Crysis 2 multiplayer demo headed to pc!

Kwisatz Haderach said:
Yeah, but Nvidia dumped all that money into the game. They said they were going to make tweaks for Nvidia cards, and are delaying DX11, by putting it in a patch. I am sure all that money did not buy just a little tessalation support and a free game when you buy an Nvidia card.
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Theres no doubt about that dude but that doesn't automatically mean they use physx since the engine isn't built with it. I'm almost positive crytek does not use physx and in fact I'm sure of it since if there was any word of them using physx the amd fanboys would be screaming rivers of blood. Which hasn't happened, thus I can easily conclude they don't use nvidia's physx.
 
Savoy said:
Theres no doubt about that dude but that doesn't automatically mean they use physx since the engine isn't built with it. I'm almost positive crytek does not use physx and in fact I'm sure of it since if there was any word of them using physx the amd fanboys would be screaming rivers of blood. Which hasn't happened, thus I can easily conclude they don't use nvidia's physx.
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True, they have never used it. I don't know if it can be incorporated into it, but from the looks of those papers flying, they have came close.

Remember, the Nvidia cash infusion delayed the game by almost a year so they could tweak it for them. It's going to be hard to tell what they ended up putting in it besides the extra tessalation. We will just have to wait and see, and get the DX 11 patch to be sure. That could be whats holding off the rivers of blood too, get what they can on launch, then alienate, non nvidia owners. Which would be smart move by Crytech, get all the launch profits you can, then add the fan boy bate.

I am not knocking them, I have had it pre ordered and payed off for over a year now. I can't wait to play it.
 
I think the game was delayed from november to march as a result of the nvidia cash deal. If I remember correctly that is. Ya I agree the paper flying around does remind me of batman AA sort of.
 
I'm confused. Is Crysis 2 a single player game or a multiplayer game? When I think of Crysis, I don't think multiplayer. This demo is sending me the wrong signal.

I've said this a hundred times, but after being around people all day long, the last thing I want to do when I get home is have to put up with people, even if it's online.

If the single player is just tacked on then that will be a great shame. Does every blasted FPS have to be Call-of-duty-ized? What's next? Half Life Online?
 
WabeWalker said:
I'm confused. Is Crysis 2 a single player game or a multiplayer game? When I think of Crysis, I don't think multiplayer. This demo is sending me the wrong signal.

I've said this a hundred times, but after being around people all day long, the last thing I want to do when I get home is have to put up with people, even if it's online.

If the single player is just tacked on then that will be a great shame. Does every blasted FPS have to be Call-of-duty-ized? What's next? Half Life Online?
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I think Crytek already have their market for SP. When you downloaded the demo did you read the "Multiplayer" part? This particular demo is MP, and was probably pushed out to try and score some of the Duty/BC2 players to their camp. I dont think it did any good. What the hell made you think there wasn't a SP player campaign?
 
TheBlueChanell said:
I think Crytek already have their market for SP. When you downloaded the demo did you read the "Multiplayer" part? This particular demo is MP, and was probably pushed out to try and score some of the Duty/BC2 players to their camp. I dont think it did any good. What the hell made you think there wasn't a SP player campaign?
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I didn't even download the demo, since I would never touch the multiplayer. I guess I just find it annoying that they couldn't even be bothered to give us a single player demo. What are they hiding?
 
FranklyShankly said:
Is that actually from the game? That crazy DOF effect seems way overdone, like in the Real Lifesis mod.
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The DOF there is absolutely horrible. When it's subtle I don't mind it, but I should be able to look where I want and no see some crazy blur. This should be an advantage of playing a game over watching a movie. Don't give me less control...
 
WabeWalker said:
I didn't even download the demo, since I would never touch the multiplayer. I guess I just find it annoying that they couldn't even be bothered to give us a single player demo. What are they hiding?
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Maybe because the singleplayer beta got leaked they didn't bother? :p Though they weren't even planning on releasing the demo at all on PC when it was first announced.

Whether or not the game has a good SP, they are clearly trying to appeal to the COD/Halo MP group, just as they did with Warhead.
 
