Official Crysis 2 Thread! Please keep it here and share some benchmarks and pics

Patch 1.2 is here

Thank spiderman120988 for finding it for us. It fixes Issues with G35 headsets and changes the loading screen from "Press Start" to "Press Enter" Among other things;

* "Press Start to Begin" has been changed to "Press Enter to Begin" on the main menu
* Ping changes in server browser - no ping for anyone now (all 0) - "Crytek is working very hard to fix this for the shipping game"
* Fixed crash if getting force disconnected from a dedicated server (although the force disconnect issue has been resolved anyway)
* Account creation now works properly
* G35 headset fix now implemented
* People not able to sign in with certain characters such as "-" or "numbers" in their username, now can"

Patch 1.2 is here

* "Press Start to Begin" has been changed to "Press Enter to Begin" on the main menu

Ikuto_Tsukiyomi

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[QUOTE="Ikuto_Tsukiyomi"]

Patch 1.2 is here

* "Press Start to Begin" has been changed to "Press Enter to Begin" on the main menu

Baranga

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[QUOTE="Ikuto_Tsukiyomi"]

Patch 1.2 is here

* "Press Start to Begin" has been changed to "Press Enter to Begin" on the main menu

Baranga

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Does anyone here post on the official forums? I just realised that I can't use my clan tag, which is only 7 characters long (9 with brackets), because you can only have 5char long clan names. Really silly. So if someone wants to pass that along that'd be great. =)

Is everyone happy now? They changed one word, YAY, can we stop claiming it's a console port?

ocstew

Except it is a console port, it has all the signs of being a console port, the wording of the menus just added to that.

Changing the name of input requests isn't going to make Crysis 2 any less of a console port, than renaming a banana is going to make it a orange.

Press enter to begin... why is there anything there in the first place? The start menu is of no functional use. These useless "press X to begin" menus are common on consoles, it's not something PC really uses.

Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.s_emi_xxxxx

This must be flame bait.

Because 1) people argue Crysis's value is in the single player campaign, and you are saying Crysis 2's multiplayer is better than Crysis 1's single player. And 2) a lot of people have complained that Crysis 2 multiplayer is just a COD rip off with suit powers.

Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.s_emi_xxxxx

[QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.dakan45

WTB: Normal Sprint. Why is the Main character even a part of the army if he cant run for himself? Makes no sense.

[QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.AnnoyedDragon

This must be flame bait.

Because 1) people argue Crysis's value is in the single player campaign, and you are saying Crysis 2's multiplayer is better than Crysis 1's single player. And 2) a lot of people have complained that Crysis 2 multiplayer is just a COD rip off with suit powers.

As I said Crysis' SP is one of the most enjoyable experiences of gaming life. By now I can say I've spent around 200 hrs just playing & enjoying the awesome Singleplayer Crysis had to offer. I never played the MP part of it.. so I can't say how good/bad it was.

For me Crysis is an overall better game than Half-Life 2 & all of the COD games (just my opinion, do NOT be offended !) What I said was.. I've enjoyed the MP demo so much that I kinda feel bored when I touched SP of CW today.. even after months. So that might be the reason for it. Anyway you can't compare MP of 1 game to SP of the other.

What I felt good about the demo is the - Shooting mechanics, Little things like the ability to Air Stompe & Climb over walls, "Slight" improvements in Visuals while performing better than Crysis does on my system & few more. But there are few letdowns as well - NO advanced settings in Graphics options yet (might be in full ver), each time you jump, you jump in strength mode & use up your suit powers. More than that It's just annoying not to be able to jump normally sometimes. This is where I think console development affected the PC experience of Crysis 2. They kind of made the suit easily accessible, especially for controllers .. but It was never difficult to be a Pro in Crysis either. By turning on "Suit Shortcuts" in Crysis Options you could switch between different Suit Powers even faster, Also the Leaning ability has been removed which is a letdown as well. (I'm not sure, I think it's just for the MP part.. SP of Crysis 2 might have the leaning ability. And if it doesn't than this would probably be another effect that Console versions had over Crysis 2)

One really good addition is the Nano vision which changes the whole experience of Crysis2 MP (if you know how to use it well)

I found the demo to be alot of fun & plain awesome. So Sir "AnnoyedDragon" I've got better things to do than start a flame war or something here in Gamespot forums.

