Gaming Crysis

[Tim S]

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2007/11/16/crysis/1

Crysis has landed at last and we take a good, long look at the future of PC gaming. Indepth gameplay analysis, graphical comparison and incredibly lame puns based around the game's name - we've got it all in a whopping ten page review and graphical analysis!



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[keir]

Ohhh will have to go get this later today

[Darkedge]

I'm sure a guy with super strength could kill someone by throwing a chicken at their head...

[Solidus]

Yeh if i can punch a car over in that suit, throwing a chicken at someones face using strength mode is sure to kill them!

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by Darkedge

I'm sure a guy with super strength could kill someone by throwing a chicken at their head...

Just like in Hot Shots, but without the bow.

Excellent review Joe.

[CardJoe]

I find I do my best work when my jaw is firmly located between my ankles...

[mrb_no1]

nice work Joe, looks to be some fun although i dont know how much i'll be playing it online to be honest, doesnt strike me as bringing something new,like you said, so i probably wont give online much time imo. Bit worried about how this might rape my system though, still, give it something to do.

peace

[LeMaltor]

The physics system, will awe-inspiring and vast, does have occasional problems which bring the whole thing crashing down.

Should will be while, on the last page?

Anyway great article, I was lazy and only ordered the game last night so I will have to wait a day or two to play

[Da_Rude_Baboon]

Excellent review joe. Very indepth and cuts through the hype nicely. The purchase will have to wait untill i get a new GPU though.

[Mankz]

I've allready got my copy, but I'll be waiting for a new PC to pay it.

Low settings just won't do the game justice.

[quack]

I played the demo using Medium settings and it was fine, I played the same level in the full game last night on Medium and it was dreadful. What on earth have Crytek done between putting out the demo and getting the full version in my hands? I'm probably going to have to drop down to Low just to be able to have people talk and have their movements sync up.

[Bauul]

So in other words, a graphically beautiful Far Cry? Exactly what everyone was expecting then. Great review, though I doubt I'll be picking this up any time soon, my PC just isn't good enough to give it its due. You're right though, I'm betting by the time most people can cope with the particularly intense effects, the more mundane parts of the graphical engine will begin to make it show its age. And by then, a much better engine will have been released with totally unique texturing or something.

[Silver Shamrock]

Brilliant review thankyou. Told me everything i needed to know. So much so that i decided to go into town earlier because i wanted it today!! Picked it up in HMV for a very resonable £27.95. I know i could of saved a few quid by getting @play.com etc but that would mean waiting for delivery!!

Anyway i'm just going to grab some lunch them install it but i need a quick question answering if anyone can. As i don't have a dx10 card yet, shall i install on vista or xp?
I'm hoping i can turn a few of the settings to high.

What a fantastic week for PC shooters. First Gears, then CoD4, then this. Anyone else remember a week with 3 AAA titles? I can't!

[Spiny]

I reckon you'll get better frame rates on XP. If you're dual booting, why not install on both & post results here !

[Paradigm Shifter]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Just like in Hot Shots, but without the bow.

Hot Shots Part Deux, I believe. Along with Dog!Saddam.

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It's a fun game. It was obviously designed to be run at max on the next generation of hardware... kinda like Far Cry. There's a lot of variety in there (especially thanks to the editor) but I rarely find the story of a game keeps dragging me back, unless it's an RPG.

[perplekks45]

Great review and I'm still quite undecided whether or not to get it as it just doesn't feel right to run this game on anything else than max details.

Anyways, on the "I-just-can't-capture-the-particles-hittin'-the-ground-cat-reflex" issue: Why not use Fraps or something similar, take some video editing tool, skip through frame after frame and pick the best match? Just an idea though...

[Silver Shamrock]

Well i'm having to pretty much run everything on medium to keep a nice smooth framerate @ 1440x900. And it certainly does not look that good on medium. One to keep for future hardware that's for sure
That was on XP with cat 7.10 btw, i'm going to try it on vista now.

[DeXtmL]

Crytek has done a smart work. The textures quality are the same for some critical parts, like faces, cloth, weapon, no matter you set the option to low or very high. The most noticable texture differences are the quality of leaves and ground.

[Zurechial]

Great review as always, Joe.
It's fantastic to see a review that sidesteps the hype and delivers an honest opinion on the game by being neither overly positive nor overly negative - Exactly what I've come to expect from Joe's reviews and bit-tech in general.

I'll admit that the review wouldn't have had much bearing on my decision to buy the game or not, as the demo was all the convincing I needed, but it's nice to see an educated, knowledgeable opinion on it all the same.

[Firehed]

Probably missed it, but are there any performance benchmarks around? I'm a bit curious as to what my MBP can make of this thing (C2D 2.2, 2GB, 8600M GT 128MB) so I don't waste my time trying to free up the hard drive space.

In any case, a great review. Hopefully the few oddities will get patched; regardless, I look forward to giving it a spin in the near future.