Crysis

[Kev_Hectic]

I saw a link to this posted on another forum...

http://www.gamershell.com/pc/crysis/screenshots.html

Looks mighty impressive!

[Bud Bundy]

Kev_Hectic said:
I saw a link to this posted on another forum...

http://www.gamershell.com/pc/crysis/screenshots.html

Looks mighty impressive!


got the paperissue today http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Yatta]

/me hopes his 7800 GT can run it.

[Zztx]

Crytek has a bit of Trump Syndrome in naming their games, don't you think? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Cerberus_e]

Kristian Joensen was right all the time when he said their next game would be Crysys http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
The screenshots aren't crystal clear, unfortunately http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[DorDuke82]

Yatta said:
/me hopes his 7800 GT can run it.



You are lucky with you're 7800gt

/me hopes my 6600gt can run it, since i can ony afford a mainboard,cpu and ram upgrade (that 1800+ with 512 mb won't run crysis and ut2007 for sure)

[AlienAssKicker]

So are all their games gonna have "cry" in the title?

[Kristian Joensen]

UT2007 only requires a Geforce 6200.

[NutWrench]

Ugh. I hate magazine scans.

[Kristian Joensen]

What does this magazine actually say about Crysis and the new Cry-Engine 2 ?

[Cerberus_e]

Kristian Joensen said:
UT2007 only requires a Geforce 6200.



Maybe Crysis is one generation later than UE3?
Also, Crysis could be more GPU dependant, while UE3 is very CPU dependant.
I'm actually fearing my CPU (2.6 ghz - intel p4) more thanb my GPU (6600GT) for future games, but I won't upgrade, since I'll buy a whole new computer within a few years (ugprading my CPU on this motherboard would be a waste of money, and buying a new motherboard would be an even bigger waste of money)

[SyntaxN]

hehe, Crytek=pwnage http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
You can fly jets and stuff like that... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Well, the game sounds really insanse, especially that mostly everything is destructable, even the trees can be blown away...

[Cerberus_e]

AlienAssKicker said:
So are all their games gonna have "cry" in the title?



Hopefully, because it rocks http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
You're also overlooking the fact that everything in the game is called cry: cryvision, ... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Bud Bundy]

they said you´ll need ~10 h for the game.
you (Jake Duun) are a US soldier for secret operations (or smthing else) in the near future.

alienship crashs down on earth (pazificisle) >> korean and russian soldiers check out the situation >> then its your turn
>> aliens modify(?) the environment - make it colder to survive ( under 0°C) - preparing for the fight against the earth ...
aliens have a freezeweapon which freeze enemies into an iceblock

[Kristian Joensen]

Cool anything more ?

How about the engine ?

[seregrail7]

The name is terrible.

[seregrail7]

Kristian Joensen said:
Cool anything more ?

How about the engine ?


I can't say where I got this info from, so just trust me on it, okay?


Anywho, an Alien craft crashes into Earth, and the temprature is constantly getting colder around it. As far as I know it's up to you to stop this. You need to wear some sort of suit, which has 100 power to distribute between your various body parts. So you could put lots into your strength, attack a few enemies, if you get hurt too much, pump everything into your speed and run away really fast.
THere will be tanks, and other vehicles. Shacks can be destroyed and tanks can knock over trees.

As far as I can remember that's all correct.

[Cerberus_e]

The power system sounds cool, as long as it doesn't interrupt gameplay too much.

[JackpotDen]

IMHO, crytek is fast becoming the new iD software.

resons :

* Innovative technology
* Focus in implementing fun gameplay to that technology.
* Fun realism in games

[seregrail7]

I'd assume it's just a matter of pressing a button to bring a small menu up. It should help in the variety stakes anyway.
I can't believe how good this looks. It's absolutely amazing.

[Addicted Gamer]

Well, 7800GTX is definitely not the best one for this, because it's the first game using DirectX 10 effects.

check out some videos as well: http://www.gamershell.com/pc/crysis/

[Cerberus_e]

Addicted Gamer said:
Well, 7800GTX is definitely not the best one for this, because it's the first game using DirectX 10 effects.

check out some videos as well: http://www.gamershell.com/pc/crysis/



Wow I didn't know there was a highres version available already, thanks!

[Kristian Joensen]

Where is the low res version I want it. The highres version crashed my system.

[Cerberus_e]

Kristian Joensen said:
Where is the low res version I want it. The highres version crashed my system.



http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=othergames&Number=951055
Your computer is still not fixed? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Anyway, I don't see why a video would crash your system, have you tried again?

NOTE TO EVERYONE: Ignore Mountain Man's reply below.

[Kristian Joensen]

It does that with ALL HD videos.

[Kristian Joensen]

That was DAMN cool. It seems like that video simply showed Crysis. So it wasn't just a techdemo afterall.

[Mountain Man]

SyntaxN said:
Well, the game sounds really insanse, especially that mostly everything is destructable, even the trees can be blown away...


Let's hope they take all these tech advances and actually make a decent game this time around.

[Cerberus_e]

What did you see? the lowres version?
Also, I sent a PM 30 minutes ago or so.

[Kristian Joensen]

Yes, I saw the lowres version and I also saw your PM.

[SyntaxN]

Mountain Man said:
Let's hope they take all these tech advances and actually make a decent game this time around.


When it´s as good as FC...then I´m sold http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Duke Rocks]

I don't get it, there was only one Crytek 1 engine game-Far Cry??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif


And now the next Crytek game is a whole new engine??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif


It just seems kind of weird to create a whole engine for a game and have it be used for only one game during one generation.....

Have there been any other Crytek 1 games other than FarCry??

Does that mean that the next Crytek game will feature the Crytek 3 engine??

Does anybody get what I'm saying??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[NutWrench]

Are there any links to the video on a server that resumes?

[dudetheman19]

Crytek is on top of the game! IMO they are far the best gamedevelopers at the moment. FarCry is to me the best game in the last 5 years or so!

[Mudsling3]

Very impressive!! Can't read German...to those who can, mind translate a bit? release 2007?

The spaceousness I like most about Crytek.

[PlayfulPuppy]

Duke Rocks said:
I don't get it, there was only one Crytek 1 engine game-Far Cry??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

And now the next Crytek game is a whole new engine??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

It just seems kind of weird to create a whole engine for a game and have it be used for only one game during one generation.....




Well, that's the way it happens these days. I mean, there are tonnes and tonnes of engines out there (Doom3, Unreal X.X, LithTech, Source, CryTek and about a hundred others). Generally the only ones we hear about are the Doom 3 engine (Which has been rather quiet for an Id engine) and Unreal. Occasionally the Source engine, but nothing else really gets much of a mention.

Developers will go for an engine that suits their needs. The thing with the CryEngine is it's mainly designed for FarCrys needs, it's not as general as a lot of other engines on the market. As a result, even if you did see another game on the CryTek engine, you'd probably find it remarkably similar to FarCry.

But this isn't the first time an engine has failed to make a splash. LithTech has been incrementally building up for about 8 years now, and I can't think of a single non-Monolith game that's used it. The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since. Engines just really aren't the cash-cows they used to be anymore.

[Damien_Azreal]

PlayfulPuppy said:

Duke Rocks said:
I don't get it, there was only one Crytek 1 engine game-Far Cry??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

And now the next Crytek game is a whole new engine??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

It just seems kind of weird to create a whole engine for a game and have it be used for only one game during one generation.....




Well, that's the way it happens these days. I mean, there are tonnes and tonnes of engines out there (Doom3, Unreal X.X, LithTech, Source, CryTek and about a hundred others). Generally the only ones we hear about are the Doom 3 engine (Which has been rather quiet for an Id engine) and Unreal. Occasionally the Source engine, but nothing else really gets much of a mention.

Developers will go for an engine that suits their needs. The thing with the CryEngine is it's mainly designed for FarCrys needs, it's not as general as a lot of other engines on the market. As a result, even if you did see another game on the CryTek engine, you'd probably find it remarkably similar to FarCry.

But this isn't the first time an engine has failed to make a splash. LithTech has been incrementally building up for about 8 years now, and I can't think of a single non-Monolith game that's used it. The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since. Engines just really aren't the cash-cows they used to be anymore.



Lithtech powered Kiss: Psycho Circus: the Nightmare Child and Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Also, Crytek 2 is an updated version of the first engine. Not a completel new build. Kindof similar to how Blood 2 and TRON 2.0 both use LithTech, but simply different versions.
Also similar to the Unreal engine.

[Duke Rocks]

K Thanks for clearing that up-I just don't quite understand the way engine liscensing works-yet.

I guess that makes sense.

[Duke Rocks]

Yeah, I'd really like to know if someone would be nice enough to translate it for us....


And it says the release date at the end of the article: Q4 2006.


This by far the best graphics I have ever seen in an electronic form of entertainment http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.

