anyone played crysis yet?

anyone out there care to share their experiences playing crysis beta?

i just got out of playing some freakin crysis for a good few hours.. and let me tell you. it saddens me to say it..

hype hype hype..:?

yet somehow i knew it... just made it worse to know i was right.

I wasnt expecting the game to be incredible, yet none the less I expected the substance/gameplay to match the standard set by the nice graphic.

sure no DX10 yet on the mp beta and although its still a beta, let me tell you.. gameplay = hype

too bad. looks pretty, (most of the time, mainly when you move the mouse) with that blur, hdr, hddl and DOF, otherwise.. meh.

soo i couldnt deal with it, got up to the highest res my pc will give, everything was already maxed out.. and wow, what did i find? nothing changed!

graphics are nice from far away, they look freakin sweet.. but get close and the textures look like garbage (and if you wanna disagree thats fine, but i seen better in games using old engines like Source and D3.. yes.. D3). For example, and not exclusive to.. the computer screens/pictures/inner buidling details.. now I'll give it to you, the game does a great job in showing a big big world all at once.. and this is just a small portion of the area you'll explore in singleplayer, who knows maybe thats why some of the interior details aren't any better than the ones in battlefield 2142. i'll tell you what though for a 16gb installation and all this freakin hype about how this is supposed be amazing and revolutionary.. wait wait, wait a second.. do you smell that? bovine secretion.

hype hype hype.. where was all the beauty from the videos? or maybe the fun resilient action? watching people running around, jumping over cars and driving their hovercrafts into buildings and miraculously just bouncing off.. i also found it funny that when i ran someone over, my car stopped dead on, once i hit them, almost like hitting a tree. hahaha.. lame. I think the game's nice graphics only shone when I ran through the jungle and got to see some of the cool high def lighting detail shinning through, collectively adding to the immersive feeling of the game. but then.. as soon as you go near a barren area (no vegetation to hide the horrible ground texture) or inside of a building..wow, the illusion crumbles. Even the look and textures of the vehicles were substandard. some of the "high def" detail like the camera blood splatter and windshield splatter quickly lost its charm.. they more than anything hindered my view, not by making me feel like I was actually splattered with blood, or like the windshield of my car was dirty (only after driving no more than 10 meters.. damn, must be that invisible static electricity that hummers build up from moving a few feet.. ? ? ? ? ) but really made me feel like someone had stuck those painfully tacky bullet hole stickers ppl used to buy and paste on their cars in the 80's cept it was in the shape of dirt and blood on my screen.

I guess the singleplayer will have to save the day. I can live with the graphics hype letdown, even with the multiplayer being the equivalent to anus or some orifice of the sort.

Did anyone else find the animations so crappy it was rediculous? this is 2007 mangggggg, i felt like somehow i was back in alien versus predator 2 or quake 2. I am not reffering to the netlag-hindered animations of cars skipping across my screen sometimes cuz i'm sure they'll work that out.. but i mean the character's movement animations.. slide much?

On a diff note, I'm a sound engineer so from that standpoint, the sound WAS indeed impressive, though the music was meh but i really enjoyed the VOIP feature. It was crisp clear and it was so cool to actually feel like the people who were speaking were talking to you from their corresponding locations. Their voices seaminglessly changed in character depending on your surroundings. It was almost better just sitting there voice chatting with teammates than engaging in the most generic gameplay ever. Counter-strike meets battlefield meets Quake's Weapons Factory mod. So what if you can make vehicles.. again, singleplayer better be good.. in anycase what they achieved with the sound also has a lot to do with the fact that i pack an X-Fi which is designed to deliver that kind of experience.. thats a positive thing right? (for the game or for the card??)

