Crysis 2 announced for PC, 360 and PS3

Wonder if they’ll bundle the first game into the console versions as well?

Excellent. Crysis has some of the most solid gunplay in gaming, just hope it’s better put together than warhead was.

No it doesn’t.

It has insanely nasty gunplay, from what I played of it on a MOUSE no less.

That game is really not about the shooting at all.

LOL no Crysis 1 for consoles? Crysis is suppose to have 3 parts. So they kinda need to release the first Crysis to consoles too.

Never played this, barely even seen it, tbh, but lots of people think highly of it, so it’s got to be worth a look. I’ll be watching EA’s event later.

Well this isn’t going to be out for some is it? I remember someone saying that Cry Engine 3 is a long way from finished.

@PUD: What now? It’s deeper than any other shooting mechanics I’ve ever seen. Even trumps CoD4 in the feel of guns department which is a milestone in itself. Opinions though obviously.

Deeper maybe, but the actual gunplay is not great.

It’s got an awful perspective, bad impact (on humans with their basic ragdoll) and pretty wimpy sounds for all the weapons I experienced.

Just get rid of the stupid aliens. that or don’t make them so shit. crysis went downhill when it got to the boring ass alien parts of the game.

Whatever happened to consoles being ‘incapable’ of running Crysis??????????!

The CryEngine 3 happened.

This won’t look like Crysis.

CryEngine 3 isn’t a ‘step back’, Pud. It’s just more scalable so that it can fit onto less advanced platforms. The PC versions will still be right at the high end.

PUD, stop whinging about any shooter that isn’t KZ2.

I’ve never played Crysis before, but I remember some console CryEngine 3 stuff looking pretty spectacular.

Looking forward to this…

Blerk, I am sure it won’t be.

Something designed for the platform> Something designed for multiplatform.

Always.

G1GAHURTZ, stop being so thin-skinned. Gunplay in KZ2 is amazing. Doesn’t mean it’s half as varied and special as Crysis.

i think we should make 2 different sections for writing comments, one for us, the normal people, and one for PUD. who’s with me? ;p

But the PC isn’t really ‘single platform’. You have a whole host of machine capabilities and hardware types to encourage your game to run on, so you have to be able to build your engine to take advantage of those high-end systems but also to perform adequately on the lower-end stuff.

They’ve already said that CryEngine 3 performs ‘like a mid-range PC’ on the 360 and PS3 and I see no reason to think they’ve hobbled the engine because of that.

Eh?

Varied and special?

In your first post you seemed to me to be saying that Crysis’ shooting was rubbish.

It just seems to me like you expect every FPS to look like KZ2, or it’s poo, and no-one should buy it. (i.e. MAG.)

btw i played both crysis and crysis warhead and they r fantastic titles, awesome graphics (very scalable as well. used to run crysis on medium on a p4 at 3GHz, 2GBs of ram and a 8600gt with NO frame rate drops), good sound, good music, pretty good gameplay and a decent story. i especially loved the fact that u can aproach every situation from different perpectives, like the first time i played it, i used stealh a lot, while the second time, i used pure force. i only hated one thing, the sniper mod was bad, more like, no sniper mod at all..

here is the thing it’s smart to go multi plat, however crysis on consoles is going to be so dumbed down it wouldn’t be funny. Consoles are out dated and old not worth playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVsT4D2_VTI

this is good way for them to sell their engine. This game will really show how old those consoles really are. I bet if you were ot max out crysis on consoles it would look like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOyLcvyEEo&feature=related

crysis on consoles will be so dumded down it will not be funny.

oh this were crytek slowly goes bankuprt tooo just like all the other console game devs.

here lets look at how dumed down console graphics are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIdp8pxp1zc

good, I quite liked them two games, besides the horrid bugs

let’s hope Sykes comes back, because he’s English

It’s always funny to watch PC people overreact when console versions of previously PC-exclusive stuff get announced. They knock 360/PS3 fanboys into a cocked hat.

here lets look at how dumed down console graphics are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIdp8pxp1zc

this is just graphics it’s not even AI or game play design.

this game will be a slap in the for ID software and epic games, I kind of like it

blackdreamhunk posting PC propaganda? What is the world coming to? Such a thing has surely never happened before.

I think you’re missing the bit where console owners don’t actually give a shit.

Consoles owners don’t care but i’m sure share holders do and heavy investors for games do. Even publishers are depened on them With

It is official this game with 80% chance to be bad. The game will be dumbed down because of the console noobs. And the PC verssion will also sux because it will be a port of 360, because the 360 will be the leading platform. And “yes” console fanboys we also can be fanboys when something ours it taken for us and made more lame for you and we suffer for that. I hope you version is buggy, with nasty frame rate and horrible controls.

