Please stop using Crysis as ownage

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]

[QUOTE="SUD123456"]

And posts like yours make me howl. Seeing as I don't give a crap about graphics, which you could have easily understood from my post had you been willing to look beyond your own pretensions.

SUD123456

Irrelevant, you posted and I responded, if you didn't want your post criticised you shouldn't have posted it.

Don't give a c**p? You sound mad. My criticism didn't strike a nerve did it?

No it made me laugh. Response based upon failure to comprehend is not criticism. However, it is amusing. This place is entertainment. Right now you are entertaining me. Hence why I am howling.

For one thing, the foliage in Crysis worked very well for cover and concealment. The foliage in Far Cry was pure eye candy. The enemy AI in Far Cry saw right through it while hiding them from my view. The most used function of the nanosuit for me is the cloak. It gives me the option to accomplish an objective using stealth. That's something I've never been able to do in Far Cry.

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

For one thing, the foliage in Crysis worked very well for cover and concealment. The foliage in Far Cry was pure eye candy. The enemy AI in Far Cry saw right through it while hiding them from my view. The most used function of the nanosuit for me is the cloak. It gives me the option to accomplish an objective using stealth. That's something I've never been able to do in Far Cry.

lowe0

Nope. I got the vest just before leaving the ruins. Can't miss it. I still got shot at with trees and grass all around and while prone. In fact, I'll play the game aagain......

Because it was boring. Because it was uninspired. Because it was completely forgettable.

Doctor-McNinja

For you maybe.

Yeah Crysis needs more Michael Bay scripted moments that make you scream OMGWTF. In fact forget the option to tackle the objectives how you choose. I want linear paths blocked by stacks of crates and boxes. :roll:

It scored 9.5/10, it's more than just graphics.Brainkiller05

[QUOTE="Brainkiller05"]It scored 9.5/10, it's more than just graphics.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="Brainkiller05"]It scored 9.5/10, it's more than just graphics.SaltyMeatballs

dont forget about its sound engine too. :roll:

Yeah, the only way your character could have been more visible in Far Cry is if he were wearing a bright red Hawaiian shirt.lowe0

On second thought, maybe you're right. A couple of hits at Realistic setting and the armor is gone. I applied several patches up to v1.4 and it feels new again. Playing it again....

Crysis a game that adjusts on the fly according to the players play style (something that Far Cry struggled at), and allows the player a high degree of freedom on approach, the Nanosuit being an extension of this (another thing Far Cry lacked).

Halo 3 is the same predictable Halo design with deployables.

Call of Duty 4 and MW2 are ironically two steps back in COD design, focusing more on desnse shooting galleries and cinematic scripting.

Killzone 2 is more or less the same as Call of Duty, with a greater emphasis on cover.

The Half Life 2 Episodes are rather uninspiring re-hashes of the HL2 formula down to pacing and puzzles, even if there is a high level of quality.

and so on.

So no Crysis is a great game, no wonder it achieved FPSGOTY and 9.5.

Yeah, the only way your character could have been more visible in Far Cry is if he were wearing a bright red Hawaiian shirt.lowe0

I started playing Far Cry (patched to v1.4) again at Realistic Difficulty. Unfortunately the same AI issue I had came up again right on the first level. I was inside a camo hut where the key card is. I had full health and armor. Unfortunately, the AI saw right through it and fired. Good thing there's a quicksave feature via console.

[QUOTE="ZippySlappy"][QUOTE="IronBass"]I have not played Crisis, so I can't judge how good it is. But it's true that here in SW it's mostly mentioned because of its graphics, which got boring after some time. Kinda like Gears, UC2, etc.IronBass

UC2 is not only mentioned because of it graphics. It's MOSTLY mentioned for them,there is a difference.

What's the difference between "mostly" and "MOSTLY"?

'Hey, look at this sweet new Vidoc bungie released for Halo Reach'

"Yeah well look at this picture of Crysis, owned!"

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'Man, i was playing some Mass Effect 2 earlier and i really liked the bit where -'

'The bit where it looked nowhere near as good as this Crysis picture!? YEAH, owned! That's on my rig, too!'

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I did it myself at the time, i admit. I posted a picture of Crysis running on my new PC, and boy did it look amazing. I installed some mods to make the textures even sharper, then posted even more pictures of it. But you know why i stopped bragging about it after a while? Because it was boring. Because it was uninspired. Because it was completely forgettable.

It featured the same-old, same-old Crytek gameplay of roaming around a very pretty looking island gunning down brain-dead AI while taking in the beautiful visuals. The multiplayer was absolutely worthless - even the revamped competitive offering in the Warhead expansion. It's a game i put on to impress my friends with the pretty graphics, and even that doesn't really make sense because it's not like i made the game.

In conclusion; if i could only play one game for the rest of my life out of Counter Strike Source, Halo 3, Half Life 2 or Crysis i know damn-well which game i WOULDN'T be picking. It makes no sense to continually use this game to 'own' others when it is essentially a pretty painting. Games are a package, an experiene. Graphics aren't enough on their own.

Doctor-McNinja

I don't mind if people bring it up when they're talking about x game being the best looking game ever... because those people are wrong. What annoys me is when people are talking about best looking CONSOLE game or just plain "look how stunning this looks! " and people feel the need to come it to say that no matter how good x game looks it'll never look as good as crysis. We all agree Crysis is the best looking game out there... doesn't mean other games should not be praised for their also stunning visuals!