Crysis 2's Intro Sequence might just blow you away

Someone got hold of there xbox 360 copy of Crysis 2 early...........

How can anyone say that this does not look IMPRESSIVE on a console.

3 minutes of intro so possible Spoiler..............

Its a pre renderd video... The console is not displaying those graphics real time

And he got his copy early because he downloaded it.

Edited by deleted (Sat 19-Mar-11 18:09:50)

Still looks good and he may not have got it early because he downloaded it.........Fact its released on Tuesday in the states and i get my games 2 days early in the Uk.

In reply to a post by time2die:

Still looks good and he may not have got it early because he downloaded it.........Fact its released on Tuesday in the states and i get my games 2 days early in the Uk.

mm maybe.

But the video is just a pre renderd intro movie, like most games have. it is not acctual realtime game play footage.

Yeah, looks cool. I thought it was meant to be humans vs aliens again? Why is that guy killing all the, um, nice Americans?

I can confirm its prerender, however you do do most of the stuff you see in that video although most of it is sexed up.

What i find strange is Playstation 3 owners are saying Killzone 3 graphically walks all over this.I have and love Killzone and it has great graphics but take it from me Crysis 2 is far better looking.

Besides the maps in Killzone 3 suck Bigtime and i will say the gun animations and the way there rendered are a the best thing about killzone.

I map for petes sake is all GREEN and virtually impossible to play because it does your head in,whoever designed these maps needs sacking because they are nowhere near the beauty of the previous Killzone 2 maps.

Edited by time2die (Sun 20-Mar-11 00:21:32)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-pun...

I have to say i am really excited about this game and there does not seem to be to many on these forums that share my views.

People seem to be dishing the dirt for the way it looks, even though i have said i am concerned about the way the Playstation version looks compared to the 360.

Having done a little looking today i have seen that some who have the game early say the Playstation 3 version of the game is as good if not better than the 360.

Personally apart from the usual comparisons between the two games i think graphically it looks really nice,I enjoyed the limited time with the multiplayer demo on the 360 and i think if they iron out all the server issues with the Playstation version then we have a top game here.

I think the majority of the hardcore on here like Spook ,Guest,Falcon,Gzero are hardened Pc gamers and they tend to not like the way the Multiplatform games are turning out.

But for the console gamers on here that love FPS then its a tad quiet and i am surprised at the negativity towards this game and its graphics.

I am sick of hearing that Killzone 3 has better graphics, i have Killzone 3 and its a good game [not great] and it does not have better graphics i can tell you as i have spent 30 hours online playing it.

Edited by time2die (Sun 20-Mar-11 18:52:04)

I wish I could comment T2D, but after spending nearly 4 hours downloading the demo on the PSN it got pulled!!

I played the PC demo a couple of weeks back though and I am really looking forward to it. Might not be as crisp on the PS3, but to be fair I think graphics are all about what you are used to.

Until then I'm going to keep trying to join an online match on homefront. Then I'm going to sit in the bay window and watch the moon pigs fly by. Probably stand a greater chance of success.

I know your pain mrnelster as i spent the best part of 1 hour tonight trying to play the Homefront game,when i actually got into a match and pressed the select button to check the ping it was on 1 Red Bar like the majority in the server.

Only a couple had full Green bars and as i expected these games were been run on American servers for sure.

Try as you do i disconnected to try and get into another server and after countless minutes waiting the same thing happened over and over and over again.

I got so frustrated i just ejected the disk and decided to watch television,after telling you the multiplayer was really quite exciting and sweet on Thursday since then the game is practically unplayable.

I really don't understand why this is happening so much in the past 3/4 weeks with quite a few games.............Lets face it Homefront has had some terrible reviews scores more than positive,the developers claim they have to sell 2 million copies to break even.

After the negativity surrrounding the game reviews many will have ditched the idea of buying this which is a shame because its a good multiplayer game [when it works]

Now you would think that the developers and publishers of the game would at least get some stable servers running.

What would have happened had the game received nothing but fantastic reviews from all the gaming sites and media..................