What are you talking about? Crytek make more money out of flogging their engine than they do out of their games. How does adding an extra couple of supported platforms suddenly equate to bankruptcy?

Oh Gods, it’s the end of days. RUN FOR THE HILLS!

smh

these days consoles game devs have been going bankuprt. while pc game devs are doing fine. With high production costs in a recession even more console game devs will go bankuprt.

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/483/the-developer-graveyard

lol… a bunch of those made PC games primarily.

Are they spiking the water around here or something?

there is only two on there for pc that is mmo’s everything else is is console game devs. Oh you can add the watch men game devs to that too.

Yea pc gaming is doing fine in the recession all console game devs are losing money. Both pc hardware and software is up. It’s also the reason EA loves pc gaming right now.

Well G1GAHURTZ, I believe a massive part of a game is it’s aestehtics and art design. It’s actually such a forgotten element of games.

So it’s defintely important to me, thinkgs look and move well.

Yeah, what with the COD series and Guitar hero, maybe Activision would have loads more money if it wasn’t for those pesky consoles…

Yeah, I’ve no problem with that PUD. But you do realise that other people can enjoy games without them looking photo-real?

For example, I look at MAG and see a potentially quality online MP FPS with loads of weapons and variations on tactics and gameplay.

If it doesn’t look 10/10 and if Crysis 360/PS3 doesn’t look 10/10 I’m not fussed.

guitar hoero is multi plat, that doesn’t stop the console decline going on right now both in software and hardware.It doesn’t stop publisher from all console game devs from losing money does it.

Yeah, you could be right.

Perhaps all console devs should just quit, listen to you and make games exclusively for PC from this very exact second right now.

Hey, everyone’s different. I come here to complain. If you complain about my complaining, thats fine. But I will continue complaining anyway.

On a more serious note. When I see screenshots or trailers, that are montagey… I judge the graphics, becuase CLEARLY that is what they are trying to communicate.

No mechanics…

“there is only two on there for pc that is mmo’s everything else is is console game devs. Oh you can add the watch men game devs to that too.”

Umm… primarly PC devs on that list were:
3D Realms
Ensemble Studios
Aces Game Studio
Flagship Studios
Humanature
NCsoft European Studio

Which is pretty much half the list you linked.

NCsoft European Studio MMO’s
Flagship Studios MMO’s

yes only two the rest is because of consoles. It called high production costs on consoles!!!!In a recession you can include watch men in that list too.

Oh do you want me to start listing fincal records too.

You’re utterly clueless.

Feel free to go and get the financial reports. It should be entertaining.

I’d say that it depends, PUD.

Sure, if they’re just cutscenes, then yeah, they’re letting you know how good the game looks.

But if they’re gameplay montages, then they’re trying to give you an impression of the overall gameplay experience.

Visuals, effects, gameplay, audio, action, difficulty, AI, etc.

So I personally tend to not just focus on the visuals, because there is usually always so much more.

Oh really, pc gaming made 68 billion in a recession take a very good look. yea it’s why EA had to say pc gaming is the best right

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210424.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;5

lest take a good look at sony and micro soft
http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/sonys-hirai-vows-to-bring-game-division-back-to-profit-by-cost-cuts
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=213689

Where are those financial reports?

G1GAHURTZ I do agree.

But I was puttign Crysis down for aesthetic points. Clearly not the artistic an technical looks, it’s astounding. But the basic gunplay to me was completely unsatisfying.

Looks like everyone is losing money these days.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1007596/nvidia-posts-121-million-loss

yea goes to show there isn’t much for high end gaming right. Just wait until the high end games are on the market. just wait until Intel release it’s project offset.

It goes to show much more import pc gamin is then consoles. Yea if hardware companies go banpurt gaming dies. you can bet those console will be even more expsive.

Yes, I’m sure Nintendo are going to go bankrupt any minute now.

Still waiting on the financial reports for those companies. Will be really interesting to see that the majority of their games were for consoles… or not.

Oh… and that PC number of $68 billion you’re throwing around. You do realise that is including PC hardware right?

yea even nintendo can feel the heat

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/American_console_sales_continue_to_decline_throughout_April

http://www.physorg.com/news161583108.html

http://www.journalstandard.com/archive/x342400503/April-2009-video-game-sales-decline-17-percent

if you wish i can bring alot more links, but we both know I am wating my time.

how THQ numbers
how is EA numbers
how is sega’s numbers

almost all the publishers who are mainly consoles are losing profit

Even take two is losing money on GTA. they made money on civilation.

consoles are a marketing failure, sony and micro soft will never ever be the same agin. They are both in the red.

you want to know why there will not be any new consoles. here is a really good link here!!!

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/05/e3-predictions/