Zero Punctuation: Crysis 2
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I bought the game on release, but gave up somewhere in the middle after getting stuck in terrain with vehicles just one time too many. Utterly linear, which is quite the disappointment considering the tools they are using. Also, still no SDK release....
I only play games on my PC-- I had some consoles but sold them as I consolidated the growing stack of hardware in my living room. Only DX9? Really? That's kinda like putting out a new game for the original xbox today. The PC market has moved on. The engine certainly can handle it, so I guess it's actually a console port this time around.
Bit weird, to me at least. I mean, I for one am not buying any more CryTek games without playing the first hour or so of it. Oh well, at least I can get the editor when it releases.
I only play games on my PC-- I had some consoles but sold them as I consolidated the growing stack of hardware in my living room. Only DX9? Really? That's kinda like putting out a new game for the original xbox today. The PC market has moved on. The engine certainly can handle it, so I guess it's actually a console port this time around.
Bit weird, to me at least. I mean, I for one am not buying any more CryTek games without playing the first hour or so of it. Oh well, at least I can get the editor when it releases.
Yeah Yahtzee, damn those PC gamers bitching about this game. You are completely right that their only problem is that they don't have loads of complicated controls. They should just take whatever crap games they are handed and shut the hell up....
PC gamers, the gingers of the gaming world....
PC gamers, the gingers of the gaming world....
Was that supposed to be sarcastic? That's the problem with trying to be so on the internet.ph0b0s123 said:
If not, I'm a pure PC gamer. Last console I owned was PS2. And yes I am offended by all the bad console ports nowadays. The only good one being this one (I didn't say it was a good game though) and Dead Space 2 (didn't say it was a good game either), out of the recent games.
But don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with simple controls, if anything controls should be simple. It's the dumbed down mechanics that really gets on me nerves, apart from bad ports that get on me nerves even more. And Crytek used to be pro-PC, but sold out I guess. Nothing wrong in going x-platform, just don't dumb your games down. It really should be a PC game first and console game second, in other words MAKE A PC PORT ONTO CONSOLES AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND DAMMIT! Especially if you used to be pro-PC.
Yeah, meant to be sarcastic. Hence the remark about PC gamers being treated like the ginger haired people of the gaming world and always being kicked. Need to work on my internet sarcasm.
I am more of a realist though. I don't blame Crytek going mainly for consoles with the game. I never had a problem with games going muti-format, the more the merrier. The economics are also undeniable. What ticked me of was their insistence that it was a primary a PC game when it was so obviously a port. And now that the PC sales of the game are low, them and others blaming it on piracy (caused by their leak) rather than that the game was a huge disappointment for PC gamers. But this does not mean that the game sucked on consoles, quite the opposite. Yes, the same game can be seen as bad on one platform and good on others, due to what there is to compare it to on those platforms.
The review ticked me off by also identifying the the game effectively stuck a finger up to PC gamers, but then could not resist the chance to do a bit of PC gamer kicking at the same time.
But then again maybe I should be happy about this turn of events. I was always fine with my hobby being treated as the butt of jokes, before gaming became cool. Now even through it is cool and mainstream, my hobby is treated the same because of the platform I have chosen as my own since 89. Things never change....
I am more of a realist though. I don't blame Crytek going mainly for consoles with the game. I never had a problem with games going muti-format, the more the merrier. The economics are also undeniable. What ticked me of was their insistence that it was a primary a PC game when it was so obviously a port. And now that the PC sales of the game are low, them and others blaming it on piracy (caused by their leak) rather than that the game was a huge disappointment for PC gamers. But this does not mean that the game sucked on consoles, quite the opposite. Yes, the same game can be seen as bad on one platform and good on others, due to what there is to compare it to on those platforms.
The review ticked me off by also identifying the the game effectively stuck a finger up to PC gamers, but then could not resist the chance to do a bit of PC gamer kicking at the same time.
But then again maybe I should be happy about this turn of events. I was always fine with my hobby being treated as the butt of jokes, before gaming became cool. Now even through it is cool and mainstream, my hobby is treated the same because of the platform I have chosen as my own since 89. Things never change....
The AI wasn't realistic enough either...
Shooting them in the limbs won't help you in any way
They can't see your shadow when you're cloaked
CELL members are ALWAYS aware of a lost companion through the response (CAN YOU HE3R MEE!?), like they're some weird collective consciousness.
Shooting them in the limbs won't help you in any way
They can't see your shadow when you're cloaked
CELL members are ALWAYS aware of a lost companion through the response (CAN YOU HE3R MEE!?), like they're some weird collective consciousness.
another funny video again!. however, i have not played the game, so i can't partake in the matter of whether i liked it or not.
Actually, someone DID do a song and dance about New Yorkers with a horrible, debilitating disease.
It was Yahtzee Croshaw.
YC did a song to the music from Deus Ex (which was about a secret society that gave a disease to everyone who couldn't afford the cure) and tacked it to the end of a review. He separately did a dance at the end of a review. I'd like to say that the two of those together constitute a song & dance number about New Yorkers with a horrible and debilitating disease, but that might be stretching it a little.
Darnit Yahtzee! I'll get you next time!
It was Yahtzee Croshaw.
YC did a song to the music from Deus Ex (which was about a secret society that gave a disease to everyone who couldn't afford the cure) and tacked it to the end of a review. He separately did a dance at the end of a review. I'd like to say that the two of those together constitute a song & dance number about New Yorkers with a horrible and debilitating disease, but that might be stretching it a little.
Darnit Yahtzee! I'll get you next time!
Put on a trench coat and fight some conspiracies... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8jMn2Kcgs&feature=related]
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It works up until about 0.23 where the 2 guys get shot by a red laser then pauses. The 'video' keeps playing....as in the timer keeps going up as normal but the video and sound just stop.
All the other videos work fine and I tested it by watching a couple of others which are grand.
Also youtube, etc work fine!
My drivers are all up to date and it still doesn't work!
Any help is appreciated!
It works up until about 0.23 where the 2 guys get shot by a red laser then pauses. The 'video' keeps playing....as in the timer keeps going up as normal but the video and sound just stop.
All the other videos work fine and I tested it by watching a couple of others which are grand.
Also youtube, etc work fine!
My drivers are all up to date and it still doesn't work!
Any help is appreciated!
Great review, as always.
For a future review, could you consider 'Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom'?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.
To me, it feels like ICO meets Legend of Zelda, with a bit of the Metroid-style exploration. Plus it's got stealth gameplay elements, and we all know you're a fan of those.
For a future review, could you consider 'Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom'?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.
To me, it feels like ICO meets Legend of Zelda, with a bit of the Metroid-style exploration. Plus it's got stealth gameplay elements, and we all know you're a fan of those.
Graphics were top notch and while the story wasn't necessarily jaw dropping it was paced well. The ending was also pretty damn good though like Yahtzee said the ending was a little lack luster because you don't encounter more than 7 or 8 enemies at a time and you can sneak past them to the final scene.