[Mountain Man]

SyntaxN said:
When it´s as good as FC...then I´m sold http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif


Ah, keeping your expectations low I see. Shrewd. Makes it less likely you'll be disapointed http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Roger]

Yeah, MM knows about low expectations. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[FireFly]

I find low expectations make me more likely to enjoy a game.

[Cerberus_e]

I read this thread yesterday evening.
Now it's the day after at noon and a certain person still didn't reply.

*Awaits Drazula to say: "Seems like I'm late to the party again!"*


Duke Rocks said:
I don't get it, there was only one Crytek 1 engine game-Far Cry??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

And now the next Crytek game is a whole new engine??? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

It just seems kind of weird to create a whole engine for a game and have it be used for only one game during one generation.....




Lots of engines end up that way.
That's because engines are created for the game the developers of the engine have in mind.
For example, People Can Fly made the PainEngine to create Painkiller, I don't think they had licensing in mind.
They just have licensing the PainEngine as an option in case someone wants it.
There are a lot of engines that end up unlicensed.
The Serious Engine for example, no one licensed it, and for Serious Sam 2 they already have the Serious Engine 2. And again no one is interested.
That's because companies don't mind, or even want, to create their own engine (but like I said don't think licensing is necessary altough they allow it just in case).
Companies that don't want to create their own engine will only license the best engine.
That's why the Quake and Unreal engines have had the most success.


Duke Rocks said:
Have there been any other Crytek 1 games other than FarCry??




No


Duke Rocks said:
Does that mean that the next Crytek game will feature the Crytek 3 engine??




Possibly, but not guaranteed.


PlayfulPuppy said:
The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since.



The Sin episodes.

[Kalki]

Mountain Man said:

SyntaxN said:
Well, the game sounds really insanse, especially that mostly everything is destructable, even the trees can be blown away...


Let's hope they take all these tech advances and actually make a decent game this time around.



Hm. I'd like to hope this one is more polished and playtested in the gameplay area.

Is there actually a gameplay video up or is it the same DX10 dynamic day-night cycle, volumetric clouds and realistic foliage shadow featuring tech vid we saw a while back?

[DK2000]

Kalki said:

Mountain Man said:

SyntaxN said:
Well, the game sounds really insanse, especially that mostly everything is destructable, even the trees can be blown away...


Let's hope they take all these tech advances and actually make a decent game this time around.



Hm. I'd like to hope this one is more polished and playtested in the gameplay area.

Is there actually a gameplay video up or is it the same DX10 dynamic day-night cycle, volumetric clouds and realistic foliage shadow featuring tech vid we saw a while back?



Jupp its the same but now in "HD" - the old one was a screener filmed off at a MS presentation.

[wiktorus pro]

I hope it will run on high settings on my gf 7800 gtx http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[SyntaxN]

Damien_Azreal said:
Also, Crytek 2 is an updated version of the first engine. Not a completel new build.


Never heared that, do you have a link or something... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Addicted Gamer]

it may run (i guess SLi though, because game will be optimized for dual technology probably)

and you can't see all the effects anyway -- game's DirectX 10.

[Cerberus_e]

Addicted Gamer said:
it may run (i guess SLi though, because game will be optimized for dual technology probably)



No, the game will work with all kind of things: single core, dual core, ...
So it's probably the same for graphics cards: SLI and single will work well.
Besides, no game requires you to use SLI for optimal performance, and most likely (hopefully) it will stay that way.

[Drazula]

Impressive!!! Welcome to the Jungle... again! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Halcyon]

He, that sounds interesting. Seems like the game has a darker atmosphere than Far Cry and some nice gameplay-ideas. I don't think the game will be out before the end of 2007, but I'm looking forward to any news we get about it.

[SyntaxN]

Drazula said:
Impressive!!! Welcome to the Jungle... again! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


Well, this is the most impressive jungle I´ve ever seen in a game http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
This time, the jungle won´t be just green, after some time it will turn into a white frozen jungle, I just realized how much I love the idea!
Crytek proved again that they´re the king of the outdoor engines http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DorDuke82]

So i have done a really quick translation these pages, its pure engish i know, i simply have not much time today so you have to go with it:
- Asteroid lands on pacific island
- Northkorea and China are investigating it
- usa wants to show its strength and send troops on their own
- you are jack dunn, special agent in the us forces
- abnormal signals are coming from that asteroid
- since the US don't wanna cause a new World War, you have to infiltrate the island with a small group of soldiers
- you have to be very stealthy to get past the koreans and chinas troops and get informations on that asteroid
- you find some parts of it for yourself and you can investigate it with a portable scanner - data is send to your mission command, wich send you better weapons in cause of the data results
- some wepaons can be used as duals (like dual enforcers in ut)
- weapons are "real" 3d objects, so you could stuck with a bigger weapon on world objects
- everything that looks like it is effected by physik will be effected, no stuck objects
- enemys cant spot you when you hide in higher gras (in farcry they still saw you) but they recognize unexpected movemoment in the vegetation to find you
- nearly every weapon is upgradeable
- you self are a weapon because of your "nano muscle suit"
- that suit can alter your strength, speed, armor, temperature
- it can also heal you - energy of the suit regenerates itself slowly
- switching between the single stages of the suit will be done be hotkeys
- the asteroid is a alien ship wich holds alien lifeforms and a big icer weapon
- that weapon is used by the aliens to freeze the pacific to get temperatures like on their homeplanet lower then 0°C
- so the tropic clima changes to a unreal wintersetting
- everything freezes, even a partner of jake
- every story sequenz will be told with ingame graphics, no cg animations to don't stop the imersion
- since the US and China find out about the Aliens and humankind therefore itself has an enemy both states join forces
- everything you do will be registered by anyone who gets attention of it
- because you kill may have killed many koreans before forces where joined, a korean general may not really want to cooperate with you or holds needed informations back
- if you do the right actions you could get into romance with an female soldier
- story will be a fixed one, but variations are caused by youre actions
- if one of you're comrades dies he won't come back, if he doesn't die he may be a powerfull assistent in later missions
- iy youself get shockfrosted by the aliens, youre nanosuit can get you out of the freeze
- you can also temperature you're suit so your body has the same temperature as the sourrundings and the aliens can't see you - but this will cause damage to your body so don't do it too long
- the suit can also send a shockwave wich stunes evry alien in 50 meters around you
- there will be no bosses, but REALLY BIG Aliens
- game will be around 10 hours playtime
- better multiplayer options then in farcry will appear (nothing detailed about that - only a Unreal2XMP like "get the artefact" mode)
- release is still WID, but Quarter4 2006 it should be done

[Cerberus_e]

DorDuke82 said:
- you can also temperature you're suit so your body has the same temperature as the sourrundings and the aliens can't see you - but this will cause damage to your body so don't do it too long



Interesting.


DorDuke82 said:
- there will be no bosses, but REALLY BIG Aliens




Hopefully bigger than Ugh Zan III http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


DorDuke82 said:
- release is still WID, but Quarter4 2006 it should be done



Then there is still a slight chance I will be able to at least get to the main menu without it crashing http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

Cerberus_e said
The Serious Engine for example, no one licensed it, and for Serious Sam 2 they already have the Serious Engine 2. And again no one is interested.




Actualy Croteam has bg plans to license Serious Engine 2, and there are people very interested in it. It's just that nothing has been made public about it.

Also, it's hard for people to throw down big bucks to license an engine from a lesser known developer like Crytek or People Can Fly.
Most developers that use other companies engines would rather go with big name developers that are known for stability and ability.
People seem to want to stick with id's engines (Q3A, D3), Unreal Engine, and Source.

They are reluctant to try a new companies engine, no matter how capible it seems.

[Cerberus_e]

Cerberus_e said:

PlayfulPuppy said:
The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since.



The Sin episodes.



and the new Might & Magic http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Addicted Gamer]

Cerberus_e said:
No, the game will work with all kind of things: single core, dual core, ...
So it's probably the same for graphics cards: SLI and single will work well.
Besides, no game requires you to use SLI for optimal performance, and most likely (hopefully) it will stay that way.



well, that Unreal 3 engine based demo RoboBlitz was optimized only for Intel's Dual Core CPU's. (it didn't work on AMD's even)
so, there's a chance that Unreal Tournament 2007 (or Unreal 3) will be optimized more likely to Dual Core. never know with Crysis as well. (Dual Core is future tbh)

but, i hope we can see someday soon first Physical Videocards.

[Cerberus_e]

Addicted Gamer said:

Cerberus_e said:
No, the game will work with all kind of things: single core, dual core, ...
So it's probably the same for graphics cards: SLI and single will work well.
Besides, no game requires you to use SLI for optimal performance, and most likely (hopefully) it will stay that way.



well, that Unreal 3 engine based demo RoboBlitz was optimized only for Intel's Dual Core CPU's. (it didn't work on AMD's even)




That's not true, Intel cheated. It checks your system if you have Intel hyperhtreading. If you don't have it it doesn't let you run the game.


