Crysis is very innovative (without the graphics)

Alot of people who haven't played Crysis may assume that it is a regular FPS with better graphics. The word "Crysis" is basically synonymous with "good graphics" but never "innovation" or "new concept". However, after playing the game, I must say Crysis does indeed have great innovation - it is the first game to introduce your armor (not weapons) as a PRIMARY aspect of the game. Your suit can enable you to get high strength (kill enemies with your bare hands), let you run faster, get an armor boost, or go invisible. All of this can be done at ANY time during the game (no need to search corridors to find items or powerups for a 10 second speed boost). Crysis lets you do whatever whenever. If you come across a bunch of enemies, you can adjust your suit to however you please (its a matter of whether you want extra speed vs extra strength vs extra armor vs invisibilty to suit your combat style).

After saying that, I believe that the PC is best with this complex system. Many console FPS games suffer from a shortage of buttons (crawling in Halo 3 requires you to hold down the analog stick which is very annoying, they ran out of shoulder buttons for that feature). The Wii's motion sensing isn't that great either for this style. This complex gameplay style, due to the high skill management and fast reactions involved, would be best suited to the PC since it has great controls. The mouse offers great precision while the keyboard offers various functions to lots of keys. Your thoughts? Assuming that consoles could handle Crysis graphics, would Crysis be good on a controller in your perspective? I know that you can play Crysis is playable with a 360 controller on your PC, but that option is never too great.

i wouldnt say its innovative, although it has qualities that are rarely seen in those kinds of games

also, outrageously fun

i wouldnt say its innovative, although it has qualities that are rarely seen in those kinds of games

also, outrageously fun

shadow_hosi

[QUOTE="shadow_hosi"]

i wouldnt say its innovative, although it has qualities that are rarely seen in those kinds of games

also, outrageously fun

DivergeUnify

Thats like saying that Wii games with motion sensing are not innovative because GTA4 and Halo 3 don't use it. Innovative games can still be independant and thus non-influencing on other games IMO.

Alot of people who haven't played Crysis may assume that it is a regular FPS with better graphics. The word "Crysis" is basically synonymous with "good graphics" but never "innovation" or "new concept". However, after playing the game, I must say Crysis does indeed have great innovation - it is the first game to introduce your armor (not weapons) as a PRIMARY aspect of the game. Your suit can enable you to get high strength (kill enemies with your bare hands), let you run faster, get an armor boost, or go invisible. All of this can be done at ANY time during the game (no need to search corridors to find items or powerups for a 10 second speed boost). Crysis lets you do whatever whenever. If you come across a bunch of enemies, you can adjust your suit to however you please (its a matter of whether you want extra speed vs extra strength vs extra armor vs invisibilty to suit your combat style).

After saying that, I believe that the PC is best with this complex system. Many console FPS games suffer from a shortage of buttons (crawling in Halo 3 requires you to hold down the analog stick which is very annoying, they ran out of shoulder buttons for that feature). The Wii's motion sensing isn't that great either for this style. This complex gameplay style, due to the high skill management and fast reactions involved, would be best suited to the PC since it has great controls. The mouse offers great precision while the keyboard offers various functions to lots of keys. Your thoughts? Assuming that consoles could handle Crysis graphics, would Crysis be good on a controller in your perspective? I know that you can play Crysis is playable with a 360 controller on your PC, but that option is never too great.

PandaBear86

its definitely innovative, makes nvidia and ati churn out more graphic cards to milk hermits.

its a damm great idea. every new game thats out should just have more trees, more branches, more grass (which totally does not affect the game but more detailed surrounds and laggy gameplay) and will need a graphic card which is 2 times more powerful than the current best graphic card in the market.

thats $$$$-ing inoovative.

To be honest Crysis isnt that innovative.

Yes the Nanosuit is innovative in its own right, however what the game really does is ramp up the scale of everything - physics, eviroments, interactable objects, details, visuals, combat ect.

its definitely innovative, makes nvidia and ati churn out more graphic cards to milk hermits.

its a damm great idea. every new game thats out should just have more trees, more branches, more grass (which totally does not affect the game but more detailed surrounds and laggy gameplay) and will need a graphic card which is 2 times more powerful than the current best graphic card in the market.

thats $$$$-ing inoovative.

sdu_1111

Or Perfect Dark Zero was innovative in getting people to buy a 360 for a half baked FPS?

Hell Resistance too.

Alot of people who haven't played Crysis may assume that it is a regular FPS with better graphics. The word "Crysis" is basically synonymous with "good graphics" but never "innovation" or "new concept". However, after playing the game, I must say Crysis does indeed have great innovation - it is the first game to introduce your armor (not weapons) as a PRIMARY aspect of the game. Your suit can enable you to get high strength (kill enemies with your bare hands), let you run faster, get an armor boost, or go invisible. All of this can be done at ANY time during the game (no need to search corridors to find items or powerups for a 10 second speed boost). Crysis lets you do whatever whenever. If you come across a bunch of enemies, you can adjust your suit to however you please (its a matter of whether you want extra speed vs extra strength vs extra armor vs invisibilty to suit your combat style).

