Crysis 2 'Be The Weapon' Trailer: AMAZING

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

Him: Crysis was boring. You: Your imagination is lacking. Me: ... what? That's an, erm, interesting assumption, although you do have an underlying point. The larger levels in Crysis 1 did allow for a nice degree of player freedom, despite still being an essentially linear experience. Shame that Crysis 2's levels have been cut down to adhere to the consoles, but it looks like they're trying to make up for it by varying the gameplay, so that's fine with me.

alexside1

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

Him: Crysis was boring. You: Your imagination is lacking. Me: ... what? That's an, erm, interesting assumption, although you do have an underlying point. The larger levels in Crysis 1 did allow for a nice degree of player freedom, despite still being an essentially linear experience. Shame that Crysis 2's levels have been cut down to adhere to the consoles, but it looks like they're trying to make up for it by varying the gameplay, so that's fine with me.

Lto_thaG

Well then that's something you enjoy. :P Personally I don't.

I play it on Delta though, running and gunning in Delta is a suicide mission most of the time.

Seriously, anyone who says Crysis is boring said it was too easy and they basically played it like Call of Duty. Run n gun the whole game on easy mode, which yeah, would make it pretty boring.DragonfireXZ95

Yeah that would be boring. It's not the most riveting experience on the market though, although it does let you approach situations in a couple different ways. Crysis 2's new set pieces and more focused levels are looking like a good thing to me right now, although I initially though they were a bad thing.

Awesome PC footage.

Finally!

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]Seriously, anyone who says Crysis is boring said it was too easy and they basically played it like Call of Duty. Run n gun the whole game on easy mode, which yeah, would make it pretty boring.psn8214

Yeah that would be boring. It's not the most riveting experience on the market though, although it does let you approach situations in a couple different ways. Crysis 2's new set pieces and more focused levels are looking like a good thing to me right now, although I initially though they were a bad thing.

Awesome PC footage.

Finally!

BigBoss154

I don't see why hermits are complaining, this looks like the best of a bad situation. Obviously the game was going to be tailored to consoles, but it looks extremely good so that's all I honestly care about.

Looking better and better. I am still pissed for building my rig last year for Crysis 2 lol.

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"][QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"] Seriously, anyone who says Crysis is boring said it was too easy and they basically played it like Call of Duty. Run n gun the whole game on easy mode, which yeah, would make it pretty boring.DragonfireXZ95

Well then that's something you enjoy. :P Personally I don't.

I play it on Delta though, running and gunning in Delta is a suicide mission most of the time.

That's only because Crysis didn't have all of the phony cinematic cutscenes like Call of Duty where it takes over and it's like a cinematic thrill ride. So playing it just to get to the cutscenes is a big downer. You actually have to enjoy the gameplay to enjoy Crysis.DragonfireXZ95

Were we talking about Call of Duty? No relevance to the discussion bro. Crysis' gameplay was good, though the gunplay wasn't all that. They could stand to make it a bit more visceral.

From a recent magazine preview (of the SP version on 360, the same level shown in the trailer):

'Holy ****' isn't a phrase you have much use for when you spend your days writing
about a five-year-old console. Once a console hits that grand old age, developers
typically know the hardware inside out, publishers know what the big franchises are
(and hence, where to invest their money), which all means that big leaps forward
simply don't happen.

Except nobody seems to have told Crytek this - because if you'd been in the room
with us when the German developer showed off the latest level of Crysis 2, Madison
Square, you'd have been witness to one of 360 gaming's true jaw-on-the-floor, holy
**** moments.

Yes, graphics should take a backseat to gameplay. But although there's
unquestionably a fine game behind those slick visuals, Crysis 2 represents such a
huge step up graphically from anything else you're likely to have played on the 360
to date, it automatically becomes your focal point when you first see it in action.

