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

I was playing a bit yeaterday. I did play extensively Crysis Wars in the past (over 320 hours), and more than 130 hours betwee Crysis & Warhead campaigns. My impressions:

Playing at hardcore settings, at 2560 x 1440, with a i720, 6 GB of RAM and with a 5870 under W7 Ultimate 64:

The good: excellent performance, around 35 fps average despite the huge resolution; the framerrate was always solid and smooth.

The bad: eveything else. The menu is horrible, worst one for a PC port since UT III; the lack of options is abysmal, doesn't support console commands; the temporal antialiasing filter is beyond awful and combined with the over the top HDR and the motion blur makes the game the fps with the worst image quality I saw in my life. As long as yo ustat to move everything turns blurry; cloack mode is unnecesary, due the high contrast between areas, the TAA and HDR makes you constantly unaware about what the hell is happening around you.

Gameplay wise, the need to hold the right mouse bottun in orderto keep the zoom entirely destroys the gunplay to me. You can kill fast, but your movements are slow and the "nanosuit supersoldier" moves like a fat turtle. The game lacks deep in the teamwork department; as COD, is a run 'n gun. To nail the coffin, uses Gamespy as network (not as bad as GFWL, but not much better, to be honest).

Big dissapoint. Feels and looks as a console game, with console graphics, controls and options. I was waiting the demo to chose between the nano edition of the game and the regular one and today I'm chgoosing between buying the game at the release or waiting for a sale a few months after...

played two matches, game seems fun, graphics are very good except seems a bit washed out. at 1680x1050 was getting 60 fps always. both cards at 98%. the primary card went to 72c, which is more than any othe game. the game runs very smooth. for a small sample of it it looks good. i just hope they include tank maps like in crysis wars. the graphics are good i think when its released they will be much better though.

If you have an SLi setup, download this sli profile:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-multigpu-SLI-profile-update-v7-driver.html

I'm getting 60fps consistently, GTX 460 sli (reference clock), HARDCORE settings, 1920x1200 resolution.

So if you're planning to play Crysis 2 MP demo until the day it expires, this will help. The multiplayer is "growing on me" though. But I won't be spending so much time on it because I don't want to spoil myself before the actual game comes out. As for AMD/CrossfireX, I have no clue guys. Sorry.

[QUOTE="dos4gw82"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] Sounds like peer to peer to me. KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Inconsistancy"]Jeeze, so much 'extremely unimpressed', 'unrealistic', 'sli doesn't work (most likely just unsupported atm, there's supposed to be some stuff for it soon anyway).

I for one, like a bit of 'unrealistic' gameplay for my shooters, I loved Quake and Wolfenstein: ET, those in no way were realistic, but fun as hell. However, the lack of cheesy weapons, and silly objectives.. imo, needs to get modded in.

I don't care for the Pier 17 map, it feels too cramped and open at the same time, I dunno how they managed that. Skyline is half useless, with the indoors section just being very under used, almost never saw combat indoors 'cept when the pod was downstairs, and even then... there wasn't much.Inconsistancy

I respect your opinion and you seem like a very reasonable person but Crytek made a huge impact with Crysis on the PC gaming world back in 2007. They got us upgrading our PC's, building new ones, and benchmarking just for the sake of benchmarking. It was a surge that the PC gaming community needed and I feel with Crysis 2, it took all that away in one foul swoop. The original Crysis was and still is, one of best looking games on a technical level. It set new standards that games in the future from that time, couldn't even begin to fathom. With Crysis 2, I feel like I'm playing a completely different game. Patching DX11, patching Sli support after launch? Whut? I might be jumping to conclusions but all the features seemed to be hacked away. And who releases an MP demo unless you're DICE? I'm skeptical but I still have faith that the single player campaign will be worthwhile. Hence why I'm keeping my pre-order. Don't get me wrong here. Just sayin' from what I'm seeing.

1. @Patching, no, driver updates from ati/nvidia will cover it, it's going to ship with dx11 supported, I will admit the game has seen a bit of that dreaded consolization, and that will hold back it's graphics a bit... but other games are looking more demanding this time 'round, like The Witcher 2.