Addicted Gamer said:
so, there's a chance that Unreal Tournament 2007 (or Unreal 3) will be optimized more likely to Dual Core. never know with Crysis as well. (Dual Core is future tbh)




No, Crysis is optimized for both single and dual core, it's right in the Gamestar article.


Addicted Gamer said:
but, i hope we can see someday soon first Physical Videocards




Physics Processing Units? I don't hope that. PCs already cost enough now.
But I see developers are innovating in physics technology, that sucks, I'd rather stick with Far Cry's physics since they don't slow my CPU down http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Painkiller and Half-Life 2 already cause some trouble now and then, and I suspect UE3 will kill my CPU.

[Jokke_r]

a mere 10 hours? c'mon

[Cerberus_e]

Jokke_r said:
a mere 10 hours? c'mon



I think they didn't include the hours you lose by dying, which leads me to the next point... how will the save system work? I hope that when you die or when your computer crashes, you can rely on some kind of autosave, right? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Autosave sounds impossible in the free roaming world or crysis

[Orochi Avlis]

Cerberus_e said:

Cerberus_e said:

PlayfulPuppy said:
The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since.



The Sin episodes.



and the new Might & Magic http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


And They Hunger: Source, and Warren Spector's next project.

[Denz]

DorDuke82 said:
So i have done a really quick translation these pages, its pure engish i know, i simply have not much time today so you have to go with it:
- weapons are "real" 3d objects, so you could stuck with a bigger weapon on world objects
- everything that looks like it is effected by physik will be effected, no stuck objects
- nearly every weapon is upgradeable





Awesome.


DorDuke82 said:
- enemys cant spot you when you hide in higher gras (in farcry they still saw you) but they recognize unexpected movemoment in the vegetation to find you




Like in MSG3. Awesome. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



DorDuke82 said:
- everything freezes, even a partner of jake
- every story sequenz will be told with ingame graphics, no cg animations to don't stop the imersion
- everything you do will be registered by anyone who gets attention of it
- story will be a fixed one, but variations are caused by youre actions
- if one of you're comrades dies he won't come back, if he doesn't die he may be a powerfull assistent in later missions
- you can also temperature you're suit so your body has the same temperature as the sourrundings and the aliens can't see you - but this will cause damage to your body so don't do it too long




Supergood. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif


Ok now this game get a much of my interest as DNF Does. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Kristian Joensen]

Jokke_r said:
a mere 10 hours? c'mon



That is what you get with next generation graphics, AFAIK Crytek isn't a big company atleast not when it comes to the number of developers.


Orochi Avlis said:

Cerberus_e said:

Cerberus_e said:

PlayfulPuppy said:
The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since.



The Sin episodes.



and the new Might & Magic http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


And They Hunger: Source, and Warren Spector's next project.



Correction, one of Warren Spector's projects, there are actually 2 and we don't know about the other.

[SyntaxN]

Kristian Joensen said:
That is what you get with next generation graphics, AFAIK Crytek isn't a big company atleast not when it comes to the number of developers.



Crytek has ca. 95 people http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Cerberus_e]

Orochi Avlis said:

Cerberus_e said:

Cerberus_e said:

PlayfulPuppy said:
The Source engine was in Vampire: The Masquerade, but I haven't seen any other projects use it since.



The Sin episodes.



and the new Might & Magic http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


And They Hunger: Source



I thought that was just a mod?

[seregrail7]

No, retail game. It just looks like a mod.

[Kristian Joensen]

SyntaxN said:

Kristian Joensen said:
That is what you get with next generation graphics, AFAIK Crytek isn't a big company atleast not when it comes to the number of developers.



Crytek has ca. 95 people http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



95 ? That is crazy that is bigger than ALL of Valve.

Given that number they might very well have more than one team.

Where have you got that number from ?

[Cerberus_e]

Kristian Joensen said:
Given that number they might very well have more than one team.



it's only a matter of time now before Kristian Joensen will PM his accomplices with information he discovered about the other games Crytek is working on http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mountain Man]

Kalki said:

Mountain Man said:

SyntaxN said:
Well, the game sounds really insanse, especially that mostly everything is destructable, even the trees can be blown away...


Let's hope they take all these tech advances and actually make a decent game this time around.



Hm. I'd like to hope this one is more polished and playtested in the gameplay area.


My thoughts exactly. Far Cry to me felt like a game that needed at least 6 more months of polish.

[SyntaxN]

Kristian Joensen said:
95 ? That is crazy that is bigger than ALL of Valve.

Given that number they might very well have more than one team.

Where have you got that number from ?


http://www.gamestar.de/dev/pdfs/crytek.pdf

It´s an interview, I know you can´t read german but look at the second page and then watch for the lower right side, there you´ll see a small article about the company history.
The last sentence means: Today 95 employees from 20 nations are working at Crytek in Coburg on the next title based on Cryengine2 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Mudsling3]

10 hours of game play? Sounds like a formula...I hate formula http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif

[Decker]

Looks like they recycled 99% of Far Cry models and gfx into Crysis. Does it really always have to be Tropical islands...

[Kristian Joensen]

Okay, it mentions EA, what does it say about them ?

[Cerberus_e]

Decker said:
Looks like they recycled 99% of Far Cry models and gfx into Crysis. Does it really always have to be Tropical islands...



Actually I'm happy they're retaining the artistic direction because Crytek seems to be the only one interested in doing tropical islands... and those just happen to look good.
But yes, a rainforest wouldn't be wrong as well http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[SyntaxN]

Kristian Joensen said:
Okay, it mentions EA, what does it say about them ?


EA is the new publisher...I hope they don´t try to buy them http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[big fat lazy]

Decker said:
Does it really always have to be Tropical islands...


Are you kidding me? The tropical islands setting is a big reason I like FC so much and why I'm interested in Crysis.
Would you prefer a space station or 1940s Europe?

[Duoae]

big fat lazy said:

Decker said:
Does it really always have to be Tropical islands...


Are you kidding me? The tropical islands setting is a big reason I like FC so much and why I'm interested in Crysis.
Would you prefer a space station or 1940s Europe?



Yeah that's true. It's not like the genre is overstaturated right? I can think of about 4 games that have large outdoor "tropical and temperate environments" that doesn't include starwars. Farcry is one of them.

I'm quite looking forward to this game though the suit sounds like a funny implementation of that old space fighter game where you could alter the power from shields to engines to weapons. I know the starwars series did this, but i can visualise a circle with three points and the power ditribution. Anyone know the game?

[Mad Mak]

The game looks great... I love the idea of playinga FPS where the time of day changes... So you could wait till dark and then ambush the korean base using CryVision!!! I think I can only think of GTA series where you play to a day/night clock... I hope the game is even more open-ended than FarCry... It sounds that way with the story dynamically changing depending on how you play and whether other NPCs survive etc.

Does anyone know how this 'skybox' would work ?

[Mudsling3]

SyntaxN said:

Kristian Joensen said:
Okay, it mentions EA, what does it say about them ?


EA is the new publisher...I hope they don´t try to buy them http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif



Now I see why "10 hours" is marked before the game is done...those swines http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Tang Lung]

It certainly looks interesting, I'll give it that.

Wierd though how the Far Cry graphics look so plain now, and yet I remember seeing them for the first time back before it was released and finding them almost photogenic.

[avatar_58]

Decker said:
Looks like they recycled 99% of Far Cry models and gfx into Crysis. Does it really always have to be Tropical islands...



I was about to say that until I realized.....who else DOES tropical islands and jungles that look like this? Its not like this setting is over-used. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Lets just hope it isn't exactly like Far Cry only with different enemies....

[Cerberus_e]

avatar_58 said:
Lets just hope it isn't exactly like Far Cry only with different enemies....



no loading times, the whole island is one big level which is in fact the whole game.
Says enough http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif It'll be like STALKER I guess.

[Kristian Joensen]

Hehe, perhaps.

[Needle]

A few other things from the article (which is quite soilerish, so be warned):
-some of the bigger enemies are climbable with the help of magnetic boots. You can't climb walls, though. (Thats the part of the article where Prey got mentioned, if some of you have been wondering about that.)
- You can save anytime and the developers are trying to avoid overly frustrating sequences.
- Of course there will be drivable vehicles again. You'll be able to crush trees or huts with a tank etc. This time you'll also get to pilot planes and helicopters.
- Two of the alien weapons that got mentioned:
1. molecular accelerator -> Shoots impaling icicles.
2. molecular arrestor -> Similar to dukes freezer. Frozen enemies can be shattered.
- There's more than just tropical (and frozen tropical) islands. For example, you'll visit a space station later in the game. There'll also be zero-g parts where you float around freely.
- You can't issue commands to your team mates.