After saying that, I believe that the PC is best with this complex system. Many console FPS games suffer from a shortage of buttons (crawling in Halo 3 requires you to hold down the analog stick which is very annoying, they ran out of shoulder buttons for that feature). The Wii's motion sensing isn't that great either for this style. This complex gameplay style, due to the high skill management and fast reactions involved, would be best suited to the PC since it has great controls. The mouse offers great precision while the keyboard offers various functions to lots of keys. Your thoughts? Assuming that consoles could handle Crysis graphics, would Crysis be good on a controller in your perspective? I know that you can play Crysis is playable with a 360 controller on your PC, but that option is never too great.

PandaBear86

Combine Farcry's (PC) open world + Farcry Instinct's feral abilities (Xbox), you get Crysis!!!!

Not what I will call "innovative". Just a natural evolution for Crytek's next game.

In Farcry instict / predator, you get to use all the abilities of the nanosuit in Crysis cept invisibility. They just call it Feral Power. Run faster, jump higher, puch enemies flying, night vision...it's all there.

It's funny that no one else feel the similarity between the two.

BTW, anyone knows the Farcry instinct and Crysis from the same dev? or instinct from ubi?

Combine Farcry's (PC) open world + Farcry Instinct's feral abilities (Xbox), you get Crysis!!!!

Not what I will call "innovative". Just a natural evolution for Crytek's next game.

In Farcry instict / predator, you get to use all the abilities of the nanosuit in Crysis cept invisibility. They just call it Feral Power. Run faster, jump higher, puch enemies flying, night vision...it's all there.

It's funny that no one else feel the similarity between the two.

BTW, anyone knows the Farcry instinct and Crysis from the same dev? or instinct from ubi?

shogo1979

The suit worked as a suit - selectable, not alternating (eg you punch and you use your feral super swing), and powers were much more retalative to the enviroment (open world destroyable enviroment), and added much depth (dynamic a.i reactions, phyics, close quaters to ranged combat (strength = more accurate), unlike Far Cry Instincts. FCI's were all primarily for offensive purposes, what your could achieve tacitcally was little.

And yah Ubi developed Far Cry Instincts.

Though nope Crysis is quite different to FC1 - in many respects - even if its inital design is similar, and nothing like FCI. Its complexity is unmatched by any shooter.

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its definitely innovative, makes nvidia and ati churn out more graphic cards to milk hermits.

its a damm great idea. every new game thats out should just have more trees, more branches, more grass (which totally does not affect the game but more detailed surrounds and laggy gameplay) and will need a graphic card which is 2 times more powerful than the current best graphic card in the market.

thats $$$$-ing inoovative.

skrat_01

Or Perfect Dark Zero was innovative in getting people to buy a 360 for a half baked FPS?

Hell Resistance too.

Eh? Quake 1 was incredibly innovative. Not only was it the first 3D FPS, but it was the first shooter and one of the very first games in general playable online over the Internet, and as such it basically set the benchmark and standard for every FPS after it and online games in general.

Several aspects of its 3D engine, its networking code (i.e. client-side prediction), and its very deep customizability were all very influential. Online deathmatch, CTF, TF, machinima, bots, online tournament FPS leagues (which by extension greatly helped to popularize e-sports) and the entire concept of clans/guilds/gangs/etc all got their start with Quake 1 as well. The original Quake is basically the textbook definition of an innovative, revolutionary game.

Eh? Quake 1 was incredibly innovative. Not only was it the first 3D FPS, but it was the first shooter and one of the very first games in general playable online over the Internet, and as such it basically set the benchmark and standard for every FPS after it and online games in general.

Several aspects of its 3D engine, its networking code (i.e. client-side prediction), and its very deep customizability were all very influential. Online deathmatch, CTF, TF, machinima, bots, online tournament FPS leagues (which by extension greatly helped to popularize e-sports) and the entire concept of clans/guilds/gangs/etc all got their start with Quake 1 as well. The original Quake is basically the textbook definition of an innovative, revolutionary game.

Zeliard9

However you know in the context im using it in - it being 3, people buying video cards to play it.

Perhaps I should have said Unreal.

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i wouldnt say its innovative, although it has qualities that are rarely seen in those kinds of games

also, outrageously fun

DivergeUnify

Who said the nanosuit was what made Crysis innovative?

I wouldn't know lol, I haven't played the game.

And can't.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="shadow_hosi"]

i wouldnt say its innovative, although it has qualities that are rarely seen in those kinds of games

also, outrageously fun

mjarantilla

Who said the nanosuit was what made Crysis innovative?

Played it. Finished it. Decent game, quite fun. Way too short though. Far Cry was so much longer.

Multiplayer was pretty disappointing.

Oh and by the way it's not really that innovative is it. Their previous game, which I've just mentioned already did the same gameplay style.

The nanosuit is great and fun. "Very innovative" though? Not especially.