Crysis 2 put into perspective

[xXGeckoXx]

As a big fan of the original Crysis (and Warhead), I honestly have a hard time seeing why people are complaining so much. Yes, it is a departure from the original but it still retains much of what made it great. The predator-esque gameplay is still completely intact, the game engine is incredibly well optimized and looks fantastic, the sound is great and the controls feel perfectly at home on PC.

If there's one thing I miss, it's the massive levels from the original. I could get lost for hours on those. Despite that, the levels in Crysis 2 are designed very well and have some great artistic design, so that makes up for it.

I agree with you in the fullest. I think that the vista's in Crysis 2 are impressive enough and that the linearity gives you more of a Here is the box and you are above it, kill everyone in the box however you want as opposed to here is the box. you are allowed to approach it from any side and then kill everyone in it however you want.

 

[Malk_Content]

I'll be installing Crysis 2 on my PC in about two hours, I'll let you know in about four.

More like 7, if you intend to finish it =3.

Sadly after those two hours (and then some) not really. I probably will at some point, but this isn't a game I will keep coming back to until its done.

 

[Daedalus1942]

I'll be installing Crysis 2 on my PC in about two hours, I'll let you know in about four.

More like 7, if you intend to finish it =3.

Sadly after those two hours (and then some) not really. I probably will at some point, but this isn't a game I will keep coming back to until its done.

What? It's actually quite a long game.
I just finished it and I can say the atmosphere, the story, the gameplay. Easily on par with Half Life 2.
Crysis 2 is fucking epic. I can not wait for three.
-Tabs<3-
Not to mention the stealth in that game... wow, I haven't seen stealth this good since the thief series.

 

[Wolfram23]

I feel like the OP must have pirated the game to claim all these things about it and also state that he hasn't and won't buy it until a year end Steam sale. Hmm...

 

[Rusty Bucket]

I never played Crysis 1, so I can't compare it to that. But I think I'm roughly half way through the singleplayer and It's been a while since I've had this much fun with an fps. It feels incredibly open to me and I think setting in a city gives a lot of opportunities for interesting combat and set pieces.

To be honest, I don't really care how good it is compared to the first game. The only thing that matters is that it's fun. And it is.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

No. Crysis 2 is terrible

Point if effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSU6ufMCFU

You can fucking walk through the last mission on veteran difficulty.

(don't know how to embed videos here)

 

[MrTub]

Go rant on Radeon not releasing a crossfire profile update.

I'd love to blame Radeon on this one, but there's no way that it's their fault. They've already released a crossfire profile for Crysis 2, and SLI users are having the same exact problem. As are several single-card users. It's an issue with HDR lighting/bloom. Crysis 2 was optimized for consoles, and anything relating to the PC was put aside as a footnote at best. That's why there's nothing higher than DX9 support, and that's why using multiple GPUs is an issue.

BTW, I finally managed to fix it by using RadeonPro to force use of Bioshock's crossfire profile. Not the greatest optimization because of it, but at least I'm getting 60+ FPS.

Im using Sli and I havent had a problem since the second day of the demo aka when Nvidia released a Sli profile.

Pretty sure nobody had a problem with the demo. I certainly didn't. They obviously tweaked something for the full release, and all of sudden it didn't work with crossfire any more. I'm sure it's not ALL crossfire users, just as it isn't ALL SLI or single-card users, but a significant group from each of those bases has come forward to say the unplayable blinking is affecting them.

Like I said earlier, I resolved it using Bioshock's crossfire profile to tone down the HDR/bloom, but my FPS is pretty shaky because of it.

Well what I ment was the only day sli havent worked for me was the first day of the Demo (and Im using the full version now) and you can download a config program which you can change your bloom/hdr and what I've heard AMD is hoping to release a new Crossfire profile soon

 

[Malk_Content]

I'll be installing Crysis 2 on my PC in about two hours, I'll let you know in about four.

More like 7, if you intend to finish it =3.

Sadly after those two hours (and then some) not really. I probably will at some point, but this isn't a game I will keep coming back to until its done.

What? It's actually quite a long game.
I just finished it and I can say the atmosphere, the story, the gameplay. Easily on par with Half Life 2.
Crysis 2 is fucking epic. I can not wait for three.
-Tabs<3-
Not to mention the stealth in that game... wow, I haven't seen stealth this good since the thief series.

I was really looking forward to Crysis 2, loved the first and had been waiting a long time for a second. Don't mind streamlined controls, don't mind super strength being an automatic thing. But after dying on a section a couple of times and looking for other ways round I became totally miffed at the amount of invisible walls the game has. You have a super jump, but it doesn't allow exploring except for the obvious bits in which the game tells you were to go.