And all this from a studio that many of you may well never have heard of before, let
alone had much experience of its previous work. Hitherto now, Crytek, based in the
pleasant German city of Frankfurt, has focused exclusively on the PC, using the
platform's continually evolving hardware to craft ever more visually elaborate
first-person shooters.

This started with it's first poduct, Far Cry, and it's reputation for amazing
visuals was duly consilodated a few years ago witht the original Crysis. But
although Far Cry was subsequently ported to both the Xbox and 360 some years ago by
Ubisoft (with varying degrees of success), this is very much the first time Crytek
has attempted to make a console game itself.

Nevertheless, this relative inexperience with console gaming hasn't prevented it
from crafting one of the most impressive new shooters we've seen in a long time. The
passage of play we first witnessed, then played, certainly wasn't long - and being
the 360 version it wasn't running at the insane framerate and resoluton Crysis 2's
PC-exclusive predecessor was capable of shifting at - but it was enough to convince
us that, visually, this is a game that's another level up from the Call of Dutys,
Halos, and any other first person shooter you could care to mention.

The action kicked off on the edge of a crater. Rather than just being a generic
semi-spherical hole cut out of the ground and surrounded by buildings, it was clear
that Crytek has gone to incredible lengths to ensure everything looked and felt like
you were fighting in the remnants of a devestated city.

In some instances, you'll be moving along the old surface, now broken into slabs of
grass and tarmac that lay at jaunty angle to one another, or thrust into the air on
giant platforms or columns or earth and bedrock. At such points, it was possible to
see the stratified ground that was formally below the surface, with concrete steel
strengthening rods and foundations visible, along with rocks and earth and topped
with tarmac or grass. Other times, you'd find yourself picking your way past busted
up cars and over rubble, and there was even a collapsed segment of railway to
negotiate.

Look at the buildings either side and you'd notice that not only were they heavily
damaged, but you'd also see but you'd also see fires burning in the windows or very
convincing waterfalls cascading down their sides, presumably, from burst water
mains. A river of sorts was also flowing down one side of the area and puddles were
everywhere. Broken gas pipes protruded out of the now exposed ground, the gas they
once pumped into buildings burning as it exited their twisted, exposed ends. There
was even the crumpled remains of a destroyed elevated train track - included an
equally battered train on it.

Even the air and wind captured the sense of destruction perfectly. Walk past a clump
of long grass and you'd see and sway gently in the breeze, while embers and leaves
swirled in the air above and - in the case of leaves - could be subsequently found
floating in pools of water. Best of all, though, look into the distance and not only
would you see damaged skyscrapers with raging fires in them, you'd also notice a
convincingly brown haze from the smoke and dust such mass destruction would
inevitably have thrown up.

Perhaps most impressively of all, though, this barely covered a short portion of
the level - indeed, it's probably taken you longer to read about that segment than
it took us to finish it.

Amazingly, Crytek's CEO, Cevat Yerli, later revealed he was actually a little
disappointed by the demonstration his studio had laid on, claiming there were some
small graphical faults evident in the 360 build. Suffice to say, he must have had
sharper eyesight than us - because between the visual overload we were experiencing,
not to mention our attempts to focus on the gameplay, we didn't notice any of these
flaws.

360 Gamer

Possibly console footage? Even if it is PC footage, I really wouldn't mind. I played Crysis on medium the entire time, and I enjoyed it more for it's gameplay (which seems to be mostly intact) than it's graphics.

[QUOTE="BigBoss154"]

Awesome PC footage.

Finally!

ferret-gamer

I doubt it's console footage. I really do. But like you said, if that IS the PC version then call me underwhelmed. It must be medium settings at most.

I don't see why hermits are complaining, this looks like the best of a bad situation. Obviously the game was going to be tailored to consoles, but it looks extremely good so that's all I honestly care about.

Espada12

You recognise that a high end PC game has been changed considerably, more tailored to the console environment, and you wonder why some PC gamers are complaining?

