IGN au REVIEWS CRYSIS=8.3!

During your first days with Crysis, you'll spend more time staring at the advanced graphics options menu and various tweak guides on the Net (which are going to see some amazing traffic spikes when Crysis hits shelves) than the lush jungles within the game. I know I did - every time I managed to get a playable frame rate, I'd dick around with the options to try and get more eye candy without sacrificing frame rate. Which never happened.

This poor performance is a massive slap to the face with a reality trout, and one that we should have known was coming given the game's poor performance in the beta and demo. Our test machine is by no means a slouch - with a Core 2 Duo processor overclocked to 3.3GHz, 2GB of DDRII-800 memory, a GeForce 8800GTX and 680i SLI motherboard, this ninja cuts through every other game like a ninjato through decomposing manatee flesh. Yet in Crysis, this machine is lucky to get 25 frames a second... with all settings on medium, a resolution of 1680 x 1050 and no anti-aliasing (which, by the way, appears to be incompatible with the game's higher level shaders). A crafty motion blur effect goes some way to hide the sloth-like framerate, making turning seem much smoother than it is, but it won't fool anybody after a short while.

Closing Comments:

For the 0.2% of the PC market that has an SLI system, Crysis is thebomb. For these lucky few, mind-blowing graphics elevate what would otherwise be just another solid shooter into the realm of must-have gaming. Sadly, for those of us without golden toothbrushes, private jets and PCs from the future, it remains just a solid shooter, that isn't in quite the same league as other recent triple A releases.

IGN AU gives Crysis a 8.3

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9.5 here...9.4 on IGN US, and 98 on PC gamer....

one small review isnt gonna matter after a lot of strong ones.

That's already been established as a fanboy rant of a review. It's two pages and he spends literally the entire first page whining about how he couldn't run it on very high. The reviewer also tries to say that the only thing everyone has been looking forward to in Crysis is the graphics, which also conveyed that he's basically a graphics whore, which is clearly why he was so upset at not being able to max the game out.

He's also completely exaggerating when it comes to the rig you need, seeing as how and I several other people with worse rigs than his run the game just fine on higher settings than he ran it on. He didn't even put shaders, the biggest graphical setting, above medium. Guy's completely clueless. If you want the graphics, you keep shaders on *high* and turn other, lesser important stuff down. I have a single GTX and run Crysis on very high (except shadows and motionblur on high), with even some ultra high settings tweaked in the configs, at 25+ FPS. And at 1680x1050 resolution. Gee. I'm neither a drug dealer, nor have an oil magnate grandfather, which he implies you must if you're somehow playing Crysis on very high.

He ultimately gave Crysis a ridiculous 8.5 in graphics and a puzzling 6.5 in sound. I'd truly love to see anybody attempt to defend this review on any logical ground.

wow thats too low

LOl. Hermits whats going? Can't play the full experience of Crysis with spending tons, huh?Cedmln

Atleast i don't have to wait next generation of consoles to play the game.

That's already been established as a fanboy rant of a review. It's two pages and he spends literally the entire first page whining about how he couldn't run it on very high. The reviewer also tries to say that the only thing everyone has been looking forward to in Crysis is the graphics, which also conveyed that he's basically a graphics whore, which is clearly why he was so upset at not being able to max the game out.

Zeliard9

This, writer was very unproffesional for letting his biases get in the way of his review.

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

That's already been established as a fanboy rant of a review. It's two pages and he spends literally the entire first page whining about how he couldn't run it on very high. The reviewer also tries to say that the only thing everyone has been looking forward to in Crysis is the graphics, which also conveyed that he's basically a graphics whore, which is clearly why he was so upset at not being able to max the game out.

bignice12

This, writer was very unproffesional for letting his biases get in the way of his review.

and yet zero punctuations review of halo 3 was praised by hermits and cows alike, purely because they dont like it (and are jealous).

[QUOTE="bignice12"][QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

That's already been established as a fanboy rant of a review. It's two pages and he spends literally the entire first page whining about how he couldn't run it on very high. The reviewer also tries to say that the only thing everyone has been looking forward to in Crysis is the graphics, which also conveyed that he's basically a graphics whore, which is clearly why he was so upset at not being able to max the game out.

marklarmer

This, writer was very unproffesional for letting his biases get in the way of his review.

and yet zero punctuations review of halo 3 was praised by hermits and cows alike, purely because they dont like it (and are jealous).

Who takes Zero punctuation reivews as serious? The guy doesn't even play MP, I just watch them for amusement because they are very comical.

