Half Life 2 vs Crysis

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I am getting a lot of the same vibes off Crysis hype that I got from HL2 hype, HL2 was a great game in terms of gameplay physics and from what I have read of Crysis its the same, HL2 needed a beffy pc to play it to play it with good visuals and no slowdown, same with Crysis.

I never upgraded for HL2 and I dont think I will upgrade for Crysis, let mature :D
 
hl2 runs great on even a 9800pro so it scales back really well. so far from what iv seen of crysis it manages to scale back to a 8800gts and a 8800gtx sli being needed to do the game justice. although im going by the beta.
 
cheets64 said:
I am getting a lot of the same vibes off Crysis hype that I got from HL2 hype, HL2 was a great game in terms of gameplay physics and from what I have read of Crysis its the same, HL2 needed a beffy pc to play it to play it with good visuals and no slowdown, same with Crysis.

I never upgraded for HL2 and I dont think I will upgrade for Crysis, let mature :D[/QUOTE

You must already have a good system then.Let what mature?
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does there have to be a question for a thread? a discussion point maybe

or just get something off your chest

lets be honest, this is one of the best places to do that when its about pc games
 
Lol Mav, you're saying a Game can just about manage to scale back to one of the fastest graphics cards out. Thinking realistically, it's going to run on cards slower than an 8800gts
 
Cyber-Mav said:
hl2 runs great on even a 9800pro so it scales back really well. so far from what iv seen of crysis it manages to scale back to a 8800gts and a 8800gtx sli being needed to do the game justice. although im going by the beta.
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Doesn't really scale back, 9800Pro was one of top end cards when HL2 was released. It just, it runs incredibly well on hardware we have today.
 
Nothing to do with either of these games, but I only recently played FEAR (and the expansion) on maximum everything at native resolution and I enjoyed it all the better for it. Nothing worse than slowdown or average graphical settings to ruin immersion.
 
I see where the OP is going with this, Crysis will be more satisfying in a years time, when it's all patched up and our hardware is better able for it.

But then, HL2 was buggy and relatively hardware unfriendly back in the day. It was still a decent game.

It won't stop the majority of us playing Crysis asap :D We like new games, and new graphics engines are exciting ;)
 
I played HL2 on release with a geforce mx and it was just fine. On a similar scale I think a 6800 will play crysis ok too


HL2 didnt and doesnt still need a beefy pc at all, its one of the most tolerant flexible engines out there. Im sure other developers aspire to achieve the same sucess that comes from addressing all parts of the market as well as possible
 
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Meh with a 8800gtx performance is ok. I expect there will be vast improvements what with no debugger,optimisation, improved drivers,dx10 and 64 bit.
 
When HL2 was released i had a geforce 4600ti. I'm pretty sure i ran it at 1280x960 with max settings and it ran fine.
 
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