Edit: Oh yes, they also mentioned the minimum requirements.

2 Ghz CPU
512 MB RAM
Shader 2.0 capable graphics hardware.

Sounds surprisingly low. But I assume it will look horrible with those specs. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Decker]

True, tropical setting isn't generally overused, I just find it odd that Crytek hasn't released or even demoed their tech with anything else than that, starting from the days of X-Isle. From what has been shown, I smell Far Cry + new plot + DirectX10.

The environmental hazards and the tech seem truly cool, tho
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[SyntaxN]

Needle said:
Edit: Oh yes, they also mentioned the minimum requirements.

2 Ghz CPU
512 MB RAM
Shader 2.0 capable graphics hardware.

Sounds surprisingly low. But I assume it will look horrible with those specs. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif


The only thing which is save to say about the requirements is a that you need a SM2.0 gfx card, the 2 GHZ and 512 MB Ram are just the magazins speculation http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Dr. Kill]

I hope this gets ported.

[MeatWagon]

The graphics look great! I dont like the sound of that 10 hours play time though. Hopefully with such detailed worlds they will make a lot of interesting places to explore, that would extend the time a bit.

[Cerberus_e]

SyntaxN said:

Needle said:
Edit: Oh yes, they also mentioned the minimum requirements.

2 Ghz CPU
512 MB RAM
Shader 2.0 capable graphics hardware.

Sounds surprisingly low. But I assume it will look horrible with those specs. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif


The only thing which is save to say about the requirements is a that you need a SM2.0 gfx card, the 2 GHZ and 512 MB Ram are just the magazins speculation http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



Couldn't you tell us these system requirements earlier when you translated it? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif


Needle said:
A few other things from the article (which is quite soilerish, so be warned):
-some of the bigger enemies are climbable with the help of magnetic boots. You can't climb walls, though. (Thats the part of the article where Prey got mentioned, if some of you have been wondering about that.)
- You can save anytime and the developers are trying to avoid overly frustrating sequences.
- Of course there will be drivable vehicles again. You'll be able to crush trees or huts with a tank etc. This time you'll also get to pilot planes and helicopters.
- Two of the alien weapons that got mentioned:
1. molecular accelerator -> Shoots impaling icicles.
2. molecular arrestor -> Similar to dukes freezer. Frozen enemies can be shattered.
- There's more than just tropical (and frozen tropical) islands. For example, you'll visit a space station later in the game. There'll also be zero-g parts where you float around freely.
- You can't issue commands to your team mates.

Edit: Oh yes, they also mentioned the minimum requirements.

2 Ghz CPU
512 MB RAM
Shader 2.0 capable graphics hardware.

Sounds surprisingly low. But I assume it will look horrible with those specs. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif



http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif
2.6 ghz cpu... that's OK.
512 mb RAM... that's great http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I have 1024.
Shader Model 2... hmm... I'm capable of SM 3 I think.
How good is my graphics card at SM2? 6600GT.
3dmark05 (not to confuse with 3Dmark06) is in SM 2 already, right? if so, then it will be OK.
3Dmark06 ran terrible, though.

[NutWrench]

Cool. I saw the low-res version of this a few months ago. I'm really looking forward to a new game based on this engine.

[seregrail7]

3DMark is SM3 I think. Your card should run it.

[SyntaxN]

Cerberus_e said:
Couldn't you tell us these system requirements earlier when you translated it? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif



What do you mean... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[FireFly]

Cerberus_e said:
How good is my graphics card at SM2? 6600GT.
3dmark05 (not to confuse with 3Dmark06) is in SM 2 already, right? if so, then it will be OK.
3Dmark06 ran terrible, though.


The shader models just determine what developers can do with the hardware, so performance will vary according to the chosen choice of features. However, PS 3.0 really just allows for better optimised shaders, so it actually has the potential to improve performance - you can see this with Far Cry's SM 3.0 patch.

3DMark 2006 is much more demanding than its predecessor because Futuremark have added more features (better shadowing, lighting etc), not because of any difference between the shader models. There are four tests - two SM 2.0 tests and two SM 3.0 tests, and both give very similar scores. 3DMark 2005 uses one set of tests incorporating both SM 2.0 and SM 3.0 - your card will be running the SM 3.0 path.

SM 2.0 is just DirectX 9.0a, so if you support DirectX 9, you support SM 2.0. SM 3.0 is DirectX 9.0c

[roryok]

you know whats wierd? No one tried to copy far cry!

I mean, the amount of corridor / factory / urban fps's out there is huge, but there's really only one or two with a tropical setting that I can think of...

[Cerberus_e]

Pacific Assault? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Or maybe there is a far cry type game in development, but just unannounced (you know, good games aren't made, nor announced, in two years!).
There was also a vegetation engine ind evelopment but got cancelled a year before far cry.

[Drazula]

It's official (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=14354)


Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company and award-winning developer Crytek, today announced they will bring Crysis, an exciting new first person shooter, to gamers worldwide. Developed by Crytek, the makers of the award-winning Far CryTM, Crysis will be an original first person shooter game for PC based on new intellectual property.

"Our focus has always been on innovating gameplay and technology, and bringing new experiences to gamers through our original intellectual properties," says Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek. "Crysis will be a showcase for that commitment and will offer gamers from all over the world the next step in FPS gaming."

Shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customisation of weapons and armour in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion.

Crysis will bring together the creative and technical talent of Crytek with the publishing expertise and unrivalled reach of Electronic Arts. Crysis is to be published by EA following the worldwide relationship announcement between the two companies and is being developed using the leading-edge technology of Crytek's proprietary engine CryENGINETM 2.

"We are delighted to reach the next level in our relationship with Crytek," says Tom Frisina, Vice-President and General Manager for EA Partners. "Nurturing creative talent and bringing original intellectual property to the world of interactive entertainment is a key focus for EA and EA Partners. Crysis will bring an entirely new FPS experience to gamers everywhere."



The greatest game ever has a buddy. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Hudson]

"Nurturing creative talent and bringing original intellectual property to the world of interactive entertainment is a key focus for EA and EA Partners."



Let me be the first of many to shout BULLSHIT!

[roryok]

DorDuke82 said:
- since the US don't wanna cause a new World War, you have to infiltrate the island with a small group of soldiers




I dunno. Seems unrealistic to me.

*insert political commentary here*

Har De Har.

[Theonewayman]

Cerberus_e said:
Pacific Assault? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Or maybe there is a far cry type game in development, but just unannounced (you know, good games aren't made, nor announced, in two years!).
There was also a vegetation engine ind evelopment but got cancelled a year before far cry.



Yes there is one this one (http://www.diosoft.com/main.php?tpl=&lng=en) , but i think is just a tecdemo for some poblisher to see.

[dark_angel]

IGN Preview --> http://pc.ign.com/articles/705/705150p1.html

[Orochi Avlis]

"Nurturing creative talent and bringing original intellectual property to the world of interactive entertainment is a key focus for EA and EA Partners."
Let me be the first of many to shout BULLSHIT!
Is it me? Or does it seem like they are trying to get major credit for the development of the game?

[Kristian Joensen]

Technicaly they are bringing it to the world in the sense that they are the ones bringing it to the stores. However it is very easy to read it in another way, so it is pretty clearly deceptive.

[MAT]

A brief excerpt from the recent interview with Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli:

Level:Will there be Parallax Occlusion Mapping in Crysis?

CY:It was already included in Farcry. We developed that technology along with ATi. Crysis will feature a more advanced POM. It will be a DirectX 10 technology.

Level:But how can you develope these technologies, although no hardware that supports them exist and DirectX 10 is not out yet?

CY:We are one of the leading members of DirectX Advisory Board. For instance, we have already started to discuss DirectX 11 with Microsoft. Therefore, we know very well what technologies will be included in DirectX 10. We started using DirectX 10 3 months ago. We are using graphics card emulators due to the lack of proper hardware.

I can translate the whole interview if you are interested. :)

[Kristian Joensen]

Yes,Yes, please do.

[MAT]

Ok KJ, here is the rest:

Level: When do you stop adding new technologies to your games?

CY: When we reach the alpha stage, we stop adding new stuff. The story, all indoors/outdoors and all technical features get finished and implemented into the game by the time we get to the alpha stage.

Level:What graphics technologies will Crysis include?

CY:Crysis will support DirectX 10. Therefore, apart from the techonologies like HDR, Soft Shadows, Volumetric Clouds, Depth of Field that are being used now, it will feature new technologies that are not announced right now. It will support 64-bit, duel core processors, SLI and Crossfire too. To make it short, we will use every possible techonolgy that exists and will exist.

Level:And what upcoming technology does excite you the most? The transition to 64-bit, duel core processors or DirectX 10?

