[Toasty]

Are you kidding? It's the most realistic physics engine to date.

And if I remember right, one of the Half Life 2 games used the Havoc engine.

And there's a crapload of Crysis mods out, or ones in development that change the game into something entirely different. A James Bond mod is among them, along with the WWII one WD was talking about.


But last Friday, my friend brought his PC over to my house and we hooked it up to my 54" high-def TV. =D The bass. was. AWESOME. You haven't played this game until you've heard it in 6.1 surround sound. :joy:

[Caael]

I've seen a Tomb Raider mod being made as well for Crysis which looks pretty sweet.

Lol Toasty I did that with my 360 and Halo, but with 8.1 speakers and a 42" TV

[Toasty]

Meh, surround sound is suround sound to me, at least as long as it's 5.1 or greater. The only difference is the quality of the speakers, and I've got JBL's. =D Besides, my TV's bigger. :joy:

And that's a 360 with Halo. THIS was a PC with Crysis.

[Caael]

Yes yes I know but I dont have many other games on 360 lol.

Oh, and I read in a magazine that because Crysis isn't doing very well they're going to try and port it to 360 because of bad sales. Dont hold my word for it though, I only read it in a magazine.

[Toasty]

The 360 won't be able to handle it's awesomeness, or it's power demand. The physics and AI will more than likely be dumbed down a bit.

[Split Infinity]

Toasty, on Feb 12 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Are you kidding? It's the most realistic physics engine to date.

And if I remember right, one of the Half Life 2 games used the Havoc engine.

ALL of the Half Life 2 games use the Havok engine. But that's not what I'm asking about, I meant the CryEngine2.

[Caael]

I said dont quote me on it, I dont know if its real. I'm just a messenger.

[Someone Else]

Split Infinity, on Feb 12 2008, 01:37 AM, said:

ALL of the Half Life 2 games use the Havok engine. But that's not what I'm asking about, I meant the CryEngine2.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/CryENGINE2

It's a renderer, animation, and physics engine, along with crapload of other stuff all packed into one. Most games like Halo use at least two engines, one for graphics and another for physics.

It has everything that's been done before in one and more, basically.

The Source engine used by Valve is using a modification of the Havok engine for physics.

Anyway, Unreal 4 has been in the works for a while... just read it yourself.

[Toasty]

Split Infinity, on Feb 12 2008, 01:37 AM, said:

ALL of the Half Life 2 games use the Havok engine. But that's not what I'm asking about, I meant the CryEngine2.

Split, don't be retarded. I was talking about the CryEngine 2.

[Caael]

Film
Crytek announced that a film of Crysis is in the works. It is currently unknown which production company will make the film.


Found on the wiki page on Crysis.

[Someone Else]

Why do all video games need to be movies? Gar. Well, they could do worse than a movie of Crysis I guess. The "omfg! aliens taking over the world" part of Crysis is done better than most games.

Spoiler

The aliens in Crysis have actually been living on Earth for a 1000 years and possibly more. They're not really invading; they were here for a while.

[Toasty]

True. I just hope they make the final battle with the

Spoiler

alien mothership (or whatever it is)

a bit more interesting. That part left a bit to be desired imo.

[Someone Else]

The whole last 1/4 of Crysis was a bit crap I think. The first 3/4 are some of the best levels for shooters in general, though.

[Split Infinity]

Toasty, on Feb 13 2008, 08:42 PM, said:

Split, don't be retarded. I was talking about the CryEngine 2.

Yet previously you said...

Toasty, on Feb 12 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Are you kidding? It's the most realistic physics engine to date.

And if I remember right, one of the Half Life 2 games used the Havoc engine.

...when I didn't even ask about the Havok engine. That makes me retarded?

[Toasty]

Not the big space between them. I was talking to you in the first one, and was commenting about something else previously talked about in the second sentance.

And since we were talking about how the CryEngine is so awesome, it should've been obvious what I was talking about.

Now let's not fill this topic with spam like we have a few others.

[Split Infinity]

I love how you always say that after you finish typing your own post.

[Toasty]

I love how you like to argue with everything for no apparent reason.



And WD, do you know where to get the sandbox software that people use for modding Crysis? My friend is interested.

[Split Infinity]

I start arguments when people start calling me retarded for equally retarded reasons.

[Someone Else]

Toasty, on Feb 14 2008, 01:55 AM, said:

WD, do you know where to get the sandbox software that people use for modding Crysis? My friend is interested.

It's in "Bin32" in your Crysis folder. It's the .exe called "Editor" obviously.

[Someone Else]

If your friend gets really into the Editor, this is an excellent tutorial for it:

http://doc.crymod.com/frames.html?frmname=...file=index.html

[Caael]

Somebody is making a London Crysis mod.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4jH8dikLHcM

Seriously, some of the mods you see in this game are incredible

[Someone Else]

Wow that is amazing. Even Laharl will have to admit that's pretty cool. It'll be great when they get all the textures in.

