3 announced(2013,PC/360/PS3)

[archie4208]

dumbing down games

[Tieno]

dumbing down games

[Great Rumbler]

there's only going to be two powers: power and stealth, and they're both button presses away for "accessibility" (re-re console gamers)

  CONSOLE SHOOTERS

Bleh, speed was awesome.

[maxy]

there's only going to be two powers: power and stealth, and they're both button presses away for "accessibility" (re-re console gamers)

  CONSOLE SHOOTERS

Bleh, speed was awesome.

Bleh,FUD

Everything is still there,just combined together.

Power mode - Enhanced speed and strength

Armour mode - Energy is drained instead of health.

Infiltration mode - Player's footsteps are softened. An invisibility cloak can be activated, which will drain energy.

Tactical mode - The weapons enemies use will be named, the cause of death and names of corpses will be shown, and items of interest will be highlighted.

[Great Rumbler]

there's only going to be two powers: power and stealth, and they're both button presses away for "accessibility" (re-re console gamers)

  CONSOLE SHOOTERS

Bleh, speed was awesome.

Bleh,FUD

Everything is still there,just combined together.

Power mode - Enhanced speed and strength

Armour mode - Energy is drained instead of health.

Infiltration mode - Player's footsteps are softened. An invisibility cloak can be activated, which will drain energy.

Tactical mode - The weapons enemies use will be named, the cause of death and names of corpses will be shown, and items of interest will be highlighted.

So wait, they just moved the modes around a bit? Ban Crushed.

[maxy]

Yes,old news...

One new mode...tactical

[Great Rumbler]

Yes,old news...

One new mode...tactical

It's the same, except that the speed boost goes into Strength and there's a new mode that gives you tactical information.

[WrikaWrek]

I think the trailer is pretty awesome, but the suit has gotten...."fat".

[cool breeze]

It isn't just the suit.  In general there is a lot more heft to the style of the game, from the faces to the weapons to how much space that gun takes up on the screen as you play it.

there's only going to be two powers: power and stealth, and they're both button presses away for "accessibility" (re-re console gamers)

  CONSOLE SHOOTERS

Bleh, speed was awesome.

Bleh,FUD

Everything is still there,just combined together.

Power mode - Enhanced speed and strength

Armour mode - Energy is drained instead of health.

Infiltration mode - Player's footsteps are softened. An invisibility cloak can be activated, which will drain energy.

Tactical mode - The weapons enemies use will be named, the cause of death and names of corpses will be shown, and items of interest will be highlighted.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63228

the developer has streamlined the four powers of the original (Stealth, Speed, Strength, Armor) into two for the shooter sequel--Power and Stealth.
That doesn't necessarily mean that players of the sequel will have less abilities than they did in the first as Power and Stealth encompass elements of all four.

Activating the Power (PWR) ability provides elements of Strength, Speed and Armor while Stealth (STLTH) allows one to temporarily move about the level both invisibly and silently for a brief amount of time, as noted by an on-screen indicator.

This streamlining also means there's no need for a power-selecting pop-up menu a la the original Crysis. Instead, the presentation indicated that players can switch between the two, Power and Stealth, at a press of a button.

I don't mind it that much.  I'm not against change assuming the result is something as good if not better than the original.  On paper it sounds like they're dumbing it down but if it works for the game, then why not.

[brawndolicious]

So what's the point of Tactical Mode?  Does it help you spot enemies?

[Crushed]

So what's the point of Tactical Mode?  Does it help you spot enemies?

Yes, and I believe it also tells you what weapons their carrying and other stats that will assist you in deciding which way you will approach a situation.

Isn't that basically just an expanded version of the binoculars from the first game>

[brawndolicious]

Yeah I remember something like that in Far Cry but I guess it would look more techy and nice now.  Sort of like the x-ray goggles in Batman.

Of course, the AI in Crysis is far from perfect so they need to upgrade that shit for this to be useful.

[brawndolicious]

Not really caring.  The console versions right now already run smooth never going under 30 fps in the previews, and they're still pre-alpha so I can definitely trust Crytek's abilities.  Where is that quote from anyways?

[The Fake Shemp]

Looks pretty awesome.

How long until we get a $15 XBLA/PSN dumbed down port of the original?

[archie4208]

consoles

[maxy]

PS3 footage


Nobody should worry about Crysis 2 graphics,console or PC...it will be amazing

[demi]

No, it wont. Crysis is garbage

[TakingBackSunday]

that screen looks like an upscaled conduit grab

[cool breeze]

terrible screen shot but probably just a bad capture.  reminds me of that first area of Darksiders.

speaking of the conduit





even the screens for the sequel are completely butchered.  I played the first game ( :'() and that didn't look nearly as bad as these screens do.  It seems like only the Japanese and French mastered the art of faking screen shots

[TakingBackSunday]

The conduit got a lot of noise because of its customization, but even the customization options blow cock, the game still controls like shit no matter what.  Terrible terrible engine.

