Crysis 2 - Be the Weapon

[NiX]

My computer won't run this....anyone play it for PS3?

You can't run DX9 games?

[HaemishM]

The HardOCP editor seems a bit... touchy. 

I've seen videos comparing the 360 and the PC version of the game, and the PC version definitely looks better. Whether it causes PC's to melt the fuck down like previous versions of the game, I don't know. Frankly, I think that style of development is super retarded anyway, but I don't measure my self-worth by the speed of my graphics processor nor wank to overclocking videos.

[Sky]

Well, when you're on a website that measures its self-worth by gpu speed and wank at oc vids, yeah. Expected. I'm kind of happy it's apparently sane requirements.

But to play devil's advocate, I think a perfect way to do it is with a scalable engine. Something that gives the gpu kids their shiny super-high-res-whiz-bang stuff but also looks great on a 4-yr-old computer. But I'm kind of a graphics whore, I'd rather have my gpu's fan whirring away so I can enjoy teh purty on Divinity 2.

[Morfiend]

Ok, so, their website is making me want to punch someone. I am trying to reclaim my code, and I have to go to the MyCrysis site. I log in, and it shows me logged in, I click on any page and it tells me I need to log in to see that page. So I log in, and it takes me back to home. I click a page and it again tells me I need to log in.

FUCK YOU WEBSITE!

[Vision]

My computer won't run this....anyone play it for PS3?

You can't run DX9 games?

Mac

[Phire]

Played the first 3 levels last night on PC and I am really enjoying it. Story wise it starts off lacking as they don't really give you any information on what the purpose of your mission was, what happened between the first game and now or even the status of the original characters. I figure more will be revealed throughout the game but to start off it is a bit lacking.

Gameplay so far it is very similar to Crysis 1 but on a smaller scale. I hear it opens up into huge levels later on but even with what I have played so far there are many, many options for tackling situations and often times fights can be completely avoided. The biggest change to gameplay is that armor mode now uses energy when enabled and speed mode has been pretty much eliminated and replaced with a generic sprint. All of the weapon modifications that were in the first game are here as well as some additional upgrades you can do on the suit.

In terms of graphics this game is a beast. I am able to run the game at 1920 x 2080 on Extreme and still maintain around 25-30fps and it is completely playable. My machine is not top of the line by any stretch (i7 920, 6GB ram, ATI 4890 1GB, W7 64-bit) but to see it run so well maxed out was great. The game doesn't show well in screens (Most likely due to all of the post-processing effects) but in motion it is glorious. The lighting is the best I have seen and the post-processing feels natural and not 'forced'.

I wasn't overly impressed with the mp demo but I have to say the single player has me hooked. Can't wait to jump back in for more.

[ffc]

Agree with everything Phire said. Just to add a few PS3 specific things: there are some blurry textures, occasional weird item pop-in (e.g., items on a desk appear and disappear based on a single footstep), stuttering during autosaves and frames in general feel like what Phire's getting on PC. None of that detracts from the fun action.

I figured after Homefront I'd be burned out on FPSs but the only thing in common between the two is they both share live intros with spooky gas prices. The way armor and stealth are mixed up let's you tackle fights in a variety in ways as you travel from area to area to complete objectives for whoever is chatting in your earpiece. If you are good you can sneak through a whole area without channeling Rambo but my stealthy shenanigans generally backfire when I get greedy. Which is as it should be.

It's the option to fight or run, and options in a fight instead of mandatory shooting galleries that keeps Crysis 2 fun. I'm also enjoying the in-game story scenes and interested in seeing where it goes.

[Morfiend]

Can anyone tell me if during the initial sub scene there are other soldiers with you. I dont see any NPCs, but they are talking to me like they should be there, and I cant seem to get out of the first flooded tunnel like 30 seconds into the game.

[Phire]

Yes there should be a whole squad with you (About 5-6 guys) that you follow out of the sub.

[Morfiend]

Yes there should be a whole squad with you (About 5-6 guys) that you follow out of the sub.

Thats really odd. I have restarted the campaign 3 times, and all 3 there are no NPCs with me in the sub. Looks like a reinstall is in the works.

So far, not impressed with Crytek on this one.

[K9]

I've played through about 60-70% of the single player campaign now I think. It's a competent and fun shooter that doesn't hold your hand too much and gives you freedom to take various apporaches. The campaign environments do get a bit samey after a while though.

Multiplayer is fucked for me though. Either I get "Server Full" (even on empty servers) or I get "That key is already in use". This is frustrating 

[jakonovski]

"That key is already in use"

Try running the game as administrator.

[K9]

Found a fix

 - Start game, sign into multiplayer with key
 - Switch to Singleplayer
 - Re-enter multiplayer, re-enter key

Seems to work. The multiplayer on this seems pretty fun; hectic but fun.

[TripleDES]

Wasted potential. I mean it's a nice shooter and has great graphics, but they could have done much more and better storywise, than this thin thread and an ID picture overlay in upper left corner yapping at me. I was surprised that there were any cutscenes at all in the game. Also the Princess Peach syndrome at the beginning of the game was pretty annoying.

While I'm not yet finished (but almost), I still fail to see the connection to the first game, apart from a certain common character and the nanosuit.

[Hawkbit]

Had an FPS itch and decided to demo this off Steam.  Why in the hell do I have to create a mycrysis account just to play a demo?   