Why is there not a option in the menu to pick European servers,everytime i actually managed to get into a game tonight they had to be American based on those annoying kids and the fact the pings were a joke .

My connection is 12 meg and my ping is just above 20 to 25 and all other online games i play i get a full green bar.

I'm afraid my patience is wearing thin and if this server issue continues then the game gets traded next Friday for sure...............I'm sure Crysis 2 will be what i expect and we already know it has a solid single player experience of 10 to 12 hours.

Check this out My Friend great news for us Playstation 3 Crysis 2 buyers.............

I now wont have to swap my pre/order for the 100th time back to the 360 and i am glad all is well with the playstation 3 version.............Well it is according to that guy from the link...............Most likely a Crytek Dev

Edited by time2die (Mon 21-Mar-11 00:44:20)

Thats it my mind is made up the game Homefront gets traded Friday,Not because the game is rubbish its the fact for the past 3 nights it virtually impossible to get into a game thats not a lag feast.[thats when you can connect]

Tonight i joined 5 servers and on each occasion there was 16 players ,2 of those players had full green bars why the rest of us had 1 bar which was red.

I am not bothering with games that get released with clapped out dedicated servers that dont work,can not even pick your own region for the servers,

All in all it had potential and i enjoyed one night online but the rest has been near impossible and a total mess.

Looking forward to this Friday and Crysis 2,please god can we have servers that actually let us try and play the game as it was meant to be.

Edited by time2die (Mon 21-Mar-11 23:40:36)

Unfortunate to hear that you have to trade it in cause kaos couldn't be bothered getting the multi in order.

I don't think I'll be far behind you T2D. Fed up now.

Is Crysis 2 P2P or dedicated?

I have heard it has dedicated servers and judging by the fiasco when the multiplayer game demo fpr PS got pulled after 2 days last week they better be stable .

3 major game in the space of 3 weeks,Killzone 3.Homefront,and the Crysis 2 demo all having major connection and server issues............

Never in all my years of gaming have i seen such a complete mess with potentially good games.

How can you feel for Developers like Kaos when they release games that are basically unplayable,sad thing is the multiplayer can be great fun when its running correctly and working and it puts you in local region servers. [shame]

Woah! Missed that link for the final build walkthrough when I read your post the other day.

I'm massively impressed. It's now a no brainer!

I was gonna hang onto Homefront and give the MP a chance when I get FTTC in a few weeks time, but to be fair I think I will be kept busy on this so I think I'm gonna trade it also.

Does it have any online co-op campaign or separate missions?

Got a Poxy wedding on Friday so it'll probably be Saturday if I can get hold of a copy.
That video has brightened my weekend up no end.

Those graphics look great actually. A huge relief. Maybe all the negative stuff about the PC version being just meh graphically can't be right? Shall have to investigate...

Irritating player though!

How nice to get up this morning click on the Think Broadband forums and see 11 new thread .....................[ELEVEN] some sort of record.

Same people posting but so nice to read other peoples opinions of the games mentioned.

Now to Apple..............I think most people who know me on these gaming forums know i have a massive addiction to games and gadgets,so its no surprise to most that i will get a new 3DS and more than likely hardly play it.[its a gadget.its new.i got to have one]...........I also have a Apple Ipad and to be frank i think that technology is so far advanced that the thought of upgrading to a Apple ipad 2 6 months after the release of the first one makes me cringe.

I think we have had about 5 generations of Nintendo ds ,3 or 4 Playstation 3 and more than likely the same for xbox 360.

Apple because they have my details have sent me emails about buying a IPAD 2,are they crazy to think that i am going to upgrade something that just cost me £600 about 8 months ago,if they send me a cheque for £500 snd some packaging to return it for a trade of then i might consider it.

When i trade in Playstation 3 ,xbox 360.Nintendo ds the wallet does not get empted as much so i only end up paying about a 3rd of the value of the product because i might trade in a few games also.

With the 3ds its costing me £80 and when i traded in my older model Playstation 3 for the slim addition Gamestation gave me £200 for it and the new spanking slim console cost me £20................Now that was a good deal.