Pardon me if anyone is offended with my post. Sorry!

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.Ikuto_Tsukiyomi

WTB: Normal Sprint. Why is the Main character even a part of the army if he cant run for himself? Makes no sense.

I am the only one having diffuclties installing the 1.2 patch for the demo? It just keeps telling me I don't have the demo installed on my computer. Tried reinstalling the demo but that did not help.

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.Ikuto_Tsukiyomi

WTB: Normal Sprint. Why is the Main character even a part of the army if he cant run for himself? Makes no sense.

[QUOTE="Ikuto_Tsukiyomi"]

[QUOTE="dakan45"] Honestly it felt like they managed to mess up armor and speed/strength mode even more. I wonder if the campaign will get that effect on crysis and crysis warhead campagin though.dakan45

WTB: Normal Sprint. Why is the Main character even a part of the army if he cant run for himself? Makes no sense.

Yes, There is no "Sprint" Its just Nanosuit Speed. Its a automatic power, Like Strength is for high jumping, they activate automaticly when you press those keys. That is what i find so annoying. So it gives you the ability to sprint on camo. But you wont even make it half way across the map before you get no Energy and are forced to huddle in a corner and recharge.

Press enter to begin... why is there anything there in the first place? The start menu is of no functional use. These useless "press X to begin" menus are common on consoles, it's not something PC really uses.

AnnoyedDragon

I'd like to see this in every PC game. Also I'd like the option to pause every cutscene, like in Wolfenstein and about two other games.

I'd like to see this in every PC game.Baranga

It serves no purpose... it just adds a input request before moving to the menu you wanted in the first place...

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]

[QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]Hey, anyone else finding Crysis/Warhead kind of little boring now :S .. after playing the Crysis 2 demo for hours I just can't enjoy it anymore. neither the visuals nor the suit functions. Just the MP part of Crysis 2 seems so much fun compared Crysis 1 SP (which I always loved among all shooters) I'm very sure SP of this sequel won't disappoint us either :) btw, Is that studio "Free Radical" really behind Crysis 2's MP portion ? The ones who developed PS3 exclusive failure HAZE. If so, then they've done an outstanding job as Crytek UK.s_emi_xxxxx

This must be flame bait.

Because 1) people argue Crysis's value is in the single player campaign, and you are saying Crysis 2's multiplayer is better than Crysis 1's single player. And 2) a lot of people have complained that Crysis 2 multiplayer is just a COD rip off with suit powers.

As I said Crysis' SP is one of the most enjoyable experiences of gaming life. By now I can say I've spent around 200 hrs just playing & enjoying the awesome Singleplayer Crysis had to offer. I never played the MP part of it.. so I can't say how good/bad it was.

For me Crysis is an overall better game than Half-Life 2 & all of the COD games (just my opinion, do NOT be offended !) What I said was.. I've enjoyed the MP demo so much that I kinda feel bored when I touched SP of CW today.. even after months. So that might be the reason for it. Anyway you can't compare MP of 1 game to SP of the other.

What I felt good about the demo is the - Shooting mechanics, Little things like the ability to Air Stompe & Climb over walls, "Slight" improvements in Visuals while performing better than Crysis does on my system & few more. But there are few letdowns as well - NO advanced settings in Graphics options yet (might be in full ver), each time you jump, you jump in strength mode & use up your suit powers. More than that It's just annoying not to be able to jump normally sometimes. This is where I think console development affected the PC experience of Crysis 2. They kind of made the suit easily accessible, especially for controllers .. but It was never difficult to be a Pro in Crysis either. By turning on "Suit Shortcuts" in Crysis Options you could switch between different Suit Powers even faster, Also the Leaning ability has been removed which is a letdown as well. (I'm not sure, I think it's just for the MP part.. SP of Crysis 2 might have the leaning ability. And if it doesn't than this would probably be another effect that Console versions had over Crysis 2)

One really good addition is the Nano vision which changes the whole experience of Crysis2 MP (if you know how to use it well)

I found the demo to be alot of fun & plain awesome. So Sir "AnnoyedDragon" I've got better things to do than start a flame war or something here in Gamespot forums.

