Crysis first impressions

[Bibble]

I just beat Crysis yesterday on normal difficulty. I loved the first half of the game but, although I didn't hate it, I did not find the second half nearly as enjoyable. Also, I wasn't expecting the game to end so suddenly! When I started the last level I thought I was about 75% finished with the game. I'll probably try out the first few levels on Delta one day because fighting Koreans with my superpowers is amazing.

 

[StinkyPinky]

The game was much more fun before ET arrived. I enjoyed it though.

 

[ITPaladin]

Playing on delta I act, and you probably must or die easily, like Predator, grabbing a soldier from behind while cloaked (in bushes, etc), then max strength toss him 10 ft into the air.

Now all I need is a spear and shoulder-mounted phaser cannon.

 

[Rottie]

do you guys use gamepad or keyboard with mouse?

 

[Pugnate]

Hey you guys want to play online??

 

[NoSoup4You]

Fantastic game, the gameplay changed after the Core level but the epic feel of the game was enough to keep me glued to my seat. The tank level is really what sealed it for me, and the zero g was a shock as well (I didn't read much about the game before playing it and had no idea there was a zero g level). Overall, an incredible game although the VTOL level was atrocious.

 

[Pugnate]

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Pugnate
I found the final half to be even more compelling than the first.

so you found the completely linear, totally scripted and tons of cut scenes part of the game compelling? this game is total crap after the Core level and is simply go here, do this, cut scence and repeat. the first part of the game is great but how an adult can find anything compelling about the second part of the game is beyond me.

Maybe it is because I have actual taste? You are a moron if you think the game was crap after Core level.

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Bibble
I just beat Crysis yesterday on normal difficulty. I loved the first half of the game but, although I didn't hate it, I did not find the second half nearly as enjoyable. Also, I wasn't expecting the game to end so suddenly! When I started the last level I thought I was about 75% finished with the game. I'll probably try out the first few levels on Delta one day because fighting Koreans with my superpowers is amazing.

My feelings almost to the letter. Very sudden ending.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Pugnate

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Pugnate
I found the final half to be even more compelling than the first.

so you found the completely linear, totally scripted and tons of cut scenes part of the game compelling? this game is total crap after the Core level and is simply go here, do this, cut scence and repeat. the first part of the game is great but how an adult can find anything compelling about the second part of the game is beyond me.

Maybe it is because I have actual taste? You are a moron if you think the game was crap after Core level.

i thought the game was crap from the start. up until today I had only played maybe 1.5 hours of it. I've been bored out of my mind the past few days and still didn't even touch the game until today. still sucks.

 

[Zenoth]

Let's wait and see if Crytek will manage to pull out a game without anything about aliens. I really liked Crysis, overall, but I must agree that the second half of the game was a little repetitive, and certainly more scripted than the first half. However Crysis was never meant to be a sandbox of chaotic unpredictable events, if I wanted that I would have installed some nice mods with S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which is an awesome game in its own right for that specific purpose (to prove that a game can be intense and fun without too much scripting, despite the inevitable bugs).

Although Crysis was short and more scripted than we all though it'd be, I think that it still managed to be a nice game along with nice graphics and sounds. I mean if I take a game like Half-Life 2 for example, which when released was quite a beautiful game, all I can think of is how dumb the A.I was (and still is), and how too scripted it was (just like a book), to the point where the whole thing was basically useless to play for a second or third time through, due to how much predictable it was. Sadly, Crytek decided to follow the scripts-driven story telling method from the second half of the game, and although it was quite fun, I personally don't want to play that part of the game again. However, I do play the first half of the game from time to time because there are still unpredictable moments (huge environment, free to skulk around, and the enemies will follow you, unlimited by any scripts to stay inside one part of a settlement for example).