Nobody moans more about games than me and i have watched hours and hours of Crysis 2 footage and like i said apart from some no so intelligent ai the games graphics are fantastic...............To me that's a dream as FPS are were its at for my gaming addiction

What i like about the Ipad though is some outstanding games that you can download,angry birds been one of my favourites ,and now we have Angry Bird Rio [Ecellent stuff]

Edited by time2die (Thu 24-Mar-11 08:55:51)

It does not have online co/op but most reviewers say it has a solid 12 hour single campaign.

There are about 6 online modes but only a few are available until you start ranking up.the game to me looks excellent so i will be mighty surprised later on today if i come back on here hating it.

Looks like you got a real bargain on your PS3 Slim then! Wish I could go in to Gamestation and get one for £20. Maybe I should search around for a second hand one or see if there are any skipped in my local area? A quick wipe with a cloth and voila! A brand spanking new Slim for me.

Crysis 2 coming today then... Sometime soon I guess if you haven't already received it. Actually ShopTo.net owe me £2.00. They were supposed to charge my card just a quid then refund it but evidently something went a bit wrong. I still can't access my ShopTo account though. [Mental note] I need to call them up!

I've played Angry Birds on my Android phone. It looked good but unlike the millions of fans it seemed boring and pointless to me. Instead I've got Atomic Bomber (by Luke Allen), Mini Squadron Special Edition (Gray Fin Studios), Raging Thunder 2 (Polarbit), Virtual Table Tennis (Clapfoot Games) and Chess (Mobialia.com). It's funny but that seems like quite an impressive list for someone who thought they hadn't bought any games in a while.

My own tech gadget lust extends mainly to cameras and now, home cinema equipment. I'm not rockefeller flush but have some quite nice stuff from years of slow accumulation of mainly lenses and things. I've traded in stuff before when buying new gear but man, those guys are tough to bargain with and I didn't get anywhere near as a good a deal as you did with your PS3 Slim.

My PC is about a year old now and I built it with some pretty good stuff back then. It sill holds its own I guess, seeing as how Crysis 2 won't exactly tax it. I've yet to set everything up properly as I've only just returned back to my flat after a 7 month absence whilst extensive renovations were being made. So, I've not gamed much and still haven't gotten around to going online with BF2 for some serious action.

Well, I'll leave ya to it. Hopefully you'll give us some good news and Crysis 2 will be a keeper. I was hoping it'd have a good single player campaign really as that's all I was interested in. For now, I've already got my online fix in BF2 really.

Well Spook and those considering Crysis 2 here is a few initial impressions .

This is not a review and does not contain spoilers ................

Graphics....

The graphics are all fine and dandy but i have to admit they do not live up to Crytek big expectations and the general review board.

Explosions are brilliant and the general effects are really cool,some of the textures look a bit flat but in other areas of the map they look nice and crisp.

I love the Intro to the game even though its pre/rendered it gets you in the mood as to what is to come,Customization is massive but i have not unlocked to much stuff at the moment.

Gameplay is solid apart from the sometimes Stupid ai that can be awesome and extremely dangerous one minute and like showroom dummies the next.

The suit and armour abilities are a blessing in disguise and there are many ways to progress through the game either using stealth or Spook and T2D way all guns blazing.

To be honest it more than meets my expectations and i can see me playing this for many months,the checkpoints can be a bit of a pain as you can be in a serious firefight that may require 10 minutes or more only to die and start all over.

But this is just nitpicking because the game is brilliant and i am well pleased with the 2 hours spent on the single player.

Saying that there were a few reviews that said the first 3 hours were the worst part of Crysis 2 and after that it really gets going.

So i have told you its pretty awesome game and i am only 2 hours in so sounds like it could get even better than i already think it is.

This is a small initial impression of the xbox 360 version.......

I think you are going to be well pleased mrnelster when you start this up and get going...............And to think we got that awesome multiplayer to come also..........Providing the servers are up to scratch.

Edited by time2die (Thu 24-Mar-11 17:54:38)

I could not believe it myself when i rang up Gamestation when the playstation slim was about to be launched.

