Crysis (such a shame)

[m0r94n]

i liked the ending, this way we know theres more to come and that segment of the story is finished.
That likes moaning that in the 1st LOTR there was still room left for story telling.
Or the matrix even.
Hell, star wars too.
Nothing wrong with storys that span multiple releases, aslong as nothing is dragged and things dont get left in middle of plot.
The way i see it is this game tied up every segment from this section of a story, atleast much like HL2 did.. and EP1.
Coulda been worse, would you rather it have done a Matrix2 and 'TO BE CONTINUED' flashed up?

Lord of the Rings - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
Star Wars - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Half Life Episodes - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Matrix - Everyone knew once the second film was announced that it was to be a trilogy (even without the sequels the first film gave some amount of closure)

Are you starting to see a pattern here? It wasn't until about a week after Crysis was released that Crytek and EA sneakily released information regarding parts 2 and 3 of the story. Hmmm, I wonder why they did this? Maybe its because people are finding episodic content somewhat boring and this would have affected sales?

That likes moaning that in the 1st LOTR there was still room left for story telling.

Im not sure whether i've missed the point here, but there was more room for storytelling. Hence the 2nd and 3rd books. If you're talking about the film, theres even more evidence to back up my arguement as half the stuff in the book isn't even in the film!

 

[chrissss]

Lord of the Rings - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
Star Wars - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Half Life Episodes - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Matrix - Everyone knew once the second film was announced that it was to be a trilogy (even without the sequels the first film gave some amount of closure)
!

So if Crysis would have been named "Crysis: Episode 1" you wouldn't have minded the ending?

 

[Firegod]

I dont see anything wrong with crysis, the story was great, it had all the stealthy and freedom of killing koreans then there was the change of events where the aliens attack (and for me, they scared the living daylight out of me as i dont like jumpy things ).

And for them to make the game so you get 30+ fps when looking at the scenery with all high+some very high dx10 hacks, is remarkable in my oppinion. and this is on a 2900.



Took a screenshot i like this area

I thought that area was really "pretty" as well. If you go to where you have your crosshair pointing (down to that beach part) the sun starts to come up on the horizon and it looks ace! Really does!

 

[LEUVEN]

It would have been sooooooo much better if the game continued like the first 6 levels. The thing was, i knew the aliens were coming, i just didnt want them to (because it would be turd) once in that floaty building it sucked serious balls

Agree 100%, I haven't been on Crysis since getting to that part.

I wasn't even following Crysis or even looking forward to it TBH, as I had gone off FPS's but Crysis dragged me back to them.


Aliens -

Graphics - Fantastic (too demanding for most, but thats good for many reasons, plus a nice thing to come back for after upgrading hardware in a year or two).

Controls - breath of fresh air, couldn't be better.

Innovation - The Nano suit mad the game so much more enjoyable, instead of just being the same as most other games where you spent more time collecting health packs etc.. the suit meant you could concentrate on the actual battles. (love moving to just infront of the enemy then appearing, shooting then dissapearing again.

Maybe I will complete it just to finish the game, but the Aliens being there have spoilt it for me and has been the only let down.
People could say the same about it always being the same old jungle type enemies, but they are a lot more beleivable and I think it makes the immersion level higher.

 

[NathanE]

crysis brought the nano suit, destucable environments and houses, and customizable weapons.

All of which have been done before.

AvP had some of the features of the nano suit, albeit they didn't call it a "nano suit". Half Life had a similar suit where you could do bigger jumps with it and the like. Yes neither were quite as cool or central to the game as the one in Crysis.

Physics on environment has been done before although yes Crysis expanded upon it a bit with it being so pervasive throughout the game. E.g. chopping down trees and being able to knock down wooden huts and the like.

Customizable weapons... lots of games have this. Though yes Crysis expanded on it a bit.

 

[Kemik]

Yeah that Was Rubbish ,a real con ,was like 10% of a game

Oh yeah. Totally agree! A real con! £30 for 5 games. You should write to valve and complain!

Crysis just seemed like it was all about the graphics. I'd take COD4 over Crysis for game play and storyline.

I hated the bit where you are in the alien ship in Crysis. It was pretty hard to know where you were meant to go and I often lost my bearings. I wish they had kept it on the island and built a story around that instead of "Aliens are here, let's kill them". It's just the same thing.