The "DX11" patch will never see the light of day. They will cancel it. My prediction.
 
Blackstone said:
The "DX11" patch will never see the light of day. They will cancel it. My prediction.
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What makes you say that. You guys do realize Nvidia gave crytek a ton of cash for sponsorship and pc/dx11 optimizations which is why the game was delayed from november to march. I highly doubt they will just can the DX11 patch. Stop being so negative with no evidence to back it up. :rolleyes:
 
Hmm, well when are they supposed to release the DX11 patch then? Weeks/months?
 
Motley said:
Hmm, well when are they supposed to release the DX11 patch then? Weeks/months?
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I really have no idea but they haven't even offically said it's not in at launch afaik. So that's why I really don't understand all this doom and gloom bullshit from everyone. We first have to see if it's in or out in the retail and then see what the deal is with when it will be added. So at the moment there's no reason to get all chicken little and run in circles chasing our tails. :confused:
 
ex0du5 said:
Simple answer: because urban environments are far easier to design and render on console hardware.
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It's probably a combination of the console limitations and wanting a change of environment. They've done the whole jungle thing twice now( three times if you count the orignal farcry). I'm guesssing they wanted a change anyway, performance aside. The whole NYC goes to hell thing has a certain attraction I guess. Ya and it doesn't hurt not having to have massive draw distances and incredible lod to go with it. Plus you won't have 100000 pc gamers crying about their new 3000 dollar rigs running at 30fps. So I'm sure it was decided it would be a win win for not doing the jungle again on both platforms. I really don't see a problem with this. In fact if I were in Crytek's shoes I would have probably made a similar business decision. Don't forget contrary to what they may want to do, they are a business first.
 
http://games.on.net/article/11963/Video_Interview_Crysis_2

Worth watching. Raised my hopes a li'l bit.

Direct2Drive has a 20 percent off code for all FPS's that ends today. It brings Crysis 2 down to $48. I've never used them before but I'm seriously considering it for this. That's even cheaper than some of the retail deals I've seen.
 
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Q-BZ said:
http://games.on.net/article/11963/Video_Interview_Crysis_2

Worth watching. Raised my hopes a li'l bit.

Direct2Drive has a 20 percent off code for all FPS's that ends today. It brings Crysis 2 down to $48. I've never used them before but I'm seriously considering it for this. That's even cheaper than some of the retail deals I've seen.
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I pre ordered it last week from D2D for 48 bucks as well using the code hangover. They may have a new promo code to use I'm not sure haven't looked. I've bought a few games over the years from d2d they are fine dude. Not as nice as steam since the lack of friends community and overlay etc but if steam doesn't wanna match their pricing then fuck it 12 bucks in my pocket is better than in valves, they have enough money.
 
Savoy said:
I pre ordered it last week from D2D for 48 bucks as well using the code hangover. They may have a new promo code to use I'm not sure haven't looked. I've bought a few games over the years from d2d they are fine dude. Not as nice as steam since the lack of friends community and overlay etc but if steam doesn't wanna match their pricing then fuck it 12 bucks in my pocket is better than in valves, they have enough money.
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Too bad Steam really doesn't try to compete a little more aggressively on that front. And no preload on any AAA title is just not good for any of these digital download services IMO.
 
Q-BZ said:
http://games.on.net/article/11963/Video_Interview_Crysis_2

Worth watching. Raised my hopes a li'l bit.

Direct2Drive has a 20 percent off code for all FPS's that ends today. It brings Crysis 2 down to $48. I've never used them before but I'm seriously considering it for this. That's even cheaper than some of the retail deals I've seen.
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Not sure how a PR guy giving PR answers at an event running the demo on PS3 gives you hope, but whatever floats your boat.

As to the people saying wait to see if DX11 is in or not, don't hold your breath.

Google translate isn't perfect, but I think anyone can figure out what this is saying. That's a mainstream professional review, and fully confirms DX9 only.

http://translate.google.com/transla...ww.gamereactor.se/recensioner/26491/Crysis+2/

I do not support two Crysis DirectX10 or 11 and have instead optimized for version 9 are also the graphics interface customized for the Xbox 360. One can thus say that Crytek is not invested the most effort into the PC version of Crysis 2 which they, like us, know that the Xbox 360 version and even the PS3 edition will sell better and thus pulling in more money.

