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Crysis Sequel Announced, Still PC Only
EA and Crytek have announced a sequel to Crysis , one of the highest rated games of last year. Unfortunately, it seems that still only PC users will be able to celebrate the good news. "In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as 'Psycho', one of the most memorable characters from Crysis. More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho's parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined. Luckily, Psycho's Nanosuit is just as capable and he's equipped with an even bigger arsenal of fully customizable weapons and new vehicles, giving players access to the tools they need to dominate any situation. Aside from this new, exciting single player campaign, Crysis Warhead will also feature new multiplayer content."
does this one require dual, dual-gpu video cards and a dual, quad core system just to get 30fps at full settings?
I would be interested in this, but I just heard about that video showing gameplay for Duke Nukem Forever, so I think I'm going to wait and get that instead.
Does the 8 ball also say "Use Thunderbird"?
which is totally what she said
I have a PC, but as a Linux user I'm left out too! You mean it's only for Windows, not for "PC".
Are you worried that anyone (other than you, apparently) is going to be confused? Because that, honestly, is not a problem I've run into. Pretty sure most of us understand that "archaism" pretty well, actually.
It will probably run on DirectX10 with backwards support for Directx9. IIRC, thats what the xbox uses too, so you'll probably need to specify DX9 or 10 on x86 or x64. More specifically I imagine theres a lower end on the number of processor extensions needed, so probably x86/x64 with at least support for sse3, mmx, sse, etc.
Or you could just not be a douche and say "PC" like everyone else. Leave the specifics for the hardware requirements.
Not saying "PC only" is saying I'm so insecure about myself that I need to arbitrarily use my own terminology because whats popular does not make me stand out. Just like people saying "USian" or "GNU/Linux"
Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx
and Call of Duty 4 limits you to a single tiny linear path with invisible walls and unclimbable rickety fences. And relies on tricks to deliver those visuals.
Why does everyone hate on the crysis engine when it WORKS FINE FOR MEDIUM SPEC MACHINES, JUST NOT ON MAX SETTINGS.
The really lame thing about this is they've told us they will not be continuing to patch Crysis because of this game being their new priority. In fact they canceled the continued development of the much anticipated 1.3 patch for Crysis.
(http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=29356)
This is a big slap in the face to everyone who bought Crysis with high hopes for it's multiplayer aspect and especially those of us working on multiplayer-focused mods for it. Even those who were just hoping to get more improved performance from a future patch - not yours.
EA seemed to pull the same shit with DICE and the Battlefield series, before this. BF2 expansions and then BF2142 were out before major issues with BF2 were ever resolved. Some of the same old BF2 bugs still exist in all of the games on that engine, today. We've once again been sold on continuing support that ended up amounting to nothing but too-few-patches and hosted community forums. At least DICE continued patching BF2. Crytek seemingly wants us to buy Warhead if we want the 'optimized' and presumably less-buggy CryEngine2. Still, given their track record thus far, I imagine many of the issues that plague Crysis will remain in Warhead. Then you can expect the next installment to end support of Warhead, just the same.
The sad thing is that this should, by most PC gaming standards, be an expansion pack, with the core game being updated with the revamped code and assets. The single player campaign is going to be parallel to the Crysis one, you just play a different character. Yet it sounds like it's going to be a full-priced title.
Personally I've despised EA for years and hate supporting them. I bought Crysis with a frown because of this. Now this. At least I know I wasn't delusional when I flamingly urged the Crytek people to sever ties with EA, once Steam went to free e-publishing.
I for one will not support this sort of bullshit. Boycott EA. Everything they touch turns to fail and AIDS!
So true.
:)
The best is when people compare it consoles - where you have no choice on quality and it is locked at whatever the devs could get to run.
I guess the take away "winning strategy" from this is just to artificially limit the settings so stupid people don't bitch and give your game a bad reputation. Then 2 years later release a "graphics upgrade patch" that removes the limits
Future-proofing AND idiot mitigation. Win! (Profit???)
It's all perception. People want to think they are running it at "The Best Settings" and feel cheated if they aren't. Because, by God, they are entitled to the best settings no matter what their computer is like. It's just not fair otherwise!
Why, yes I have been touched by His noodly appendage. And I plan to sue.