On a final note, to some it may seem that my expecations were maybe high, but I do remind you that this game has been hyped up over and over again to be revolutionary etc etc.. and out all of the things I disliked about the game so far, my main quarrel has been the overall nonerevolutionary aspect of it. In some cases I could easily say I've seen better in other older games and thats mainly because alot of the detail doesnt feel or seem geniune, just seems tacked on and it shows after you play for a while.. so if in anycase this game was supposed to be the t1ts, then they were a nice looking pair till you got up close and realized that the breast skin was covered in zits.

I'm sure the fanboys will try to rip me a new anus, but no thank you.. my single very-happy-left-alone balloon knot will suffice :P

k let the flaming begin..

I say it again, the singleplayer better be incredible.

No flaming from me. For what I have read time and time again was the graphics. All I can say 'big deal'. Graphics is lovely however doesn't make or break a game.

And I appreciate your input. It's good to see someone has put some thought into it.

And no I haven't played the demo and not planning to. I wait for more opinions.

You're open to criticism and that is good. But your demands are set too high imo. What better FPS games do you think will make up to the hype then if Crysis won't?

No flaming from me. For what I have read time and time again was the graphics. All I can say 'big deal'. Graphics is lovely however doesn't make or break a game.

And I appreciate your input. It's good to see someone has put some thought into it.

And no I haven't played the demo and not planning to. I wait for more opinions.

Azghouls

Crysis demo is delayed incase you didn't know.

btw you aren't officially allowed to talk about the beta in public thanks to the NDA, Having said that I disagree with just about all of your points, I thought the nano suit animations blended in really well, better than just about anything I've seen. Textures on high were also very good better than source or doom 3 for sure. The interiors are miles (lightyears even) ahead of BF2142 in lighting and texturing, not that 2142 has many interiors anyway.

One thing I agree with is the vehicles bouncing off things, its slightly exaggerated for hilarity but sometimes it just doesn't mesh well and you get a floaty feeling, tanks are a bit off too. I also thought the music was very good and sound was too. I think you had unrealistic expectations, and like many others are disappointed because it didn't meet or exceed those lofty goals. Also I'm liking the power struggle mode, it combines nicely BF2 and CS taking almost the best from both worlds.

I don't want to change your opinion, at first I must say I was not that impressed but the more I play the more I like. I still think single player will be better anyway, we haven't even seen most of the phyiscs stuff yet.

You're open to criticism and that is good. But your demands are set too high imo. What better FPS games do you think will make up to the hype then if Crysis won't?

[QUOTE="Azghouls"]

No flaming from me. For what I have read time and time again was the graphics. All I can say 'big deal'. Graphics is lovely however doesn't make or break a game.

And I appreciate your input. It's good to see someone has put some thought into it.

And no I haven't played the demo and not planning to. I wait for more opinions.

PullTheTricker

Crysis demo is delayed incase you didn't know.

LOL - So there you have it! Told ya I pretty much gave up :)

well to be honest, I'm not looking for a game to fill the hype. I'm just sick of hearing so much about it only to find that alot of what was labeled as "revolutionary" was far from it. I know that like you very nicely pointed out, its kind of inevitable to never really meet those standards people build up in their minds.. but when you pay for your gear and put money into your rig (and i'm sure tons will do that just to play crysis and i'm cool with that too, i think we've upgraded our pcs at some point or another for the sake of playing the latest greatest games) to play a game like this, then they should truly know what to expect and with that in mind know that its actually NOT what its hyped up to be. Good or bad, don't really matter.. infact i dont know how you could say that about the indoor textures. I spent countless moments just exploring on my own looking at the detail and if you like i'll post a picture of the floor and how "crisp" it looks. the texture looks incredibly watered down compared to quake wars for example. The pictures on the walls, exit signs the computer monitors.. all little details that dont feel right. Or jumping through windows to quickly get indoors.. haha cmon man it looks so ridiculous.