Infact i actually said [stupid me] thats a great price for a older model playstation [how come] and he replied that CEX were giving people that as a trade in and they had to match that price............

You would not get that now Spook it would be more like £80 or something ?

No vaseline?

Also you if you like the freedom of crysis 2 you should probably try crysis 1, much better game for open areas and tactics.

I dunno what reviews are saying about the first 3hrs, i found the contents of crysis 2 to be the same, have some dude nag at you to do something, travel through a small section be it sewer, corridor, parking garage, rooftop, then you get to an open area where it gives your "assessment" then it repeats until occasionally you have to take down some sort of vehicle, helicopter/tank/etc.

Thanks very much for your preliminary assessment of Crysis 2, I have a much better idea that's it's not a turkey to be avoided. Reckon I'll look into procuring myself a copy. Ta.

Shame about the trade in prices for the Slim. No worries though, I've got some nice nice speakers coming that should make a real difference to what the people living in my street think of me. Heheeheheee. I still need to source a decent sub for the explosions though...

I have a buddy who is big into WOW. He drives me mad with his comments about the consoles being poor graphically, when what he should be saying is that PC version is far better. The PC version being far better doesn't actually make the consoles unimpressive. It makes the PC more impressive if you get my drift.

Anyway. Fact is he has now played both PC and PS3 versions. I've played a demo for half an hour or so (nothing like long enough to properly comment) on the PC and thought it looked great. My buddy has told me today that I would not be dissapointed with the PS3 version.

And as he is usually so uber critical I think I will go with that. And I know that he worshipped Crysis 1, so it can't be terrible.

Going back to T2D's PS3 trade in, I read somewhere recently that the original 60gig ps3 with backwards compatibility for PS1/2 are widely sought after. Don't know how much of that is true or just exaggeration, but I wouldn't mind swapping mine for a slim with a 320 gig or something HDD if it doesn't cost me!

I loved angry birds on the iPhone and would have had an iPad just to play it if I had the cash!
I downloaded it onto the ps3 for 2quid or so, but it's not the same without the touch controls. I think that's why it is so addictive!!

All sounds good to me then. Will try to pick it up on Saturday and post my thoughts, but as FPS is my addiction too, I think your sales pitch has me hooked already!

Let us know how the MP goes.

Have you played it Falcon or are you just assuming,for a console its a awesome game,its not the graphical benchmark Crytek said it is going to be but the games a lot of fun and that's what counts..............Its way better than Homefront and many other FPS before it and it more than meets my needs and i am well happy.

I could be critical and say lots of things i don't like but the game makes me happy with my purchase and i have not even got into the online play.

Even with Dumb ai occasionally the game can give you quite a challenge if you dont approach it in a certain way,on many occasions because of my gung ho nature i have had to restart from the previous checkpoint half a dozen times.

Must use whats on offer and use the tactical scanner to survey an area because that's the key in this game.

Yeah, my cousin got his copy today and we played it through a bit up to some bit with the head of the statue of liberty (no spoilers ), he also grabbed the leak a few months ago to and told me about it as well.

I think as a console owner you would not have much to complain about unless the multiplayer collapses on itself like homefront or your version is inferior to an opposite platform. Its generally a solid FPS with a GOOD LENGTH campaign unlike several others of its FPS breathen. I can't say how the console version compares to any of the console exclusive titles but i would imagine it gives most a run for its money and i don't really want to comment on the multi because i didn't like it at all.

Don't get me wrong its highly likely to be a solid purchase many will be happy with, just for me it falls short in quite a few areas which happen to be the areas i liked about crysis 1.

Basically i'll break it down, paragraphing doesn't seem to do the explanation justice.
Crysis 1 - When you are given an objective you are literally given the points you need to take down, and you hear where weapons/items/etc are which aid you in your objectives are, you get primary and secondary objectives, completing the secondaries give you extra goodies, etc, but basically the operation area is HUGE, there is tons of space to move around in and form a strategy, it is literally do it however you want. Infact you can set up some pretty elaborate traps for the AI, etc.
Crysis 2 - You are given your objective and its slapped right on the HUD forever, the goggles give you tactical options, it just strikes me as abit easy mode, especially in the size of the environments you have to work in, sure there are different ways around them and they seem big but they aren't a scratch on crysis 1's, most of the time theres literally only 1 other main way around to an objective, the other will be a sewer. Its just get to waypoint B because some guy says so.