[Caael]

It would actually be amazing if he made normal people for it. Imagine Crysis crossed with Crackdown. It would be epic.

[Someone Else]

Made normal people for it? What? You mean, public?

Yay I learned how to use parachutes! But then the Editor crashed.

[Neo]

Crysis was way too short in my opinion. I really felt that I went trough it in one sprint. It was fun, but not overwhelming to be honest. I can't say this game gave me the "Epic" feeling. I think the whole hype around Crysis was just overrated.

[Someone Else]

10 hours is average for a shooter I think, though a little longer wouldn't hurt. Plus user-made content and the Editor, I'm going to be playing Crysis for a while.

The Editor is powerful and easier to use than I thought it'd be:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z84/WindDude/crysiseditor2.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z84/WindDude/crysiseditor.jpg

Pleased with the results I've got so far.

[Someone Else]

This game is stupid and over-hyped.



Oh wait, whoops, thought this was the Halo topic lol.

[Toasty]

XDD

[Someone Else]

I just realized this. Lol at the time in those screenshots... :(

[Toasty]

That reminds me of someone else I know.

Me. :(

[Caael]

That's nothing, i've played halo till 5 in the morning.

Not something I really should admit tbh...

Quote

This game is stupid and over-hyped.



Oh wait, whoops, thought this was the Halo topic lol.

But it doesn't mean it's a bad game.



Crysis 2 is coming out on 360 in November aparantly :\

[Someone Else]

Caael, on Mar 19 2008, 12:39 AM, said:

But it doesn't mean it's a bad game.

No it's not. I was kidding around. XD

Articles or it never happened!

[Laharl]

adventures in mediocre town with a fanatical fanbase arent a good thing

[Someone Else]

Did something speak?

[Laharl]

lol ignored

*weeps*

[Caael]

Well it was in a magazine, but i'll try to find something

[Someone Else]

Crysis is never coming to consoles, but PCs are dying as a gaming platform thanks to pirates.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/n...lyadded;title;1

[Someone Else]

http://www.gamespot....head/index.html

Hooray, coming out around a year after the original Crysis released.

[Caael]

Aparantly it's an alternate story to Crysis?

[Toasty]

My friend made an awesome map. You'll have to try it WD.

[Someone Else]

Caael, on Jun 7 2008, 02:57 PM, said:

Aparantly it's an alternate story to Crysis?

Yeah, you're playing the same story, but this time you'll play as Psycho. It's Psycho's story instead of Nomad's.

For example, there was a point in Crysis where Nomad was securing a harbor and Psycho was covering him with his sniper. Instead of you securing the harbor as Nomad, you'll be Psycho providing the sniper support. There were plenty of times where Nomad was separated from Psycho, so I guess we'll be seeing what Psycho was doing at those times.

Hopefully the game ends a bit after what we saw at the end of Crysis or I'll feel a bit cheated.

Tell him to upload it, Toasty. I gave up on my map because I couldn't find out how to prevent the trees I put down popping in suddenly.

[Split Infinity]

I imagine you'll get to hear what Nomad sounds like this time.

[Caael]

Split Infinity, on Jun 8 2008, 11:25 AM, said:

I imagine you'll get to see what Nomad looks like this time.

Fixed.

Which one is Psycho, the cockney one?

[Someone Else]

Yeah, that one. He calls Nomad "boss", too.

[Caael]

British Dialect :(

[Someone Else]

Well, lots of cockneys live in London I suppose.

Omg, 3 posts away from 6000.

[Caael]

Off topic ftw?

[Someone Else]

So, Toasty, having fun yet?

Been playing in the Sandbox 2 again. I wish I could find a way to prevent ugly tree pop-ins...

[Toasty]

My friend has the .iso for the game, so I can't install it until tomorrow. And I'm going to be gone from noon to 4 tomorrow too. D: Meh, doesn't matter. I'll be boating with a bunch of friends, and lord knows I need the exercise. XD

Anyway, read through some of these posts to learn more about why the 9800GTX isn't worth mentioning.

[Someone Else]

Hoooo--oooollly Crysis Warhead was released yesterday. For $30!!!

I still don't have any monies to buy it. =/

NOSFERATU, you're buying it and telling me how you like it, alright?

[Toasty]

$30?! I may actually decide against pirating it.

[Split Infinity]

If games cost that much in Australia I'd have about twice as many.

[Someone Else]

It's an awesome value. It's more of a stand-alone expansion for Crysis than anything else it seems; no huge gameplay differences or anything other than a faster pace, so that's probably why it's on the cheap.

[Caael]

It is an actual second game, not something that requires the first to play, right?