The animations weren't that great man, not to say that they were all bad, not at all but I didn't for one find the movement of characters to be anything special. Infact its especially evident when you are in combat, and you see em running around shooting, or going into crouching position or jumping. Like I said alot of the tacked-on-details do stand and speak positively for themselves when you are standing still.. and not moving the mouse. then u start moving and the post-processing hides all of it. so if anything play a while without the blur, dof..etc and you'll see what i mean. Not to say that it has to be perfect.. but man, if they could make a world so big, with these incredible physics and beautiful lighting, real-time volumetric clouds/shadows.. then cmon dude, you can make the guy run around properly.. what about when they jump? didnt you find that odd? anyways.. I do completely agree with you Nutcracker that it would be unrealistic to think that the game would please everybody's expectations but I will say this again..

the hypemachine says this game is revolutionary. So I wanted to see what was so revolutionary about it.. and i found nothing really.

far from it actually. just seems like another game with nice graphics and borrowed gameplay, and yes, tacked on details.. just take a look at vehicles for example. I'll post an example of what I'm reffering to briefly.

some say the exact oppposite? so halo3 is better?darkfox101

There is no mention of Halo 3 in any of his posts... and I don't he will like Halo 3better, when he wasn't even impressed by Crysis.

I haven't been hyped by Crysis since the day I saw the gameplay footages. Its not my cup of cake... Personally I'm waiting for UTIII and COD4. And I'm more hyped about Far Cry 2 tbh...

hahah in response to darkfox101, halo 3 will probably be the victim to its own hype too but in its case it doesnt matter because people know what they will get when they buy the game, at a minimum they'll get halo 2 with better graphics, and thats exaclty what they might want.. so who knows.. same goes for the Unreal Tourney series PullTheTricker mentions in terms of being very clear what the game will be like and what people should expect... heck i loved then unreal tourney series so if anything i know the next one will probably rock, and if it doesnt then i'll probably still enjoy since I wasn't pumped for months about how glorious the game is.. and honestly the game does look pretty sweet so... anyways since you're hyped about Far Cry 2, who knows.. for all we know Crysis is a big DOOM 3.. and Far Cry 2 is really where they want to hit the mark.. *shrug*

One thing i will have to say and re-state is that the singleplayer will make or break this game.. and I can't wait to play it! maybe then the animations will feel right and fit in there.. who knows? anyways here u go.

"yay i found a car lets drive.."

down the street, not even 100 meters away..

"where am I going? oh.. doesnt really matter.. I can't see out the windshield anywyas.."

you know after taking a good look at the vehicles.. hmm they are lacking alot too. what a whackass job texturing that hummer.

it looks better from the inside.. I was also quite fond of how creative and umm "diverse**" the bullet hole **** are.. lol the texture artist must've been related to ron burgundy.

Shooting some barrels pow pow sparks, i get it, metal on metal..

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

cool. Lets see what happens when I shoot other things

Ugly Ugly Sparks

sprites look ugly imo but hey, if you can add real-time dynamic lighting with volumetric clouds that serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever, why focus on the little details that people WILL ACTUALLY NOTICE. Infact I would have prefered they polish up animations, fix the real noticeable shortcomings of the game like details and some mediocre textures than to even have volumetric clouds.. i seriously think most gamers who play it will even notice the high tech clouds...

**PS: (clears throat) Well, I could be wrong, but I believe, uh, diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. :P

in anycase not to say that bullet holes, mediocre details, animations, collision detection and textures are a big deal, but come on man this is an example of where old games based on the source engine include this kind of detail and is almost taken for granted in game. Apart from that it kind of reminds me of people who can't whipe their own ass.. if you can't do something simple like whiping your ass, what in the world would make me think you can do anything else properly? even then its not about criticism but ultimately about showing people what's truly under the hood of the hype so far. The veredict can't be in till the singleplayer is out so i hope that it makes up for it!! I wanna feel the same sort of thing i felt playing Farcry...

if not it will just be another meh game with nice graphics and some so so modding tools.

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new

Vasot

So you played the entire game?

