[QUOTE="wok7"]The Media, manufactures, the Dev's themselves, etc.br0kenrabbit

It's wok7, he's like Nelson on the Simpsons. He just shows up out of nowhere to get his "haha" in, then runs off.

[QUOTE="Olidsc"][QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"]

This is why I will never envy PC gaming.

You'll need a fairly high-end system to make the game look its best. In that regard, Crysis really does embody everything that's both exciting and daunting about PC gaming. A dual-core CPU and the latest generation of video card can run the game at maximum detail settings capably, though you have to lower the resolution a bit to do so. It's doubtful that a system has been built yet that can run the game at ultra-high resolutions with all the graphical sliders maxed out. Dial down the detail settings to high, which is the next-lower setting, and Crysis still blows contemporary games out of the water. Results are a bit mixed at medium and low settings, though. At the lowest detail settings, objects pop in and out with a fair degree of consistency. It's annoying at best and frustrating at worst, as it can impact gameplay. Crysis does support both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, though the latter requires you run the game using Windows Vista. The visuals in DX9 are impressive, but they really come to life in DX10, provided you have the hardware.

I will never have to wonder if a game released on any of the consoles will look their best or be at its "highest settings."

Bread_or_Decide

Ego trip much?

I guess the knowledge that everyone can experience the game the same way is too much to ask for? Instead you have a small minority who will be playing a better version of the game than others.

Yeah sorry, doesn't appeal to me. I can play Bioshockon 360knowing its the game I was supposed toexperience and enjoy it on the same level as everyone else. None of this "will my hardware run it" craziness on the PC.

It completely depends on what you feel you were "supposed" to experience. If a few extra trees and a few pretty water reflection effects are really that important to you, then I don't know what to say. I generally judge games based on gameplay. The eye candy of a game may be amazing for about the first 10-15 minutes, but I personally stop really noticing it and pay more attention to enjoyable the game is.

edit: and as vandal pointed out, a console's "highest settings" still aren't the highest settings a decent gaming PC can give you. Why take pride in being offered the "highest settings possible" when the highest settings possible aren't guaranteed to be that great in the first place? In a year's time, being offered great graphics by the 360 will be like winning a gold medal at the special olympics. Yeah, it's the "best" you can get, but that doesn't mean it won't get totally outclassed elsewhere. All you're taking pride in is that no one else out there has received a better visual experience, and that's honestly a pretty pathetic argument. Do you choose to never ever buy a car because someone else out there has a ferrari?

This is why I will never envy PC gaming.

You'll need a fairly high-end system to make the game look its best. In that regard, Crysis really does embody everything that's both exciting and daunting about PC gaming. A dual-core CPU and the latest generation of video card can run the game at maximum detail settings capably, though you have to lower the resolution a bit to do so. It's doubtful that a system has been built yet that can run the game at ultra-high resolutions with all the graphical sliders maxed out. Dial down the detail settings to high, which is the next-lower setting, and Crysis still blows contemporary games out of the water. Results are a bit mixed at medium and low settings, though. At the lowest detail settings, objects pop in and out with a fair degree of consistency. It's annoying at best and frustrating at worst, as it can impact gameplay. Crysis does support both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, though the latter requires you run the game using Windows Vista. The visuals in DX9 are impressive, but they really come to life in DX10, provided you have the hardware.

I will never have to wonder if a game released on any of the consoles will look their best or be at its "highest settings."

Bread_or_Decide

Ego trip much?

I like FPS because it gives even a noob player a chance to kill some pros. Not like RTS where its very degrading to lose consistantly until you get halfway decent.

You probably won't miss much with Crysis multiplayer.

Swiftstrike5

Really that only applies to some of the newer more "casual friendly" team based FPS games. Back in ye olden days of Quake and UT, a single good player could absolutely destroy a n00b, denying him of every weapon on the map and just constantly instakilling him as soon as he spawns.

[QUOTE="dracula_16"]Have fun paying $2000 for one game.br0kenrabbit

Didn't you read his sig though? He's a 100% unbiased gamer, therefore he can't be lying!

Also I wonder what the score would've been had say Jeff G. reviewed it...