DirectX9 lacks the ability to perform so-called hardware-based tesseleringsberäkningar allowing for more detailed faces and objects like building facades and ground textures. Tesseleringstekniken makes it that developers can fill out the rougher surfaces in graphics to make them less fasettliknande and more detailed, but it requires too much hardware power. The fact that Crysis 2 for the PC does not boast of this feature of course feel sad, but at the same time, the game, along with old DirectX9 so nice that sometimes you almost pass out.
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FranklyShankly said:
Not sure how a PR guy giving PR answers at an event running the demo on PS3 gives you hope, but whatever floats your boat.

As to the people saying wait to see if DX11 is in or not, don't hold your breath.

Google translate isn't perfect, but I think anyone can figure out what this is saying. That's a mainstream professional review, and fully confirms DX9 only.

http://translate.google.com/transla...ww.gamereactor.se/recensioner/26491/Crysis+2/
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I'm pretty sure if DX11 support isn't in the game out of the box that they will add it in at some point via a patch. When? No idea. The game still looks dam good even in DX9. I'm not sure as to whether or not it looks as good or better than the first 2 but it still looks good. I haven't seen the sp yet since I didnt download the leaked beta but from what I've heard around the net it seems to be better looking than the mp demo we got. Which makes sense typically mp doesnt look as good as the sp portion in anygame crysis included. So I'll wait to reserve judgement until I play the sp maxed out. For now if you wanna compare apples to aapples compare crysis wars to the demo we played. That's a fair comparison. Everything else is just bullshit until then.
 
FranklyShankly said:
Not sure how a PR guy giving PR answers at an event running the demo on PS3 gives you hope, but whatever floats your boat.
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That's why I said "li'l." It is mostly PR for sure.

I'm just not convinced that this is going to be a bad game.

Boy, the Steam servers are going to be fun tomorrow with this and AC: Brotherhood coming out and no preloads on either.
 
Savoy said:
I'm pretty sure if DX11 support isn't in the game out of the box that they will add it in at some point via a patch. When? No idea. The game still looks dam good even in DX9. I'm not sure as to whether or not it looks as good or better than the first 2 but it still looks good. I haven't seen the sp yet since I didnt download the leaked beta but from what I've heard around the net it seems to be better looking than the mp demo we got. Which makes sense typically mp doesnt look as good as the sp portion in anygame crysis included. So I'll wait to reserve judgement until I play the sp maxed out. For now if you wanna compare apples to aapples compare crysis wars to the demo we played. That's a fair comparison. Everything else is just bullshit until then.
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So it's okay for the sequel to a 3.5 year old game that supported DX10 to support only DX9? To me that will never be acceptable, never.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/crysis-2-launched-quick-performance-preview/11662-1.html

Another one. No DX11.

Every setting in the screenshots looks almost identical. None of them look noticeably better than the MP demo.

Oh and 64 fps average at 1080 on extreme. Try that on Crysis Very High and you're lucky to get half that.
 
FranklyShankly said:
So it's okay for the sequel to a 3.5 year old game that supported DX10 to support only DX9? To me that will never be acceptable, never.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/crysis-2-launched-quick-performance-preview/11662-1.html

Another one. No DX11.

Every setting in the screenshots looks almost identical. None of them look noticeably better than the MP demo.

Oh and 64 fps average at 1080 on extreme. Try that on Crysis Very High and you're lucky to get half that.
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Dude if you wanna complain that's fine go ahead complain. I'm not bashing you for that. I agree with you I would like it to be DX11 out of the box and look better than a 3.5 year old game. That said the game looks good as is the sky is not falling. You guys are making more of it than it is. No it's not acceptable to me but the game looks nice and it was fun and that's why I game in the end. I want it to look uber too, trust me. For now I'm taking a wait and see attitude, is that a bad thing? No it's not. If the game looks like crap compared to the first 2 when I play the sp. Or if they don't at least add DX11 in later on I will bitch and moan like you, trust me. Until then I'm gonna chill cause even if the game only looks like the demo I played it still was fun and looked pretty good and ran great. Whatever man just chill out noone is forcing you to buy the game. Buy it with expectations of it looking how it looks now with the possibility it may look better down the road and then you won't be disappointed. Or don't buy it at all and have no probleems what so ever. Just some advice.
 