CY:The duel core processors are the most exciting tech. for us, because the performance of current processors is the biggest obstacle in designing games. This problem counts for all platforms. But now, if we use duel core processors in a smart way, we can solve this problem. The easiest solution would be using static threads, but big power losses occur this way. Therefore we decided to use dynamical threading system.

Level: I am sure you have seen the PS3 videos shown at last years E3. Do you think PS3 will really have such graphics? Is it possible to render such graphics if you forced PS3 to its limits?

CY: None of that demonstrations were done by PS3 in real time. Some of them were pure CGI, some of them were real time demos working on PC's.
It will take at least 3-4 years of time to produce games in PS3 like shown in some of the CGI videos. (he means Killzone- Level) But some things will lack no matter what. First of all, a conrol system like shown in that video is not possible. But I think we will catch that graphical quality in the end.

[PlayfulPuppy]

Man, I couldn't possibly be any less psyched for this game. Everything I've read and seen of it looks so painfully by-the-numbers... but then again I thought (And still think) the same of the original Far Cry.

I normally don't like to harp on about things that I don't like, but the community interest in these titles really intrigues me.

Level:Will there be Parallax Occlusion Mapping in Crysis?

CY:It was already included in Farcry. We developed that technology along with ATi.

That's bullshit, they didn't create POM at all (Unless it's been poorly translated).

[Orochi Avlis]

CY:[I]Crysis will support DirectX 10. Therefore, apart from the techonologies like HDR, Soft Shadows, Volumetric Clouds, Depth of Field that are being used now, it will feature new technologies that are not announced right now. It will support 64-bit,...]
:woot:
64-bit support and new technologies yet to be announced.
Can't wait to see it in action.

[Kristian Joensen]

"That's bullshit, they didn't create POM at all (Unless it's been poorly translated)."

He isn't claiming they invented it only that they implemented it FarCry nothing else..

[MAT]

That's bullshit, they didn't create POM at all (Unless it's been poorly translated).

Well, poor translation is not the case. Level is a Turkish magazine, and they spoke with Cevat Yerli in his native language Turkish. I translated the text from Turkish to English. But I don't have an idea if POM is their technology or not. But it is possible. Cevat Yerli says that they developed it with ATi. Why not believe?

[dark_angel]

Thanks for the translation MAT.

Here is another recent interview with Cevat on IGN ( in case no one notice it in other thread) :

Direct Link --> http://pcmovies.ign.com/pc/video/art..._qtlowwide.mov

He speaks about Crysis' story, themes, and customizations.

[Yatta]

Well I'll be damned.

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[Damien_Azreal]

My PC now cries... damn.

Those are very impressive, good thing I'll be building a new PC soon.

[Telee]

my poor little computer. :(

[Damien_Azreal]

Far Cry was pretty scalable... Crytek did a good job making it run on low end systems. I'm sure they'll be able to do the same here.

Cut out shadows and tone down the plants...

[Kristian Joensen]

I blieve they stated that their goal is that the game should run on systems that are upto two years old when the game is released.

[Malgon]

I'll build a new system after this game is released. A couple of those shots were quite impressive. :eek:

[Nessus]

I could barely tell the diffrence. If someone switched the real and Crysis I probably wouldn't even know.

[Denz]

I think we are going to hit the limit of graphics. Now i hope to see better gameplay now that graphics are photorealistic like.

[Assault]

Well I'll be damned.

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[Hudson]

Well I'll be damned.

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Wow, just.. http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/images/icons/eek.gif

[Tang Lung]

I think we are going to hit the limit of graphics. Now i hope to see better gameplay now that graphics are photorealistic like.

Yeh me too. Impressive screens, no doubt, but what else does the game have to offer?

[Hudson]

It's Crytek, so I have to put faith in them.. thus far it seems to be deserved.

[Nihilanth]

I don't know but I've never been hyped over this game.

[Sang]

Well I'll be damned.

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Holy ****ing **** of ****!

[Tang Lung]

Holy ****ing **** of ****!

Only a gamer could get so excited over a picture of some moss and a rubbish looking shack :p

[Sang]

Oh come on ITS JUST LIEK IRL

[Assault]

Crysis Shtuff (http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_crysis_indepthfeature.wmv)

*EDIT: Just saw this, it's an in-depth video summery of what the game has to offer.

[Phait]

Oh come on ITS JUST LIEK IRL

Because both images are scaled down.

If you saw them up close, you'd see the nuances that make one virtual and make one real. So to judge them as they're scaled isn't really fair, just a tease. You can make some things look real when you scale them down.

[NutWrench]

I really hope the gameplay matches the visuals (like in the original Far Cry).

I've played WAY too many games recently that concentrate solely on eye-candy and have NO replay value because the gameplay sucks.

[DK2000]

Hey I actually found a game that uses the Farcry1 Engine:
Aion form NCSoft (LineageII, Guildwars).
Here are some Screenshots:
http://eu.plaync.com/eu/images/games/aion/aion_kr_13_medium.jpg
http://eu.plaync.com/eu/images/games/aion/aion_kr_11_medium.jpg
And here is a video:
http://eu.plaync.com/eu/images/games/aion/movies/aion_e3_06_gameplay.wmv

Not bad for a MMORPG... ;)

[MAT]

^ This is the first game using FarCry 1 engine that I heard of . I was wondering why nobody wanted their engine.

[DK2000]

I just noticed it just by viewing an interview of Cryteks CEO at E3 2006 on gametrailers.com...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=10783&type=wmv&pl=game

[Kalki]

Well I'll be damned.

http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=4014088&article_id=741037&channel_id=261&page_title=Crysis+Comparison+Photos&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Dve3d%26pagetype%3D mediaimgthin&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fve3d.ign.com%2Farticles%2F 741%2F741037p1.html
http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=4014089&article_id=741037&channel_id=261&page_title=Crysis+Comparison+Photos&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Dve3d%26pagetype%3D mediaimgthin%26pagetype%3Dmediaimgthin&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fve3d.ign.com%2Farticles%2F 741%2F741037p1.html
http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=4014090&article_id=741037&channel_id=261&page_title=Crysis+Comparison+Photos&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Dve3d%26pagetype%3D mediaimgthin%26pagetype%3Dmediaimgthin&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fve3d.ign.com%2Farticles%2F 741%2F741037p1.html
http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=4014091&article_id=741037&channel_id=261&page_title=Crysis+Comparison+Photos&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Dve3d%26pagetype%3D mediaimgthin%26pagetype%3Dmediaimgthin&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fve3d.ign.com%2Farticles%2F 741%2F741037p1.html

I haven't been this impressed with photosourcing since Duke Nukem Forever.

[Sang]

Because both images are scaled down.

If you saw them up close, you'd see the nuances that make one virtual and make one real. So to judge them as they're scaled isn't really fair, just a tease. You can make some things look real when you scale them down.

Maybe you didn't notice but the "just liek irl" thing was a joke ;) However I can't deny I do think it's getting close to reality. Of course you'll still be able to distinguish them (looking at the movies) but hey.. getting close amirite. Either way I think it looks very impressing.

[Damien_Azreal]

For an unknown company to spring up and reach this level with only their second game... I think it's pretty damn impressive.

[SyntaxN]

For an unknown company to spring up and reach this level with only their second game... I think it's pretty damn impressive.
Very "Valve-ish" ;)

[Kristian Joensen]

Except that little Mircosoft millonaire bussines, just pointing out a thinsy winsy little difference ....... ;) :cool: :)

Seriously SyntaxN Crytek must make you proud of beeing a German.

[Damien_Azreal]

It does me... except that Far Cry was made in Germany, but the German version of FC was edited. :doh:

[Yatta]

^ This is the first game using FarCry 1 engine that I heard of . I was wondering why nobody wanted their engine.
Maybe it's the fact that they were raided a few years back, because they were suspected of using illegally-obtained tools to create their products. I don't know if they ever got busted for that.

[Odin]

Those game designers really tightened up the grafix (http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Tighten_Up_the_Graphics) for that game.

[superevilcube]

I just watched some video over at IGN (it was new; posted yesterday) and I just have to say this game looks amazing. Not just the graphics, but also the game play.

EDIT:

Anyone know what type of requirements the game will have? Would this system be able to play it?

AMD 2800+; X1600 512MB VRAM; 2 GB DDR1 RAM @ 400 MHz

[SyntaxN]

Seriously SyntaxN Crytek must make you proud of beeing a German.
Lets just say it´s damn cool that a game company from germany gets so much attention right now ;) :cool:

[ZuljinRaynor]

I just watched some video over at IGN (it was new; posted yesterday) and I just have to say this game looks amazing. Not just the graphics, but also the game play.

EDIT:

Anyone know what type of requirements the game will have? Would this system be able to play it?

AMD 2800+; X1600 512MB VRAM; 2 GB DDR1 RAM @ 400 MHz

Yes, maybe on low-med-high DX9 mode. The CPU is all that seems to worry me in that setup. Crysis seems it'll be just a CPU heavy as GPU.