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

I don't see why hermits are complaining, this looks like the best of a bad situation. Obviously the game was going to be tailored to consoles, but it looks extremely good so that's all I honestly care about.

AnnoyedDragon

You recognise that a high end PC game has been changed considerably, more tailored to the console environment, and you wonder why some PC gamers are complaining?

I know, and honestly it doesn't bother me anymore, my complaining is not going to stop it, all I can do is hope for the best of a bad situation. At least the entry bar for PC gaming is extremely lower thanks to that. Of course I love my occasional PC exclusive to push hardware, but again with mods and such most games are eventually adapted to fit the PC platform.

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"] I like running and gunning in Crysis.Lto_thaG

Well then that's something you enjoy. :P Personally I don't.

I play it on Delta though, running and gunning in Delta is a suicide mission most of the time.

From my experience, once you set it to normal and above, you're going to be spotted by boats that are miles away and you're going to be headshot quite often if you decide to go one on six, Cod style.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Confirmed... Consolized... :(Wasdie

Not at all. If you would have read any preview you would know that every tactical option in Crysis 1 is back. You still have plenty of options to tackle each objective.

Also, some of those enviroments looked quite large to me.

Wait, Crysis had "tactical options"? I thought it was just turn invisible, shoot, repeat. :P

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"]

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]

Well then that's something you enjoy. :P Personally I don't.

I play it on Delta though, running and gunning in Delta is a suicide mission most of the time.

Filthybastrd

From my experience, once you set it to normal and above, you're going to be spotted by boats that are miles away and you're going to be headshot quite often if you decide to go one on six, Cod style.

I want to buy this game now!

I know, and honestly it doesn't bother me anymore, my complaining is not going to stop it, all I can do is hope for the best of a bad situation. At least the entry bar for PC gaming is extremely lower thanks to that. Of course I love my occasional PC exclusive to push hardware, but again with mods and such most games are eventually adapted to fit the PC platform.

Espada12

I wouldn't be surprised if people ported over all the Crysis 1 assets if Crytek messes this one up.

It's just a shame to see a game 'possibly' become technically inferior to its three year old predecessor, but such is the times.

And that's how you make a game.

I'm as much of a Hermit and Crysis fan as they come and I say that looked fun. I think Crytek did a wise choice leaving the jungles for NY.

My fellow Hermits, if it's trees you want, there will be battles to be fought in the central park, now think about that.

The graphics look good enough. I'll save my final judgement though till I have the game up and running totally maxed out.

From a recent magazine preview (of the SP version on 360, the same level shown in the trailer):

[QUOTE="360 Gamer"]

NotTarts

Possibly console footage? Even if it is PC footage, I really wouldn't mind. I played Crysis on medium the entire time, and I enjoyed it more for it's gameplay (which seems to be mostly intact) than it's graphics.

Thanks for this. So far 3 positive previews of the game.

Here's a visual representation of the area he's talking about.

Does anyone else think the gun is too far left when firing from the hip in all first person shots/footage? It doesn't look like it's aiming at the centre of the screen.

Im surprised that people are finding the gameplay really good... it was always amazing :D gonna post this incase we get any people saying " Crysis is average/boring"

Best Shooter

"It was this open-ended, emergent gameplay--the ability to let us tackle out challenges in whatever way we wished while requiring us to think on our feet that helped the game squeak pass impressive shooters such as the highly addictive Call of Duty 4, the extremely polished Halo 3, the creepy and distinctive Bioshock, and the jam-packed game known as The Orange Box--all of which are genuinely exceptional games in their own right that are absolutely, positively worth your while. But for being able to make us feel like an incredibly lethal and intelligent predator in a way that perhaps no other game has done, Crysis takes this award"

Looks decent. I probably won't get it until it is $5 on steam. It just looks too different from the original which i liked a lot.