Crysis 1 - I'm not going to say the plot was super awesome well written but it was done enough to suit the game, you knew what you needed to know and off you went and it opened up deeper with a cliffhanger ending.
Crysis 2 - In ways it is better, it has more back story about the virus which you learn more about but there are elements that just break it for me, mostly around "hargreave" for most the first parts of the game the name is thrown about as if you are meant to be on best friend terms with him but quite simply you don't have a fuzzy clue who he is up till a point and then you still don't get to know much about him. Theres a few other instances like this but it really gets to me that theres holes like this. Not to mention there is no mention of nomad/psycho except for 1 cutscene from what i've experienced so far, it generally makes for some pretty big holes.

Crysis 1 - As ive said before you could punch a house down, pick up the roofing and slam a group of guards down or you could mow a bunch of trees down with a HMG like in BC2 or pick up a ton of stuff and throw it around or crash a car through a guard hut, etc
Crysis 2 - nope, you can pick general junk up but there isn't really much of it in comparison to crysis 1, for example you see medical trays around and they have kidney shaped bowls and scalpels etc in them but its like theyre all glued down, in crysis 1 they were all individual etc, sure this is a bit nit picky but its a small detail i liked the attention to.

Crysis 1 - weapons could be well and truely pimped out and there was quite a variety of them to chose from, silences, torches, sniper scope, incendiary ammo, etc could all be geared on an AR, similar stuff for shotguns and pistols, etc along side firing modes.
Crysis 2 - So far from what ive seen the weapon selection is rather limited, there aren't that many addons for weapons and generally i find the first AR you get to be the best (the SCARB), the other guns like the feline are just useless and the scar ranged lacks some of the useful addons like the silencer, etc.

But yeah, thats generally where i'm coming from.

As I said its highly likely to be a solid purchase for many, for me it just comes undone at the seams, it looks pretty and has a good length, i just hoping some of the stuff from crysis 1 gets answered, maybe then some of it can be forgiven but from what ive heard from numerous places, it doesn't and i find it disappointing.

BTW dumb AI existed in the original, nice to see some things don't change Also i say vaseline because it looks like the majority of objects has a coating of it, not sure about console versions but in certain areas with high lighting and it looks like its over the first person camera too

i understand most of your points but they seem a bit nitpicky, i dont want to address all of them but for the first i would say how many people actually used the large environment rather than just proceeding directly to the target?

my complaints would be that on the pc configuration is a bit of a pain and theres no dx11 on launch i guess the lack of dx11 isnt that bad though as it looks quite nice on the highest settings with GI on

I'd only say 1 of them is nitpicky, the rest IMO are decentish points, especially the large environments, for me it just emphasises that you are in a concrete box. Its like going from a swimming pool to a paddling pool.

Ok. Finally managed to get my hands on a copy. I've stuck it in the PS3 and watched all of the opening cinematics.

I have to say I usually skip most of these because they are too long. These too are also quite long but
I have watched the whole thing. Mainly because of fond reminiscing of Crysis1 from My PC gaming friends.

And I have to say I've enjoyed them. Got the surround sound jacked up and it all feels very cinematic dramatic! Reminds me of going to see the superman movies many moons ago!

Now it's playing time!

Working through the first level. Like the way it handles. Graphics are fine but not as smooth as I was expecting.

I have to say I love the sound. Nothing I have played to date has utilised the surround sound as well as this does. Very nice.

What is your PSN id mrnelster as we may or may not meet up at sometime,just so your mind does not get confused i have both versions of Crysis 2 for different reasons..............One of them i am a tad Mad ?

Played through about 3 hours of the single player on the 360 and to be honest i love everything about it,so now i am doing the same with the Playstation 3 version to compare the two versions.