[Damien_Azreal]

Actually that should be pretty well for DX 9 mode, previous footage shown was made with a 7800 in DX 9.
What would really worry me is the system specs for DX10. Crytek have already proven they can do a great job coding for performance with Far Cry.

I'm sure the game will be pretty well optimized.

[ZuljinRaynor]

I'm 100% sure the recommended will be a dual core.

[Damien_Azreal]

"Recommended".... not required. ;) And most likely recommended for DX10, I'm more interested in DX9 requirements. Cause I'm not switching to Vista or DX10 for some time.

[ZuljinRaynor]

I still think even for DX9 it'll be recommended. I mean, the AI is getting hyped sometimes.

[Opus131]

Except that little Mircosoft millonaire bussines

And the fact Far Cry was no where near the game Half Life was... ;)

[Damien_Azreal]

That is a simple matter of opinion... and even though opinions don't matter to you Opus, I know.. only fact matters, but they do matter to many other people. ;)

[ZuljinRaynor]

In my opinion, Far Cry is overrated since I just can't stand the AI. Sometimes is so dumb, like when I shoot a guy point blank and the hide in a bush... "Must've been nothing." And then when I snipe into a group of guys from a high elevation, I got to a lower one and hide but they know where to shoot right away... :(

[Opus131]

That is a simple matter of opinion... and even though opinions don't matter to you Opus, I know.. only fact matters, but they do matter to many other people. ;)

I'm not opposed to opinions, i just hate extreme relativism. Just because we all have different views doesn't mean every each one of them should be held in equal measure, paritularly considering the huge number of idiots that populate this planet.

[Damien_Azreal]

Understood. :) Some people tend to think their opinions are the only ones that matter and hence, they are fact. :rolleyes: I agree 100%.

[ZuljinRaynor]

I just saw a new Crysis video and well, I hyped up for this. I'm forgetting about FC, that was just crap IMO... I'm giving Crytek another chance with Crysis.

[0marTheZealot]

I just hope Crysis isn't unfair like FarCry was. There's a huge difference between a difficult game and an unfair game. The Contras are difficult games, FarCry is just unfair.

[Damien_Azreal]

Odd, with far to many FPS (Doom 3, Quake 4, HL2) being way to easy to complete I found Far Cry to be just right. Challenging, not to easy and not to hard.

It's one of the few games lately that hasn't almost handed me the end boss. :p Other than FEAR it's hard to think of a FPS these past few years that really gave the gamers a challenge.

[SyntaxN]

I'm not opposed to opinions, i just hate extreme relativism. Just because we all have different views doesn't mean every each one of them should be held in equal measure, paritularly considering the huge number of idiots that populate this planet.
And who defines who is an idiot?

[big fat lazy]

I just hope Crysis isn't unfair like FarCry was. There's a huge difference between a difficult game and an unfair game. The Contras are difficult games, FarCry is just unfair.

Meh, I liked the diffuculty for the most part, how it built up throughout the game. After I beat the game for the first time, I started a new game and got to the carrier and was like "I used to think THIS was hard?"
Although it did become pretty unfair late in the game I admit.

[0marTheZealot]

Meh, I liked the diffuculty for the most part, how it built up throughout the game. After I beat the game for the first time, I started a new game and got to the carrier and was like "I used to think THIS was hard?"
Although it did become pretty unfair late in the game I admit.

I didn't mind the game for most of the time. It just got absurd around the first night, when there would be rocket launcher snipers in obscure locations, and random mutants killing you in a swipe. The game forced you to memorize the locations of enemies and the enemies flat out cheated. You had enemies with riot shields carrying an automatic rifle and aiming with perfect accuracy, and had full body armor and face plates that deflected headshots forever. Just about the only way to kill them was to lob grenades from the OICW or get a lucky neckshot (it wasn't protected after the 4th or 5th headshot).

There were several encounters in which the player could not win on the first try, the battle in the lobby near the end of the game is a great example. There were 5 or 6 soldiers with full body armor, face plates and a rocket launcher soldier in the way back.

[Nessus]

I'm pretty excited over Crysis. I read that extended article in CGW I think it was and the attention to gameplay and AI sounded incredible. They really seem like they are trying hard to make a much better game overall instead of Farcry 2 with better graphics.

I also thing it's pretty great that some small German devlopment group has become a major player so quickly. I'd like to see more Europeans following suit.

[manuel]

I think the pics shall only show what can be done with the graphics engine. Not what the game looks like


nevertheless it is lookin brilliant.

[Sang]

I think the pics shall only show what can be done with the graphics engine.

Come again?

[Opus131]

And who defines who is an idiot?

People that are not as stupid?

[Damien_Azreal]

I think the pics shall only show what can be done with the graphics engine. Not what the game looks like

Ummm... okay. What? Can somebody translate?

[Sang]

Well the way I see it, he meant that the shots that we've all been shown aren't actually from the game Crysis. You see, the developers didn't really know what they were doing and they weren't sure if their game engine would actually work - So they first made about 20 test levels which they then showed in their E3 movies. It was all a big tech demo level. They haven't began working on the real Crysis yet.


I think that's a pretty accurate description of what manuel is thinking.

[Damien_Azreal]

Wow. I hope to god (if that's what he's implying) he's not serious. :p If he simpyl means that about the comparison screens Yatta posted, it's possible.

But I'm sure we've seen lots of Crysis, the actual game, and those comparison screens may actually be from the game. Painkiller used several real world locations for reference in the game.

[avatar_58]

I'm not opposed to opinions, i just hate extreme relativism. Just because we all have different views doesn't mean every each one of them should be held in equal measure, paritularly considering the huge number of idiots that populate this planet.

Maybe not extreme, but its interesting to note coming from you considering you act like all your opinions of quality are best. Then when someone disagrees you give that "your opinion means nothing" speech.

Of course not all opinions are equal, its in the opinion of some people that we should all die for not believing in their religion. I'd say no matter how welcome they are to their opinion it is most definitely wrong. However when it comes to something as subjective as "Which game is more fun?" then all opinions are basically valid.

[Hudson]

Well the way I see it, he meant that the shots that we've all been shown aren't actually from the game Crysis. You see, the developers didn't really know what they were doing and they weren't sure if their game engine would actually work - So they first made about 20 test levels which they then showed in their E3 movies. It was all a big tech demo level. They haven't began working on the real Crysis yet.


I think that's a pretty accurate description of what manuel is thinking.

No, this is not Doom III, or well.. any PS3 demos for that matter.

[Sang]

Wow. I hope to god (if that's what he's implying) he's not serious. :p If he simpyl means that about the comparison screens Yatta posted, it's possible.

But I'm sure we've seen lots of Crysis, the actual game, and those comparison screens may actually be from the game. Painkiller used several real world locations for reference in the game.

Well okay, I can't exclude the possiblity of them having made those comparison screens simply for some bragging rights or getting people more interested. Still, Crysis is due out early 2007 (or late 2006?) IIRC so that they still have to begin working on the actual game is impossible :p

[MAT]

Well the way I see it, he meant that the shots that we've all been shown aren't actually from the game Crysis. You see, the developers didn't really know what they were doing and they weren't sure if their game engine would actually work - So they first made about 20 test levels which they then showed in their E3 movies. It was all a big tech demo level. They haven't began working on the real Crysis yet.

:D Wonderful analysis.

[Damien_Azreal]

Well okay, I can't exclude the possiblity of them having made those comparison screens simply for some bragging rights or getting people more interested. Still, Crysis is due out early 2007 (or late 2006?) IIRC so that they still have to begin working on the actual game is impossible :p

Original release date for Crysis was Holiday 06, but it may have been pushed back to 2007. Nothing official has really been said about it.
Crytek did say they weren't going to wait on Vista to be released to release the game. They really want to get it to the gamers so it can be enjoyed.

And even for it to be released in 2007 I find it very unlikely that they haven't even started actual work on the game yet. Triple A games like this take years of work to finish, not a mad dash in a few months. ;)

[Sang]

And even for it to be released in 2007 I find it very unlikely that they haven't even started actual work on the game yet. Triple A games like this take years of work to finish, not a mad dash in a few months. ;)

Indeed :o

UNLESS It's gonna be just 2 hours long ;)

[avatar_58]

I thought it WAS delayed to 2007? I don't remember where I read that. It just seems impossible to be released this year when so little has been said. You'd think it would be hype time if a holiday release was coming.

[Damien_Azreal]

Well, I'm not saying it will be... but last I read stated a very late 2006 or very early 2007 release.

IIRC Far Cry didn't get much press or hype before release. Crytek just sortof threw the demo out one day, and a month later the game was out. :) So who know's how they'll handle Crysis.