I'll have to disagree on the stealth as well. It isn't good stealth, it is "I'm invisible and can walk into your face and stand there." Though Crysis original didn't have it any better, the stealth in that combined with the movement abilities made for various different approaches to any given situation. Now I feel like I have a choice between "Stealth" and Maximum Armour.

The closest thing that has given me the joy of Crysis 1 since that time was Just Cause 2. I went and put Just Cause 2 back in the drive.

 

[Daedalus1942]

I'll be installing Crysis 2 on my PC in about two hours, I'll let you know in about four.

More like 7, if you intend to finish it =3.

Sadly after those two hours (and then some) not really. I probably will at some point, but this isn't a game I will keep coming back to until its done.

What? It's actually quite a long game.
I just finished it and I can say the atmosphere, the story, the gameplay. Easily on par with Half Life 2.
Crysis 2 is fucking epic. I can not wait for three.
-Tabs<3-
Not to mention the stealth in that game... wow, I haven't seen stealth this good since the thief series.

I was really looking forward to Crysis 2, loved the first and had been waiting a long time for a second. Don't mind streamlined controls, don't mind super strength being an automatic thing. But after dying on a section a couple of times and looking for other ways round I became totally miffed at the amount of invisible walls the game has. You have a super jump, but it doesn't allow exploring except for the obvious bits in which the game tells you were to go.

I'll have to disagree on the stealth as well. It isn't good stealth, it is "I'm invisible and can walk into your face and stand there." Though Crysis original didn't have it any better, the stealth in that combined with the movement abilities made for various different approaches to any given situation. Now I feel like I have a choice between "Stealth" and Maximum Armour.

The closest thing that has given me the joy of Crysis 1 since that time was Just Cause 2. I went and put Just Cause 2 back in the drive.

I'm guessing you didn't rely on your TAC assessment much. The visor gives you several different options and ways to approach a situation.
As for the stealth I thought it was amazing. I had this really neat tactic, line up a guy's head in my crosshair, quickly tap stealth so I don't lose all my energy upon attacking and then quickly tapping the stealth again once I performed the headshot.
It sounds like you and I play the game very differently, but I for one found the stealth to be very entertaining and well done.
-Tabs<3-

 

[Malk_Content]

I'll be installing Crysis 2 on my PC in about two hours, I'll let you know in about four.

More like 7, if you intend to finish it =3.

Sadly after those two hours (and then some) not really. I probably will at some point, but this isn't a game I will keep coming back to until its done.

What? It's actually quite a long game.
I just finished it and I can say the atmosphere, the story, the gameplay. Easily on par with Half Life 2.
Crysis 2 is fucking epic. I can not wait for three.
-Tabs<3-
Not to mention the stealth in that game... wow, I haven't seen stealth this good since the thief series.

I was really looking forward to Crysis 2, loved the first and had been waiting a long time for a second. Don't mind streamlined controls, don't mind super strength being an automatic thing. But after dying on a section a couple of times and looking for other ways round I became totally miffed at the amount of invisible walls the game has. You have a super jump, but it doesn't allow exploring except for the obvious bits in which the game tells you were to go.

I'll have to disagree on the stealth as well. It isn't good stealth, it is "I'm invisible and can walk into your face and stand there." Though Crysis original didn't have it any better, the stealth in that combined with the movement abilities made for various different approaches to any given situation. Now I feel like I have a choice between "Stealth" and Maximum Armour.

The closest thing that has given me the joy of Crysis 1 since that time was Just Cause 2. I went and put Just Cause 2 back in the drive.

I'm guessing you didn't rely on your TAC assessment much. The visor gives you several different options and ways to approach a situation.
As for the stealth I thought it was amazing. I had this really neat tactic, line up a guy's head in my crosshair, quickly tap stealth so I don't lose all my energy upon attacking and then quickly tapping the stealth again once I performed the headshot.
It sounds like you and I play the game very differently, but I for one found the stealth to be very entertaining and well done.
-Tabs<3-

The TAC is basically what I'm talking about you are only able to explore the places the game says "go here to do this" to. In Crysis 1 I would look through a telescope, notice all the guards, notices the dock, notice a unmanned speed boat. Stealth snipe the guards from one side so the rest investigate there, steal boat, ride boat up to dock, ramp it into their HQ, jump out and throw a grenade at it.

I'm using stealth in pretty much the same way, but I hazard to really call it stealth. It seems to be a pretty much "I win" button without the neat of really thinking about sight lines or anything like that.