Crysis

furnace · 27 Apr 2007 at 12:45

MadMacs said:
Grass could do with some work, lol

Heh yeah I thought that was the only thing that let it down. No shadows on it either. But heck, it still looks awesome

Tom84 · 17 May 2007 at 18:28

Just checked up on Crysis's release and its been put from next month to August

Duff-Man · 17 May 2007 at 18:40

Tom84 said:
Just checked up on Crysis's release and its been put from next month to August

No release date has been announced at all, as far as I know.

If you're looking on shop websites, their estimated release dates are pretty much pure fantasy - certainly not based on anything the developers have said. If we see Crysis this year I will be pleased.

Tom84 · 17 May 2007 at 18:45

Duff-Man said:
No release date has been announced at all, as far as I know.

If you're looking on shop websites, their estimated release dates are pretty much pure fantasy - certainly not based on anything the developers have said. If we see Crysis this year I will be pleased.

Really?

I've always been under the impression that it's nearing release :confused:

-Nick- · 17 May 2007 at 19:04

Tom84 said:
Really?

I've always been under the impression that it's nearing release

not a chance, was it not early 2008 developers suggested?

Robert · 17 May 2007 at 19:19

As far as I'm aware Crysis is still pre-alpha.

*Chris · 17 May 2007 at 20:21

I can't wait

Bigpig · 17 May 2007 at 20:38

Robert said:
As far as I'm aware Crysis is still pre-alpha.

All content is done and in game. They are balancing weapons and optimizing graphic as we speak and polishing it

Hamoodii · 17 May 2007 at 22:36

Graphics look superb

Cant wait for this

Gonzo0 · 17 May 2007 at 22:46

Crytek announced a few days ago that crysis will be released in the Q3 of 2007 so july/august/september time hopefully

willhub · 17 May 2007 at 22:47

Crysis is due for release in september.

ginge51 · 18 May 2007 at 00:46

nice but i need a new rig this 7900gs wont be good enough

dirtybeatfreak · 18 May 2007 at 00:50

gief, it looks amazing!

Hen_Dawg · 18 May 2007 at 08:49

Cartho said:
It just looks incredible.
I think that it will absolutely MAUL every part of your system. Dual Core will be a must.
The sheer amount of shadow, foliage and grass effects will seriously take its toll on your system.
Think outdoors in the woods in Oblivion at max settings, only worse
What will almost certainly be the killer will be all the foliage shadows. As in Oblivion, shadows coming off gently swaying trees and onto equally swaying grass will hit your CPU like a pneumatic drill. Even worse in this case due to the diffuse ray effects of the sun, so light will bend around gaps in the foliage etc and so the shadows will be constantly in motion, and very complicated

It will clearly be requiring a high end system to look great but remember DX10 allows for much more efficient visuals and effects so it can afford to look better for not so much more drain.
It's being tested to work on the 8800's so expect it to look fantastic on those cards.

Also, if you remember Far Cry was a very well coded game which ran well on lower spec systems too

Firegod · 18 May 2007 at 11:23

Do people think 4Gb would help with this game? Or is 2Gb fine still?

Supercow · 18 May 2007 at 12:01

Firegod said:
Do people think 4Gb would help with this game? Or is 2Gb fine still?

Seriously, when will these questions stop?
The game is not out, no one can tell you it will only be speculation and NOT worth upgrading before you know.

It's like people buying 8800's now for Crysis.
WHY would you do that for a game that's not out?

bfar · 18 May 2007 at 12:09

sup3rc0w said:
Seriously, when will these questions stop?
The game is not out, no one can tell you it will only be speculation and NOT worth upgrading before you know.

It's like people buying 8800's now for Crysis.
WHY would you do that for a game that's not out?

We'll be lucky to see Crysis this year, and I seriously doubt that most of us will be playing this on our current rigs.

Duff-Man · 18 May 2007 at 13:06

sup3rc0w said:
The game is not out, no one can tell you it will only be speculation and NOT worth upgrading before you know.

I remember back in the day - people upgrading to Geforce3 cards in order to play Doom3, after the first e3 rolling demo. More fool them... The same went for HL2 when it was originally slated for a September '03 release.

As stated many times, wait until the game is released before you spend your money. You cannot know the requirements beforehand, and more importantly you will have access to newer faster technology.

Firegod · 18 May 2007 at 13:19

Duff-Man said:
more importantly you will have access to newer faster technology.

That is a valid point, but the game was developed on a G80. So I think it's safe to say it should play ok with this card. But if people are solely upgrading for this game, I'd wait until like it's a week before release and get what ever is available then. But for "us" current users, I think we'll be ok.

May have to pop in another GTS\GTX or something, but we'll see.

Duff-Man · 18 May 2007 at 13:34

Firegod said:
That is a valid point, but the game was developed on a G80.

Well, taking the Doom3 example I gave: Doom3 was largely developed using GF2, GF3 and GF4 cards (for the engine development at least). However, when it was released the GF6 / x800 series was newly released and performed much better than previous generations.

Developers are always writing for future technology, rather than what is available at the time of development. In the early stages, game will often run at single-figures framerates on current top-end games. Of course, you should be able to scale down the detail levels to get good framerates on demonstrated hardware (like the G80), but that's not to say they will represent the optimal hardware setup on release.

Bottom line - it's always better to wait if you've got something specific in mind to upgrade for.