Im surprised that people are finding the gameplay really good... it was always amazing :D gonna post this incase we get any people saying " Crysis is average/boring"

devious742

I think Crysis is just one of those games that since the graphics are so good, people assume it's gameplay must be trash, Killzone 2 also gets treatment like that.

Hot dang! Disregarding of the quality of the visuals, the tech behind C2 is a generation ahead of the original :shock: Game play looks pretty epic as well. I'm really liking that sliding maneuver.

From a recent magazine preview (of the SP version on 360, the same level shown in the trailer):

[QUOTE="360 Gamer"]

'Holy ****' isn't a phrase you have much use for when you spend your days writing
about a five-year-old console. Once a console hits that grand old age, developers
typically know the hardware inside out, publishers know what the big franchises are
(and hence, where to invest their money), which all means that big leaps forward
simply don't happen.

Except nobody seems to have told Crytek this - because if you'd been in the room
with us when the German developer showed off the latest level of Crysis 2, Madison
Square, you'd have been witness to one of 360 gaming's true jaw-on-the-floor, holy
**** moments.

Yes, graphics should take a backseat to gameplay. But although there's
unquestionably a fine game behind those slick visuals, Crysis 2 represents such a
huge step up graphically from anything else you're likely to have played on the 360
to date, it automatically becomes your focal point when you first see it in action.

And all this from a studio that many of you may well never have heard of before, let
alone had much experience of its previous work. Hitherto now, Crytek, based in the
pleasant German city of Frankfurt, has focused exclusively on the PC, using the
platform's continually evolving hardware to craft ever more visually elaborate
first-person shooters.

This started with it's first poduct, Far Cry, and it's reputation for amazing
visuals was duly consilodated a few years ago witht the original Crysis. But
although Far Cry was subsequently ported to both the Xbox and 360 some years ago by
Ubisoft (with varying degrees of success), this is very much the first time Crytek
has attempted to make a console game itself.

Nevertheless, this relative inexperience with console gaming hasn't prevented it
from crafting one of the most impressive new shooters we've seen in a long time. The
passage of play we first witnessed, then played, certainly wasn't long - and being
the 360 version it wasn't running at the insane framerate and resoluton Crysis 2's
PC-exclusive predecessor was capable of shifting at - but it was enough to convince
us that, visually, this is a game that's another level up from the Call of Dutys,
Halos, and any other first person shooter you could care to mention.

The action kicked off on the edge of a crater. Rather than just being a generic
semi-spherical hole cut out of the ground and surrounded by buildings, it was clear
that Crytek has gone to incredible lengths to ensure everything looked and felt like
you were fighting in the remnants of a devestated city.

In some instances, you'll be moving along the old surface, now broken into slabs of
grass and tarmac that lay at jaunty angle to one another, or thrust into the air on
giant platforms or columns or earth and bedrock. At such points, it was possible to
see the stratified ground that was formally below the surface, with concrete steel
strengthening rods and foundations visible, along with rocks and earth and topped
with tarmac or grass. Other times, you'd find yourself picking your way past busted
up cars and over rubble, and there was even a collapsed segment of railway to
negotiate.

Look at the buildings either side and you'd notice that not only were they heavily
damaged, but you'd also see but you'd also see fires burning in the windows or very
convincing waterfalls cascading down their sides, presumably, from burst water
mains. A river of sorts was also flowing down one side of the area and puddles were
everywhere. Broken gas pipes protruded out of the now exposed ground, the gas they
once pumped into buildings burning as it exited their twisted, exposed ends. There
was even the crumpled remains of a destroyed elevated train track - included an
equally battered train on it.

Even the air and wind captured the sense of destruction perfectly. Walk past a clump
of long grass and you'd see and sway gently in the breeze, while embers and leaves
swirled in the air above and - in the case of leaves - could be subsequently found
floating in pools of water. Best of all, though, look into the distance and not only
would you see damaged skyscrapers with raging fires in them, you'd also notice a
convincingly brown haze from the smoke and dust such mass destruction would
inevitably have thrown up.