And I guess your opinions are fine but I have heard great things from other beta testers, the say its awesome

i played it and just to tell you. this game PWNS in all ways, looks like this is gonna be a UT3 competitor this time. i can tell you havent played it because your just judging the graphics and no gameplay.footballa27

you can tell i havent played it? hey.. its just something about having played counter-strike for so long that i actually dont find the buy system to be that cool anymore.. and well i played battlefield too and now thats a little old.. in fact its been out for a long time now.. i can't say i didnt like BF2142, its great fun.. actually innovative, and original. but hey if you like running around capturing areas, battlefield style... thats fine. maybe tickles your bone kid but i definately think the gameplay is nothing special.. NOTHING special. the wow factor for me stopped after a few minutes and i found myself in just another FPS mang.. trying to complete objectives from a renamed gameplay style which adds one thing thats different.. switch the team names around and add a lil factory to keep the A.D.D. kids busy.. ooh lets kill things to build tanks.. you go, enjoy. Compare that to the original Battlefield, or any of them in the series.. especially the last one. The last one adds some real changes to the gameplay style with Titan mode. So far Crysis has just shown its pretty and it can do anything old shooters can do.. while looking pretty.. ooh wow, i got over that in about 15 minutes.

sorry dude, game has nice graphics, meh multiplayer gameplay.. nothing special about the guns or weapons to use.. infact although i dislike counterstrike from playing it so much in the past, even that game offers more diversity because of the weapons you get to chose from. Yeah sure those lil extras are nice, but well i guess it comes down to what what you like.. and judging by the past reviews you've done.. if you thought unreal tournament 2004 was revolutionary... then well, crysis must be like the biggest freakin chocolate cake for an easily saciated hungry fatkid

flame on!

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

Vasot

dude i completely agree with you man, i totally see it being a tech demo game. I categorized it as doom3-alike u know? all about the engine, really lacking any depth. Then again, playing the Beta made me realize that the multiplayer at least, holds little promise, untill some crazy modder makes something good out of it. The Singleplayer though might just let the game speak for itself. Who knows.. so far though.. :S

One thing that could be true is that since multiplayer really is not the true focus of the game.. and it makes the studio no money.. then all their eggs could be in the singleplayer baskett.. we'll see

you can tell i havent played it? hey.. its just something about having played counter-strike for so long that i actually dont find the buy system to be that cool anymore.. and well i played battlefield too and now thats a little old.. in fact its been out for a long time now.. i can't say i didnt like BF2142, its great fun.. actually innovative, and original. but hey if you like running around capturing areas, battlefield style... thats fine. maybe tickles your bone kid but i definately think the gameplay is nothing special.. NOTHING special. the wow factor for me stopped after a few minutes and i found myself in just another FPS mang.. trying to complete objectives from a renamed gameplay style which adds one thing thats different.. switch the team names around and add a lil factory to keep the A.D.D. kids busy.. ooh lets kill things to build tanks.. you go, enjoy. Compare that to the original Battlefield, or any of them in the series.. especially the last one. The last one adds some real changes to the gameplay style with Titan mode. So far Crysis has just shown its pretty and it can do anything old shooters can do.. while looking pretty.. ooh wow, i got over that in about 15 minutes.

sorry dude, game has nice graphics, meh multiplayer gameplay.. nothing special about the guns or weapons to use.. infact although i dislike counterstrike from playing it so much in the past, even that game offers more diversity because of the weapons you get to chose from. Yeah sure those lil extras are nice, but well i guess it comes down to what what you like.. and judging by the past reviews you've done.. if you thought unreal tournament 2004 was revolutionary... then well, crysis must be like the biggest freakin chocolate cake for an easily saciated hungry fatkid

flame on!