2. DEMO not final release. ~"is not an example of the product's final quality"

3. Graphics are useless w/o gameplay, if I want only eye candy, I can play any Final Fantasy game (8+), sure it's not real time, but it's damn pretty. While Crysis 1 was pretty, I thought it was horribly boring.

Graphics king of 2004 was Doom3, but HL2 was w/o a doubt a better game.

Those of you complaining about not having a sight toggle obviously haven't looked in the options... I feel that toggle should have been set as the default option, but let's actually try to open our eyes before whining allright?MGS-GrayFox

played two matches, game seems fun, graphics are very good except seems a bit washed out. at 1680x1050 was getting 60 fps always. both cards at 98%. the primary card went to 72c, which is more than any othe game. the game runs very smooth. for a small sample of it it looks good. i just hope they include tank maps like in crysis wars. the graphics are good i think when its released they will be much better though.

chris24l

Don't get me wrong, I think the game has some issue, but I've been having a lot of fun. Even though the gameplay is heavily inspired by CoD, I think the gameplay is fun because the nanosuit has changed how I've approached combat. Yes, the lack of options is a huge blow (which I hope will be remedied by release...), but I find it to be a very enjoyable multiplayer experience. PS: Crappy AA blurring has to go...

Those of you complaining about not having a sight toggle obviously haven't looked in the options... I feel that toggle should have been set as the default option, but let's actually try to open our eyes before whining allright?MGS-GrayFox

In what part of the disfunctional menu can be changed, please? I'm not used to navigate in such limited console-kind of interface and wasn't aware of the option...

[QUOTE="MGS-GrayFox"]Those of you complaining about not having a sight toggle obviously haven't looked in the options... I feel that toggle should have been set as the default option, but let's actually try to open our eyes before whining allright?Ondoval

In what part of the disfunctional menu can be changed, please? I'm not used to navigate in such limited console-kind of interface and wasn't aware of the option...

I respect your opinion and you seem like a very reasonable person but Crytek made a huge impact with Crysis on the PC gaming world back in 2007..Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]I respect your opinion and you seem like a very reasonable person but Crytek made a huge impact with Crysis on the PC gaming world back in 2007..Gooeykat

is there third person view? i like crysis 2 demo, its fun, hopefully the weapons wil be less washed out

it uses your login credentials from the mycrysis website, if that helps.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]I respect your opinion and you seem like a very reasonable person but Crytek made a huge impact with Crysis on the PC gaming world back in 2007..Gooeykat

it is a bit irritating at first for me to, try to create a new email account like gmail or whatever then use it for mycrysis with a new password and try to log on with that in crysis2

I hav 580gtx and have been playing on Hardcore setting. Graphics seem ok , not blown away. runs very smooth tho.

I find the multiplayer though to be horrible. I will be sticking to single player only.

Is it just me or the graphics have a sort of hazy look about them? Like too much bloom maybe?

Hoping the SP is better in terms of graphics.

it's no wonders pc gaming is going extinct. i could keep going on but i find it useless. **** i really miss the old days.

j2345

[QUOTE="j2345"]

it's no wonders pc gaming is going extinct. i could keep going on but i find it useless. **** i really miss the old days.

mitu123

So I skipped a lot of pages in this thread, but I am I the only one enjoying this demo :( Yeah it might not look as good as it could have but I'm really enjoying myself in every match I play. Looks and runs a whole lot better than black ops too :P

Lol i just got the most accurate award... With a 360 controller!

Okay maybe mostly playing with the shotgun had something to do with it. :P

So I skipped a lot of pages in this thread, but I am I the only one enjoying this demo :( Yeah it might not look as good as it could have but I'm really enjoying myself in every match I play. Looks and runs a whole lot better than black ops too :P

Evz0rz

Anyone else having problems connecting to a match?

[QUOTE="Evz0rz"]

So I skipped a lot of pages in this thread, but I am I the only one enjoying this demo :( Yeah it might not look as good as it could have but I'm really enjoying myself in every match I play. Looks and runs a whole lot better than black ops too :P

KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="Evz0rz"]

So I skipped a lot of pages in this thread, but I am I the only one enjoying this demo :( Yeah it might not look as good as it could have but I'm really enjoying myself in every match I play. Looks and runs a whole lot better than black ops too :P

KHAndAnime

to be honest I was expecting a compromise between Crysis Wars and CoD-type, class/kit-based gameplay. Large map with fun but medium-paced gameplay. A blend of Battlefield and Call of Duty, if you will.