[Split Infinity]

That's why they call it a standalone expansion.

[Caael]

I've barely read into it at all, so I didnt know.

[Split Infinity]

Well then, let's find out together. :B

Wikipedia said:

Crysis Warhead updates and refines the gameplay of the original game through a sidestory plot involving Psycho, one of previous protagonist Nomad's allies. The game is a parallel story that follows Sergeant Michael "Psycho" Sykes, a character from the original Crysis, as he faces his own trials and challenges on the other side of the island during the time period of the first game. It features new fully customizable weapons, vehicles and enemies, along with new multiplayer content. It also showcases a new, enhanced and optimized version of CryEngine 2 and is the first game developed by Crytek's Budapest studio.

In addition to the single player campaign, Crytek has also emphasized the multiplayer modes, entitled Crysis Wars. In addition to the Instant Action and Power Struggle modes of the original Crysis, Crysis Warhead also features Team Instant Action mode, as well as 21 playable maps upon release. Crytek has made numerous changes to the multiplayer gameplay including tighter vehicle controls, weapon rebalancing, and nanosuit alterations. Crysis Wars is included on its own disc, has a separate installer and logo, and is considered a separate game by Crytek; regardless, it comes bundled with Warhead at no additional charge.

[Toasty]

It's not a sequel though. Just an alternate viewpoint.

[Someone Else]

Crysis Warhead OST is the shit.

http://www.youtube.c..._asKplcE&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.c...eZB9pRSQ&fmt=18

[Split Infinity]

I don't think I could stand listening to that for more than ten minutes.

[Someone Else]

http://www.gametrail...ies/202645.html

Wow.

Getting Warhead for Christmas.

[Toasty]

Warhead's pretty sweet. Played it at my friend's house a while back. The SCAR is now crazy powerful for some reason though. Like, it's almost the only way to take out all of the korean super-soldiers in this one section of the submarine. It's so freaking powerful.

[Someone Else]

SCAR was always a super-high powered rifle. It's just that in Crysis, you pretty much always used the FY71, which is extremely weak compared to the SCAR.

[Toasty]

I really never noticed a difference in Crysis though. It seemed like it took the same amount of time to kill a foot soldier with either gun. Though that was also the only thing I ever used it for, and I didn't use it very much at that.

[Someone Else]

Did you keep the silencer on the SCAR?

[Toasty]

Yeah, I think so.


Anyway, my friend modified the AI in Warhead to be incredibly insanely hard.

Like, they start shooting at you the exact second that you pull the trigger. And no matter where you approach them from, they know you're comming.


He plays with god mode on of course.

[Toasty]

My friend finally gave me the ISO for Crysis Warhead. :D


But my system keeps crashing a minute or two after I start it up.


....probably because it's unstable from the overclocking. My new CPU isn't as easy to OC as my old one was.

[Toasty]

tripple post ftw.


Crysis Warhead is an awesome game, and it's better than Crysis because the game elements seem more balanced. Maximum shield is a bit more useful, and you aren't forced to sneak around/use cloak as much. You can if you want to, and it certainly makes the game easier, but it's also possible to just run in and start shooting in some levels.

Then again, I played it on easy, so I can't really say anything until I play it on normal/hard. I kinda just wanted to play through the game without it being dificult at first.


But really, regardless of the difficulty, the final boss battle sucked. It was even worse than Crysis's boss battle. I mean, it felt like a repeat of a previous battle in the game, only without

Spoiler

the other nano-suit soldiers to help you out a bit. At least in Crysis it was a completely different enemy. Warhead just reused an enemy from earlier in the game, and gave it a few extra moves

.

[Someone Else]

Crysis Warhead is interesting because it's almost a different shooter than Crysis. Sure, the suit powers are still there as are all the weapons and attachments that come with, but the levels are much more fast paced at the expense of being almost completely linear, a little less tactical, and the levels are shorter.

It's a better game overall. The firefights are more frantic, the AI is a LOT better at dealing with attacks from a long distance, the aliens are less retarded and more fun to fight, the characters are less flat, and the cut scenes are actually worth watching. Except I pretty much didn't follow the story at all for some reason, I'm not sure why. I guess because at the beginning they were like "lol here's the story" and then just gave you a gun and left you to your devices. I remember something about a container and aliens. Oh well.

One thing is, it would've been great if they could have kept the large, elaborate levels of Crysis mixed with the more frantic pace of Warhead, but that may be asking too much. It was also far too short. Sweet, but too short.

Crysis Wars, the online multiplayer component that comes with (or can be bought separately online) is a HELL of a lot better than what came with the original Crysis and is actually worth speaking of. Team Deathmatch is in (as it should've been in the original) and Power Struggle is a bit more fun as well. No CTF though. WHY?!