Birthamark

Thats only your opinion, and my post above wasn't directed to you, stop stating your opinions like facts

eeey mang, u should read carefully so u see my reply wasnt directed to your post...

sorry for the misunderstanding.. i didnt even had a clue you had posted anything :P

you can tell i havent played it? hey.. its just something about having played counter-strike for so long that i actually dont find the buy system to be that cool anymore.. and well i played battlefield too and now thats a little old.. in fact its been out for a long time now.. i can't say i didnt like BF2142, its great fun.. actually innovative, and original. but hey if you like running around capturing areas, battlefield style... thats fine. maybe tickles your bone kid but i definately think the gameplay is nothing special.. NOTHING special. the wow factor for me stopped after a few minutes and i found myself in just another FPS mang.. trying to complete objectives from a renamed gameplay style which adds one thing thats different.. switch the team names around and add a lil factory to keep the A.D.D. kids busy.. ooh lets kill things to build tanks.. you go, enjoy. Compare that to the original Battlefield, or any of them in the series.. especially the last one. The last one adds some real changes to the gameplay style with Titan mode. So far Crysis has just shown its pretty and it can do anything old shooters can do.. while looking pretty.. ooh wow, i got over that in about 15 minutes.

sorry dude, game has nice graphics, meh multiplayer gameplay.. nothing special about the guns or weapons to use.. infact although i dislike counterstrike from playing it so much in the past, even that game offers more diversity because of the weapons you get to chose from. Yeah sure those lil extras are nice, but well i guess it comes down to what what you like.. and judging by the past reviews you've done.. if you thought unreal tournament 2004 was revolutionary... then well, crysis must be like the biggest freakin chocolate cake for an easily saciated hungry fatkid

flame on!

Birthamark

I agree with you Birthamark

Nice response;)

eeey mang, u should read carefully so u see my reply wasnt directed to your post...

sorry for the misunderstanding.. i didnt even had a clue you had posted anything :P

Birthamark

Use the quote feature, its there for a reason

Hey Birthamark, is ok that youshare some thougts about it, but just one word for you: BETA! ...correct me if i wrong but a Beta is a development stage or level where the game is in test by some users to knowwhats wrongand whats ok, and even the betas can has a unfinished or not completed features like the full game will have, what imtrying to say, that those textures that you seen so far on the betacan be a lot betteron the fullversion(including animations too).
Did u play the first Quake Wars Beta? almost a lot of people with monstrous rigs said that the game looked watered down and the gameplay needed some touches, now with the demo release, seems that Quake Wars is shaping up well which learned from the mistakes of the past...so dont say game, and just say beta plz...TheCrapp

actually yeah I took part in the beta testing of Quake Wars.. and to tell you the truth Beta 2 wasnt all that diff from Beta 1 except for big perfomance issues. Now they did fix alot of things and what not, but one thing you are clearly not taking into consideration is the duration of the Quake Wars beta testing phase. It started mid june, publically.. yet the beta had already been going on from a few months before public beta testing and now is to be realease in a few days, therefore the changes and the duration of the beta testing phase made me feel pretty confident that ID would have enough time to truly polish the game and have time to change things around if they want. If anything, it gave me a pretty clear idea of what i could expect of the final version. not to say the demo was good or bad, i thought it was fun!

Also, the clear purpose and conditions of the QW beta when it was released for testing was and IS completely diff than Crysis and the first batch of beta testers.. if you compare that to the duration of the Beta Testing Phase of Quake Wars vs the Crysis Beta, it bothers me a bit because Crysis' beta testing began only recently and they only have 2 months to straighten anything out.. and that means they aren't really gonna make any major changes.. simply iron bugs.

Having said that, i think you can be pretty confident of what you can expect of Crysis Multiplayer.. and i wont restate my opinion regarding that anymore. I think its pretty clear.

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

Vasot

For gods sake its a full real game, why do people even say this? its ridiculous...

I'm 90% sure that the beta is locked to minimum settings... don't base your graphics judgements on the beta.Funkyhamster

really? where did you hear that? I find that highly unlikely

I thought it was pretty clear when they ran benches testing the best performance settings for the Crysis Beta.. and hey, i mean when I turn the settings down to low.. I can tell the graphics are really dropping in quality.. so i'm not quite sure where you got that.. The performance benches are all over the net mang.. betta read up yer google :P kiddin

[QUOTE="Vasot"]

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

PC360Wii

For gods sake its a full real game, why do people even say this? its ridiculous...