[Sang]

IIRC Far Cry didn't get much press or hype before release. Crytek just sortof threw the demo out one day, and a month later the game was out. :) So who know's how they'll handle Crysis.

Narh, the game was pretty well-known prior to the demo release, I reckon.
Of course it depends on how you define "well-known".

[Damien_Azreal]

Honestly, I had only read one preview for Far Cry before it's release. And it was only one page, about half a page once you add screens.
It might've gotten more press online... but I can't stand online sites for gaming. They hype the crappiest games and shit on the good ones. ;)

The demo was the first real introduction to the game I had. For a lot of other people as well, from what I remember reading on forums at the time.

[Sang]

I can't stand online sites for gaming. They hype the crappiest games and shit on the good ones. ;)

There's an equal amount of dubious sources of gaming related stuff which aren't on the internet, though. Mostly thinking of those who automatically give the hyped games "5 stars"..

[Damien_Azreal]

Honestly... I don't use magazines or gaming sites as a source of information. I pretty much use this place... and that's about it.

[dark_angel]

Check this site http://www.incrysis.com/ from time to time guys it has the latest updates about the game.

From what I read there the game is set to be released January 2007, it is all speculation but it seems the game is heading for an early 2007 release date.

There is a bunch of new DirectX10 footages and even a Crysis PC!

[Malgon]

Seems pretty soon to me. I know some info about the game, but in some ways it seems a bit thin. Let's just hope they aren't pushed to get it out like FarCry, as I'd rather they'd have more time on polishing it, as that is what I feel FarCry lacked in many places, since it would've benefited greatly from it.

[Sang]

Honestly... I don't use magazines or gaming sites as a source of information. I pretty much use this place... and that's about it.

Heh now that I can agree with - By reading forums I know of things far ealier than most of my friends because they rely on TV commercials or stuff like that :p

[SyntaxN]

Crysis delayed: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69524

Crytek's first-person shooter Crysis - one of the most hotly tipped PC titles of the next 12 months - will now be released in the 12 months following the end of the present fiscal year. In other words, sometime from April onwards.
/me expected a delay of the game.

[KaiserSoze]

Crysis delayed: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69524


/me expected a delay of the game.


Don't know if this was entirely unexpected.

Looks like it's shaping up really well though.

[Damien_Azreal]

Not really surprised... maybe a little letdown considering how much CryTek originally said it would be out by the end of 06. But... all in all, not surprised.

More time can only make for a much better game. :)

[Sang]

No matter. How many people have got these über-l33t rigs to run it, anyway?

[big fat lazy]

Even though they always said late 06 I was thinking it would be Jan or Feb.
April doesn't sound bad.

[Hudson]

No matter. How many people have got these über-l33t rigs to run it, anyway?

That was the first thing I thought of.

[hanged_man]

Ive always never beleived that it would be release any time sooner ...I beleive its not because they're still developing their game or tweaking it ...Probably hardware and windows vista related issue ...Windows vista is still not finished and need a lot of time to get finished ...And upcoming directx10 based cards will not run this game pretty well ...usually first generation of a new directx dont perfrom pretty much well

[Kristian Joensen]

Except that the game will run under DX9 aswell, so they will probably still run it very well, atleast under DX9 but I guess probably DX10 aswell.

Especially considering that CryTek have said that it will run on hardware atleast up to 2 years old by the release of the game, I think people in general are over estimating its requirements, this is an even better reason to think that it will run just fine on the first generation DX10 cards.

You have to consider that the DX10 cards will be the highest end of 3-4 entire GENERATIONS of cards the game will run on.

[Hudson]

I'm assuming it'll run acceptably on a 3ghz (or AMD equivalent) with a 6800, just far from maxed out.

[Sang]

I guess a 2,66 GHZ, GeForce 4 and 768 MB RAM won't suffice? :(

[FireFly]

I guess a 2,66 GHZ, GeForce 4 and 768 MB RAM won't suffice? :(
Yeah, that won't be enough.

[Mudsling3]

I guess a 2,66 GHZ, GeForce 4 and 768 MB RAM won't suffice? :(

Sure, that would give to 1fps...very nice slice show :mryuck:

[Sang]

Yeah, that won't be enough.

Ah crap. Guess I'll have to buy some older, less graphical goodness games for some time ;)

[Denz]

2,6 GHZ not enough? And what if a new graphics card?


I still play on a AMD Athlon 1,4 ghz. http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/images/icons/smirk.gif

[Kalki]

Crysis delayed: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69524
Quick Scott, your ruse worked! They bought your little interview and the employee turnover scam hook, line and sinker. Recall Charlie, Ruben, Keith etc. asap and let's release DNF media now! It's gonna be a glorious Christmas! Mwahahahahaha! :D

:(

/me expected a delay of the game.

Everybody did. Too good to be soon. I feared it might end up being unpolished if it came out that early, the things they're trying to do.

[FireFly]

2,6 GHZ not enough? And what if a new graphics card?
It might be enough to run at the lower settings. But a Geforce 4 certainly isn't. Even the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 is only as fast as 9600 Pro, which is scraping minimum even in F.E.A.R or Oblivion.

[Duoae]

Not to mention FEAR looked and ran like ass on an athlon 2000+ and 9800Pro system my dad used to have...

[Sang]

Even the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 is only as fast as 9600 Pro, which is scraping minimum even in F.E.A.R or Oblivion.

I've got a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 and I could run F.E.A.R at medium (with a few effects turned off)

[Kristian Joensen]

Well your card isn't a DX9 card, that will probably exclude from Crysis likely even excluding it from even RUNNING it at ALL. NO matter which settings you choose.

[Damien_Azreal]

Yeah, FEAR gave the option to run in DX8 shaders or DX9. Crysis will only support DX 9 or 10, so an older card such as the GF4 will not work. I doubt the GFFX series will be able to work either.

Probably going to be a game where a 6 series card is minimum.

[Kristian Joensen]

Perhaps minimum to run it comfortably, but not to run it at all, I think that would be to soon given their release window.

However they might cut out the lower end FX series cards like the FX 5200 like was done in Prey.

But surely a FX5900 Ultra card should be able to run Crysis at 640x480 0xAA, 0xAF, everything on low and all optional setting off and get say 20-25 FPS on average.


Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it could run it much better than that, say 800x600 on medium or something like that.

Am I just too pessimistic when it comes to what point we have reached with regards to graphics and the resulting minimum requirements ?

[Sang]

So what would be the best graphics card around now? (If possible a GeForce)

[Damien_Azreal]

I think 800*600 will be the lowest possible res for the game. Far Cry couldn't go any lower than 800*600 IIRC.

For a GeForce... a 7950, or (as TX told me) wait about a month and get a 8800 when they launch.

[FrozeN91]

Is 8800 a DX10 card?

[Kristian Joensen]

The best series of GF cards currently around is the GF 7 series with the 7900 series beeing the high end card, that beeing said the GF 8 series is just around the corner and that is a DX10 GPU series.

If you plan to upgrade you will probably have to upgrade your CPU aswell otherwise it will SEVERELY bottleneck your GPU.

Also a gig of ram is basically standard for games these days.

Edit:

FrozeN91, yes the Geforce 8800 is Nvidia's DX10 part.

[Damien_Azreal]

I'm starting work on my new PC soon, already got a case and some other basic things on order. Gonna be a dual core, 2 gb ram... pretty similar to my current rig.

But, I'm holding off on Vista for at least a year. Give Microsoft time to iron out all the kinks *remembers initial problems with WinXP* ;) So for the time being I'm going to wait and see what the GF8800 can offer.

Otherwise I'll probably just go with a 1GB GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU.

People still use 6800s and with good results, so a card like that should hold me over til I go to Vista. And that way once I'm done with that card I can put it into Bon's PC and upgrade hers. Plus, it should be enough to handle Crysis... maybe not max settings but should do okay.

[FrozeN91]

People still use 6800s and with good results Plus, it should be enough to handle Crysis... maybe not max settings but should do okay.

Good, cause I have that card. I will probably need to buy a better CPU and another gig of ram though.

Hmm, but I think I'll wait until 2007 for an upgrade. Maybe get me one of those 8800s ;)

[SyntaxN]

People still use 6800s and with good results, so a card like that should hold me over til I go to Vista. And that way once I'm done with that card I can put it into Bon's PC and upgrade hers. Plus, it should be enough to handle Crysis... maybe not max settings but should do okay.
"Still" use 6800 cards? Hey I´m damn proud of my little baby :tinyted:
I consider this card to be midend or so, but of course I don´t plan to play Crysis with it :D (G80 or something similar ftw)

[Kristian Joensen]

Will you be upgrading to G80 soon or will you wait until Crysis is release or will you wait until a bit after that ?

Because AFAIK the GF8800(G80) will be released very soon maybe even this month.

[SyntaxN]

Will you be upgrading to G80 soon or will you wait until Crysis is release or will you wait until a bit after that ?