Instead we got tiny maps with simple but crazy fast gameplay.

Its not bad, just not what I was expecting. I think I will get a lot of fun out of it personally, once I get the actual game (Gamespy and/or the demo is currently broken).

This is what happens when you source your entire multiplayer component to a console game developer.

Omg, this is irritating. I can log into GameSpy website without any problems, but it won't let me log into Crysis 2 with that account. So I go to make a new account in Crysis 2 and it tells me my email is in use. I go to the MyCrysis website and go to recover my password, it tells me the email is not recognised????C_Rule

Having the same problem. Every email I use is "already in use" when trying to create an account in game, even an email address I created 2 minutes ago. Using their website, it hangs on "account being created".

Anyone else having problems connecting to a match?

theintrospect79

Yep. And we're not the only ones.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1777417

This demo is just... just awful.

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

Anyone else having problems connecting to a match?

broken_bass_bin

Yep. And we're not the only ones.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1777417

This demo is just... just awful.

[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

Anyone else having problems connecting to a match?

haris12121212

Yep. And we're not the only ones.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1777417

This demo is just... just awful.

Crysis is a planned trilogy.

Crysis 2 took over 2 and a half years to make, maybe more.

It is hyped to surpass Crysis 1 in graphics because that game set the bar in graphics.

It's also developed on consoles and it shows in every area.

DX11 had to be patched.

This is why PC owners are upset, and I can't blame them, I don't hate the demo but it was clearly designed for consoles 1st, unlike BF3 which was designed for PC 1st. Now we must wait until the final build and when DX11 arrives to see if there's any hope left.

Though it's obvious that the campaign is the main reason why Crysis is great and I hope this game does well with it.

Ok so were you guys just lucky you managed log in/create an account at a certain time because its what two days now and I'm still stuck on the login screen. Gamespy login doesn't work, mycrysis is down, and in game account creation is also no good. Steam has me logged for a couple of hours now as played even though I haven't even been able to play it:lol:

If they thought demand was too high they can count on pc demand going down the drain now.

If you have an SLi setup, download this sli profile:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-multigpu-SLI-profile-update-v7-driver.html

I'm getting 60fps consistently, GTX 460 sli (reference clock), HARDCORE settings, 1920x1200 resolution.

So if you're planning to play Crysis 2 MP demo until the day it expires, this will help. The multiplayer is "growing on me" though. But I won't be spending so much time on it because I don't want to spoil myself before the actual game comes out. As for AMD/CrossfireX, I have no clue guys. Sorry.

Elann2008

I'm willing to give this game a chance to prove itself on release even if the demo hasn't impressed me.

Coming from being a HUGE! original crysis fan(beta'd and got free club sli t-shirt), i still love playing it and warhead a ton. SLi support has always been poorly implanted into the Crysis series, which saddens me, as the original crysis was a game that could really use every last bit of power. I LOVED! the original crysis(and warhead) and it stood tall and still does to this day. after just trying to bear the opening video on "mulitplayer" then i see "press start button" At this point im PISSED! okay i set the grapics to "hardcore" join a server, WoW this game **** SUCKS! im so disapointed. i don't wanna hear people say "oh it's still in beta/testing phase"...........i remeber all that BS from the original crysis, how it will be more optimized with the final release....which was a huge load of BS. Fact Crysis 2 has been greatly nerfd of all it's glory so it can be played on consoles with their horrible fanboys. Since the completion of Crysis(1) I've been greatly looking foward to continuing where i left off. But for the first time in my life I'm going to cancel my pre-order. the suit(more advaced and newer) should be more complex and far more effient you would think.....being as it takes place 2 years after crysis(1). but no...it's simple now to make it "easy" to use for console players. The thing that made Crysis(1) unique was it was completely different then antyhing else... freedom, advanced suit control, complete weapon customization, having unparalleled graphics. No now i feel like im playing just another run and gun(doom3, COD) FPS. And the games i love(d) are being toned down in every aspect as to make it more suitable for POS consoles......why even bother building a powerhouse computer anymore?!??! and why on gods earth can i not have custom graphic option?! Demo is supposed to give you a good idea of how the game will be and reflect the overall quality, food for thought. so 4 years and this is what were gonna get? it's no wonders pc gaming is going extinct. i could keep going on but i find it useless. **** i really miss the old days.