Perhaps most impressively of all, though, this barely covered a short portion of
the level - indeed, it's probably taken you longer to read about that segment than
it took us to finish it.

Amazingly, Crytek's CEO, Cevat Yerli, later revealed he was actually a little
disappointed by the demonstration his studio had laid on, claiming there were some
small graphical faults evident in the 360 build. Suffice to say, he must have had
sharper eyesight than us - because between the visual overload we were experiencing,
not to mention our attempts to focus on the gameplay, we didn't notice any of these
flaws.

NotTarts

Possibly console footage? Even if it is PC footage, I really wouldn't mind. I played Crysis on medium the entire time, and I enjoyed it more for it's gameplay (which seems to be mostly intact) than it's graphics.

It could be...

mitu123

None of this video was actual gameplay. No ammo on scree, no map, no health bar. Pretty though. Looked like PC trailer.caseypayne69

[QUOTE="caseypayne69"]None of this video was actual gameplay. No ammo on scree, no map, no health bar. Pretty though. Looked like PC trailer.ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

It could be...

windsquid9000

The MyCrysis video looks jaggy because the video is scaled down incorrectly. Even the PEGI 16 text is jaggy :lol:

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

It could be...

windsquid9000

it still looks downright amazing :)

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="Teh_Can"]

That must be console footage, pay attention to the jaggies and how blurry the textures are here for example:

AnnoyedDragon

Water looks terrible, major step back from Crysis 1 there. PC version will hopefully fix that.

To be honest if someone were to show me that shot and ask me to guess which engine it was, I'd say Unreal Engine 3.

It just lacks that CryEngine 2 feel.

I agree, from the video it doesn't look that good, why are people so amazed by it? If it's a console version then it's certainly a step up, if that's the pc version, then it's watered down.

Damn! Is this console footage? If this is from 360 or PS3 this is a damn shame. The engineering and talent it would take to make a multiplat game look that good on consoles = :O. This has to be PC footage.

For awhile I wasn't too excited for Crysis after seeing the so-so MP demos. This new trailer re-ignited my anticipation! Gunplay looks be some of the most fun in the FPS arena (on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

looks like a generic shooter that came out in '05 to me.

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

TREAL_Since

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

looks like a generic shooter that came out in '05 to me.

COBHC_reaper

Damn! Is this console footage? If this is from 360 or PS3 this is a damn shame. The engineering and talent it would take to make a multiplat game look that good on consoles = :O. This has to be PC footage.

For awhile I wasn't too excited for Crysis after seeing the so-so MP demos. This new trailer re-ignited my anticipation! Gunplay looks be some of the most fun in the FPS arena (on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

TREAL_Since

the gunplay looks amazing indeed. We will see many Killzone 3 vs. Crysis 2 threads I'm sure. Both are visually stunning, and look to have top notch gameplay as well.

Both will be downright awesome :D

looks like a generic shooter that came out in '05 to me.

COBHC_reaper

no.

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

psn8214

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

TREAL_Since

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

you're not over exaggerating 8)

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

TREAL_Since

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

I thought you were referring to gunplay. :P Yeah, all that does look sick. I'm looking forward to exploring the verticality of the levels. I always like that in games.

None of this video was actual gameplay. No ammo on scree, no map, no health bar. Pretty though. Looked like PC trailer.caseypayne69

[QUOTE="caseypayne69"]None of this video was actual gameplay. No ammo on scree, no map, no health bar. Pretty though. Looked like PC trailer.DragonfireXZ95

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

DragonfireXZ95

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

gunplay he said. Which is correct. Gameplay is subjective anyway :P

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

(on par with or possibly better than KZ3 and Bodycount).

DragonfireXZ95

If its anything like Crysis, than no way it's Killzone level. It definitely looks improved in Crysis 2, but we need to see more.

It had better gunplay.