I've got logins for EVERYTHING.  Another one?  It's easier to just not play the damn game. 

[K9]

I'm not sure the demo even works since it was a multiplayer demo and they shut down all the relevant servers.

[Nightblade]

I'm not sure the demo even works since it was a multiplayer demo and they shut down all the relevant servers.

Why play the demo when apparently pirates can play online with the real buyers. This is like Borderlands all over again.

[Morfiend]

So besides all the technically fuckery, the multiplayer is pretty fun in small doses. I have been enjoying it anyway. Although the MyCrysis website, and the Steam limited edition bonuses is still totally fucked.

Every time I fire up multiplayer it grants me my bonus items and experience, and then as soon as I join a match, they are gone again. Its very frustrating. I would say this is one of the worst account fuckups behind WAR and the multicharging just for the pure retardation going on.

[Mavor]

I think the baseline conclusion to be drawn about this game is that it is a decent shooter with a ton of wasted potential. Do you remember the massive amount of hype around the amazing graphics that came out with Crysis 1? I remember buying a GFX just to see what kind of amazing things my computer could do.

And now with Crysis 2 we get a decent mostly-on-rails console port shooter....?

Seriously...

[tgr]

Do you remember the massive amount of hype around the amazing graphics that came out with Crysis 1? I remember buying a GFX just to see what kind of amazing things my computer could do.

My brother actually bought a new graphics card to take advantage of crysis 2's dx11. I groaned when he said that over the phone, but nope, he was determined to swap out is 285 because he had to get dx11 in time. Some people are just muppets.

[Jobu]

I'm several hours into it, and I would say it would be downright terrible if not for the fidelity of the environments and combat. I can barely understand the techno babble plot, and the game's favorite past-time seems to be dropping me into cut scenes, and then fast forwarding me to some new location. For example: This guy goes on and on about how I need to get into a secret underground access tunnel to get past a heavily guarded garrison. I find the tunnel, go inside it to find an alien sneaking around who I start chasing deeper into the tunnel, and then I get hit with a fade to black and then I'm standing on top of a skyscraper. Or the same guy tells me how it's important to stay on the rooftops, only for the level-design to force me to jump down to the street one minute later. It's gotten pretty tiresome, but I love watching everything explode and look shiny in the sunlight so I keep trudging through it.

[Morfiend]

Do you remember the massive amount of hype around the amazing graphics that came out with Crysis 1? I remember buying a GFX just to see what kind of amazing things my computer could do.

My brother actually bought a new graphics card to take advantage of crysis 2's dx11. I groaned when he said that over the phone, but nope, he was determined to swap out is 285 because he had to get dx11 in time. Some people are just muppets.

The PC version of the game doesnt currently support DX11. 

[Yegolev]

Hahahaha... heh.

[tgr]

The PC version of the game doesnt currently support DX11. 

Yup. I didn't know that at the time, but I was convinced it wouldn't make enough of a difference in image quality to warrant tossing out a 285 over. The fact that it turned out to lack DX11 support was just icing on the cake.

[Morfiend]

Apparently much of the multiplayer unlock stuff is all client side, and editable with notepad.

The comedy of errors with this game continues to grow.

[K9]

On the SP side, the campaign is actually decently long, and after a bit of a herp-derp walk through some park that takes ages and is paced terribly, the later levels of the game are done really well. I'm having a lot of fun creeping around taking as many guys out by stealth as I can, before shooting the rest up. My only current gripe is that the standard ammo points do not contain any ammo for any of the "big" guns, which tend to be the more fun.

I haven't really messed much with multiplayer, it's decent, but nothing remarkably exciting as far as I can see.

[Azazel]

Hm.. so should I buy torrent this then? 

[tgr]

Hm.. so should I buy torrent this then? 

You can't torrent it, it's unpossible! It has DRM and it's super effective!

[Trouble]

Wasted potential plagued with technical issues sums it up. The actual nano suit and gampelay derived thereof is the reason this doesn't go to the shit bin straight off. It really is an awesome concept and translates into fun readily.

[AcidCat]

I've been having a lot of fun with the single player. While it's of course not an open world sandbox shooter, it's still a helluva lot better than the overly scripted corridors of many recent FPS games. Game looks really nice and plays smooth on the 360.

I've put in maybe 15 rounds or so of the multi but it just hasn't grabbed me, I think I'll just wait until Brink for my next multplayer FPS fix.

[K9]

The multiplayer is being really retarded, I keep losing levels and my unlocks are all over the shop. I don't really know why...

Finished the SP campaign on a medium difficulty setting. Aside from the somewhat slow middle third, the campaign plays really well. It is well paced, adequately open and feels pretty tight. The plot is a bit neither here nor there, and the environments are somewhat repetitive. Overall though it's solid.

[rrazcueta]

Does anyone else have crashing issues with this? I'm getting crashes on startup on my steam version :(

[K9]

None here, I think I have had one crash in about 20 hours of gametime.

[Morfiend]

I have crashed a few times, but not many. I also have the steam version.

[luckton]

EA Pulls Crysis 2 PC From Steam, Makes Exclusive To Origin

Self-explanatory hyperlink is self- explanatory 

What was that line from Star Trek...we are the borg...all your base....I dunno