Pardon me if anyone is offended with my post. Sorry!

He called your post flamebait because this thread is about 500 posts of "F---ing thing sucks" and then you point out exactly what everyone says sucks as being awesome.

I am the only one having diffuclties installing the 1.2 patch for the demo? It just keeps telling me I don't have the demo installed on my computer. Tried reinstalling the demo but that did not help.

ZimpanX

[QUOTE="s_emi_xxxxx"]

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]

This must be flame bait.

Because 1) people argue Crysis's value is in the single player campaign, and you are saying Crysis 2's multiplayer is better than Crysis 1's single player. And 2) a lot of people have complained that Crysis 2 multiplayer is just a COD rip off with suit powers.

GummiRaccoon

As I said Crysis' SP is one of the most enjoyable experiences of gaming life. By now I can say I've spent around 200 hrs just playing & enjoying the awesome Singleplayer Crysis had to offer. I never played the MP part of it.. so I can't say how good/bad it was.

For me Crysis is an overall better game than Half-Life 2 & all of the COD games (just my opinion, do NOT be offended !) What I said was.. I've enjoyed the MP demo so much that I kinda feel bored when I touched SP of CW today.. even after months. So that might be the reason for it. Anyway you can't compare MP of 1 game to SP of the other.

What I felt good about the demo is the - Shooting mechanics, Little things like the ability to Air Stompe & Climb over walls, "Slight" improvements in Visuals while performing better than Crysis does on my system & few more. But there are few letdowns as well - NO advanced settings in Graphics options yet (might be in full ver), each time you jump, you jump in strength mode & use up your suit powers. More than that It's just annoying not to be able to jump normally sometimes. This is where I think console development affected the PC experience of Crysis 2. They kind of made the suit easily accessible, especially for controllers .. but It was never difficult to be a Pro in Crysis either. By turning on "Suit Shortcuts" in Crysis Options you could switch between different Suit Powers even faster, Also the Leaning ability has been removed which is a letdown as well. (I'm not sure, I think it's just for the MP part.. SP of Crysis 2 might have the leaning ability. And if it doesn't than this would probably be another effect that Console versions had over Crysis 2)

One really good addition is the Nano vision which changes the whole experience of Crysis2 MP (if you know how to use it well)

I found the demo to be alot of fun & plain awesome. So Sir "AnnoyedDragon" I've got better things to do than start a flame war or something here in Gamespot forums.

Pardon me if anyone is offended with my post. Sorry!

He called your post flamebait because this thread is about 500 posts of "F---ing thing sucks" and then you point out exactly what everyone says sucks as being awesome.

Why don't you get it on Steam then.. it must update itself thru Steam when it's installed

s_emi_xxxxx

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Ondoval

[QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Advid-Gamer

The bold underline italic red text are exactly why they spit in our eye then ask for our money with inferior products.

When they give us a crappy port, don't buy the game, and get all your friends to avoid buying it.

Vote with your money, and get everyone you know to do the same, then this will stop happening.

[QUOTE="Advid-Gamer"][QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

GummiRaccoon

The bold underline italic red text are exactly why they spit in our eye then ask for our money with inferior products.

When they give us a crappy port, don't buy the game, and get all your friends to avoid buying it.

Vote with your money, and get everyone you know to do the same, then this will stop happening.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="Advid-Gamer"] I guess its true direct console port confirmed, not even dx10 which has been around for years, thats total BS. I will be getting it anyways but this really is a slap in the face. I thought the game looked good enough but dx9 is ancient was really hoping retail would have more options. Suprised at this.Advid-Gamer

The bold underline italic red text are exactly why they spit in our eye then ask for our money with inferior products.