Because AFAIK the GF8800(G80) will be released very soon maybe even this month.
I will wait...at least I plan to do so. When I buy a new PC it has to be the ultimate highend thing so it will last 2 years at least. Some components might be cheaper then and right now my 6800 Ultra is ok, maybe I can even afford a quad core when Crysis comes out ;)

[Damien_Azreal]

Well, I'm still pushing my 128mb x800... so it's showing it's age a bit. I figured the card I posted in my last post will get me by until I decide to go to Vista... maybe a bit longer.

I always like to stay a step behind GPU wise. ;)

[SyntaxN]

I always like to stay a step behind GPU wise. ;)
For me the GPU has to be the best of the best, other parts are not so important for me because the GPU normally gives the biggest impact in terms of performance. I mean, this is kinda like your virtual penis so... :D

[Damien_Azreal]

Understandable... I guess. I've never felt the need to have the biggest and best. Honestly, my main reason for even building a new rig is to help Bon out.

Her PC is so old and slow it would be a waste to try and upgrade... everything would need to be replaced. But my current one is prefect for upgrading. So I'll give her mine, and upgrade as needed.
And build myself a new one and do the same.

Besides, I don't feel the need to brag on a virtual penis... what do I care. If I can play and enjoy my games that's all that matters to me, now what other people think of my setup. ;) Besides, a 1GB dual core GPU should be good for a while.

[Denz]

For 700 € you can get what looks like a high comp to me. :o

[Hudson]

I'm just waiting 6-12 months and dumping a few grand into a new system. I'm just waiting for quad cores to come about.

[Malgon]

I got a large stash of dosh just sitting there, waiting to be spent on building a new comp. Not sure when I'll spend it yet. Any suggestions for when is the best time to build?

[hanged_man]

^^ I suggest you wait at least 4 months, i say wait when the second generation of directx 10 based video cards come out because first generation is always not that good and wait till the quad core CPUs come cheaper

[Malgon]

Quad-Core! :eek: That really is some crazy tech!

I was thinking about building in the middle of next year, so would that coincide with the release of second gen DX10 cards?
And just for clarification, when is the first gen of DX10 cards expected to arrive?

P.S. sorry for hijacking the thread! :o
On topic- Crysis looks insane! :cool:

[Damien_Azreal]

Well, the first DX10 card, GF 8800, is due out in a week or two.

[Malgon]

Mid next year sounds about right for second gen DX10 cards then. Thanks D_A. :cool:

[Denz]

I think ill pay for a new comp somewhere near the future. I'll jump from a amd athlon thunderbird 1,4 ghz, to something like with 4 cores. :o

[Destroyer]

Is 8800 a DX10 card?

yes, but i would hold on getting this atleast until DX 10 is avaliable.
and it will probably be slightly cheaper then too. with possible problems fixed.

[Destroyer]

I think ill pay for a new comp somewhere near the future. I'll jump from a amd athlon thunderbird 1,4 ghz, to something like with 4 cores. :o

hehe me too. Im gonna be going from an AMD xp 1800(1.5ghz) to something with like 4 cores. Im gonna wait till DX 10 comes out though.
then I will probably take out a student loan to get a new computer. :(

[Damien_Azreal]

Student loans huh... that sucks. I've got 2 grand sitting here just waiting to be spent on a new PC. :p I could just write the damn check. ;)

[Babe]

Actually I was planning to rebuild my PC too with playing Crysis in mind sometimes middle of coming year. How much do you guys think it will cost me to get a Quad-core processor and a DX10 near the top level card ? I want to play Cysis with as best graphics as possible.

[Lethe]

I don't think it is really smart to buy first DX10 card... People should wait until the technology ages a bit...

[Kristian Joensen]

But the thing is that the GF8800 also sees a SIGNIFICANT benefit in DX9. IN several cases a SINGLE GF8800 (GTX) beats(or equals) TWO of the highest end ATI or GF7 series cards running in SLI/Crossfire.

Heck it even beats a Quad-SLI configuration in some cases. In addition that that it has got a really good image quality, HDR+AA support, additional AA modes, etc.

All of this is in addition to supporting DX10. So these are independent reasons to buy it separate from DX10 support.

[Krust]

Imo nVidia did a great job for a first generation DX10-card! DX9 performance is way ahead of everything on the market today, and the powerusage doesn't differ much from a 7900GTX.
But I'm curious what ATI has in store, so I'm not going to buy it right away (and I planned to upgrade next year).

[Damien_Azreal]

Yeah, I'm not buying this card because it has DX10 support... I'm getting it because of it's amazing DX9 support and features.

DX10 is just a bonus. Plus, I'm not switching to Vista for at least a year or so... so I won't even be using DX10. :D

[Kev_Hectic]

Gamespot has a new video up showing Crysis running on a Geforce 8800. Unfortinutly it's not a direct feed video..

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/media.html?sid=6161518&autoplay=6161518

(Click on Crysis Video Feature 1)

[Damien_Azreal]

That was impressive, I was curious as to how well Crysis would run on a 8800 series card.
Looked pretty damn smooth, and at max settings as well. Now I'm happy.

[Malgon]

Bah, you have to be a member, and I'm really to lazy to sign up right now. :tinyted: :hhg:

[Steve]

Gamespot has a new video up showing Crysis running on a Geforce 8800. Unfortinutly it's not a direct feed video..

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/media.html?sid=6161518&autoplay=6161518

(Click on Crysis Video Feature 1)

That's on a 8800? My god... that's amazing. Simply amazing. I'm getting the 8800 for DX9 games but the fact the card can run Crysis like that is a BIG plus for me. I'm sold.

[avatar_58]

Not really amazing, if the 8800 couldn't run Crysis at high speeds I would be very concerned. Technology should be ahead of the games, and not the other way around. When Doom 3 came out the 6800 series was well equipped to run it on max settings.

My biggest fear with DX10 was seeing games outmatch the hardware. Thank god that isn't the case.

[Steve]

I didn't expect a first gen DX10 card to perform that well to be honest. That's why I find it amazing. :)

[Foxy]

got a large stash of dosh just sitting there, waiting to be spent on building a new comp. Not sure when I'll spend it yet. Any suggestions for when is the best time to build?

Early-mid next year. DX10/Vista will have matured a bit and Nvidia/Ati should be offering DX10 choices.

[avatar_58]

Actually history has shown jumping into a windows version in the first year isn't very wise. I know its hard for some who want DX10, but I would wait until 2008 before touching Vista so that at least SP1 would be released.

[Steve]

Bah, you have to be a member, and I'm really to lazy to sign up right now. :tinyted: :hhg:
Try this link:
http://incrysis.com/crysis/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27

You can grab the gamespot HD vids there :D

[Damien_Azreal]

Actually history has shown jumping into a windows version in the first year isn't very wise. I know its hard for some who want DX10, but I would wait until 2008 before touching Vista so that at least SP1 would be released.

Agreed. That's why I'm holding off on Vista. I remember WinXP was a real bitch before SP1, but even then I had issues. Thankfully SP2 has made the OS very stable.

[Steve]

Agreed. That's why I'm holding off on Vista. I remember WinXP was a real bitch before SP1, but even then I had issues. Thankfully SP2 has made the OS very stable.

It was a bitch getting the USB2.0 drivers to work without SP1 or SP2...

[Damien_Azreal]

Yeah.

[ZuljinRaynor]

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/720/720538p1.html

Was this posted already? Requirements.

[Kristian Joensen]

Actually yes and that is only speculation by the fansite Crysis Online.

[Malgon]

Cheers Steve. I'm checking out the list of videos. There's quite a few there. :o :)

Mid next year seems to be the general consensus around here on when to upgrade. I'll wait until then I guess. :)

[Assault]

Actually history has shown jumping into a windows version in the first year isn't very wise. I know its hard for some who want DX10, but I would wait until 2008 before touching Vista so that at least SP1 would be released.

That's what I'm doing.

[FrozeN91]

Wow, look at this pic, it's so sweeeet! ;)

http://www.crysis-online-files-3.com/Media/Images/Screenshots/Hunter-Jungle-01.jpg

[Sang]

Nice concept, but it looks ugly in comparison to what we've seen of the game already.. Where's the AA at?

[hanged_man]

^^Its not a concept art ...its in-game screenshot, it looks cheap though and messed up ...probably it was set on low detail or something

[FrozeN91]

Low detail my ass :insomnia:

You guys are strange.... :p

[Damien_Azreal]

That's a early screen, from a few months ago IIRC. It is running AA it you look closely, but probably only at 2 samples. And it looks low res because most everything in the screen is being effected by motion blur, taking away from the sharp crisp details we usualy see in Crysis.

[Sang]

^^Its not a concept art

I said it's a nice concept, as in idea, I didn't say it was concept art.