We must consider one thing though, is that Crytek is new to the gaming scene. Yes they make good graphics, and yes, they can make good game-play (first half of Far Cry was awesome, same thing with Crysis), they just need to perhaps analyze more of what players want in FPS'es, and make sure not to make too much of what we've all seen before in other such games. They need to, maybe, add more variety in their games, more weapons, to make enemies more unique (I mean how many Trigens types were in Far Cry ? Three or four ? and how many in Crysis ? Three ? ... and let's not mention the Koreans, only two types, regular soldiers and Nanosuits ones, no special commandos, no rebels going with you and your cause, no prisoners of war willing to give some intel in the story line events, etc). And maybe more things I can't think of. Crytek are far from being bad developers, but so far their two games do have limitations and déjà-vue stuff in previous FPS'es.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Pugnate

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Pugnate
I found the final half to be even more compelling than the first.

so you found the completely linear, totally scripted and tons of cut scenes part of the game compelling? this game is total crap after the Core level and is simply go here, do this, cut scence and repeat. the first part of the game is great but how an adult can find anything compelling about the second part of the game is beyond me.

Maybe it is because I have actual taste? You are a moron if you think the game was crap after Core level.

oh no, I've been called a moron because I didnt agree with your full assessment of the game. thats kinda of funny that you resorted to childish name calling because that only strengthens my opinion that no "adult" would find the last levels of the game compelling.

 

[Pugnate]

And anyone who disagreed with your opinion was a child? Drop this shit.

 

[james1701]

Is anyone else having trouble when they get to the mountain, their system grinds to a hault? I am going from 45fps down to 1fps at times. Thats witha Q6600 oc'd to 3.0ghz and an 8800GT at 720/1850/1900 and 2 gigs of memory.

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: james1701
Is anyone else having trouble when they get to the mountain, their system grinds to a hault? I am going from 45fps down to 1fps at times. Thats witha Q6600 oc'd to 3.0ghz and an 8800GT at 720/1850/1900 and 2 gigs of memory.

Check your temps or something I guess. I'm playing on an E4500 @ 2.9GHz and an 8800GT and I'm having no such problems.

 

[frythecpuofbender]

Originally posted by: torpid
Anyway, here's a question... is 18-20 fps at medium considered decent?? I've got an athlon X2, 2gb of ram, and an 8800GT 512mb. I feel like I'm doing something wrong here... surely it shouldn't be dipping to 10-15 fps at times and generally hovering at 20, should it?

No it shouldn't.
I got one of the old 8800GTS with 640MB and can play on all High with some very high options enabled.
I get 35-40fps, in the last levels the fps dipped down a bit to maybe 25-20fps
I'm using XP DX9 of course and I'm satisfied with 1280x800 and no AA.

 

[james1701]

Originally posted by: DSF

Originally posted by: james1701
Is anyone else having trouble when they get to the mountain, their system grinds to a hault? I am going from 45fps down to 1fps at times. Thats witha Q6600 oc'd to 3.0ghz and an 8800GT at 720/1850/1900 and 2 gigs of memory.

Check your temps or something I guess. I'm playing on an E4500 @ 2.9GHz and an 8800GT and I'm having no such problems.

My Cpu temps are 54C full load and my GPU hits 72C full load. I am using DX10. Maybe I have something running in the background thats messing with me. I am using the newer .28 beta drivers. I might need to get the .25 drivers instead.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: videogames101
Just wait... lol, just wait =)

Once you get past the first kinda tutorial stages, it just gets insane!

I forget the level, but it's called assult or something where your rolling around in a tank with this .....(spoilers, i won't do it)..... it's so epic...

This game was so EPIC!

CRYSIS FTW

I wouldn't describe the game as EPIC. Crysis has very good graphics, ok game play, and a crappy story. The game is just one huge tech demo. I played through it twice, and chances are, I won't play it again until I upgrade hardware and want to see if there is an improvement.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

I got a couple questions if anyone cares to answer.

Does the full game run better then the demo, as in optimized performance?

And two, is it available in Digital Distro form? Carrying around gaming discs doesn't really work for me as I move around a lot.

EDIT: Sorry answered the second question myself

 

[toyota]

the full game runs exactly the same as the demo.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: toyota
the full game runs exactly the same as the demo.