When they give us a crappy port, don't buy the game, and get all your friends to avoid buying it.

Vote with your money, and get everyone you know to do the same, then this will stop happening.

Then don't complain when they give us slop and call it steak.

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Ondoval

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Ondoval

[QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

mitu123

I remember that Far Cry had a succesful update with the patch that included the shader model 3.0 to the game, but I'm skeptical about future patching for Crysis 2. The thing is: if a game isn't native Direct X 11 the chances are that will never take full advantage from DX 11 features as tessellation, that must be build from the beguining in the code to became optimal in performance. Due some compromises were taked in both technicals and gameplay in order to support the multi-platform development for Crysis 2, I think that mods will be more important in the future to the way that te game looks than the official support. Anyway, future patching will have 0 impact in the size of the maps and such kind of things.

This doesn't mean that Crysis 2 on PC will look the same as in consoles; I saw vids and screenshots from the leak and the differences in modelling and texture quality and shadders are huge, but without DX 11 native support C2 seems unarmed against incoming DX 11 behemots as Frostbite's 2.0 "Battlefield 3"".

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Mmmm... the final version of the game is only Direct X 9. Not only Direct X 11 isn't supported, Direct X 10 is also out.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54045&page=55

Ondoval

I remember that Far Cry had a succesful update with the patch that included the shader model 3.0 to the game, but I'm skeptical about future patching for Crysis 2. The thing is: if a game isn't native Direct X 11 the chances are that will never take full advantage from DX 11 features as tessellation, that must be build from the beguining in the code to became optimal in performance. Due some compromises were taked in both technicals and gameplay in order to support the multi-platform development for Crysis 2, I think that mods will be more important in the future to the way that te game looks than the official support. Anyway, future patching will have 0 impact in the size of the maps and such kind of things.

This doesn't mean that Crysis 2 on PC will look the same as in consoles; I saw vids and screenshots from the leak and the differences in modelling and texture quality and shadders are huge, but without DX 11 native support C2 seems unarmed against incoming DX 11 behemots as Frostbite's 2.0 "Battlefield 3"".

[QUOTE="Advid-Gamer"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

The bold underline italic red text are exactly why they spit in our eye then ask for our money with inferior products.

When they give us a crappy port, don't buy the game, and get all your friends to avoid buying it.

Vote with your money, and get everyone you know to do the same, then this will stop happening.

GummiRaccoon

Then don't complain when they give us slop and call it steak.

I'm getting about 50 or so frames on Hardcore at 1920 x 1200 in the demo with my GTX 570. Buying another GTX 570 next week, can't wait!MGS-GrayFox

What is Hardcore? is that like high or very high, or Max quality?

[QUOTE="MGS-GrayFox"]I'm getting about 50 or so frames on Hardcore at 1920 x 1200 in the demo with my GTX 570. Buying another GTX 570 next week, can't wait!Lach0121

What is Hardcore? is that like high or very high, or Max quality?

[QUOTE="Lach0121"]

[QUOTE="MGS-GrayFox"]I'm getting about 50 or so frames on Hardcore at 1920 x 1200 in the demo with my GTX 570. Buying another GTX 570 next week, can't wait!bonafidetk

What is Hardcore? is that like high or very high, or Max quality?

Oh I see, So its kinda like the preset Max settings?

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"][QUOTE="Lach0121"]

What is Hardcore? is that like high or very high, or Max quality?

Lach0121

Oh I see, So its kinda like the preset Max settings?

Yep

Run really smooth on my GTX 260 on hardcore settings. The graphics are amazing :o. I didn't think this would run good at all but it does. I think this demo changed my mind and I might get it now.And for some reason I got a feeling of the older Unreal Tournament games :?.

brandojones

Just out of curiosity, why was this thread unstickied when the game hasn't even been released yet?the_ChEeSe_mAn2

Other threads were more important (DA2 ranting thread) and I don't like having a lot of stickies on a board. This isn't OT :P