All FPS games on the Wii should copy the Metroid Prime Trilogy for control (or Red Steel 2's control if they use WM+ -- the game actually controls really well).

[cool breeze]

I agree.  I had a chance to play a bit of Red Steel 2 at a friends house last week and while the game seemed a bit dull, the aiming controls felt very natural compared to The Conduit or other shooters on the system.  Even with all the options in The Conduit it never felt felt right, and that's pretty bad considering you need to spend a good bit of time just tweaking the controls to make them work before playing.  You could even kinda steer the camera when pointing outside the screen in RS2.

[Crushed]

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consoles

POWER OF CELL

You could even kinda steer the camera when pointing outside the screen in RS2.

I think that's a M+ thing, which is cool. I was honestly thinking about getting it, even if it is a bit dull and the story is poo.

[TakingBackSunday]

I really like Red Steel 2.  It's dull at first, but once you learn a few moves to pull of with the sword its really fun.  When you face off against a boss battle, the sword fights get really fast and hectic.  It's real cool.

[Smooth Groove]

POWER OF CELL

4D gaming 

[Third]

Looks awful. PC tards now have one less titel to brag about. Should've stayed on the PC.

[WrikaWrek]

But, if the game looks amazing on the PC, who gives a shit that the PS3 version looks like a PS3 version?

[maxy]

hype hype hype

Impressions from NYC world premiere

http://www.incrysis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=862&Itemid=1

The level starts with the player very high up in a building, I’d say about 20 stories up. Nomad is given some brief directions by his commander, because it’s hard to pay attention as Nathan pans around from this high vantage point. Crysis 2 on an early 360 development build months away from release is, regardless of platform, flat out the most visually stunning game in history. Period. I cannot adequately describe the richness, depth of detail, and the pure sensation that you are in a Nanosuit 2 bustling about New York City. I had a flashback to the very first time I walked out of the bunker and into the tropical paradise in the first level Far Cry. There aren’t enough superlatives to put his correctly on paper.

The power mode will allow large leaps from building to building and to move things.

 

[maxy]

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_crysis_2_gets_two_screens-9322_en.html

[WrikaWrek]

Bleh

Not impressed. Metro 2033 impressed me more.

[Great Rumbler]

The two big things that Crytek's engines do is physics and lightning, neither of which you can really get a good impression of from a still picture.

[WrikaWrek]

True

[maxy]

New scans

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5559/img003y.jpg
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/449/img005n.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4893/img007vki.jpg
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7065/img009vm.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5535/img011kh.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7048/img013lz.jpg

[Bebpo]

Alien designs look cool as always.  This team nails the art.

[maxy]

Yay,Crytek is back to bitchslap every exclusive-non exclusive console developer

New footage on gametrailers.com...
looks amazing even on gametrailers shitty quality,tearing magnifier player
There is some Crysis footage there and even that tears like crazy...i have no clue how they do it 

Sandbox is still there,like in Crysis

That Geoff Keighley is annoying as hell,true console tard.

[brawndolicious]

Borys is wrong, it looks way better than the first game.

[maxy]

I don't see what is so special about those two screenshots ,maybe foliage...but it would have to be in motion to see that

Not to mention that game has to be playable,those two screens look like somebody crammed as much stuff as he could and called it a day.

But random modder with CE3 will do stuff far beyond CE2...so the PC community will be satisfied

[maxy]

There is some hope for Borys

Gaf resident pixel counter posted this

A screen capture from the footage shows a double tearing artifact, which happens when the frame buffer is being rendered faster than the refresh rate.

In this case, I assume that the video was being captured at 60hz and by look of the artifact (the size mid section is less than half of the whole picture) the game is being rendered at over 120hz.

There is definitely some double tearing in gametrailers footage...

If true... 120 fps PC footage

[maxy]

Gameplay footage only...SD or 720p upscale

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Tieno]

Looks boring and bland. KZ2 looked more interesting, even though it ended up being 'just' a nice shooter.

[TripleA]

Hmm, it looks very inferior to Crysis 1.

Actually now that I think about it, it looks like MW2 running @720p.

[Great Rumbler]

Physics look pretty awesome.

[brawndolicious]

Well Borys, wtf do you see Crysis 1 doing better?