As for the suit, it seemed like a fair amount of my time was Stealth, get behind a rock, recharge. Stealth, get behind a rock, recharge.

I donno, something was just missing from the game.

 

[Raves]

Crysis seems like a tech demo to me. The CoD4 singleplayer, although short, was stellar. Think what you can see is that CoD4 took an existing engine, tweaked it and focused on gameplay, whereas Crysis pushed the development envelope of graphics technology and then pasted a typical story on top.

Sometime next year, I hope we'll see the benefit of using this advanced engine with a developer that has taken the time to make an innovative gameplay experience.

IMO.

 

[Firegod]

Your talking about cod4, episode2, etc

crysis brought the nano suit, destucable environments and houses, and customizable weapons.

@ those of you who want a better config:

http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=12717

this guy made a good one. you get better fps, and nicer looking graphics. though I changed HDR back to 0.8

Wow just tried that and what a difference it makes! Really really makes the game look so much more realistic. Playing it back through on Delta and I can't believe how smooth it is with the new settings.

I've put some new screenshots in the "800x600" thread. Have a look.

 

[peetee]

Lord of the Rings - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
Star Wars - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Half Life Episodes - Everyone knew beforehand it was to be a trilogy
The Matrix - Everyone knew once the second film was announced that it was to be a trilogy (even without the sequels the first film gave some amount of closure)

I, like a lot of people never knew Star Wars was a trilogy, actually.
Nor did I know the matrix was a trilogy.

Someone asks you if you'd be more happy if theyd just called it Crysis:episode 1, would you? Its not like it would change the story/game at all, so why moan about it?
My point was in all the first parts of the above trilogys said section of the story was finished, with room to further expand the story beyond it in different sagas, crysis did this perfectly. So there is no problem with it being part of a trilogy for me, as im not really left wondering about anything.


I played through on normal, couldnt really be bothered to play it on hard, I was more interested in the story telling, can imagine some bits being rock though, I had a few problematic bits, mostly because im not that stealthy and was getting annoyed at recoil because I kept missing my headshots

 

[Hellsmk2]

I'm playin g on medium settings and I really don't rate the graphics. I can play Far Cry with everything on high and it still blows me away. Maybe if I had everything on high for this game it would look nice. At the moment, i'm really dissapointed with it.

 

[Final8y]

I, like a lot of people never knew Star Wars was a trilogy, actually.
Nor did I know the matrix was a trilogy.

Someone asks you if you'd be more happy if theyd just called it Crysis:episode 1, would you? Its not like it would change the story/game at all, so why moan about it?
My point was in all the first parts of the above trilogys said section of the story was finished, with room to further expand the story beyond it in different sagas, crysis did this perfectly. So there is no problem with it being part of a trilogy for me, as im not really left wondering about anything.


I played through on normal, couldnt really be bothered to play it on hard, I was more interested in the story telling, can imagine some bits being rock though, I had a few problematic bits, mostly because im not that stealthy and was getting annoyed at recoil because I kept missing my headshots

Well you did not know of some of the trilogies because they where in development while you were at a young age or before you where even born.

Its about personal expectations & yes having episode 1 would make the difference to what people are prepared for and what was expected allowing for allot of lose end to be left open where in a concluding game can still leave room for the possibility of further games by ether addressing previous game or doing the, you missed something at the end of the game but you feel that you have pretty much tied things up when you completed it giving a greater feeling of satisfaction then it being an unexpected ending with masses of lose ends because you where totally un a where that the game was meant to part of more to come.
Its like SXX without the Orgasm a bit of a let down, but you would still go ahead if you knew that beforehand because it would still be fun.
As for the movies they don't tend to have episode plastered on them because its usually made known to the public at development & could be easy missed if your where not around/ initially interested or knew of first movie at development.

 

[Super]

I had the game playing with a config someone posted on here before at 2048x1536. It looked better then all very high and played at 40 fps ish dipping down here and there but hardly affecting game play.

That said IMO game was good but I never really felt immersed in the story and felt repetitive but I suppose thats the same in all fps's after awhile. I never really cared about other characters in the game like I would in say HL2.

Also the thing about the graphics is yet it looks amzing if u can play it on high+ but medium and low IMO look like complete poo. In that respect COD4 would look nicer to most people since its more likely more people are playing the game in high as it is not so demanding.