Which is bad lol.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: toyota
the full game runs exactly the same as the demo.

Which is bad lol.

It's also false...

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: toyota
the full game runs exactly the same as the demo.

Which is bad lol.

Runs great and beautifully on my system with high settings and 4xaa @ 1280x960. I don't see why people bitch and moan about Crysis performance so much. Just because you can't run DX10 on very high at 1900 wide with 8xaa doesn't mean that it isn't smooth. ..Frankly those settings are ludicrous right now, and even just on the high settings on DX9 it looks better than anything else out there.

edit: I also bought the game last week. Currently stuck on an evacuation checkpoint where I'm trying to kill a bunch of KPA in the dark. KPA are all wearing nanosuits and keep punching me in the back of the head.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: toyota
the full game runs exactly the same as the demo.

Which is bad lol.

It's also false...

no its not false. the game runs exactly like the demo. drivers may have improved performance but the game itself is unchanged from the demo.

 

[Regs]

1. The game was based on stealth and covertness, yet you're armed to the teeth with noise makers and no melee weapons. COD4 had silencers, knives, and upgradeable weapons....though for some reason Crysis, based on a stealth suite, did not. Ok I lied, you do get to attatch a silencer, yet there is no difference in game play using it. For some reason as soon as you drop someone, half of their comrads start looking for you for no apparent reason.

You do get to play however with an alien weapon in the middle of all the action, yet that weapon does nothing but spray blue crap that blindes your vision at what you're shooting at. It also for some reason stops to work after so long...I guess because even alien weapons overheat or jam.

2. The maps were completely linear. You had one realistic approach when attacking the enemy or infiltrating their camps. Everything is surrounded by impassable cliffs, mountains, or rocks.

3. Nothing cinematic or catching about the story. Just scripted stop and pauses of "OMG WERE UNDER ATTACK"

4. It makes video cards over heat. Owners of a 8800GTS or 8800GTX know what im talking about. If you need proof, go over at evga.com forums in tech support. Though maybe nvidia and their respected vendors are more to blame.


Sure, it had great visuals, and had a few novel ideas but the formula for it to work was not there.

I gave the game a good decent shot, but was bored with it after one run thru. I was excited with the few highlights it had, but then I relised all I was doing was running away from the enemy as much possible through-out the game. Most of the interactivity in the game was hiding in the forest like a lamb being hunted by a mountain lion too afraid to attack anything.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Regs
1. The game was based on stealth and covertness, yet you're armed to the teeth with noise makers and no melee weapons. COD4 had silencers, knives, and upgradeable weapons....though for some reason Crysis, based on a stealth suite, did not. You do get to play however with an alien weapon in the middle of all the action, yet that weapon does nothing but spray blue crap that blindes your vision at what you're shooting at. It also for some reason stops to work after so long...I guess because even alien weapons overheat or jam.

2. The maps were completely linear. You had one realistic approach when attacking the enemy or infiltrating their camps. Everything is surrounded by impassable cliffs, mountains, or rocks.

Umm... did you play the same game or just not notice the weapon mods? I almost always had my main rifle silenced, there was a cloaking ability, you had a knife IIRC or at least a melee attack that could "incapacitate" in one hit if the enemy is not aware of you. You couldn't magically upgrade your bullets to do more damage, but you had at least one different ammo type, a variety of scopes/sights, grenade launcher or tranquilizing dart, super strength and a cloak: all of which were extremely useful if you wanted to use a stealthy approach.

The maps are not as "open" as we would all like to believe, but they are all at least bi-linear. Even if you had to use that one route, there were multiple approaches through the route like sneaking through, driving a truck straight through, driving the truck into a group, driving the truck into a group and blowing it up to take half the camp out, cloaking through, etc., etc., etc.

Maybe it's just not your cup of tea...

Edit: Addition: All of my points are valid up until the main attack by the Marines/Army on the North Koreans. After that, you win cause it becomes a pretty straight shooter.