They claim the Playstation 3 version does not have screen tear like the 360 version but the 360 performs at a slightly higher frame rate.

Not long into the Playstation version i noticed that blood stains on the floor would tear and disappear and reappear depending on where you stand.

Apart from that i have not seen any problems with the playstation version,just out of curiosity i went online and it ran as smooth as silk for the brief time i connected.

I will say i was impressed with the online play and the way it feels but i was getting a severe kicking and you obviously need to use your armour and stuff and Rank up as quick as possible

My PSN ID is, wait for it.....nelster.

Let me have a friend invite at some point and I will happily let you watch me get a damn good thrashing at the hands of some spotty 13 year olds!

Seriously though, I am hoping to get some online time tonight or tomorrow and see how my line holds up.

i played the first couple of levels on the ps3 and there wasnt any screentear from what i remember it was pretty ugly though looked like it had no AA at all and pretty low quality textures not homefront ugly but certainly not what crytek claim is console spec in this

Edited by deleted (Sat 26-Mar-11 21:35:06)

Yeah we get it. The PC rules the world. But we're not comparing apples with apples. It looks fine. The PC looks better, but this looks fine.

As far as console games go this is an excellent effort. PC's are not the benchmark for consoles to live up to. Unless you are PC gamer that is.

It's been a while, but it is very nice to take a good read in the Gaming forum and read the best reviews on the Web.

Nicely done as always. A veritable treat. Well done, Falcon.

Ok mate will add you at some stage ok.

You make me laugh you crazy old fool. 2 copies of the same game. No wonder I was so confused with you chopping and changing your mind every 5 minutes. Makes perfect sense really!

Only version you forgot to get is the PC. Your computer, by memory (provided it's sorted now) should be more than capable if it could handle Crysis it can handle the sequel. Then you could compare all 3 versions and become an expert and make some money! Or court controversy or both as they seem to go hand in hand anyway.

Edited by deleted (Sun 27-Mar-11 02:10:43)

i KNEW thats what these forums needed to bring you out guesty

Whatever this game lacks in graphical capability, it certainly makes up for in gameplay.

In the last 12 months i have bought Cod Black Ops, Medal of Honour, Red Dead Redemption and the unfortunate Home Front. None of them were a patch on this. It reminds me of playing Half Life many moons ago.

Simple things, such as all the suit instructions coming out of the surround sound speakers (as if it really was coming from the helmet) make it far more immersive. And popping in and out of "cloak mode" is really good fun. Constantly hearing the shout "the target just disappeared" then creeping up and starting a gun frenzy when you try to decapitate the poor sod. Then just cloaking up again like in the predator movies.

If my PC wasn't a shoe box with a monitor on it, I would probably have to buy the original Crysis.

Edited by mrnelster (Sun 27-Mar-11 09:28:39)

Was in dire need of a QUALITY review - I need at least one decent PC review per month, and the Console ones were making me a tad too nauseatiousineratious... er... sick.

Your review[s] are always beneficial. Thanks man. It was touch-and-go for a while there, but it is alright now.

Oh, that, and a kidney infection, and it's ok now... I s'pose.
I will survive, and just go from review-to-review, same as always!

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I might now get it - My PC is definitely up to it, even if I'm not-so-much.

It's available on Steam, Falcon has reviewed it, that's good enough for me.

Sweet.

Red Dead Redemption was my game of the year 2010 and i thought that was a class product............The other 2 then the least said the better.

Crysis 2 to me is a great game and i am enjoying it so much,i think the online has a lot of potential but i have yet to fully exploit it.

Red dead redemtion had a great story and some of the best characters i have ever seen in a game with a massive open world environment.

Red Dead Redemption was my game of the year 2010 and i thought that was a class product............

I'm not normally a fan of 3rd person, but I did really enjoy Red Dead.

My only gripe was that as someone who doesn't get enough time to dedicate to gaming anymore, it was a lot of moving to get to the doing bits.