9.5

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9.5
Editor's Choice, Superb, AAA, Not a Flop.

Yeah have yer pick.

/thread.

Nobody can even play Crysis on high settings, so why does it deserve high reviews? Gameplay looked boring as well... I think I'll stick with Counter Strike. Gameplay > GraphicsParkCarsHere

Hahahahaha hahahahaha!

"Yet in Crysis, this machine is lucky to get 25 frames a second"

WTF are they smoking? I get that much with my 8800gts on high.. Did IGN au get retarded?

Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)PS360Fanboy

This game is to sell hardware to the PC gamers that think World of Warcraft is a fun game. There is some fun stuff in Crysis but it's not worth all the money you would have to invest to play it at high settings and the PC has nothing else going for it.Big_Gamer_Al

[QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)_CivilizationX_

8.3 :lol:

[QUOTE="Big_Gamer_Al"]This game is to sell hardware to the PC gamers that think World of Warcraft is a fun game. There is some fun stuff in Crysis but it's not worth all the money you would have to invest to play it at high settings and the PC has nothing else going for it._CivilizationX_

I love the advertisements all over the box and even in the box , when you open it up and see a card for AlienWare computers and then they even have one for some special keyboard ,mouse and speakers - wow!!

PC games is all about getting the people from the World of Warcraft to buy hardware, too bad I'm from earth

[QUOTE="bignice12"][QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

That's already been established as a fanboy rant of a review. It's two pages and he spends literally the entire first page whining about how he couldn't run it on very high. The reviewer also tries to say that the only thing everyone has been looking forward to in Crysis is the graphics, which also conveyed that he's basically a graphics whore, which is clearly why he was so upset at not being able to max the game out.

marklarmer

This, writer was very unproffesional for letting his biases get in the way of his review.

and yet zero punctuations review of halo 3 was praised by hermits and cows alike, purely because they dont like it (and are jealous).

His Halo 3 review wasnt that bad ... all his reviews are good.

LOl. Hermits whats going? Can't play the full experience of Crysis with spending tons, huh?Cedmln

Says the kid who's front runner games don't even run at 720p... where is the 1080p?? PC gamers have been playing in 1080p for ages, whats the deal? Please, it's like laughing at someone who owns a Ferrari taunting him that the race track is closed for the winter -- while you drive your Civic around town.

[QUOTE="_CivilizationX_"][QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)PS360Fanboy

8.3 :lol:

9.5 at GS

[QUOTE="_CivilizationX_"][QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)PS360Fanboy

8.3 :lol:

Crysis (GOTY SOTY 2007 Confirmed)

Halo 3 (Honorable Mention)

[QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]

[QUOTE="_CivilizationX_"][QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)MadExponent

8.3 :lol:

Crysis (GOTY SOTY 2007 Confirmed)

Halo 3 (Honorable Mention)

It was a totally abysmal review.

Not the score - the review. Its increadably poorly written.

Oh well im enjoying the game.

[QUOTE="MadExponent"][QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]

[QUOTE="_CivilizationX_"][QUOTE="PS360Fanboy"]Now that'll show PC fanboy's :)rexoverbey

8.3 :lol:

Crysis (GOTY SOTY 2007 Confirmed)

Halo 3 (Honorable Mention)

It was a totally abysmal review.

Not the score - the review. Its increadably poorly written.

Oh well im enjoying the game.

skrat_01

I've been anticipating Crysis for almost 2 years. The beta was not enjoyable at all. And I can understand that because Beta stages are not meant to be enjoyable but to test out the game and report bugs, glitches andhardwarecompatibility problems. Buta demo is made for marketing purpose... to promote your game. And even the demo still left me unimpressed.

Its definitely AAA worthy game but nothing that appeals to me personally.

As for the dissapointing optimization... thats to be expecteddue to thehuge distance view wich makes the game very demanding in the first place.

Its definitely AAA worthy game but nothing that appeals to me personally.

PullTheTricker

It got 8/10 in GameCentral (channel 4) - points deductedfor spotty AI at times and overly linear ending.

As for this review, there must be something wrong with his PC unless he's running it in DX10 mode on Vista, otherwise he sounds really noobish with his claims on performance.

This game is to sell hardware to the PC gamers that think World of Warcraft is a fun game. There is some fun stuff in Crysis but it's not worth all the money you would have to invest to play it at high settings and the PC has nothing else going for it.Big_Gamer_Al

There's plenty of new games on the PC, what are you talking about.

:lol:

IGN being all crazy again.