People love to bash things that are popular and hype things that aren't as popular, it makes them looks cool 8)

[QUOTE="PC360Wii"][QUOTE="Vasot"]

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

Lonelynight

For gods sake its a full real game, why do people even say this? its ridiculous...

People love to bash things that are popular and hype things that aren't as popular, it makes them looks cool 8)

I dunno mang, maybe thats something you like to practice.. but I personally played the game none stop till I formulated my own opinion based on what I saw and experienced. Maybe you are easily entertained.. who knows.. everyone's diff, but dont take a cheapshot just cause you have nothing valuable to say.

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="PC360Wii"][QUOTE="Vasot"]

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

Birthamark

For gods sake its a full real game, why do people even say this? its ridiculous...

People love to bash things that are popular and hype things that aren't as popular, it makes them looks cool 8)

I dunno mang, maybe thats something you like to practice.. but I personally played the game none stop till I formulated my own opinion based on what I saw and experienced. Maybe you are easily entertained.. who knows.. everyone's diff, but dont take a cheapshot just cause you have nothing valuable to say.

You havnt played the ebta, stop trolling... Core 2 Duos are not even optmizied and working properly in the beta.

[QUOTE="Birthamark"][QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="PC360Wii"][QUOTE="Vasot"]

Crysis in my opinion is more like a Tech demo to show the capabilities of what a modern PC and DX10 can do with Graphics

and less a real game

I am not so Hyped with Crysis either

Crysis has nothing new to offer as a gameplay experience plus the game story is nothing really new (Kill Bad Communists and bad Aliens...bla bla bla typical 1980 American scenario )

I am more interested with HellGate London

Meu2k7

For gods sake its a full real game, why do people even say this? its ridiculous...

People love to bash things that are popular and hype things that aren't as popular, it makes them looks cool 8)

I dunno mang, maybe thats something you like to practice.. but I personally played the game none stop till I formulated my own opinion based on what I saw and experienced. Maybe you are easily entertained.. who knows.. everyone's diff, but dont take a cheapshot just cause you have nothing valuable to say.

You havnt played the ebta, stop trolling... Core 2 Duos are not even optmizied and working properly in the beta.

okay man whatever you say.. since you know that I clearly didnt play the game.. and i just randomly pulled those screenshots i took out of my ass.. please stop making up random garbage about the game not being optimized for core 2 duos.

A) Core 2 Duo is a brand name fool.. what you are really trying to say but can clearly NOT compute is MULTI-CORE (AKA Multi-threaded technology) and

B) it is CLEARLY capable of using mutli-threading technology and even 64-bit architechture.. and if you read and used your brain properly you would see that they even released the optimal specs for the game to perform on. x64 OS with DX10.

and well, last but not least

if you wanna sit there and be in denial of the fact that I have the beta, thats fine dude.. just sit in your corner and continue rocking.. meanwhile i'll continue to try to be objective and actually get something useful out of my thread other than an empty reply from a OMFGZORS leet kiddy

go play with your tank factory. and next time you reply, try to read well and realize that I'm not even trashing its performance.. in fact i didnt even complain about performance. Maybe it dont run well for you.. and thats your issue.

better lay off eating paint chips buddy, time start using those glasses there to read intead of playing with your beanbag.

You havnt played the ebta, stop trolling... Core 2 Duos are not even optmizied and working properly in the beta.

Meu2k7

THIS ONE IS FOR YOU NUBCAKE.

maybe its just MY version of the BETA that has this big ass shiney animated CORE 2 DUO logo when the game starts...

but hey.. these are for you..

and anyone who hasnt seen the beautiful err hummer.. um take look.