Probably why I prefer FPS titles. Usually a lot easier to just pick up and play. No doubt though, it is a great game. It is one of only a few games I haven't traded in the vein hope that one day I will get some time to play it through properly. That and the original Modern Warfare.

You seem to have a similar view to me because RDR and MW1 are 2 games that i have never traded out of the many that i buy.

I would say if i buy 10 games in a period of say 6 months 8 or 9 of them will end up traded and not meeting my expectations.

I have been playing Crisis 2 single player for about 6 hours now and the game is brilliant and more than meets my expectations,its not a graphical wonder but with people raving on about the Halo and Killzones of this world it more than matches both of these.

The suit is a great way of approaching the game and i can see me playing through this game again when finished.

The game must be good for me to continue to play and finish the single part of the game,problem with that is when i go online i am going to be way behind the many that more than likely have not even played the single player part.

Homefront had me sort of questioning my logic in my purchase after only a few minutes of playing the single player part,Multiplayer was fun when you could actually connect.............Crysis 2 is way better.

Red Dead Redemption even surprised me because like you say there was much travelling to do and it was a quite a long game,normally these type of games i lose patience but this game was special.........Never finished any of the GTA games or Mass effect even though they are extremly good.

FPS are were its at for me and its my favourite type of game by a mile,anything to heavy like Dragon Age,Elder scrolls,WoW,and those bioware games just test my patience and i quickly become frustrated..............Fallout and Fallout 3 even though i bought them i quickly got bored with them and traded..............hate games when you have to talk to about 20 people in each town you come across just to move forward in a game.

My next 3 games on my shopping list are Portal 2 ..[like a puzzle] Red Faction Armageddon [Love the destruction] and Brink [FPS]

Surprise of 2010 for me was Just Cause 2..........What a fantastic game and some of the best explosions i have ever seen in game.

I got repetative but it was a very entertaining game and one i went back to only a few weeks back when i was looking for some excitment.

Edited by time2die (Mon 28-Mar-11 01:41:11)

I completed crysis 2 before, i highly dislike the ending, it is probably the shittest ending ive seen in a while.

I can't see myself playing through again any time soon, its just bad.

JC2 related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3ypL0hCuI&feature=p... many laughs to be had there, good old bolopatch.

Just Cause 2 was a great game! That video brought back some happy memories. Wish I knew how to make 'em like that. Good stuff.

i played the first couple of levels on the ps3 and there wasnt any screentear from what i remember it was pretty ugly though looked like it had no AA at all and pretty low quality textures not homefront ugly but certainly not what crytek claim is console spec in this[/quote

Ironically, i followed your link and on p23 I found "common settings mistakes made by users".

My PS3 was set to limited RGB range instead of full. Did what Crytek suggest and the visuals improved immediately.

Thank you. [wink]

People seem to be dishing the dirt for the way it looks, even though i have said i am concerned about the way the Playstation version looks compared to the 360.

Having done a little looking today i have seen that some who have the game early say the Playstation 3 version of the game is as good if not better than the 360.

Personally apart from the usual comparisons between the two games i think graphically it looks really nice,I enjoyed the limited time with the multiplayer demo on the 360 and i think if they iron out all the server issues with the Playstation version then we have a top game here.

Apologies for bumping but reading this gave some interesting insight into the seemingly never ending debate about console graphics:

http://crytek.com/sites/default/files/c2_ce3_key_ren...

Sections 11-13 elaborate on the differences. If the 360 isn't using it's extra "gamma correction functions" and carries out a quarter of the filtering the PS3 does, then I don't see how the 360 can look better on this occasion.

Lax mutiplatform development is to the PS3 as diesel is to a Ferrari, but perhaps on this occasion not so?

But it does though

I completed crysis 2 before, i highly dislike the ending, it is probably the shittest ending ive seen in a while.

I can't see myself playing through again any time soon, its just bad.

Couldn't agree more. Total anti climax and the last few aliens were actually the easiest kills for about the last five levels.

Will play it through again though just for the cloaking fun.

Abuse the cloak as much as possible see if you can stealth most of it with the exceptions of the "stuff will go boom" moments