I wonder how some people who bitched about how the first Crysis was "poorly coded and optimized" and made their hardware weep feel now?
 
Savoy said:
Dude if you wanna complain that's fine go ahead complain. I'm not bashing you for that. I agree with you I would like it to be DX11 out of the box and look better than a 3.5 year old game. That said the game looks good as is the sky is not falling. You guys are making more of it than it is. No it's not acceptable to me but the game looks nice and it was fun and that's why I game in the end. I want it to look uber too, trust me. For now I'm taking a wait and see attitude, is that a bad thing? No it's not. If the game looks like crap compared to the first 2 when I play the sp. Or if they don't at least add DX11 in later on I will bitch and moan like you, trust me. Until then I'm gonna chill cause even if the game only looks like the demo I played it still was fun and looked pretty good and ran great. Whatever man just chill out noone is forcing you to buy the game. Buy it with expectations of it looking how it looks now with the possibility it may look better down the road and then you won't be disappointed. Or don't buy it at all and have no probleems what so ever. Just some advice.
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Yeah I mean I'm definitely not buying it at release that's for sure. I am just sick of everyone saying wait and see when the waiting is over and it has been seen.
 
I don't know why all people have such a big problem with the graphics, it still looks better than many games that come out these days and thats with dx9, even when it looks the same as crysis or worse.
Why should I care if I have fun playing the game, isn't that all about gaming?
I'm probably to old to understand these kind of things :/
Anyway my preorder was sent out today and I can't wait to play the sp and the mp. Finally a mp that's not cod
 
AngryPrinny said:
I don't know why all people have such a big problem with the graphics, it still looks better than many games that come out these days and thats with dx9, even when it looks the same as crysis or worse.
Why should I care if I have fun playing the game, isn't that all about gaming?
I'm probably to old to understand these kind of things :/
Anyway my preorder was sent out today and I can't wait to play the sp and the mp. Finally a mp that's not cod
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If you enjoy it that is all that matters. Personally, most of my enjoyment of Crysis was the amazing visuals, as I found the gameplay fun but not anything that special. Thus the graphics not being any sort of advancement over the original is just terribly diappointing. There is a huge gap in time and hardware between the two games, I expected Crytek to release a game that brought modern hardware to its knees once again, not a game that I can run maxed and get 100 fps. If Crytek isn't pushing the graphical envelope no one is, and we will continue to wait for a new console gen that is years away for any sort of big advancements.
 
you guys are funny, if the game looked anything liked that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2EGFQByAuc you would bitch that it runs at 20-30fps etc, now you bitch because it looks decent-very good and runs at 100fps at the same time.

Spare-Flair said:
Jungle is too much for consoles to render ;)
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ever played the uncharted series ?

we got frostbite 2.0 and unreal engine 3.971, i'm sure cry engine 3 has a lot of potential, all you have to do is wait for the modding tools to get released and then let the community do its magic.
 
deff said:
Wow...

I wasn't worried that my rig couldn't handle Crysis 2 because the demo ran well, but this footage is making me think otherwise.

Could have done without the techno, also :(
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The game should never actually looks like this in gameplay. This is a guy running Sandbox going nuts with the lighting transitions and spamming DOF and autofocus. I don't know what he was trying to accomplish. It looks like everything is a miniature toy like in tilt-shift photography.

I've watched that segment played on Youtube and your system will have no problem rendering it because unlike the first game which had a large open world, the city environments are tiny. What you see in that video is one intersection and that's all you get to explore. It's tiny, not even a quarter block in size. There are fake walls and barricades preventing you from going anywhere.
 
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