j2345

i finally realized the graphics stink, i can't believe it. the first crysis is ten times better in graphics, crysis 2 looks like a ps2 game, it better get better, geeez

I do find it funny that the game looks much worse than the first Crysis yet it requires so much more. Better optimized my ass.SF_KiLLaMaN

I don't think it really requires a stronger overall machine to run than the first Crysis and Warhead. I do agree that it looks significantly worse than the CryEngine2 games (all fuzzy, washed-out, too much HDR, and what is that filter/film grain? ughhhh).

They seem to have taken a big step backwards with the console involvement. I'm very sad. I hope that somehow the single player turns out better, and the visuals are far crisper with DX11 in full version.

That demo is not helping the game at all. As of right now I still can't play because of the problrms that Crytek keeps having with their servers and the fact that I can't make an account. I tried watching other people play the demo on youtube and so far it looks plain. This was nothing more then a console demo that said "PC" now maybe the actual full game won't be like this but the point of a demo is to make people want to buy the game not hate it.

So I skipped a lot of pages in this thread, but I am I the only one enjoying this demo :( Yeah it might not look as good as it could have but I'm really enjoying myself in every match I play. Looks and runs a whole lot better than black ops too :P

Evz0rz

I liked it too, it's pretty fun. And... Black Ops runs poorly?! It runs at 60 FPS on the Xbox 360 most of the time (I do know it's sub HD with 2XAA but it's still able to sustain a stable framerate) so Treyarch must have really messed up the game.

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]I do find it funny that the game looks much worse than the first Crysis yet it requires so much more. Better optimized my ass.hartsickdiscipl

I don't think it really requires a stronger overall machine to run than the first Crysis and Warhead. I do agree that it looks significantly worse than the CryEngine2 games (all fuzzy, washed-out, too much HDR, and what is that filter/film grain? ughhhh).

They seem to have taken a big step backwards with the console involvement. I'm very sad. I hope that somehow the single player turns out better, and the visuals are far crisper with DX11 in full version.

i finally realized the graphics stink, i can't believe it. the first crysis is ten times better in graphics, crysis 2 looks like a ps2 game, it better get better, geeez

chris24l

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]I do find it funny that the game looks much worse than the first Crysis yet it requires so much more. Better optimized my ass.SF_KiLLaMaN

I don't think it really requires a stronger overall machine to run than the first Crysis and Warhead. I do agree that it looks significantly worse than the CryEngine2 games (all fuzzy, washed-out, too much HDR, and what is that filter/film grain? ughhhh).

They seem to have taken a big step backwards with the console involvement. I'm very sad. I hope that somehow the single player turns out better, and the visuals are far crisper with DX11 in full version.

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

I don't think it really requires a stronger overall machine to run than the first Crysis and Warhead. I do agree that it looks significantly worse than the CryEngine2 games (all fuzzy, washed-out, too much HDR, and what is that filter/film grain? ughhhh).

They seem to have taken a big step backwards with the console involvement. I'm very sad. I hope that somehow the single player turns out better, and the visuals are far crisper with DX11 in full version.

gameguy6700

IGN article regarding the visual options in the PC version.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1153248p1.html

"Offered in the graphic menu tab are options for resolution, fullscreen, v-sync and system spec. The system spec option can be toggled between gamer, advanced and hardcore settings. So the question is, will these more limited options be present in the final version of the game? "

"We'll look at whether that's a possibility," said Nathan Camarillo, executive producer at Crytek. Right now Crytek is monitoring fan feedback and will determine later what might be able to change. "When we did the 360 demo, as an example, we looked at all the top line issues that everybody reported. We addressed a very high percentage of those. We will use this opportunity in the same way."

At least they said something about it...