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

Screenshot 3

have a nice day... and please oh please, tell me what it is that i have highlighted in task manager?

oh wait, you probably can't read so I'll tell you.. Crysis.exe.. thats right.

Not optimized for multi-threading?..

sorry, (SARCASM) it must just be part of my scheme to pretend that i dont have crysis and that i just pull out my opinions out of my ass like you do to convince the world that crysis sucks. grow up and suck on a tittie mang

Im joining into this convo now....

ok i have to start with, have you noticed how the only people who agree with birthmark are the only people with 15 posts and less......this guy probably got his freind and decided to join gamespot and make a thread of them playing crysis beta and then braging that the graphics ****, yes i belive that they may have got the beta, thanks to their screenshots, but how dare you say that the graphics are bad, there was another thread of a guy playing the beta of crysis, and he also posted some screenshots.....

and guess what THEY LOOKED AMAZING you probably just turned down the graphics even more and that is why it looks bad to you, hey and let me tell you this, crytek are doing their best to optimize the game for the people that actually belive in the game succeding (me) and a few other million people who are obssesd with the idea of being able to shoot down trees, so i say go away, go back to your pokemon games ok

well im done

:)

Im joining into this convo now....

ok i have to start with, have you noticed how the only people who agree with birthmark are the only people with 15 posts and less......this guy probably got his freind and decided to join gamespot and make a thread of them playing crysis beta and then braging that the graphics ****, yes i belive that they may have got the beta, thanks to their screenshots, but how dare you say that the graphics are bad, there was another thread of a guy playing the beta of crysis, and he also posted some screenshots.....

and guess what THEY LOOKED AMAZING you probably just turned down the graphics even more and that is why it looks bad to you, hey and let me tell you this, crytek are doing their best to optimize the game for the people that actually belive in the game succeding (me) and a few other million people who are obssesd with the idea of being able to shoot down trees, so i say go away, go back to your pokemon games ok

well im done

:)

Tobio19

wow nice contribution there. better go join your buddy in the corner there in denial.. I'm giving you honest and a very open dissectional of what I didnt like about the game to see what you could add of value and maybe share the things you liked or disliked instead of flaming on like a pokemon playing drooler. Did I say the whole game was ugly? or horrible? no.. Infact I loved certain things about it, but i think your post says it all buddy.. it speaks for you and since obviously you don't like what i posted you can't find a way to actually formulate your own opinion and truly understand what the topic is all about.. that is all you go to say.. "you probably turned down the graphics.." dude get a life. I wont bother taking a screenshot to show you that the settings are on high because then you'll find some other twisted way to stick your head further up your ass and I can't even imagine what the kid in denial will do next.. yea sure man I brought AAAALLL my friends onto gamespot forum just show the world that YOU are a nub.. but I dont think i need my friends for that.. Re-read your own post and you'll see it speaks clearly.. yeah thats right, it was a personal attack because you have nothing worth saying and you know it. I'm not five and I have enough sense and intelligence to understand what this is all about.. but i think of its easier for you if you simply cover your ears and scream.. careful there rainman. might get a nosebleed.

I think its you that needs to keep tryin to catch em all.. better tell momma to raise that saftey bar on your crib buddy, you might roll off the bed one day and hurt yourself.

go suck on a tittie and stfu.

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To anyone else that has or has had anything valuable to contribute to this thread such as the first few posters, I mean no disrespect.

please feel free to share some objective opinions and even if they arent objective, it doesnt mean you have be a total idiot like the few fanboys in denial that stop by from time to time.

Thank you

lets all try to stick to the topic of what this is about.. its not a debate between crysis sucks or not, its just what you like in the game and how you feel about the hype surround it and now that you've played it how do you feel its lived up to that hype.

ok im sorry birthmark.....can you please do one thing for me tho :)

can you please go into a forest area of crysis and take some printscreens, i just wanna see how the trees look and and the efects thanks alot man

why does everyone have to resort to flaming? Lets all just wait untill the demo releases, because a multiplayer beta won't give you an idea how the singleplayer will look like.