That said great game but I would not go and say best shooter this year had more fun playing COD4 online and UT3. I reckon its too tough to chose this year.

 

[Final8y]

Its just FarCry, but the trigens have been replaced with aliens, and id say it went downhill once EA got involved.

I cant help feeling the same that EA said alright that will do its going to sell no matter what, we can make more money by leaving loads of stuff out for more games.

 

[m0r94n]

So if Crysis would have been named "Crysis: Episode 1" you wouldn't have minded the ending?

Yes, because then i'd have taken abit more time with the game. For all that I had read concerning what was going to be in the game I was very disappointed to find portions of it missing, hence why I feel the ending sort of jumped out of nowhere. I thought the final boss battle of Crysis was going to be similar to killing the Mercenary leader in FarCry, a large battle in terms of enemy but definetly not the end of the game.

I, like a lot of people never knew Star Wars was a trilogy, actually.
Nor did I know the matrix was a trilogy.

What i'm saying here is that the information was put out there early, with Crysis EA waited until AFTER the game was released to casually let everyone know about the Trilogy. This information was even released as a side note to a patch announcement if I recall correctly.

Its not like it would change the story/game at all, so why moan about it?

Of course it would, you'd take a whole different mentality to playing it. For a start, you'd know that there wasn't really going to be an ending (a' la' Saw franchise) and that features such as the whole "fighting with the Koreans part" weren't to be included. Not to mention that if you buy each section of the trilogy on release you're going to end up paying around £90, at least with the Half Life Episodes you only pay around £10-£15 (£45 overall) each installment for a whole 4 hours less of game play that Crysis.

 

[peetee]

The story did end in my eyes. Lots of things finish without you actually knowing what happens after. Which is acceptable since thats what happens in a lot of things does it not.

For me crysis has a lot more replay value than the hl2 episodes, so i dont rate that arguement. And who reallys pays £30 for each PC game????

Who cares if its after launch or not that they tell people =/ it shouldnt really influence how you play the game. When i was on the aircraft carrier i was hoping id get to go back to the island but as the story ended i was happy with it, aslong as its going to have an end one day.

Ep2 didnt really have a clue what it was, atleast we know crysis will end, it could be worse, it could be milked to death like Lost is on tv.

 

[platinum87]

Well I have just finished crysis and I must say I'm not impressed gameplay is ok graphics are temperamental and game length well I finished it in a week wots goin on is there gonna be a second chapter to come (soon I hope) .
It could have been s so awesome .

its a trilogy, will be 2 more to come/

also graphics kick ass, no other game comes close. you playing on low or sumthing?

also if you want game length, try Rome total war, then get rome total realism mod, then get metro naval mod for the rtr mod. that will take 2 months.

btw i finished it in 1 day so ... 75% ( i hate the aliens, i think that makes the game suck, much better if u fight koreans in frozen landscape)

 

[m0r94n]

For me crysis has a lot more replay value than the hl2 episodes, so i dont rate that arguement. And who reallys pays £30 for each PC game????

People who buy from high street retailers on release.

I also would rather play HL2 over Crysis any day at the minute. For me the game was just a combination of stealth and shoot, mainly because the suit powers usually don't last long enough to have a useful effect, most of the suits features feel more like a novelty than help to the player*. Episode 2 seems a lot more fun, a lot less serious and although it wasn't as long as Crysis there was more of a flow to it, I didn't have to hide for about an hour from a helicopter that could magically see me wherever I was hiding.

* i.e. Do I, a) Run in to a crowd of Koreans and attempt to punch them all to death, or b) Snipe them safely from above. Ill pick the second option any day, maybe its just the way I like to play games.

 

[Energize]

This is why I never let myself get taken in by the hype. Since the fiasco that the PS3 was, I have always been careful to take any hype about upcoming games/consoles with a pinch of salt.

 

[Deleted member 61728]

Bottem line is we all got caught by the marketing machine or most of us did,Crysis is just another example and vista dont even get me started with that all the **** about it running on vista with a quad core better than xp we got done good !

 

[Final8y]

Well i have not bought the game & had a feeling that it was released to early I thought it was meant to come out in 2008 at sometime & EA got it rushed forwards.
I think i will wait for the last to come out & get the multi pack.