[maxy]

Some  news

Autumn release date

MP beta is planned,sign up bellow,maybe you will get lucky...
http://www.mycrysis.com/newsdetails.php?news=43632
No date yet

I'm pretty sure that free keys will be given also
btw,multiplayer is being developed by Crytek UK,former Free Radical

Could be good...

[dark1x]

You guys are being way too harsh here.  Yes, it doesn't look as impressive as Crysis, but it still looks pretty solid and seems like it should play well.  The original was a great game regardless of its visuals so I'm definitely excited about this.

That is likely console footage anyways.  The game should look better on the PC and, hopefully, run much better than the first game due to optimizations made to support consoles.

[demi]

maxy if u get a free key GIVE IT TO ME

[maxy]

Ok,if i find free keys,one will be yours

[Smooth Groove]

Gameplay footage only...SD or 720p upscale

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Horrible.  Massive downgrade total.  Looks lifelessly stale like most "Power of the Cell" games that only look good at first glance. 

[maxy]

Maximum graphics

 Crytek

[brawndolicious]

I'm pretty sure I read that those caustic refractions are actually in real-time.

[Smooth Groove]

Those shots look like that big robot game from Eidos which was made for the Dreamcast and PC. 

[TripleA]

You guys are being way too harsh here.  Yes, it doesn't look as impressive as Crysis, but it still looks pretty solid and seems like it should play well.  The original was a great game regardless of its visuals so I'm definitely excited about this.

That is likely console footage anyways.  The game should look better on the PC and, hopefully, run much better than the first game due to optimizations made to support consoles.

Ofcourse it will look better on PC.

My concern is the bolded part. I have a bad feeling that we'll have to deal with meh performance all over again.

[cool breeze]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-crysis-2/101432

The gametrailers footage is kinda boring, but this new stuff from E3 looks awesome.  I don't know why people seem down on it.  well, it does look very different than Crysis 1 in how it plays.

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-crysis-2/101432

The gametrailers footage is kinda boring, but this new stuff from E3 looks awesome.  I don't know why people seem down on it.  well, it does look very different than Crysis 1 in how it plays.

The physics, lighting, and particle effects look really awesome

[Smooth Groove]

would have looked better with DX11 effects instead of being dumped down for console DX9

[WrikaWrek]

Smooth Grove dropping the hammer of truth

[maxy]

Crysis in 3D is… well, it's still Crysis. In 3D. I don't mean to sound reductive; I was impressed with some of the tricks Crytek displayed to make the 3D version of the game more immersive, including layering and subtle movement of the HUD over the game world, and the sense of verticality and height in particular were heightened by the effect. Meanwhile, there was no perceivable performance decrease with 3D mode active, and perhaps more surprisingly to some, this was all running with no issues at all on the Xbox 360, a quiet refutation of Sony's nascent push to lay claim to the technology in the public conscience.

360 3D


PS3 3D   

[dark1x]

Looked great in that demonstration.  Buying on the PC for certain, but I'm impressed they were able to deliver those visuals on a console. 

would have looked better with DX11 effects instead of being dumped down for console DX9

Neither console is limited by the DX9 standard.  The 360 has a GPU capable of effects beyond what you can do with DX9 and the PS3 can rely on the CPU to perform effects the GPU isn't capable of.  Considering their age, they can both produce some pretty amazing visuals even by PC standards.

Of course, I know how you think, so you probably won't agree.   

[cool breeze]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-crysis-2/101804
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-crysis-2/101802

first video shows off a larger area where you can jump from the street into a building and stuff like that

[Smooth Groove]

I'm not a fucking Indian so it's unsurprising that I'd spell something wrong here and there.  Still, dump as in shit, works in this example. 

Looked great in that demonstration.  Buying on the PC for certain, but I'm impressed they were able to deliver those visuals on a console. 

would have looked better with DX11 effects instead of being dumped down for console DX9

Neither console is limited by the DX9 standard.  The 360 has a GPU capable of effects beyond what you can do with DX9 and the PS3 can rely on the CPU to perform effects the GPU isn't capable of.  Considering their age, they can both produce some pretty amazing visuals even by PC standards.

Of course, I know how you think, so you probably won't agree.   

Be real, dawg.  We all know Crysis did a lot of stuff 3 yrs ago that's even now beyond the capabilities of the consoles, no matter how they're programmed.  There's no way Crysis 2 would only look like this if the AMD 5xxx and Fermi were the target platforms. 

[Great Rumbler]

The only thing I don't like about what I see of Crysis 2 so far is how it seems to be straying from the Crysis formula and moving towards the style of every other FPS out there right now, specifically how you aren't just one guy on your own but now you've got all these Marines and other guys fighting with you.