Well no 2 betas are exactly the same. Some can be just for hype(*cough TF2 beta, which is awesome btw*cough*) and some for actual play testing, fixing the game, and seeing how it runs on a variety of systems. File planet FAQ explains that beta is still a very earlier build of the game and it in no way reflects the actual game. Unlike you, I will stick to the NDA I agreed to but I can say that I disagree with you a lot, so power struggle may not be your type of game play, there will be deathmatch and team deatch match in retail.

execrpt: What is a Beta?

A beta is a pre-release test of a game. This is when the Developer needs your help to squish any game bugs. This is pre-demo as well. So it is in fact the rawest form of the game.

Keep your expectations in check. It is by no means meant to exemplify what you can expect in the actual game. You are being called upon to do a job, to intentionally break the game so they can ensure the final product is the best it can be!

This is also why we encourage you to comply with the requests of the Developer. They need you to help them test, not just demo the game and judge. It's time to help your fellow gamers and give it your all!

link: http://support.fileplanet.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=3232&task=knowledge&questionID=1186

So basically, dont expect to play the game like you have seen in all of those demos, because you are there to help the devs not demo the game out for your enjoyment(even tho it is enjoyable).

Well no 2 betas are exactly the same. Some can be just for hype(*cough TF2 beta, which is awesome btw*cough*) and some for actual play testing, fixing the game, and seeing how it runs on a variety of systems. File planet FAQ explains that beta is still a very earlier build of the game and it in no way reflects the actual game. Unlike you, I will stick to the NDA I agreed to but I can say that I disagree with you a lot, so power struggle may not be your type of game play, there will be deathmatch and team deatch match in retail.

execrpt: What is a Beta?

A beta is a pre-release test of a game. This is when the Developer needs your help to squish any game bugs. This is pre-demo as well. So it is in fact the rawest form of the game.

Keep your expectations in check. It is by no means meant to exemplify what you can expect in the actual game. You are being called upon to do a job, to intentionally break the game so they can ensure the final product is the best it can be!

This is also why we encourage you to comply with the requests of the Developer. They need you to help them test, not just demo the game and judge. It's time to help your fellow gamers and give it your all!

link: http://support.fileplanet.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=3232&task=knowledge&questionID=1186

So basically, dont expect to play the game like you have seen in all of those demos, because you are there to help the devs not demo the game out for your enjoyment(even tho it is enjoyable).

bignice12

I really appreciate and like your post. very useful and I like the idea of refocusing my view on what the beta should be about. I think you are right, it should be less about judging and truly helping the developers. With that in mind though, and taking your suggestion without hesitation, i'd still like to know about how people feel the game lives up to their hyped, unhyped expectations. and althought mainly the beta is has that purpose, alot of people just want to see whats to be expected of these up and coming "reveolutionary titles" and its also a good chance to know whether or not to get onboard the pre-order, pre-demo. I would very much like to contribute to the developers though.

Thanks again :)

great post right there

so are you gonna do it?Tobio19

for sure. I'll be back later today and I'll post some good ingame screenies for you. I personally think that the forrest is where the game shines man...

One thing you all dont seem to realize is that Crysis was developed mainly as a SINGLE PLAYER GAME, with multiplayer tacked on.Maybe thats why the multiplayer demo sux!There are a lot of game players who happen to like single player games.If you want to play a multiplayer game then play Quake Wars or Unreal tournament.(BTW the original Unreal was a single player game with amultiplayer gametacked on that really rocked.To bad they dont make games like this anymore!)doktron

Maybe you didn't notice when you signed the NDA in place for the purpose of preventing people for de-hyping the game.kyrieee

hahahah... well of course thats somewhat true but also consider that betas are incomplete.

If anyone is interested in more screenshots I'll be posting some new ones shortly